[Media-watch] the nature of this crisis

[Neil Scott]

Me-thinks that there is a crisis in the fact that there is no serious 
alternative party that will change the lives of the majority - at 
present.  ALL of the parties will keep the status quo and none of the top 
3 in UK even dare speak about local or international poverty anymore (the 
Tories have started to, but their policies do nothing to address the 
problem - only exacerbate it).

As for a strong anti-war party - the Lib Dems seem to be almost afraid to 
say to each other "we are anti-war".  For some that should read, "we are 
anti war?"

Neil Scott
Glasgow

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human 
soul.  

I am an anti-imperialist.  I am opposed to having the eagle put its 
talons 
on any other land.

-Quotes:  Mark Twain


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Haydon <c.haydon at can-online.org.uk>
To: YvonneMarshall <Brotherhoods at stevenston4.fsnet.co.uk>, media-
watch at lists.stir.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:21:27 +0100
Subject: Re: [Media-watch] the nature of this crisis

> Perhaps the voices have not 'died' but are biding
> time till Hutton reports.
> Life goes on in the meanwhile.
> 
> Key for me is -
> 
> What politically and realistically can people aim at ?
> Is Charles Kennedy able to create something of a stronger
> third Party out of the persisting and massive lack of trust
> that has surrounded Blair ?
> One fears not ...
> 
> Isn't that the crisis ?
> 
> Chris Haydon
> Community TV Trust
> 
> 
> YvonneMarshall wrote:
> 
> >  Dear List-Members,
> >
> > There is no attachment with this, it's just another rant.
> >
> > Where is the indignation that spurred the establishment of
> Media-Watch ?
> >
> > Where is the calmly-expressed anger of the majority who opposed the
> UK
> > govt's stance on Iraq's invasion ?
> >
> > Where are the careful, patient analyses of the outpourings of the
> Hutton
> > Inquiry ?
> >
> > Was Media-Watch not established to provide a forum for people with
> > legitimate concerns about the predictable abuse of mass-media when
> 'war'
> > became inevitable ?
> >
> > Why have the voices dimmed and died ?
> >
> > Did you concern yourself with media-watch ?
> >
> > What were your feelings when you did ?
> >
> > What has changed between then and now ?
> >
> > Is your life richer for having witnessed the travails of the New
> Labour
> > Project ?
> >
> > Who would you choose to play Lord Hutton in the soon-to-be-trailed
> > dramatisation of events ?
> >
> > Who authorised the strategy designed to release Dr David Kelly's name
> to
> > the media ? Was it ;
> >
> > A:  Pam Teare
> > B.  Geoff Hoone
> > C. Kevin Tebbit
> >
> > How many Iraqi CIVILIANS are now deceased *as a result of the
> 'Coalition'
> > Action against Iraq ?
> > Is it :
> >
> > A:   7,000
> > B:   15,000
> > C:   37,000
> >
> > (*You can easily find sources which confirm any of these figures - go
> > online and do the donkey-work yourself.)
> >
> > Purely personal note - I could, like many other folk, concentrate my
> time
> > and energy on the fantastically simple, straightforward pursuit of
> money.
> > I CHOOSE to get involved with projects like Media-Watch because I
> honestly
> > believe that there are many many intelligent, well-qualified,
> influential
> > people out there (even in a wee place like Scotland) who are utterly
> > scunnered about what's happening and want to make a difference. If
> you are
> > one of those people, or know someone who is, please show them this
> message
> > and ask them to help, in whatever way they can, to broaden debate and
> > start asking the questions that have to be asked (e.g. anything even
> > vaguely 9/11-related)
> >
> > Scotland is sending young men and women to die in the Middle East.
> > Scottish people are entitled to ask why.
> >
> > The 'war' they are fighting has not yet been justified.
> >
> > If you can help raise these questions, even in your own household,
> please
> > do.
> >
> > Thank you for your attention,
> >
> > Ian, X
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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