www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20842791

Mr Paterson told the Telegraph: "At the moment, it would not be my proposal to bring forward a vote we were going to lose."

But Mr Paterson insisted it was still the government's intention to have a free vote "but we need to choose an appropriate moment".

dubmeup wrote:

The irish should be giving him pointers, after all...if they don't get the vote they want over here they tell everyone naughty naughty and just do it again along with a few guys walking in and out of town halls with ballot boxes all night long.

Interestingly, the HYS at the BBC which had over 450 comments last time I looked, more than a few of which (including my own) made reference to this glaring faux pas by the Tory prick, has now disappeared. Wiped from the pages of history.....

They've changed the article about and lost the HYS. The article does still contain nice little admissions like this one from Grant Shapps though,

"As Owen Patterson said, it makes sense to bring something forward if you think there's a chance of there being a Parliamentary majority. At the moment there doesn't appear to be one."


EDIT: Oh I see what they did now. They rewrote the article completely minus a HYS and replaced the old article with the new one. The old article is still there but is now effectively buried...Anyone coming to the story from now on will of course be guided by the homepage to the new revision...Wankers.

dubmeup wrote:
This is what the BBC does best :~)
Covering up various faux pas by whatever establishment is in power at the time.

In this case it seems they're more covering up the fact that people spotted the slip up and commented on it. At the same time stopping anyone else from pointing it out...

I do so love keeping my eyes on the glorious and totally impartial Beeb

andyh wrote: Absolutely disgusting organisation. When I see the BBC news now, it is literally just non-stop propaganda. It's actually getting worse. They will never get a penny from me.

wake_up_bomb wrote:
lol they're full of so much shit they could fertilize Mars with it.

'Oh look, the sheeple have spotted that democracy is a complete farce! Better do something about it quick before everyone cottons on to it'

Is you calling me a sheeple andy?

I invited people to consider the comments in the context of the EU referendum

dubmeup wrote:
In the context of the EU eh?
It was probably yourself who got the BBC to ermmm edit it. lol!

Moi? je ne pense pas Certainemant pas?