"Rylan is not an ideologue. He is exactly the sort of person the government should be talking to." Rylan's migrant rant was full of far-right misinformation – and the government is to blame for its shocking lack of effort to control UK conversation on asylum seekers
Time starmer did a government announcement/place TV/Newspaper Ads to once and for all tell everyone what these "asylum seekers" get/don't get. Phones? Yes/No. Ipads? Yes/No. Are these hotels still 4* or just buildings that were 4* hotels and are now just buildings? Etc. Spell it out loud and clear.
Does he have eagle eyes and gripping hands?
And just as much inside his head.
How can the government control the conversation around immigration when the fourth estate (the media) aren't doing their job of informing the public about the facts & truth? The govt has an uphill task if the RW media (who owns most of our media) is constantly platforming liars like Farage!
This, I wave no flag for this government but the entire media ecosystem is absolutely corrupt to the core and more than ever is controlling the narrative it wants, politicians are just pawns in their game
I've started to switch off the news as I find some channels, particularly BBC are not balanced. Too many are opinion pieces instead of providing facts. Lack of scrutiny of Farage who seems to be frequently platform.
Unfortunately many don’t and as a result we get opinions based on lies and misinformation dominating public discourse.
Starmer needs to start building a relationship with the public through direct dialogue as speaking through Parliament does not connect with the public. He needs to go through each challenge the country faces and what he is doing about them and what success looks like. Slogans/sound bites don't work!
They put press releases out all the time, but the press don’t print or report on them.
He needs to bypass the press and start speaking directly to the people through TV, Radio and newspaper full pagers
Maybe that’s the way to go but that’s time consuming and he has been very busy with world events since coming into power. Sounds like I’m making excuses, I’m not, they clearly have to do something and fast. I think the BBC need to be questioned as to why they allowed this to be aired.
Are you suggesting BBC staff should have stormed the ITV studio and pulled them off air?
I though it was on BBC obviously, but ITV should have shut it down.
That plastic guy has a BBC radio show. Let's see if he gets the Lineker treatment.
Agree. Time to dust off Johnson's old press room, and find a powerful speaker to use it.
So, is there no fault of the individual for spreading disinformation? If you don't know, you say I don't know. No fault of the media, who he works for, for frequently allowing Farage and co to spread misinformation with little or no challenge?
My wife (nurse) has to treat asylum seekers at work. They present to her riddled with scabies. This lie of 4* luxury needs stamped out.
I think Americans would say he’s been drinking the Kool-Aid…
You can't help thinking we get the government/country we deserve
Listening to the latest pod. I wish they’d get Emily Thornberry in front of more things. To me she comes across as witty and up for saying it how it is. I’d love to see her unleashed 1v1 against Farage. Also where’s Rayner? Or Andy Burnham? They’ve got the talent in there somewhere
So, does this mean the government would be to blame if I went on TV to say Jon Sopel shares a crack den with Bob Mortimer?
Or, more appropriately … bsky.app/profile/pege...
Not the media for licking Farage's arse?
No he is a thicko, who doesn’t have a clue about anything so shouldn’t be hosting a important debate on a morning breakfast show.
Oh sod off! This is more on the media than the government. You can't pour fuel on a fire then stand back & exclaim "Why won't the government do something about raging fires?" Utter shithousery from the Fourth Estate got us here. Leveson 2 is needed more than ever to kick some out of control arses.
News Agents ought to step outside their little media bubble. Misinformation is information, even fomr a flamboyant "personality" Labour do need to up their comms game. But with 80% of the press dissembling, and Ofcom ignoring GB news - they'll never own the narrative.
Plastic patriot never fit a person more
Maybe in the same way Boris Johnson's government initially pursued a policy of herd immunity to try and combat the coronavirus, the current administration thinks that if it allows enough racist discourse to run unchecked through the population, it will eventually become immune to racism. 🤞
I’m sorry the press are guilty of failing to pushback on Farage’s claims for the past 15 years.
Rylan should be aware that there are lots of LGBT individuals who claim asylum because they happened to be born in a country where they are persecuted. Does he not have any empathy for them?
Obviously not.
