Wednesday, January 30, 2013

David Cameron Reported to Ofcom for Telling Lies On TV

With this prime minister, it seems that telling blatant lies is second nature, he does it in the House of Commons, he does it in his various speeches and now he is even doing it in his party political broadcasts.
Whereby the Speaker of the House, John Bercow seems content to allow Cameron get away with deliberately misleading the public and nearly all the press and broadcast media allow him to get away with lying and misleading in his speeches, when David Cameron lied in party political broadcast last week he may have finally crossed the line and may be forced to retract what he claimed.

Here is Rachel Reeves Letter in Full


Andrew Dilnot CBE  
Chair, UK Statistics Authority 
1 Drummond Gate 
LondonSW1V 2QQ 
24 January 2013 
Dear Andrew 
I am sure you will agree that it is vital that public debate is informed by accurate use of statistics.However, in a Party Political Broadcast by the Conservative Party last night, the Prime Minister said: 
“We are now halfway through the coalition’s time in government and in two and a half years we have achieved a lot but I know people don’t just want to hear from me, they want to know the facts… So though this government has had to make some difficult decisions, we are making progress. We are paying down Britain’s debts.”As you will be aware, figures from the Office for National Statistics published this week show that the national debt is not being paid down, but is actually rising. Since this government came to office, public sector net debt has risen from £811.3 billion (55.3 per cent of GDP) in the second quarter of 2010, to £1,111.4 billion at the end of December 2012 (70.7 per cent of GDP). 
The Office for Budget Responsibility has also forecast that public sector net debt will continue to rise and the government’s target to get it falling by 2015-16 will not be met.This is not the first time government Ministers have made similar claims about the national debt. However, last night’s Party Political Broadcast is the first occasion I am aware of when the Prime Minister has made such a claim in a scripted broadcast. This suggests that the Conservative Party may be attempting to deliberately mislead the public about these statistics and the government’s record.I would be grateful if you could bring some clarity to the situation and advise on how we can ensure that in the future debate on the national debt is accurate and based on the facts.
Yours sincerely, 
Rachel Reeves MP


Not only has Rachel Reeves the Shadow Chief secretary to the Treasury written to Andrew Dilnot the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, but a complaint has also been registered with Ofcom by a member of the public.
If the Speaker will not do anything in the House to curtail the prime minister from telling lies, then others have to take their own steps.


4 comments:

alixnotes said...

Im not as famous or powerful as the MP, but I reported him to to Ofcom. Got a response from them too!!

Gracie Samuels said...

Yes we got a reply too (of sorts:

Thank you for contacting Ofcom. Your views are important to us as they help to ensure broadcasters follow the rules set out in our codes. These codes set standards for all programmes on TV and radio.

Ofcom assesses each complaint it receives to decide whether it raises a potential issue under its codes.

Ofcom will not normally write back to you with the outcome of its considerations.

However, please be assured that if your complaint does raise a potential issue, we will start an investigation. And, whether or not we believe an investigation is required, your comments and feedback are always considered, and all our decisions are published in the Broadcast Bulletin.

Ofcom publishes its Broadcast Bulletin, every fortnight, on our website. This includes the latest decisions about the complaints we’ve received.

If you would like to find out more, you can read:
• issues of the Broadcast Bulletin at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins
• our Consumer Guide at: http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/files/2009/12/tvcomplaints.pdf
• our procedures for investigating standards cases http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/complaints-sanctions/standards
• our procedures for investigating fairness and privacy cases http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/complaints-sanctions/fairness

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Terry R.. said...

did Ms Reeves and everyone else report Mr Blair for his lies about the wmdS ETC ETC, No when it suits them, ask Ms Reeves how much the high rate of tax was from May '97 to April 2010...

Terry r.. said...

ask Ms Reeves why her party left the biggest debt ever, when leaving office this time, the debt left in Dec 79 was almost as bad as well.