Laura Kuenssberg's failings 

Or get rid of the licence fee.

I don't think that is now possible. It has been hijacked by politicians partixualry the Tory Party. They are afraid of their shadow now.

​@@paulwilson7234 I'd rather the 1st suggestion than the 2nd. The 2nd doesn't "restore the BBC to it's position as an honest news agency". It turns it into just another commercial broadcaster. That certainly wouldn't correct the problem. There's a reason why the Conservatives dedicated so much time and effort infiltrating the BBC at the most senior Management, editorial and policy forming level in it's News and Political output and that's because it is still considered to be a reliable, balanced source by anyone who isn't paying close attention. That reputation is gone when it becomes just another commercial outfit. That the Tories did that means it can still be reversed and reversed in a way that means no political party in Government can repeat the takeover again. Ask yourself why you suggested that "solution" to the issue of political bias in the BBC? It's not a solution to that problem. It's certainly a popular and very loud call but it's a call made the loudest and longest by 2 types of people; Media outlets that stand to gain financially from the downfall of a huge competitor and Tory and other right wing politicians who have been using it as a (largely successful) threat to force the BBC to "tow the line". It needs to be politically independent of Government and business interests. Opinion pieces are fine, as they are elsewhere but they shouldn't be disguised as News or current affairs.

Balanced news was not so long ago. I keep having to double check the BBC now. That is what the far-right always wanted. They want Sky News Australia (not UK), or FOX new USA to tell us what to do.

doesn't it just

She’s never not failed. It’s a perception that is impossible not to have if anything but a raving rightwinger.

Beeb love her

Kuenssberg nasty ex channel 4.

​@@martinholmes-ue9koYes, for some unfathomable reason.

Bruce is another biased Tory embarrassment

Six months before the ballot sheeple starts changing their minds... with the help of some carefully written MSM titles.

The problem is that the BBC political editors seem to take cues from polling, taboid headlines, and party press releases that are used to set the agenda. This produces a circular argument based on "it's what the people are concerned about - look at this poll", which is in itself based on whatever the public saw on TV or online the night before.

She's a Tory so won't be a Government mouthpiece any time soon.

LK is not a good journalist she doesn’t verify anything. She has contacts or people in gov etc that would tip her off and that’s very bad practice. It’s rumour and divisional populist tactics. She also doesn’t know anything ie facts or subject matter. She stirs up conjecture on X. When she wants to ask a non Tory MP a question she will say - our viewers want to know blah. Mah and it’s a reasonable question to bully the interviewee. How do we check what the viewers have asked. It’s a cover for her nasty behaviour It’s unprofessional. The reason the Mone interview was good is that she kept her mouth shut and let the pair walk into the fire 👌The media do not test Farage at all. They allow him to espouse utter rubbish. Tbh the facts wouldn’t matter to his fan club. Alternative reality of chaos prevails. Victoria Derbyshire is so much better - she’s balanced and intelligent and treats everyone equally and gets to real issues without the unnecessary culture war rubbish.

What a stupid comment. BOTH the left and right whinge about Ms K and get selectively outraged. Thank your lucky stars you weren't born when political interviewers such as Brian redhead Robin Day Hugo Younger and Harold Evans were about. They tore into the BS of all politicians/partys. You'd be wetting your pants and having hysterics. Any hope of you becoming politically literate ?

If she’s a Tory I’m theWizard of Oz!!

​@ninamoores I like your pointed hat!

@@ninamoores "Toto tips over a screen in a corner of the throne room that reveals "the Wizard", who sadly explains he is a humbug-an ordinary old man from Omaha" 😉

​@@ninamooreshahaha - what?!

Senior moment form the Prof. He could also have been talking about the other Tory stooge, the one on QT.

I assume you mean partial.

@@acjdf Irony, perhaps?

Safe journey Nigel great supporter.

Obnoxious, but a price we must be willing to pay for democracy: our elected representatives must be allowed to explore all political avenues at our expense. I thought otherwise until I read _The Importance of Being Awkward_ by Tam Dalyell - I highly recommend the book.

None of this should come as a surprise to anyone. As a grifter par excellence, he knows exactly how to play his audiences, from an international despot to plebs in S.E. England, and everyone in between.

