Channel Four’s FactCheck is rarely disputed with much vigour. Most people seem to take their rulings on the chin and move on, except of course if you are Ken Livingstone. Last week his supporters were frothing that C4 had dared to challenge their voodoo “Fare Deal”figures. Retaliations were pushed to unpopular parts of the blogosphere and the usual level of Twitter vitriol was thrown about. Well it seems that didn’t go unnoticed with theFactCheck team who have given Kenanother slap this morning: “The claim: The verdict: It’s like shooting fish… Who would have thought that a threat made at four in the morning would prove impossible to implement in the cold light of day. Before Christmas, while on a relative high from his EU spanner in the works, Fightin’ Dave was all mouth about EU institutions, but the dampening of expectations has begun this morning. A full retreat will be signalled when the Prime Minister arrives in Brussels this afternoon, but Hague has hit the airwaves to say that they were “not intending to take action about that now”. Another reverse move that could easily have been avoided. Many more of these and the words “defining” and “feature” will stick… Yellow, Yellow, Yellow | James Dowling
Another FactCheck Fiction For Ken
“Fares might be soaring, but the service is plummeting! Delays and line closures have become a daily part of Londoners’ lives.”
“Sack Boris” election leaflet, 30 January 2012
The figures speak for themselves, and the difference in passenger hours lost – an average of a million a month more under Ken – is particularly striking.Hague Confirms Obvious Dave Defeat
Labour Should Back a Referendum | LabourList
What Kind of People Have We Become? | Jeff Randall
Don’t Be That Guy | Brian Whelan
Labour’s Movements | Nick Watt
Ken Staffer: I Was Token Asian “Pretty Face” | Andrew Gilligan
Will Israel Attack Iran? | New York Times
IMF Billions Osborne’s Moment of Truth | Paddy O’Flynn
It’s a Crisis of Confidence, Not of Capitalism | George Osborne
Bonus Question of Honour for the Coalition | Charles Moore
More of Guardian Gove Gaffe | Harry’s Place
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
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