22 May
6:20pm, 22 May 2024
4,879 posts
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paulcook
Steve Bray been banned from every street around Whitehall. Yeah, normal country. |
22 May
6:22pm, 22 May 2024
32,300 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The Prime Minister was delivering his announcement on the General Election, but was being drowned out by Steve Bray, a Westminster activist best known as the Stop Brexit Man, who decided to play music through a speaker. The chorus from Things Can Only Get Better by 90s pop group D:Ream bellowed over the top of Sunak as it became increasingly harder to hear him outside Downing Street. Steve really needs an award… |
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22 May
6:24pm, 22 May 2024
32,301 posts
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Johnny Blaze
One X user wrote: "I am not favouring any political party. BUT trying to listen to Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street with the obvious deliberate drowning out with loud Music is dispicable. WHERE ARE THE MET POLICE to stop it or has Sadiq Khan given them their instructions." Another echoed this sentiment, also calling for the police to intervene and blaming Labour for the music. They wrote: "Doesn't matter what we think of Rishi Sunak or the Tories, but it's bloody disgusting for Labour to have Blair theme blasting away when Rishi Sunak was making his speech, why wasn't the police stopping the music being played." Another asked Sunak directly: "Why the hell didn’t you stop your speech, tell Police/Security to stop the bloody music, and put some dignity back into the presentation. Usual levels of brainpower on display here… |
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22 May
6:27pm, 22 May 2024
4,880 posts
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paulcook
Most of the people complaining seem to be the usual "protect free speech" brigade.
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22 May
6:27pm, 22 May 2024
19,535 posts
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NDWDave
Interesting odds on the number of conservative seats. 10/1 for less than 49 and 3/1 for between 50 and 99 |
22 May
6:49pm, 22 May 2024
21,141 posts
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Cerrertonia
rf_fozzy wrote: You don't think it's because US school terms start in August then?
I wonder if the legal advice on the Rwanda plan and the two challenges to it that had been launched meant that they would have to do a huge climbdown. Calling the GE now almost certainly means noone on a plane to Rwanda |
22 May
6:49pm, 22 May 2024
19,239 posts
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Dave W
Protect “their” free speech. Not anyone who they disagree with though. Two faced bastards. |
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22 May
6:58pm, 22 May 2024
32,302 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The planes to Rwanda were probably Rishi's Hail Mary pass before an Autumn election. If that went south then he must have had a "let's get it over with then" moment. |
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22 May
7:09pm, 22 May 2024
4,881 posts
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paulcook
Johnny Blaze wrote: The planes to Rwanda were probably Rishi's Hail Mary pass before an Autumn election. If that went south then he must have had a "let's get it over with then" moment. Or he's calling it before a horrific Autumn statement? |
22 May
7:10pm, 22 May 2024
9,835 posts
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simbil
Yep, think that's it really - this is as good as it gets this year so all in.
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