Genie Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I’m surprised that the PM did a speech to the nation outside number 10 and the BBC website didn’t even report it, what’s that all about? (If they did they buried it somewhere away from the homepage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 2 Moderator Share Posted March 2 28 minutes ago, Genie said: I’m surprised that the PM did a speech to the nation outside number 10 and the BBC website didn’t even report it, what’s that all about? (If they did they buried it somewhere away from the homepage). I'm confused by this, it was on the BBC homepage all evening last night (on the right rather than as the feature story on the left, but right there as maybe number three story, and it had a 'live' thing going on that updated as the speech happened and for a short while afterward). There's still an opinion piece about it now, on the homepage, one small scroll down, which is probably about right given that he didn't actually say anything of any importance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 2 VT Supporter Share Posted March 2 5 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I'm confused by this, it was on the BBC homepage all evening last night (on the right rather than as the feature story on the left, but right there as maybe number three story, and it had a 'live' thing going on that updated as the speech happened and for a short while afterward). There's still an opinion piece about it now, on the homepage, one small scroll down, which is probably about right given that he didn't actually say anything of any importance. Indeed. I even got an alert about it as 'breaking news' from the BBC app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 2 Moderator Share Posted March 2 Tbh, it’s hardly a story. Sunak makes speech at podium outside No 10 and waffles shite about unspecified threats. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) 41 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I'm confused by this, it was on the BBC homepage all evening last night (on the right rather than as the feature story on the left, but right there as maybe number three story, and it had a 'live' thing going on that updated as the speech happened and for a short while afterward). There's still an opinion piece about it now, on the homepage, one small scroll down, which is probably about right given that he didn't actually say anything of any importance. I checked an hour after it was being talked about on here and there was nothing. Checked later, nothing. Checked this morning, nothing. I checked on SkyNews last night and it was top story. Edited March 2 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 2 Moderator Share Posted March 2 20 minutes ago, Genie said: I checked an hour after it was being talked about on here and there was nothing. Checked later, nothing. I checked when I heard it was happening and it was there, checked after I came back from a meal out and it was there, and updated. Checked just now and the opinion piece about it is still there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68455310 Quote PM's speech shows impact of Israel-Gaza war on UK politics It's weird - the BBC home page doesn't algorithm stuff in or out of view does it - it's the same for all of us? Anyways, it was on the BBC landing page for news, front and centre for all of yesterday evening on my BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 13 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I checked when I heard it was happening and it was there, checked after I came back from a meal out and it was there, and updated. Checked just now and the opinion piece about it is still there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68455310 It's weird - the BBC home page doesn't algorithm stuff in or out of view does it - it's the same for all of us? Anyways, it was on the BBC landing page for news, front and centre for all of yesterday evening on my BBC. I saw people talking about it in here and it said 1 hour ago. I went to the BBC homepage and there was nothing in the top section of stories which surprised me. Sky news had it as top story at the same time. Weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 18 hours ago, HKP90 said: Who voted for that total assclown Galloway? I would've, had I lived in Rochdale. TBH I'd vote for almost anybody whose main campaigning thrust was 'stop the Israeli genocide'. It's pretty much a single issue win. Yes, I know The double G is an arsehole. But I'd still have voted for him on the above basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 2 Moderator Share Posted March 2 On 02/03/2024 at 14:05, Jon said: I would've, had I lived in Rochdale. TBH I'd vote for almost anybody whose main campaigning thrust was 'stop the Israeli genocide'. It's pretty much a single issue win. Yes, I know The double G is an arsehole. But I'd still have voted for him on the above basis. LibDems have a ceasefire as their policy and were campaigning as such in Rochdale, still say you’d have voted for the terrorist / mass murderer sympathiser / fund raiser / propagandist / sycophant? Galloway is part of the problem not the solution 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 It really doesn’t matter who you vote for, it won’t make any difference in the Isreal conflict. 12,000 people have been played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 4 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4 The country doesn't have a pot to piss in. Public services falling apart, but he's going to cut taxes isn't he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: The country doesn't have a pot to piss in. Public services falling apart, but he's going to cut taxes isn't he. “In a responsible way”. To anyone going on holiday in the next few weeks, I’d buy my currency now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Not going to be his problem is it? They're just salting the earth now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 14 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Not going to be his problem is it? They're just salting the earth now. Indeed. No matter what they will not win the next election. It's all sabotage for the next government now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hunt keeps saying that the best performing economies are lower tax economies, but I assume the difference is they don’t have crumbling public services like we do. Disaster capitalists on standby for the announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 43 minutes ago, ml1dch said: I wonder if that factors in the inevitable fall out from unfunded tax cuts? Maybe that is still to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 02/03/2024 at 12:20, bickster said: Tbh, it’s hardly a story. Sunak makes speech at podium outside No 10 and waffles shite about unspecified threats. What got me was when he started talking about people undermining democracy. I don't think the guy who's not one a general election and lost his own parties internal leadership election but still ended up as leader by default because the person he lost to is batshit crazy can talk about respecting a democractic process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 4 minutes ago, desensitized43 said: What got me was when he started talking about people undermining democracy. I don't think the guy who's not one a general election and lost his own parties internal leadership election but still ended up as leader by default because the person he lost to is batshit crazy can talk about respecting a democractic process. It’s the lowest form of attack. I remember vote leave were constantly going on about democracy being under attack and votes being rigged. Then of course it’s a common theme for the MAGA idiots too. I think at this point people are numb to that “threat”. If a working democracy serves up 14 years of Tory chaos people will probably welcome a bit of the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 4 Moderator Share Posted March 4 1 minute ago, desensitized43 said: What got me was when he started talking about people undermining democracy. I don't think the guy who's not one a general election and lost his own parties internal leadership election but still ended up as leader by default because the person he lost to is batshit crazy can talk about respecting a democractic process. I don't think that particular example undermines democracy as currently practiced by the UK. You or I might think it wrong but that's a different matter, we'd need to change our democratic system for it to be wrong But there are plenty of examples where the Tory party can be said to have undermined democracy, lying to the queen when proroguing parliament, the constant lies and misleading of the house etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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