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Based on the betting, Cummings is now slightly more likely to survive in his job than before the press conference. pic.twitter.com/Pf2LijTbcc
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https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1264806143907545089
In my humble opinion it is a horrid, hateful, bigoted, nasty, authoritarian rag that makes its trade on spewing hate.
And it wouldn't surprise me if many of those gleefully sharing it now not so secretly normally hold that opinion too.
If you are on the International Space Station, and you play "I'm gonna be", you travel 1000 miles in the time it takes the song to play:
https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/
Ouch. Not a smart thing to do.
It's a good thing no-one on this board has the power to retroactively change posts and comments. (Bwahahahahaha...)
I wonder if this might not be a tactical mistake, or the beginnings of an anti-Tory alliance?
And of course Labour have had some lockdown breakers themselves. Tahir Ali for instance.
I would just let Boris continuing to look shit and leave it at that.
Dom still has a vice like grip on BoZo's nads, and none of the cabinet blinked.
EDIT: And Dom has 19 new names for his shitlist.
Bring back John Major and his cones hotline....seriously all is forgiven....
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52800611
Seems like a big call.
The Mail, on the other hand has its finger on the pulse of Middle England, and that’s where elections are won.
The claim is correct - just checked it.
The only query is whether he did it somewhere else.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-from-the-uk-australia-and-canada-on-hong-kong
I wonder if this is the shape of British foreign policy post-Brexit. Not as large a club as the EU, but perhaps easier to coordinate for that reason.
Tactical mistake - obviously. Anti-Tory alliance? They're opposition for goodness sake - they're anti-tory by definition. Alliance? Thought that's what opposition parties tended to be.
Oh and in case no one's being paying attention, the Tories have 80 more MP's than this "alliance" combined. What can they do exactly? Great to hear it.
You're acting as if there was a GE next week, not four years (!) away. If Blair could manage to get a comfortable majority in 2005 after his "illegal" war then I'm sure this fluff with Cummings will have the following impact in GE 24: None.
I imagine that getting everyone active for an opposition party in a Tory seat to write an individual letter, with their own sad story, at the same time, might have something of an affect on the MP's mailbox.
I don't know why I'm giving them advice though.
It was good to see you back, posting whilst I was lurking, after your self-imposed exile.
No idea beyond that
For the love of God, please let's not go insane every time a scandal or bad headline pops up, or any other effervescent mélange of ephemeral froth.
And yes, that goes for good Tory headlines and for Labour stumbles as well. Very few things ever really merit the intensity of the immediate reaction.
The Plan (Stage 3) talks about 4 July but this is a Sat - I don't think they will bring the change in on a Sat.
1. You've lost the argument if you start citing fuel tank capacity and the bladder capacity of a 4 year old to support your case.
2. Hatred of Cummings blinds some. The Guardian clearly rushed to judgment before checking all the facts. CHB clearly failed to understand the significance of the statement by Durham Police before rushing to judge that it was crucifying, prior to asking what it meant.
3. Those who pronounced their verdict before hearing all the evidence displayed their liberal left pro-EU prejudice (The Bishops), their panic (a few Tory MPs) or their trolling (CHB), or were JHB.
4. 20 Tory MPs calling for Cummings to go suggests 345 Tory MPs did not feel strongly enough to agree, for whatever reason. Do the math.
5. Boris will not take the easy option if he thinks doing so is wrong. He thinks dumping Cummings would have been unfair, or would damage the government or both. Those who think he just wants to be popular are just plain wrong.
6. The next GE will almost certainly not be for another 4 years. By the time the voters deliver their verdict, Cummings' trip to Durham will be long forgotten.
7. Big G is correct, the next GE will be depend on how well the voters think the government handles the economy. Unless of course the Corbynite wing leaves Labour and we get a re-run of 1983.
Good night all.
My Labour backers will be thrilled, a raise for me!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/25/richard-hoare-obituary
In 1988, Boris was sacked from his job at The Times newspaper over allegations he fabricated a quote from his godfather, the historian Colin Lucas, for a front-page article about the discovery of Edward II’s Rose Palace.
After becoming leader of the Conservatives in 2003, Michael Howard gave Boris two new jobs – party vice-chairman and shadow arts minister. Boris was sacked from both positions in November 2004 after assuring Mr Howard that tabloid reports of his affair with Spectator columnist Petronella Wyatt were false and an “inverted pyramid of piffle”. When the story was found to be true, he refused to resign.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-lies-conservative-leader-candidate-list-times-banana-brexit-bus-a8929076.html