Rds1983 Posted April 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: The journalist who wrote that story and the editor of the paper are just as culpable for putting that in the paper as the scumbag MP who said it “off the record”. They should have published the MPs name so we all know who he is. I didn't limit my comment to just Tories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 People buy that newspaper every week and they know the content they are getting, week in, week out. Imagine thinking you’re a real actual journalist, then just helping your mates with that sort of planted story. But then I suppose if you’re working for the Non Dom tax avoiding 4th Viscount Rothermere you gave up any pretence of journalism long long ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2022 Nice legs though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I spend enough time in this thread putting Tory MP's down but I have to give due credit to one of them on this occasion for doing the right thing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) I never did understand that nursery rhyme which goes: Goosey Goosey Gander, whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs and in my Lady's chamber... I once knew an old man who claimed to have seen her hairs, one step, two step, kick him down the stairs I do now though! Edited April 24, 2022 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 To think people like this get to vote. No wonder we are in the mess we are in and have the government we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Was she equally outraged about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I think the message was clear: Vote Labia in the next election! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2022 Right so what are the Tories up to today because as much as lots of things aren't dead cats, this one's flesh is falling off the bones Labour falling for it hook line and sinker though This is classic 1980s Student Union politics, quick say something obviously sexist to get the lefties jumping up and down, worked every time then and it appears to be working to this day. I mean its actually got Angela Rayner thanking Johnson for sticking up for her. Sometimes the Labour Party are so predictable I'll wager Conservative Central Office are absolutely pissing themselves laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, bickster said: Right so what are the Tories up to today because as much as lots of things aren't dead cats, this one's flesh is falling off the bones Labour falling for it hook line and sinker though This is classic 1980s Student Union politics, quick say something obviously sexist to get the lefties jumping up and down, worked every time then and it appears to be working to this day. I mean its actually got Angela Rayner thanking Johnson for sticking up for her. Sometimes the Labour Party are so predictable I'll wager Conservative Central Office are absolutely pissing themselves laughing I think the problem is that the two parties have got closer together as regards controlling the Covid narrative, enforcing the lockdown and spending borrowed money on an inprecedented scale, and all they can disagree on is puerile trivial name-calling. Much bigger issues are just over the horizon and neither party looks capable of dealing with them. Or, just maybe, definitely maybe, they are deliberately distracting us with all this crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: I think the problem is that the two parties have got closer together as regards controlling the Covid narrative, enforcing the lockdown and spending borrowed money on an inprecedented scale, and all they can disagree on is puerile trivial name-calling. Much bigger issues are just over the horizon and neither party looks capable of dealing with them. Or, just maybe, definitely maybe, they are deliberately distracting us with all this crap? This is a partygate distraction, nothing more, nothing less. Or something has been announced I'm unaware of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, bickster said: This is a partygate distraction, nothing more, nothing less. Or something has been announced I'm unaware of But partygate is almost certainly a distraction too, and there is little doubt that people are far more enthusiastic about discussing that, than the economic consequences of Mr Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 minute ago, MakemineVanilla said: But partygate is almost certainly a distraction too No it really isn't, anything that potentially has the power to remove a sitting Prime Minister is not a distraction. Ignore the actual parties, that's fluff, partygate is about having a PM that is consistenly lying to Parliament and has broken a law he enacted. There are very serious issues beneath the parties. Absolutely not a distraction 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Yep, it’s not about Tupperware, its not about 9 minutes, and its not about a bin bag over a cctv camera. It’s about the PM being a liar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2022 12 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: there is little doubt that people are far more enthusiastic about discussing that, than the economic consequences of Mr Johnson. See, here again, it's linked. Johnson has now told Parliament nine times that the UK has the fastest growing economy in the World (or whatever whopper it is he keeps telling.) It's a lie, he's not mistaken, it's not an accident. It's a lie. So if the PM is lying to Parliament and the country about the economy, is it any wonder they aren't interested in talking about it? No one wants to have a conversation about, "Yes the economy isn't great but under the circumstances we're recovering better than anyone" do they. Because they've been lied to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, bickster said: See, here again, it's linked. Johnson has now told Parliament nine times that the UK has the fastest growing economy in the World (or whatever whopper it is he keeps telling.) It's a lie, he's not mistaken, it's not an accident. It's a lie. So if the PM is lying to Parliament and the country about the economy, is it any wonder they aren't interested in talking about it? No one wants to have a conversation about, "Yes the economy isn't great but under the circumstances we're recovering better than anyone" do they. Because they've been lied to Most people in work isnt it? Or that could be another regular lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Genie said: Most people in work isnt it? Or that could be another regular lie. Dunno, as soon as he opens his mouth all I hear is lie, lie, lie and switch off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted April 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: This is a partygate distraction, nothing more, nothing less. Or something has been announced I'm unaware of This probably was another thing to distract from too I think 13 hours ago, Rds1983 said: I mean it’s utter bottom of the barrel stuff from the Tories but I don’t the sexual misconduct thing hasn’t been mentioned at all save for the article in the Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 "Drawing a line under all this" latest: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I've started to believe that thinking that everything is a distraction from everything else is just a form of weak conspiracy theory that appeals to educated people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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