Referendum Blog: May 29

Referendum Blog: May 29
NORTHERN IRELAND BIAS: On Friday’s Today programme (May 27), Mishal Husain presented three packages from Northern Ireland about the possible impact of Brexit. In the first she interviewed two Irish farmers – one for ‘remain’ and one for ‘out’- who…

Refrendum Blog: May 28

Refrendum Blog: May 28
THE DOG THAT DIDN’T BARK? A poster published by the pressure group Operation Black Vote (OBV) showing a skinhead thug intimidating a sari-wearing immigrant – and aimed, say OBV, at encouraging ethnic turnout in the EU referendum – has been strongly…

Referendum Blog: May 27

Referendum Blog: May 27
CURRYING EU FAVOUR?: Both Newsnight on Wednesday night and Today on Thursday morning presented what might be called pre-emptive pieces in their  EU referendum coverage. ‘ Both carried items about the immigration statistics due to be published  during the course…