​@@frogandspannerI doubt that the taxpayer will be paying for Farage's trip to the US and I see no reason why they should. He's not there as a representative of the British Government, neither is he there on official parliamentary business. He is free to explore any political connections he wishes, but unless he is there as a representative of the British government or on official parliamentary business there is no reason why the taxpayer should pay for his trip. I also doubt he is there to represent the interests of his Clacton constituency. Therefore this is an entirely private trip that needs to be paid for privately. The money can come out of his own pocket, or that of Reform or any one of his donors, but it should not come from the taxpayer.

@@chrism7969 He's organised a Pension form the EU - whilst hating it.

How on earth do you make that out?

I disagree.

Foghorn rather than mouthpiece.

Nigel the voice of common sense thats why people value his opinion.

Yes all ex channel 4 lefties.

​Yeah just like the BBC's Director General who was a big mate of Johnson's. @nickjones8867

@@peterspowage5752 Johnson Liberal D open boarders Vote Reform.

@nickjones8867 Could you use English please?

@@peterspowage5752 You dont have to be condescending im from India English is my second language.

The wide-mouth frog is just click-bait to increase ratings. The BBC is complying with Trump's measurement of success RATINGS !!!!!

Farage is a political rent boy.

Way too much wide-mouth frog presence on the BBC.

@@jananders1351 Can you remember Guy Smiley, from Sesame Street? I wish I still had my hand puppet because they're worth good money now..

Nigel speaks for the English safe trip.

​@nickjones8867 He doesn't speak for me; I'm not English. Is he flying by Boeing?

MTG is now of the woke Left?!!

Marr leftie too.

Political ias aside, she is a rotten interviewer.

exactly

she is certainly streets ahead

Agreed. Gary Gibbon is one of the best political editors, at the moment.

Paxo and Michael Howard was another, asking the same question 13 times. 25 years later, Howard still hasn't answered the question.

Rigby's always been like that. Today's journalists are more bothered about being famous than the truth.

Absolutely.

Opposite sides of the same medal.

The Guardian isn't broadcast into license payer's homes.

I never said the Grauniad was? My paper is Private eye

@@stephenholmes1036 The point is they beam in Kuennssberg and so far as I know the Guardian isn't, you have to go get it. I'm also a Private Eye reader, it's the only journal worth the money.

Owen is still in cloud Cuckoo Land now his hero Jeremy is still an MP.

Laura K is an embarrassment, pure and simple. Her parents are known Tory supporters, she simply followed them. She rose through the ranks at the BBC because of her political allegiances, not because of any particular talent. She brown nosed Johnson when he was PM, once he was gone, she needed to go as well. Her performance on Election Night was considered by others as poor, I didn't bother to watch the BBC much on Election night, though I did tune in at around 10.05 pm, after the Exit Polls had been announced. And yes, there she was, with a face like a smacked arse.

The majority of his supporters are not "just like him" at all and he would take them being compared to him as an insult, if he heard you say it.

I am waiting for some interviewee of K G-M to simply ignore has interuptions and repeat "before I was (rudely -optional) interupted..."

none but delighted to see both the prince and Princess of Wales at both events

Relevance doesn’t loom large in yours, it seems ;)

Sport is entertainment, politics are serious.

If he were Spanish, maybe he might. A Spanish Men's Wimbledon singles champion yesterday, Euro champions a few hours later. Perhaps Spain should have a National holiday? Viva España!

@@Alexander-zn5dr Blimey...you lot need to get over yourselves. If we can have cartoons based on Milton, pictures of Braverman as Cruella De Ville, all these daft bits about the royals, we could certainly have some comment on the stories that probably mattered most to most Brits in the past week.

it does not matter- she is not up to the job. the allegations of bias are absurd. It is the failure to follow up in interviews

@@ProfessorTimWilson It matters because she is not impartial.

LK is lazy and incompetent and has no allegiance except to her own ego.

"Why the nasty comments. I gather this is a Labour channel. If so I don’t want anything to do with it." Yet here you are.

@@briangilligan6270 Its called free speech something you would not approve off.

Call a reform supporter "gammon" and they're all anti-racist too.

The Tories are LIBERAL DEMOCRATS