Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 November 2008
17:539143For me it was the other way around.
Back in the 70's, when I was Young Conservative Chairman, we had a real national hoohah over the use of a left wing hym book at the Girls Grammar school. Our press officer, who went to the Grammar, made a passing reference to our discussion about it in a press release. The next thing you know The Sunday People contacted me and asked for an interview.
Then it was picked up by all the national media, broadsheets and red tops. I had a Radio 4 interview, my vice-chairman (Helen who I later married) had a tv interview.
The only, and I mean only, national media to accurately reflect what happened was the Telegraph. We were supported by such diverse people as Enoch Powell and the Bishop of London.
The Sun ran a supportive leader but did not contain the full story in the paper (odd I thought). The Guardian was true to its left wing readership and misrepresented what happened. The BBC edited a 10 minute interview recorded for the World at One down to about 1 minute and totally misrepresented the whole case, that really did disgust me.
The problem arose because the truth was a lot more mundane than the media reports made out. They did not like the way we tried to downplay the story to reflect accurately what happened. The Telegraph reported it honestly and in context, the only paper that did.
It was of course a difffierent generation of reporters.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story as they say!
Brian Dixon
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13 November 2008
18:019144barryw,im glad you brought up enoch powell his rivers of blood speach is turning out to righthasnt it.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 November 2008
19:289149Sadly, in many cases, yes Brian, it has.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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13 November 2008
20:199153surprised to see an attack on the sun newspaper from the blue people.
i seem to remember after a thatcher election win, the headline "it's us wot won it".
no-one complained about "the sun" then, in fact the editor got a knighhood.
Sid Pollitt
13 November 2008
22:179158I cant think of any reason why anyone could think Enoch Powell was right. Could examples be given?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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13 November 2008
22:289160Well Sid, whatever you might think about that famous speech (always taken out of context and unfairly demonising him), he was one of the great parliamentary intellects.
I met him during the referendum campaign, I was for a yes vote and he against. I remember being stood in a circle with him after a public meeting discussing the issue, he was very sweaty I remember, this is what I remember most about that encounter. On Europe he is now shown to have beeen dead right and I, along with all who supported the Yes campaign were wrong.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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13 November 2008
22:319161sid,try reading a copy of the speach i am sure you can pick a copy up somewhere.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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14 November 2008
20:429236i always remember at the time of that speech, "private eye" ran a front page picture of him busily orating, with his arms outstretched.
the bubble out of his mouth carried the words "and some of them have got one this long".