Many people don't want the Leftist crap served up by SKY, BBC and ITN. That is why GB News is so successful and why the lefties are so desperate to attack it.

Nail on head.

It's not as though they don't get enough lefty or socially liberal media is it.

The one comment I'll concede for the real lefties or socialists is that they are partly excluded as while all the neo liberal stuff agrees with them on most social issues it doesn't on the financial.

However, that's the same situation for most social conservatives as GB News, is itself is very milk toast small 'c' conservativism.

It was forced to get rid of the proper conservatives like Mark Steyn after establishment 'progressive' toady Ofcom went after him about his covid coverage.....considering how the messaging is changing over covid they could end up paying a considerable price for that in the future.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

What do you watch for news Steely?

I'm interested, not to have a go at you but to know what's out there that you can genuinely stomach as a non neo liberal lefty?

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

People can watch left wing trash as much as they like, but kindly be honest and admit what it is.

the answer is that the few MPs on the radio to my knowledge do so as phone ins etc and are not presenting news.

I think David Lammy does a phone in on LBC, for example.

Starmer often does a monthly guest phone in on LBC and even Sunak did a one off 30 minute equivalent last week.

So this format is quite normal and has been the case for a number of years.

The issue is as per name - it is a news show. Ofcom are supposedly investigating a number of examples where MPs have supposedly presented news items on GB news. They can present talk shows etc, but not news programmes. That's why it's perfectly acceptable (to Ofcom) for Dorries to interview her mate Johnson, as an example

Good points. Whether you like him or not Starmer represents a more moderate approach to govt, and he quickly realised that to get into power he needs the support of the centre thinking/soft right voters. If you look at the voting over the last 40 plus years of general elections only a move to the right from Blair got Labour into power.
Starmer appears to be replicating this policy.
Whether you liked Corbyn or not, the fact is the 2019 election was a terrible performance from Labour, so something had to change.

I'm not a massive fan of Starmer but i understand his strategy.

The Green party has had decent support over the last 30 odd years but only has 1 MP and this won't improve any time soon.

It appears when a general election comes around the majority of the country vote right of centre.