tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893547715889650455.post8595013432060558608..comments2022-12-01T23:15:12.959+00:00Comments on Charles's Bits and Bobs: What's the Metros Agenda?Charles Meadenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682622994170048963noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893547715889650455.post-39166040640094465372007-09-13T13:22:00.000+00:002007-09-13T13:22:00.000+00:00A bloke from the 'tax payers alliance' was on News...A bloke from the 'tax payers alliance' was on Newsnight the other night and was clearly both a git and an idiot (in my personal view - don't sue Charles!). Their name is also not specific enough - I am a tax payer, but am not part of their alliance. They should be called the 'former young conservative right wing nutter tax payer's alliance' or something. As for Metro's agenda, that's harder to call. A couple of months ago they ran a front page splash about how the UK's carbon footprint is vastly underestimated because it doesn't take into account all of the outsourced production by UK companies in places like China - which I thought was quite progressive of them. I suspect that they have limited editorial resources and run stories on whatever interesting press releases happen to come along. I was slagging off Metro to a teacher friend of mine not so long ago, and she said she thought it was great, because pupils who would otherwise take no interest in the news read Metro on the bus and so have a bit more awareness about current affairs than they used to.Colhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854291971469844918noreply@blogger.com