> The unelected Labour opposition
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> The unelected Labour opposition proposed activist shills took control of the editorial policy of not just the BBC but also print media.
(The unelected Labour opposition)
OK, very wrong, but I think that's attempting to describe the elected labour mps in parliament
"activist shills"
I assume this means people who don't read the daily express
So I think I can parse this as
Some Labour MPs, at some point, proposed a group of people should take control of the editorial policy of the BBC and newspapers.
I'm not sure what story he's talking about though.
This does indeed seem to be what this person is saying. Thanks for putting in the effort to parse, though I do have to apologise for the fact that it hardly seems to have been worth it!
Meanwhile in the real world, Charles Moor, former editor of the Telegraph, is mooted to become the chairman of the BBC and Paul Dacre, former editor of the Daily Mail, is to be head of ofcom, the media regulator.
Not exactly paragons of impartiality are they?
You sound like you aren't aware that Leader of the Opposition is actually an official paid position, listed in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1937. You can only get this official position by being a member of parliament (voted in all practical modern cases and in this case), and representing the minority party.
So they're in an elected official position, sworn to the Crown, with actual responsibilities and pay, set out in concrete legislation - and that's actually pretty rare in the British constitution!
Do you have a point of any substance to make?