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> Turns out no, quite the opposite - if anything, Labour thinks these laws didn't go far enough.

That's basically how the news, including the BBC, tend to report on these laws. "Some think they are good. Others think they don't go far enough. Experts say risk remains." Never ever do they interview the EFF.

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The BBC was always pretty establishment, but now they're very afraid of seeming “left wing”, and so we get this…

Since Cameron threatened them, they have been much more tightly under the central gov influence.

The editorial team for news has always been full of Tories (including some that either have tried running as MPs, were in the young conservatives etc).

When the left complains about the BBC they mean its news and political coverage.

The right doesn't like the diversity in its comedy shows.

These are two pretty different concerns.

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