It’s got way more to do with FarRW radicalisation of primarily white working class men drip fed 24-7 since long BEFORE their Brexit coup Brexit the MSM enabled The MSM blaming Labour when they’ve been whitewashing Farage/amplifying his Bannon playbook lies for nearly 2 decades is beyond obscene
And no I don’t think Labour have done a great job at standing up to the far since before Brexit either But it was RefCon that created Brexit, RefCon that enabled Brexit along with Tufton St, Bannon and Putin They’re to blame for 24-7 targeted radicalisation of white working class men not Labour
The government is to blame for this guy behaving like a racist arsehole? Why are the people producing and spouting far right misinformation not to blame?
Well he does work for the BBC
Maybe he can smell the £ for celebrity influencers on the far-side, like Laurence Fox before him, or that Bosh berk off The Apprentice?
Whatever happened to Mr Fox. I've not heard anything about him recently. Didn't he used to be on the telly?
Idiot...... with silly teeth.....
He should have got a clue when GB News and the Daily Mail have this incident all over their front pages and ESPECIALLY when Stephen Yaxley Lennon said that he agreed with Rylan's stance. Jeezus wept.
‘Asylum seekers are given £49.18 per week to cover the costs of food, clothing and toiletries, but those in hotels where food is provided – that Rylan was referring to – get just £9.95 per week.’ This needs to be heavily stressed. The hotels are little more than hostels.
Yes it's hardly anything - it's hardly a luxurious life!
It’s basic subsistence, which is probably correct while they’re being processed. But we wouldn’t know that, given the hysterical snarling hatred in the media.
OK Labour could do more though the main line media do very little to hold Farage and his like to account for their statements
The government can’t be unable to access some good communicators. I agree with your analysis of the problem and the remedies. Put Lewis in the old Alistair Campbell role or someone with his mental quickness and fluency. Alistair Campbell is still the master of framing a message.
Why is it that the media's overhyping of Farage & Reform Ltd's lies is a government failing? The BBC seem to think that anything that comes out of Farage's mouth is the Only Truth and any news outlet that doesn't robustly question his utterances are guilty of spreading misinformation.
Who to line up with, Lineker or Rylan? Hmmmm, decisions decisions…..
Of course, when Lineker does it, it's "Stick to football, you Trot". In this instance, it'll be "Stop piling on Rylan, he's an entertainer, not a politician".
Gary Linaker made political comments on his own time and social media accounts and was pilloried for months and calls for his resignation were everywhere. Rylan also works at the BBC where are the calls for his dismissal? This seems a lot worse than anything Linaker did or said.
*GASP* 2 tier justice alive & well at the BBC?
bsky.app/profile/hlee...
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15 minutes into this pod and not once have you mentioned truth! You've lauded flooding the zone and Honest Bob Jenrick's lies. Strikes me, the media have got high on Johnson scandal and Trumpism. I like quiet government trying to improve our lives
It's almost as if he was asleep between 2010-2014.
I think the idea a govt should "control UK conversation" is itself sinister I have no idea what Rylan's politics are - but if he is repeating falsehoods on air that is up to the broadcaster, and Ofcom if relevant to sanction I do think before speaking on air one ought to check one's facts...
This. It's not hard to explain these issues. To get people that those who might misunderstand the topic would listen to explain it properly
Are you defending him because he's famous?
Or go and educate yourself, instead of listening to a bell end like Farage and his ilk, who have been wrong about everything in the last decade….
They are failing miserably to get any control of the narrative. Doesn’t help when almost the entirety of the media are pushing the lies out. it needs to be addressed. They also need to make it VERY clear to the BBC that their license fee is in danger if they continue to be a mouthpiece for deform.
Is this fair? The problem lies specifically (and possibly solely) in News & Current Affairs.
Not just unfair but literally doing the far-right's work for it. Public service broadcasting with a remit to make and put out a broad range of arts, entertainment and educational content has always been anathema to dictators.
Then perhaps the corporation should stop costing up to a potential dictator and giving him so much airtime then?
*cosying!
It was the threat of losing the license fee that sent NCA swerving to the right. it’s literally the only lever the government have
Errrr think the news papers, TV and radio have an obligation as well to correct the narrative rather than rubbing their legs in excitement as they soap up farage. He has also been let down by ITV who let him rattle on