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Ofcom are out of whack excluding the Green Party from the Election Debate
"Ofcom issued a draft ruling that has the potential to have a significant impact on the coming general election campaign: it declared Ukip a "major party", while denying the Green Party the same status, basing its argument chiefly on "past electoral performance".
(Natalie Bennett.)
Posted: 08/01/15 15:39
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/6436266
Ofcom response:
http://media.ofcom.org.uk/news/2015/major-parties-consultation/
Please respond to Ofcom's Consultation:
Ofcom are inviting your views on the draft Party Election Broadcast criteria.
Closing date is: 12 January 2015.
Please send your submission to: PEBallocationcriteria.consultation@bbc.co.uk
or by mail to:
Party Election Broadcast criteria consultation BBC Trust Unit
180 Great Portland St
London W1W 5QZ
Hard copy, large print, audio and Braille versions of the guidelines and consultation documents are available upon request by contacting the BBC Trust by email or by post as above, or by telephone on 03700 103 100 or textphone 03700 100 212.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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From speaking to Ofcom, the only recourse is a Judicial Review, regarding the main televised party debate, the Ofcom and BBC Trust consultation released yesterday, relates to media coverage as well as electoral coverage, but not the main debate.
The decision by Ofcom has been made based on the last party election results, and an opinion poll. My concern is the spectrum of that poll source, and the fact that the Lib Dem backlash will equal a swing to the Greens, I don't think this swing has been taken into account, as voters turn to us as a party of Hope.
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Consultation in more detail:
Ofcom Consultation:
Ofcom are inviting your views on the draft Party Election Broadcast criteria.
There are three ways to respond to an Ofcom consultation.
1) Online
The quickest and simplest way is to complete an online consultation response form. This is ideal for people who have specific brief points to make and/or do not need to attach large documents to their response.
2) By email: adam.baxter@ofcom.org.uk
3) By post:
to Adam Baxter, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2A Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. Please enclose a consultation coversheet with your response.
Ofcom consultation link:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/major-parties-15/
The list of major parties is important for Ofcom’s regulation of election coverage, in particular requiring the relevant broadcasters to allocate at least two Party Election Broadcasts to each major party ahead of an election.
Review of Ofcom list of major political parties for elections taking place on 7 May 2015, consultation closes 5th Feb.
These broadcasters are ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Classic FM, Talksport and Absolute Radio. Broadcasters can also choose to allocate additional Party Election Broadcasts.
Party Election Broadcasts on the BBC are regulated by the BBC Trust and currently the subject of a consultation.
BBC Trust Consultation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/have_your_say/peb_criteria
Closing date is: 12 January 2015.
Please submission by email to: PEBallocationcriteria.consultation@bbc.co.uk
by post:
Party Election Broadcast criteria consultation BBC Trust Unit,
180 Great Portland Street,
London, W1W 5QZ.
Hard copy, large print, audio and Braille versions of the guidelines and consultation documents are available upon request by contacting the BBC Trust by email or by post as above, or by telephone on 03700 103 100 or textphone 03700 100 212.
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Permalink Reply by Lucy Craig on
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Thanks Matt, for reminding me to respond to the Ofcom Consultation by 12th January!
I'll be raising several points with them including the fact that in terms of "past electoral performance", whilst the Green Party 'only' has one MP, at least she (Caroline Lucas) was elected in a proper General Election whereas the two UKIP MPs became UKIP MPs having simply resigned as Tories. They then of course gained huge media coverage in addition to the built-in advantage of being the sitting-MPs in their by-elections.
I'll also mention the fact that after last year's local elections, the Green Party 'trounced' the Lib-Dems in gaining 2 seats to end up with 3, whilst the Lib-Dems lost 10 and landed up with 1 seat!
Furthermore, the Green Party's national membership has been 'surging' and is not far off that of UKIP's now.
But the main point I'll make to Offcom will be thatyou can of course - as it has - play "my willy's bigger than your willy" games if you/they like. However, I think a more important fact is that the Green Party offers the British Electorate a qualitatively different perspective to all the 'grey' parties ('grey 'cos they're so much-of-a-muchness) plus UKIP (who are just nastier-even-than-the-Tories and mad). We Greens believe our membership is rising so dramatically for many reasons but including the fact that:
- we are the only national party currently arguing against the politics of austerity, cuts and privatisation;
- we are a party uniquely led by our members who set Policy, control our Constitution and participate at all levels and whose elected representatives are not ‘whipped’;
- we are not ‘in hock’ to large corporations, multi-millionaires nor other vested interests;
- we are dedicated to social justice as well as preserving our planet for future generations;
- we are a party of hope and optimism in a country where the level of cynicism and disappointment felt by many towards the traditional parties, is at record levels; and
- we are a party committed to seeking change with integrity and honesty without resorting to over-simple, objectionable and divisive scapegoating.
So.... that's what I'll say to Ofcom but they'll still probably only look for arguments involving pathetic willies waving.....
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Nice one Lucy. Worth mentioning that OFCOM have no remit to do anything much; they don't even accept any role in overseeing the BBC, claiming that the BBC itself has a suffiently 'robust' complaints procedure itself! This will come as quite a surprise to anyone, like myself who has taken the BBC to task for bias, misinformation, and Islamaphobia. The BBC treats these complaints with arrogant derision. What is sad however, is that Cameron has wrongfooted Milibean, who SHOULD have been the one raising the issue of the Greens' exclusion. Now he just looks like Gordon Brown; a man with a sense of entitlement which is shared by no one else.
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"A Show of Hands or is that Memberships"
The Green Party of England and Wales, with 29,000 members, when added to the almost 8000 announced this weekend by the Scottish Green Party is growing neck and neck with UKIP's 37,000 members, and not far behind the Lib Dems' rapidly falling 43,000. So even if only Green supporters notice their leader's absence from a TV debate, 37,000 is quite a lot of them by comparison.
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