Should Labour Ministers be using public funds to put propaganda on our televisions ?

Question

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2490854/Inquiry-into-television-shows-funded-by-ministers.html

Answer 1

No they shouldn't. Especially when the government is in so much debt already, this money could have been spent on something useful, rather on brainwashing attempts.

Answer 2

I wouldn't have any problem with this as long as the source of the programmes' funds was made clear.

Answer 3

No, but then the Tories do it, and the Lib/dems

Answer 4

Hiya,

Yes it is disgraceful. I am not normally one to comment on poloitical affairs but it is really creepy and scary.

It is brainwashingg! Both the BBC and ministers should be held responsible and everyone who has paid them should be removed from office.

It is in my humble opinion, also that the goverment funded Learn Direct courses are being used cynically as a social learning vehicle to promote 'good' behaviour.

Scary...

Answer 5

The answer is obviously no. Do you think new labour have any morales or consideration for the tax payers money?

Answer 6

No!

Answer 7

No ! No! No! Politicians are more than more ready to regard taxpayers money as some kind of largessee t be used for party purposes.

An example of this is the discussion that arises from time to time of public funded election expenses. I really do not know how to sort this out as a private citizen without breaking the anti terrorism laws. The buggers have us tied up in knots  

Answer 8

I really think you're being a little harsh.

Harriet Harman in her role as

Leader of the House of Commons (and Lord Privy Seal); Minister for Women and Equality

(just a short job title then) has commissioned a set of future films so we can have Equality.

Early releases are thought to include:

Life: I can hardly make ends meet – the life of an MP trying to struggle on his salary and expenses

Life: Betwixt and Between – the struggle of an MP trying to remember which home he/she is trying to get home to tonight – is it my home in my constituency or the other home I’m buying at public expense.

Life: Between a Rock and a hard place – the ditherings of Alastair Darling over the ‘nationalisation’ of Northern Rock and the loss of jobs (and voters) in one of Labour’s heartlands

Life: 10p or not 10p – light hearted knock-about  look at how to make the poorest sector of the working public even worse off. Starring: Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling.

Life: The Straw that broke the Camel’s Back – a fast-paced film about the excitement of being Secretary of State for Justice as we follow Jack Straw through his hectic day.

Life: The Pies to the Left – a close up look (but hopefully not too close!) at the diet of the legendary love machine known as John Prescott

Life: Is just a bowl of Cherie’s – the trials of being a Prime Minister’s wife starring Cherie Blair co-starring Tony Blair highlighting the terrible hardships she had to go through balancing her time between court and home and public paid foreign trips around the world.

Life: Fixed-Up and Fittings – MPS give their tips on how to use money claimed as expenses to make that room just that little bit more ‘home from home’.

Life: God will be my judge on that – the hard-hitting film showing how to wriggle you way out of tricky questions about the Iraq war starring the one and only Tony Blair.

Life: Kelly’s Eye – a film detailing all the progress that has been made since she has become Secretary of State for Transport

Life: The (ex) Postman only Rings Once – Alan Johnson and the job he is having judging the ‘Smiliest Nurse Competition’ at his local hospital

Life: Living in Harmony – the heart-warming tale of Harriet Harman’s struggle to make jobs available to everyone with added ‘positive descrimination’

Life: Blear’s Bottox –  everyday make-up tips from everyone’s  favourite smiling Salford Sassy Lassy – Hazel Blears.

Life: Hey diddley Dee a Jugglers Life for Me! – a rough-and-tumble trip through the UK’s confusing education system with none other than Mr. Ed Balls!

Life: Kathy Come Home – Following his stunningly popular debut in 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside' - a brand new up-to-date version of Wuthering Heights starring Gordon Brown in his first starring role as Heathcliff.

Harriet's film will be shown in extra-super-wide-vision - so they can get her job-title on the page.