Feb 2020
6:56pm, 23 Feb 2020
6,438 posts
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jda
Your final sentence is the best summary I've seen.
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Feb 2020
9:37am, 24 Feb 2020
715 posts
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Dave W
Found a good piece in the Guardian this a.m. regarding the recent floods.. Interesting article including how the media have been neutered by "balanced reporting" and lack of holding politicians to account seems to have declined. Best bit for me was "Tory Governments are more interested in policy-based evidence than in evidence-based policies". Sums them up nicely.. |
Feb 2020
7:51pm, 24 Feb 2020
15,756 posts
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Chrisull
In the same vein, here's modern conservatism summed up: "The core of modern conservatism is the idea that some must be protected by the law but not bound by it, and others must be bound by the law but not protected by it." Paraphrased from: bradford-delong.com Bout the size of it? |
Feb 2020
6:35am, 25 Feb 2020
13,554 posts
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richmac
Not sure what to make of this? bbc.co.uk Why would you call for a boycott because a Tory uses it? And how did choice of tea cause such outrage? |
Feb 2020
7:11am, 25 Feb 2020
2,466 posts
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Fellrunning
It seems childish, but that's the way things seem to be these days. That's social media for you. |
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Feb 2020
7:13am, 25 Feb 2020
6,447 posts
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jda
Obviously some people assumed it was some sort of publicity stunt arranged with the company like the Heck sausages thing a while back.
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Feb 2020
7:25am, 25 Feb 2020
2,467 posts
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Fellrunning
If it was it's backfired. The man is universally loathed - even by the Tories. Could have been worse I suppose. It could have been Priti Patel... |
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Feb 2020
7:31am, 25 Feb 2020
719 posts
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Dave W
Theresa Villiers said that the briefings against Patel were because she was a woman. Ha ha ha! They were probably because she is hopelessly out of her depth, and was sacked from her last job for being untrustworthy. Another "holiday" to Israel, Priti? Is it me, or is this Tory Government even more shambolic than the last one, and they were pretty dire. |
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Feb 2020
9:14am, 25 Feb 2020
7,069 posts
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Too Much Water
I find it hard to believe the comments against Priti Patel aren’t loaded with the same sentiments as those against Diane Abbott
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Feb 2020
9:16am, 25 Feb 2020
15,759 posts
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Chrisull
Why is the BBC reporting a few crusty old Corbynites complaining as news? No-one with half a braincell will boycott Yorkshire Tea just because Sunak uses it. Why not headline the news that austerity is actually killing people? Compare the FT headline and slant for fucksake ft.com with the lily livered BBC version: bbc.co.uk Time to get rid of the licence now. Critical reporting? Holding the govt to account? Go to Sky, the FT and C4 first it seems. |
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