bickster Posted May 22 Moderator Share Posted May 22 He is going to have to answer the question of why he called the election now at some point and he’s going to have to come up with an answer that makes sense. Only earlier in the day he was promising a bereaved parent that he was going to get legislation on the books for the infected blood scandal before the summer recess. So he either lied or something happened between those events. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Wonder if it's been called now because the Tories know they'll lose and the blood scandal fall out becomes Labour's problem... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Re election coverage, the news channels seem obsessed of giving all of the nations coverage but not the regions like the midlands. Due to devolution Scotland and Wales return less MP's know and are less of an importance in the electoral calculations. But as ever london media can't really understand this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 4 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: Wonder if it's been called now because the Tories know they'll lose and the blood scandal fall out becomes Labour's problem... I mean, you could literally swap "blood scandal" for about a thousand other things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Voting in the upcoming election is like trying to decide if you would like your left or right arm amputated. Neither option is particularly palatable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post ml1dch Posted May 22 Popular Post Share Posted May 22 7 minutes ago, mykeyb said: Voting in the upcoming election is like trying to decide if you would like your left or right arm amputated. Neither option is particularly palatable. Only for people who have been in a coma for the last nine years. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 40 minutes ago, bickster said: You really think that the leader of the opposition, ahead in the polls for a good two years, hasn’t thought about what he’s going to do when his party gets elected by the predicted landslide? He's probably thought about it alot yeah. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted May 22 Popular Post Share Posted May 22 Small violin time. And laughter. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 19 minutes ago, ml1dch said: Only for people who have been in a coma for the last nine years. Well that depends how much trust you can put in any other party making a better fist of it and I say that knowing that the current government have set the bar so low it might as well be on the floor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, The Fun Factory said: Re election coverage, the news channels seem obsessed of giving all of the nations coverage but not the regions like the midlands. Due to devolution Scotland and Wales return less MP's know and are less of an importance in the electoral calculations. But as ever london media can't really understand this. Scotland and Wales 'are of less of an importance' not a great argument that for the Union.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 22 VT Supporter Share Posted May 22 I’m beginning to wonder if our Laura is a bit worried about this election. Impartiality, my arse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 What is Laura going to do when there’s only 17 of them and they don’t need a press Secretary? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 7 hours ago, choffer said: I’m beginning to wonder if our Laura is a bit worried about this election. Impartiality, my arse. I genuinely think her appointment as BBC's chief political correspondent / political editor over the last ten years has been a significant factor in the decline of this nation. https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/30/laura-kuenssberg-bbc-political-editor-was-a-catastrophic-systemic-failure/ Quote What they got was a journalist with access to the upper reaches of the Government, with a determination to get on air and tell everyone the whispers that she had heard from ministers, advisors and officials – before Sky or ITN. What the BBC needed was someone who could take a step back, away from the scrum, and tell audiences when they were being lied to. That was something neither the BBC nor Kuenssberg has ever come to terms with. There are so many examples of why this was bad both for the BBC and the UK’s political system in the years that followed. It began with the Leave campaign making lying a central part of its strategy during the Brexit referendum. The BBC’s response was to ‘balance’ these lies with information from the other side – rather than using their editorial judgement to call out when something was blatantly and dangerously false. Kuenssberg’s approach to the job complimented this. Access was crucial. She would ring up (or be rung) by the top people in the Leave campaign, get a response and get on air. It didn’t matter whether the audience had a better understanding of the issues, all that mattered was beating her broadcasting opposite numbers to the story. Scoops were seemingly all important, even if they just involved parroting Dominic Cummings – who masterminded the Vote Leave operation – before Robert Peston did. For the first time in my lifetime – the Prime Minister and those around him lied unashamedly. And they lied, knowing that their dishonest version of events would be repeated by Kuenssberg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 10 hours ago, bickster said: He is going to have to answer the question of why he called the election now at some point and he’s going to have to come up with an answer that makes sense. Only earlier in the day he was promising a bereaved parent that he was going to get legislation on the books for the infected blood scandal before the summer recess. So he either lied or something happened between those events. He’s saying it’s because economic stability has returned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 4 minutes ago, Genie said: He’s saying it’s because economic stability has returned I'm suprised he ain't said "I'm worth 650m, I can't be arsed anymore". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 23 Moderator Share Posted May 23 33 minutes ago, Genie said: He’s saying it’s because economic stability has returned Yeah that doesnt make sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Why would you call an election the instant economic stability had returned? You would milk a few months of the benefit, let voters feel the fun of that extra money in their pocket. Remember, Rishi is an economics genius, our saviour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 6 weeks of absolute bollocks coming up then, is there a 3 word slogan yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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