As controversy swirls over the Greek crisis and Britain’s future in Europe, we lack journalists with the skill to get behind the puffery-as-usualGrexit, Brexit, Fixit, Wrexit? Think six months of constant turmoil behind closed doors from Athens to Brussels. Think of last-minute “bundles” and desperate diversions. Then think of it as a mere Greek meze before the great barbecue of British renegotiation really begins. How are journalists going to make sense of it all: Britain in Europe, the most intractable, counter-intuitive story of our time?“Due impartiality”, as Trust-inflicted on the BBC, won’t help make anything clear, of course. Try applying its hallowed editorial guidelines to this debate: “Across our output as a whole, we must be inclusive, reflecting a breadth and diversity of opinion. We must be fair and open-minded when examining the evidence and weighing material facts. We must give due weight to the many and diverse areas of an argument. And breadth and diversity of opinion may require not just a political and cultural range, but, on occasion, reflect the variations between urban and rural, older and younger, poorer and wealthier, the innovative and the status quo.” Motherhood, apple pie – and rather sticky custard.London may be a cultural world centre in many ways: politically it’s an international also-ran Continue reading...
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