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Sunday 18 October 2009

I'M SO BIASED I COULD CRY

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If the UK-wide Politics Show was on less biased form that usual, the same may not be said of The Politics Show: Scotland. A three-way discussion on the future of Scotland's banks between Michael Moore for the Liberal Democrats, John McFall for Labour and David Mundell for the Conservatives resulted in the following interruption coefficients for presenter Glenn Campbell:
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David Mundell - 0.9
John McFall - 0.4
Michael Moore - 0
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One of the Mr Mundell's interruptions was a classic Politics Show ambush, quoting some mischief-making about his position from the centre-left The Sunday Herald.
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Worse was to come.
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Here's how Glenn began the next segment: "Now, MPs expenses are back in the news with Gordon Brown, David Cameron and others being ordered to pay back money they'd claimed."
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This is simply untrue. Sir Thomas Legg did indeed suggest that Gordon Brown should pay back more than £12,000, but he did not suggest David Cameron should pay back a single penny, only asking for more information about a £200 payment.
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My suspicions that Glenn Campbell dislikes the Conservatives and is not too keen on the SNP either, but has quite a soft spot for Labour and the Lib Dems grows stronger by the week.
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