Monday, 27 June 2016


Now a plot to block Brexit: Bitter losers gang up to scupper EU pull-out 17 million voted for

I found this story on the DailyMail page. The article has been written regarding the recent Brexit referendum results and how different politicians are viewing and disagreeing with them.

   British and European politicians are plotting to block UK’s exit from the EU
   As Labour went into meltdown, campaign started for a second referendum
   Tony Blair, Nicola Sturgeon, and pro-Remain MPs said rethink was needed

British and European politicians are plotting to block the UK’s exit from the EU.
On a chaotic day in which the Labour Party went into meltdown, a campaign was started to force a second referendum.
Tony Blair, Nicola Sturgeon, some pro-Remain MPs and a senior German official said a rethink was needed now the consequences of quitting the Brussels club were clear.

Eleven Labour frontbenchers resigned in a bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn with a pro-EU party leader.
The plotters hope a general election can be held later this year before the start of the formal process of quitting. 
Last Thursday’s referendum could then be reversed. Iain Duncan Smith said the Europhiles were ‘bad losers’.

In further developments:
   Theresa May prepared to take on Boris Johnson for the right to win the race to succeed David Cameron as prime minister within the new few months;
   Mr Corbyn, who sacked Hilary Benn for disloyalty, claimed he was going nowhere, despite failing to even secure the backing of his own deputy, Tom Watson;
   George Osborne announced he will give a statement today to ‘provide reassurance about financial and economic stability’;
   The Chancellor, who had not been seen since the referendum result, is to stay in post to ‘protect the national interest’;
   In a surprise move, talks have also begun for him to join a Boris Johnson leadership ‘dream ticket’ alongside Michael Gove;
   A petition calling for a second referendum was placed under investigation after 77,000 signatures were found to be fraudulent.

Mr Duncan Smith said the bid by the political elite to frustrate the will of the people was an ‘anti-democratic joke’.
‘There is a lot of bad losing here from the Europhiles,’ the former Tory leader told the Mail. ‘This was one of the biggest turnouts since the war and there is no justification for a second referendum whatsoever.’ 


3 comments:

  1. You've looked at this article and what it demonstrates as a piece of media, however there isn't much analysis present. You haven't included an opinion or it may directly affect you.

    However you did look at the wider affects of the story, its political approach and how it affects other member of each political party. However in the future with any news story, do not forget to analysis any wording in the article, the motivation of the article and how 'you' personally feel about it.

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  2. you sourced the article well, but could you explore the affect the source had on the way the paper was written, for example did the fact it was written by a right wing paper effect the stance the article took?
    Good demonstration on how you've interpreted the content of the article.

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  3. As the EU Referendum is a topic that is discussed majorly at the moment, I think you chose a good news post to discuss.
    You included quotes which show evidence and your knowledge of the situation and your use of structure is good.

    To improve you should add your opinion.

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