To think BBC news is lost to us now - bloody Farage on this morning

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Why is he being platformed yet again to repeat the surely libellous and undoubtedly inflammatory language about KS and JP spouting from Elon Musk. Saying it's free speech?! Just irresponsible and vile. Even the way he refers to the PM as Starmer is just so rude and disrespectful.

I'm a massive supporter of the BBC and the licence fee but the news branch has clearly been infested with Tory supporters in high places and it's just not what it was now.

It's reputation and standing is being shredded😓.

The BBC is supposed to be politically neutral (although I find that questionable at the best of times) that means giving air time to a range of different political figures… not just the ones you agree with.

You don't believe in diversity, democracy and freedom of speech then?

The BBC is as liberal as it gets.

What do you mean by "inflammatory"?

Absolutely- bu Farage gets coverage over and above what is warranted by the number of seats his party has and this has gone on for years, before he was even an MP. How much airtime do left-wing parties get, like the Green Party?

Yabu - I don't like him or agree with him but support free speech - at the moment I see greater threat to that from the left of all places (personally am left leaning centrist) and the call to deplatform and cancel is sounding more authoritarian by the minute.

Seats and votes cast aren't necessarily in line with each other.

So, you want to censor what I and others can watch, read and hear?

He shouldn't be cancelled but he has been given a platform over and above what is appropriate for his level of political support for at least a decade.

Repeating the vile things said by Elon Musk about the PM and JP. Even LK suggested those comments could lead to violence, though obviously she didn't push him on it and he was allowed to say 'but free speech...'.

What vile things?

I don’t like the man but by denying him a voice you only make him more powerful.

like it or not Reform is a party that is currently getting a lot of attention and voters. We can’t deny that just because we don’t like it.

Farage isn’t a Tory so not sure what that bit’s about. He’s an MP and a political party leader. Green Party MPs do appear on the BBC and other media outlets frequently, when they have something to say.

The BBC isn’t right wing. That’s hilarious.

I haven't said I want him cancelled. That's not a term or a process that's on my radar really. But he shouldn't get the airtime he does and other small parties should get broadly the same as he does.

I don’t like the man but by denying him a voice you only make him more powerful

this…unfortunately

Not a fan of free speech?

Maybe they couldn't get anyone else?

Previously I would have agreed with you but now he's both an MP and leader of the party who are most engaged on this issue so he's the obvious choice. What should be happening I the interviewer challenging him on the accuracy and motivation behind his claims. But they won't do that of course.

Farage leads a party polling at 22% and the Greens are polling at 7%.

The BBC wouldn’t be doing its job and remaining politically neutral if it ignored Farage.

There is a very real possibility of a three way split at the next election. The voters need to get to know him and really understand what he thinks and where he would lead us.

So, you want to censor what I and others can watch, read and hear?

you would have a point if there was only one news channel and they ran the only newpaper

I usually watch the news on a few channels as i think i get a slightly more rounded view…only slightly mind!

You are really saying that the BBC is "lost to us" because it's "infested with Tories" and platforms a political party you don't like? That's left wing intolerance for you.

The BBC is paid for by all of us. So it has to be all things to all people. You can’t put a poll tax on the whole country to pay for it, but only serve one political point of view.

Can you use names OP. I don’t understand your initialisations. Beyond DH I am lost…

Jeremy Paxman?

Lorraine Kelly??

Don’t disagree

but other options are available