Hello Paul,This will be a long reply as I will be quoting Robin Aitken a bit, so please bear with me. If you have the patience, please read this to the end.I did watch some of the video. Firstly, I thought the purpose of the video was really to promote Aitken's book "Noble Liar"The presenter started by saying "... our media now is becoming incredibly restrictive, incredibly biased and is always promoting a liberal agenda.My next guest knows all about working in a liberal media. Robin Aitken worked for the BBC for 25 years."It is true to say that Robin Aitken was one in 30,000 people employed by the BBC, which includes part time, flexible and fixed-term contract staff. And it is true to say that he expressed his views on the BBC. As such, he is entitled to his views which are exactly that. He is not representing an impartial entity.During his interview, Aitken said that "the economy is at the forefront of the Brexit debate from the remain side. Everything is couched in terms of economy as if nothing else matters. That is why people voted the way they did. It was the first opportunity, I think, that a lot of people felt their vote would count because it was a simple Yes/No question and it was a question answered by an absolute majority right across the nation. It was the first time that people knew that their vote would actually count. They were engaged by that and they were saying: We do not like the way things have gone. We want to have our own country back; to make our own laws It is such a simple, fundamental demand in a democracy, that you could say everybody could simply sign up for it but clearly they can't. I am always reminded of the remark by Tony Benn: If you cannot vote the buggers out, then you do not live in a democracy. I think he was absolutely right there. If you cannot vote out the people in Brussels, you are not really living in a functioning democracy."And here I stopped. I must admit to be "allergic" to the term liberal being used constantly as it feels it is the crutch used by people who are not altogether sure what they think. It is cool (or wicked perhaps?) to say liberal constantly. This is my view.When he tried to explain why people had voted for Brexit (the very simple Yes/No question) I felt incredibly disappointed in him. He said remain only fought on economic grounds (I was one of them) as if that were the only important thing ???. But when he mentioned Tony Benn and "voting the buggers out". If you cannot vote Brussels out, you are not living in a functional democracy. Therefore, the same principle would apply to the UN and voting against the Paris Agreement. If you cannot vote the buggers out in NY, you are not living in a functional democracy. So the question must be, do you really understand how the UK operates, how Brussels works, how the UN works? I say goodnight for now.
Ivonne Holliday ● 2717d