British Democracy Forum - View Single Post - Open Europe stunt reported on BBC, no UKIP

Britannist · 21-06-2007, 09:35 PM

I've just had the BBC 1 Television news on and saw the 'Open Europe' cardboard cut outs of the leaders of the Governments of EU nations.

The cardboard images - showing Blair and others putting their fingers in their ears so they can't hear the people speaking - looked good, I thought.

I shall check the national newspapers tomorrow to see how many of them show pictures of these clever cardboard images.

* They have just shown them all again on BBC 2 Television Newsnight and described them as "a stunt by a British eurosceptic group". They did not name the group (Open Europe) but are now interviewing Derek Scott (formerly a Downing Street man during some of the Blair years). They have - unusually - not put his name up on the bottom of the screen; nor stated in writing (on the bottom of the screen) which organisation he is from (Open Europe). The reporter is David Grossman.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Cardboard images of EU leaders, Open Europe, newspapers I've just had the BBC 1 Television news on and saw the 'Open Europe' cardboard cut outs of the leaders of the Governments of EU nations. The cardboard images - showing Blair and others putting their fingers in their ears so they can't hear the people speaking - looked good, I thought. I shall check the national newspapers tomorrow to see how many of them show pictures of these clever cardboard images. * They have just shown them all again on BBC 2 Television Newsnight and described them as "a stunt by a British eurosceptic group". They did not name the group (Open Europe) but are now interviewing Derek Scott (formerly a Downing Street man during some of the Blair years). They have - unusually - not put his name up on the bottom of the screen; nor stated in writing (on the bottom of the screen) which organisation he is from (Open Europe). The reporter is David Grossman.