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I heard that Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales leaders are planning to meet to break up UK. Is it really true? Anyone from UK here who can tell me what is actually happening there?

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[–] Naive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Telegraph is right leaning? Damn, idk that.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes its nickname is The Torygraph

[–] Naive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well Tories are kinda better if we compare it with far right. The right wing you guys have in UK is nothing compared to what I have in my country (we do not have a presence of left wing in our politics (except for some minority labor unions)).

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure, yeah. Most of the UK papers are. The only one I know for sure is The Guardian. There's probably others.

The Observer, The Independent and The National (Scottish), The i and The Scotsman are either neutral or lefty.

[–] kazerniel@piefed.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only one I know for sure is The Guardian.

Is there a "not" missing? The Guardian is left leaning except their transphobia.

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Hot take. The guardian is know for being excessively woke to most people. Even i find it a little much sometimes, and I'm a total pinko. Have you any examples of their transphobia? Not being a dick, i've just never, ever heard that before.

[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here's an article somewhat amusingly from The Guardian on it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk

Also this vice article includes lots of links to relevant guardian articles
https://www.vice.com/en/article/guardian-trans-journalists/

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thanks for sharing; I genuinely didn't know that was something they'd been criticised for. I'll read the linked articles when I get a chance, but this is certainly news to me.

EDIT. Actually I may not read the articles. One is nearly 20 years old and the newest is over 5.

[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're from 2018 and 2022? I'm confused, but you certainly don't have to read them.

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

The links in the 2nd article mate

[–] kazerniel@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

I would debate the "most people" part, but I guess we move in different circles. As well as the links posted by toomanypancakes, hundreds of the Guardian's own staff signed a letter criticising its “pattern of publishing transphobic content”.

It is notorious in the trans community for having some strongly transphobic regular columnists.

If you do an online search for "guardian transphobia" you will find numerous media reports and trans people's reddit posts about it over the years.

[–] Naive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I only know BBC when it comes to British media and that feels lefty or neutral

[–] kazerniel@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The BBC barely feels neutral, has mostly leaned right over the past decade.

The only major left-leaning non-tabloid one I can think of is the Guardian.

[–] Naive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Basically the guardian and i (that's their name, a lowercase letter i, it's so stupid)

[–] YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It means semi-serious. Basically, you have broadsheets that purport to push serious journalism and tabloid papers that are more sensationalist and low-brow. Tabloids in the UK include The Sun (hugely popular, Murdoch-owned, right-wing scandal rag) and the way less popular Mirror (a left-leaning paper that sort of emulates The Sun's style in an attempt to appeal to the masses).

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Meh its okay but they're under pressure to give voice to racist bigots in the interest of 'balance'.

You should listen to 5 live (one of their radio stations). You wouldn't believe what they let some people say live on air.