'Ukip: The First Hundred Days'

[Jimmy-J]

An apocalyptic portrayal of what British life would be like if Nigel Farage became Prime Minister has sparked a series of complaints – even before it has been aired.

The film shows Ukip winning a slim majority in May's Election, but within three months the country is on the brink of collapse under Mr Farage's leadership.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...red.html#video

[Pierre]

I don't see how they can get away with broadcasting this so close to the election.

[Osem]

Regardless of how accurate it might prove to be, it shows how worried some folks are about Farage and UKIP.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by Osem

Regardless of how accurate it might prove to be, it shows how worried some folks are about Farage and UKIP.

Free publicity is good publicity.
this may be the push that give UKIP the keys to number 10.

I can tell you're worried about this too.

Roll on May!

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Osem

Regardless of how accurate it might prove to be, it shows how worried some folks are about Farage and UKIP.

Personally Osem l think they will be lucky to get into double figures come the General Election as l expect quite a few to return to their normal voting patterns.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I don't see how they can get away with broadcasting this so close to the election.

Its ages away and I credit the voting public with more wit than to be fooled by any one programme or newspaper

This might help you though

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro...ode/elections/

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Its ages away and I credit the voting public with more wit than to be fooled by any one programme or newspaper

This might help you though

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bro...ode/elections/

This is (probably) the relevant part:

Meaning of "election period":
For a parliamentary general election, this period begins with the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament

[Osem]

Originally Posted by denphone

Personally Osem l think they will be lucky to get into double figures come the General Election as l expect quite a few to return to their normal voting patterns.

I tend to agree in part. I think they'll get lots of votes but won't win many seats. Having said that, the FibDems have proved you don't need many seats to exercise a disproportionate amount of power.

Anyway maybe some programme maker or other will be brave enough to do a 'fictional documentary' on what the UK would have been like had Brown and his bunch of ruinous, out of touch, social engineering hypocrites won the last election. Maybe it could have been called "Brown - The UK's Last 100 Days". Frankly God only knows where we'd be now if that had happened so thank the Lord they didn't.

[Gary L]

Or do one showing Dave getting another 5 years and where society eventualy breaks. stealing and fighting each other. the dwindling respect for the law hits rock bottom. Dave getting fatter than he already is.
people dying at the side of the road because the NHS has been destroyed.
nobody caring for anyone anymore. babies dying of starvation and the authorities saying "cuts, cuts, resources, not our problem"

and no10 burning down after Dave and George run off with all the money.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Gary L

and no10 burning down after Dave and George run off with all the money.

As opposed to after the other lot spend all the money

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

As opposed to after the other lot spend all the money

Yeah it's odd how many times some strange folks need to be reminded of Labour's financial 'prudence' isn't it. Labour have always been good at spending/wasting money they don't have and then walking away from the resulting mess. Fortunately we're here to jog memories...

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Pierre

I don't see how they can get away with broadcasting this so close to the election.

i thought that as well its clearly part of a smear campaign
it just shows how much the established political rabble are bum twitching ahead of the election

[alanbjames]

I dont see the problem with it, at the end of the day all its down to is the persons opinion who ever put the show together. Channel 4 got into the same trouble over that documentry on Gary Glitter if the death penalty was still in force he would have been hanged.

OK one person may think its biased but as i said its just one persons opinion.

Why arnt people showing the same sort of reaction to the biased newspapers such as The Sun etc.

Originally Posted by alanbjames

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Why arnt people showing the same sort of reaction to the biased newspapers such as The Sun etc.

Because newspapers are free to print whatever they want, in favour of whoever they like. Bias is part of the game.

Unlike TV broadcasters, and especially unlike public service TV broadcasters, which operate under licence and are subject to a regulator.

We don't have an equivalent of Fox News in this country for that reason. Regardless of how close we are to a general election, I'm amazed Channel 4 has done this.

Not many people have forgotten what labour did and are not likely too for a long time but just because they got it so wrong doesn't mean anything is better and I'm more worried about the type of society my kids and grandkids will be living in. This conservative party is hardly full of in touch with reality people and the change in society in just their first five years is worrying and they've had to rein themselves in because of the lib dems another five years of a majority Tory party and society will be tearing itself apart. I dont trust any of the main parties enough to give them my vote this time round and I don't see it getting better anytime soon I think the days of a true public servant are gone though I hope they return.