What an utter clown. Stuff like this should be a resigning matter but it’s just another one to forget about in a week’s time in today’s milieu.
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Politicians ain’t what they used to be, the idea of resigning is foreign these days.
Best twitter comment:
"More of that apparently non-existent right-wing comedy. Seems to be everywhere these days! "
"More of that apparently non-existent right-wing comedy. Seems to be everywhere these days! "
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Remember watching this at the time, harrowing to see the real-world costs of such callousness now. We’re governed by criminals.
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There is no doubt Boris is a populist, but I rather have a Government that changes its mind/course of actions when its realizes its necessary.
We have had too many Governments (in my life time) that have refused to change direction even when its clear they are going the wrong way. This has cost the country dearly in lives and money and wasted opportunities. Boris will be judged on his policy outcomes not on the day to day 'tacking' or alterations made to follow a previously unknown and ever changing course of action.
The Covid pandemic has reached into many areas that no one would have thought possible, not just health issues, social matters, education, economics and of course politics. There will be more after-shocks to come before things settle down and in politics we are likely to see many examples of 'strange-bedfellows' emerging.
They should just start by getting everyone vaccinated for flu this winter. Last thing we need is a double whammy of flu and covid flying around
Wish my student debt was £50k
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There is nothing wrong with a government that is prepared to reconsider the odd decision.
But there is a fundamental problem with a government that makes so many utterly stupid decisions that it is continually having to make not just a minor correction. But in so many cases a complete 180 U turn.
It smacks of muddled thinking, or making decisions 'on the hoof' without the proper checks and balances. And it totally undermines the public confidence such that large numbers of people get so confused, they ignore the important messages.
This is absolutely fecking terrifying.
"Employment of Labour activists without equivalent Conservative representation"
The absolute fecking cheek.
The flu vaccine has limited effectiveness. Take 2017/18 as an example it averaged 15% effectiveness across all age groups. Obviously that varies year on year. But even at the top level of effectiveness it will not prevent a "double whammy".
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flu-vaccine-effectiveness-in-2017-to-2018-season
Depressing reading. Certainly shows why there is such a perceived gulf in political priorities across the demographic age gaps.
Especially when they has been given plenty of feedback from teachers prior to the school U turn. Local councils in Greater Manchester prior to easing lockdown U turn etc.
They are tone deaf and making silly mistakes. Primarily because they don't really care as they have a large majority. No need to feign interest in public opinion anymore. Just blame the EU and migrants for any problems and move on.
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Newspapers delayed as Extinction Rebellion blocks printing presses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54038591
Love it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54038591
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Love it.
As is the concept of truth and honesty. Trust in politics must be at an all-time low.
Every cloud has a silver lining. And why would anyone want to waste their money on buying a paper. Full of made up stories and advertising.
Save your money folks.
Normally I would agree with you but the Covid thing is throwing up so many different 'events'* that it means the government is always riding a transient wave at an unknown amplitude and frequency and as yet no steady state in sight. There are supposedly trying to follow the science, but then is it health or economic science? It certainly not political science that's for sure.
* always recall Harold Macmillan when asked why he couldn't complete something and why he seemed to change his mind, his reply was " events dear boy, events"!
And if it is the result of events, then it is understandable.
But in many of the cases, it is not simply the result of an unforeseen event. It is primarily the result of incoherent and muddled thinking. With not enough forethought or in-depth analysis.
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On another note, how long before people will be outside protesting against the Guardian
If it had just been the Guardian or Observer that were prevented from being delivered, you wouldn't have heard a peep out of Priti fecking Patel
They should be grateful that they onlynstopped them printing for a day rather than putting a bullet in their head
Who wrote that, because it shows a hilarious political illiteracy to talk of an anarchist hierarchy.
That family must have mental house parties. I bet they stay up as late as 10pm and put out TWO dips for the carrot sticks.
Ha ha! From the man who unlawfully suspended parliamentary democracy.
I would have thought that a man whose previous comments on the holocaust had caused the heiracty of xr Germany
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And the heiracht of xr uk were forced to issue a statement saying
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-50501941
Now skipping the fact that both organisations having spokespeople and indeed even a conflict team it would seem to imply a certain level or organisation and heirachy.
But having to come out against one of the founders does show his views on the holocaust were an issue... and this same person is now saying there should be a bullet to the head of those people who "run the elites" ... who could he be referring to beyond the antisemitic tropes?
I would have thought that was a bigger issue than how an article was written... nevermind you will have another opportunity to denounce antisemitism when the ehrc report is published (presumably in the next couple of weeks?)
I don't think XR count as an anarchist group. It's a decentralised, loose coalition of groups, some more hierarchical than others. But it speaks to the intellectual credibility of Guido that they can call a group anarchist and in the same breath talk about its hierarchy. It's like criticising the sharpness of the corners on a circle.
I have issues with XR, although not the same ones you do. They have done some outstanding graphic design work though.
So Priti and Boris release statements condemning protesters blocking the Sun but nothing on their far right chums closing down Dover.
Only half a page up we have tweets about Tory MP’s demanding the BBC stop taking the piss out of them in comedy shows. And that Panorama shouldn’t be doing things like exposing government incompetence on PPE.
24 hours later, Tory MP’s moaning about blocking free press. feck them all.
24 hours later, Tory MP’s moaning about blocking free press. feck them all.
Either people will notice this and this government will not last long.
Or, we have been dumbed down and distracted so much as a nation over he last few decades, so they can get away with anything and it is forgotten in the next news cycle.
Definitely the second one. The hypocrisy seen on a day to day basis has just become normal now.
Take XR for example. When they staged protests and blocked roads, there was a lot of people annoyed by this, which I understood, despite loosely agreeing that radical action is probably the only way of getting attention.
Now today, you’ve got the right marching and blocking roads in Dover. Guarantee all of them were completely slaughtering XR for doing the same thing.
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Yeah, you wouldn't want to offer any kind of opposition would you?