bickster Posted August 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, HKP90 said: As long as the press conference is on the edge of a cliff, and his wheelchair has no brakes, I'm all for it. White cliffs of Dover would be on brand. Union Jack blanket to keep his legs warm would round it off nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Boris must absolutely hate his colleagues, he’s in Ukraine again after 2 holidays in 3 weeks. What have they ever done to him? Cost of living crisis, raging inflation and energy costs several times what is affordable at home… buggers off for a photo op. Absolutely charlatan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Truss refuses to go on the BBC, calls GB News more credible. We thought Johnson was our Trump... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 11 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: Truss refuses to go on the BBC, calls GB News more credible. We thought Johnson was our Trump... Well she's incompetent enough to be Trump, for sure. Can you see people storming the capital to overthrow democracy for her, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 Rishi saying that the government's response to lockdown was wrong, saying they 'trusted scientific advisers too much'. This really is a race to utter oblivion for this country. I really wish I'd moved to NZ when I had the chance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Rishi saying that the government's response to lockdown was wrong, saying they 'trusted scientific advisers too much'. This really is a race to utter oblivion for this country. I really wish I'd moved to NZ when I had the chance. There have been 188,000 deaths from covid in this country. Imagine being involved in that, and your only regret is that we locked down too much, and didn't get enough people killed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, HKP90 said: There have been 188,000 deaths from covid in this country. Imagine being involved in that, and your only regret is that we locked down too much, and didn't get enough people killed. It’s absolutely incredible isn’t it. We had 40,000 people in hospital with covid at one stage. Maybe we could have had less lockdowns if the government had put better infrastructure in place to cope with the pandemic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Genie said: It’s absolutely incredible isn’t it. We had 40,000 people in hospital with covid at one stage. Maybe we could have had less lockdowns if the government had put better infrastructure in place to cope with the pandemic? Or locked down earlier as the scientists recommended, or had a test and trace solution that was worth a damn, or hadn't sent the kids back to school for a day before deciding to have a lock-down, or f me there are a million things they did wrong. If the lessons learned to be applied to the next pandemic is for the politicians to ignore scientific advice and instead go on gut feel, then we are not long for this world. This new breed of populist Tory is downright dangerous. It will take a decade and probably more to put right what they have screwed up and we still can't be sure that the country is not going to vote for more of this madness. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 It is a remarkable state of affairs that the race to be leader of the country is basically a race to win over the most words removed. Rule by word removed -ness. Wonderful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 In fairness, a half decent shadow cabinet would be able to tear them a new one in PMQs. They are getting away with it at the moment because parliament is not in session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 8 minutes ago, HKP90 said: In fairness, a half decent shadow cabinet would be able to tear them a new one in PMQs. They are getting away with it at the moment because parliament is not in session. As I've said before, the average punter doesn't give a toss about PMQs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, mjmooney said: As I've said before, the average punter doesn't give a toss about PMQs. True, but the media does, and the media influences the punter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 25, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 25, 2022 12 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: Truss refuses to go on the BBC, calls GB News more credible. We thought Johnson was our Trump... Actually makes sense. Her target audience is their audience. Why bother talking to millions of irrelevant people when you can target your audience so accurately No doubt the Tory biased BBC is still too woke for her, despite Robbie Gibb’s best efforts. He’s still a bit too left wing for her views 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 How many people watch GB News? The viewing figures must be tiny, I guess that’s also the point. Boris in a fridge springs to mind. Can’t be caught saying something stupid if nobody is around to hear you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Genie said: How many people watch GB News? The viewing figures must be tiny, I guess that’s also the point. Boris in a fridge springs to mind. Can’t be caught saying something stupid if nobody is around to hear you. Which is true, but she's already said so many many stupid things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Just now, HKP90 said: Which is true, but she's already said so many many stupid things. If she says something stupid on BBC news then a huge proportion of the population will hear it. It’s a damage limitation job. Like Boris, she knows it’s hers to lose so is doing the minimum to get over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 What a sad existence Truss leads. To be smart enough to know that the more people hear you speak the less they will like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Genie said: How many people watch GB News? The viewing figures must be tiny, I guess that’s also the point. Boris in a fridge springs to mind. Can’t be caught saying something stupid if nobody is around to hear you. According to Social Blade, GB News has 532k subscribers and have had 260m views on their YT channel since Feb 2021. Edited August 25, 2022 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: According to Social Blade, GB News has 532k subscribers and have had 260m views on their YT channel since Feb 2021. Gotta be bot farms, the average Gammon only uses the internet to google search 'Truss at 18'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: According to Social Blade, GB News has 532k subscribers and have had 260m views on their YT channel since Feb 2021. BBC news has 3.8b views according to that site. I can see why Truss, who is scared to talk at a normal speed because she doesn’t know what will come out, is reluctant to go on such a platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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