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cyrusr Posted September 29, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2019 My inner thigh was squeezed so high up, I flinched. Boris, of course Quote Boris Johnson has been accused of squeezing a journalist’s thigh beneath the table at a private lunch — and doing the same to the woman sitting on his other side. Charlotte Edwardes reveals today how the prime minister put his hand “high” up her leg and had “enough inner flesh beneath his fingers” to make her “sit suddenly upright”. Afterwards she confided in the young woman sitting on Johnson’s left, who replied: “Oh God, he did exactly the same to me.” Edwardes dubbed the prime minister “the double thigh-squeezer”. Paywall for the rest of the article... Matt Hancock and Amber Rudd seem to be defending the journalist too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Picture emerges of Corbyn attending funeral of Palestinian several years ago: press go into overdrive. Johnson reportedly shags foreign national, she is given favours and privileges from public funds to which she does not seem to be entitled, well, let's not rush to judgement here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 29, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted September 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, peterms said: Picture emerges of Corbyn attending funeral of Palestinian several years ago: press go into overdrive. Johnson reportedly shags foreign national, she is given favours and privileges from public funds to which she does not seem to be entitled, well, let's not rush to judgement here. It’s all over the pages of Murdochs Sunday Times, the Heil and others. I call your point a miss. I’m actually surprised because I’d have expected you to be right. The media, even the Tory media can see the way the wind is blowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 BJ by name, BJ by nature. I mean come on, look at the piece hanging off his arm currently - does anyone really think for a second she’s with him for anything other than his money and status - he is vanity defined, amongst other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 1 hour ago, cyrusr said: My inner thigh was squeezed so high up, I flinched. Boris, of course Paywall for the rest of the article... Matt Hancock and Amber Rudd seem to be defending the journalist too... The gross thing about this story is that you can already see the 'Berlusconi defence' coming together where people say things like 'well he's always been indiscreet' or 'he's never pretended not to be a ladies' man' or shit like that, helping to diminish any one instance of gross behaviour *because* it's part of a larger pattern. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 29, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2019 Happened 20 years ago, it's just a squeeze of a leg, bloody libs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Just now, HanoiVillan said: The gross thing about this story is that you can already see the 'Berlusconi defence' coming together where people say things like 'well he's always been indiscreet' or 'he's never pretended not to be a ladies' man' or shit like that, helping to diminish any one instance of gross behaviour *because* it's part of a larger pattern. It’s okay, he has bedshaped hair and a cheeky smile, we love that shit don’t we? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, blandy said: It’s all over the pages of Murdochs Sunday Times, the Heil and others. I call your point a miss. I’m actually surprised because I’d have expected you to be right. The media, even the Tory media can see the way the wind is blowing. I see there's a piece on the Vőlklischer Beobachter that you can find by searching, basically saying it's nothing, he's a bit of a lad, should keep his cock under control. Edited September 29, 2019 by peterms sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) I'm sure that it's nothing more than a coincidence that the #10 press operation has gone into overdrive to deny the "Prime Minister didn't squeeze the leg of a young prospective journalist" story, but has basically no-commented the "tax payer funds used to bribe the ex-model for sex" story. I'll take nothing from those reactions at all. Edited September 29, 2019 by ml1dch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 8 hours ago, ml1dch said: I'm sure that it's nothing more than a coincidence that the #10 press operation has gone into overdrive to deny the "Prime Minister didn't squeeze the leg of a young prospective journalist" story, but has basically no-commented the "tax payer funds used to bribe the ex-model for sex" story. I'll take nothing from those reactions at all. And BBC radio has fallen in line, giving prominence to the leg-squeezing and downplaying the corruption. One is a crass and tacky illustration of his attitude and approach to women, the other is a story of corruption and the misdirection of public funds, a criminal offence if proven. They are not remotely of equivalent importance. The BBC must understand this, and yet is following the direction the spin doctors would want them to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, peterms said: And BBC radio has fallen in line, giving prominence to the leg-squeezing and downplaying the corruption. One is a crass and tacky illustration of his attitude and approach to women, the other is a story of corruption and the misdirection of public funds, a criminal offence if proven. They are not remotely of equivalent importance. The BBC must understand this, and yet is following the direction the spin doctors would want them to. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with one outrage being more important than the other tbh. Should the journalist have said nothing? Both are big stories imo. One shouldn't be downplayed at the expense of the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Question: 25 Billion on infrastructure will increase the GDP of the country by a certain percentage artificially (Post Brexit) to try to show all is fine but I am on to their little plan? (As in, if you have a country with 1 bloke and a bridge, he rebuilds it every month so it looks like he is using and producing loads when actually he could have done nothing)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Definitely nothing funny going on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, ml1dch said: Definitely nothing funny going on... You'd have thought someone might just have deleted that in the last couple of weeks but nah what a waste of time that would be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, bickster said: I'm not sure I'm comfortable with one outrage being more important than the other tbh. Should the journalist have said nothing? Both are big stories imo. One shouldn't be downplayed at the expense of the other I really can't see the leg incident as a similar level of seriousness as the reported corruption. One suggests he's a sexist, entitled, oafish arse (which won't be news to anyone, though the specific incident will be), the other suggests he's someone who will commit criminal acts as an abuse of elected office for his own gratification. Yes, both should be reported on. His entourage will have calculated that the leg-grabbing may be damaging to his perception among women (though we've seen with Trump supporters that they will happily ignore such things), while the other should lead to a demand for his removal from office and criminal prosecution. They will welcome the focus being on the less serious incident, but the media should be following up the corruption story relentlessly, and not allowing themselves to be distracted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, peterms said: I really can't see the leg incident as a similar level of seriousness as the reported corruption. One suggests he's a sexist, entitled, oafish arse (which won't be news to anyone, though the specific incident will be), the other suggests he's someone who will commit criminal acts as an abuse of elected office for his own gratification. Yes, both should be reported on. His entourage will have calculated that the leg-grabbing may be damaging to his perception among women (though we've seen with Trump supporters that they will happily ignore such things), while the other should lead to a demand for his removal from office and criminal prosecution. They will welcome the focus being on the less serious incident, but the media should be following up the corruption story relentlessly, and not allowing themselves to be distracted. One is a "victimless crime" the other has a victim (or two to be more precise). Both are bad, equally as bad. One says he's a sex pest the other says he's corrupt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I’ve seen a lot of reporting on both issues myself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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