news & politics:discussion

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

did you get on tv?

Yeah I did! Someone asked a question in front of me.

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

not stop, but reduce...dampen the wave or whatever it was

Flatten the curve, which is probably what this leak is about Softening any criticism. 

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Neil said:

Flatten the curve, which is probably what this leak is about Softening any criticism. 

ah yeah, flatten.

[Guest]

 

[steviewevie]

26 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Yeah I did! Someone asked a question in front of me.

did you smile and wave at the camera, or did you have your serious intellectual face on?

or did they catch you picking your nose?

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

 

to be honest, this is sort of conversation that might happen in a meeting, but instead it is happening over whatsapp and now we all get to see it. I think it's fine to be confused with all this shit and try and work it all out, it's the use of whatsapp that maybe is the issue, and the fact that they just leak these to the press all the time.

I'm willing to cut them some slack for those early days..it was mad panic, no one knew how bad it could get,  and locking down the country is a massive decision. 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

to be honest, this is sort of conversation that might happen in a meeting, but instead it is happening over whatsapp and now we all get to see it. I think it's fine to be confused with all this shit and try and work it all out, it's the use of whatsapp that maybe is the issue, and the fact that they just leak these to the press all the time.

I'm willing to cut them some slack for those early days..it was mad panic, no one knew how bad it could get,  and locking down the country is a massive decision. 

Johnson is the PM, he should be able to have a better understanding of things than this.

[steviewevie]

41 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Johnson is the PM, he should be able to have a better understanding of things than this.

Was the pm, thank god. May he never return.

[pink_triangle]

5 hours ago, mattiloy said:

How envious are the nerds in this thread of my parents who watched PMQs from the gallery today

Starmer V Sunak PMQs are very dull, should have gone when Boris was there.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Was the pm, thank god. May he never return.

Yeah, my bad!

[philipsteak]

3 hours ago, Ozanne said:

They still do them, it’s not that expensive either. Any constituent can go to PMQs, I think you can ask your MP and if they have spare tickets then it’s free to go. 

Did the tour and PMQs many many (many) years ago as part of a History A Level trip to London. And yes, was all organised through our MP (by the school presumably). 

Also been in the public gallery in the US Senate. Weirdly that was easier for foreigners than Americans. They had to prebook through their senator, tourists could just walk up with your passport and after a check and search you were in. Weirdly lax on security once in too. I ended up wandering down a corridor I absolutely shouldn't have. Post 9/11 too. Suppose they knew I'd been searched/scanned on the way in.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

 

We are gonna get more and more of this every day.

[Neil]

19 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

We are gonna get more and more of this every day.

yeah, covid enquiry will run and run.

[steviewevie]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

yeah, covid enquiry will run and run.

they need to get that inquiry (or is it enquiry?!) done asap now. We have Hancock's whatsapps and Oakeshott and telegraph controlling the narrative. Bit of a mess.

[Ryan1984]

9 hours ago, Ozanne said:

We are gonna get more and more of this every day.

Not sure this will go down too well on a(nother) day of strikes…

Remember when these people and their lapdog followers were clapping key workers..?

[steviewevie]

Teachers will be shocked and disappointed with Williamson who was so popular with them.

[Zoo Music Girl]

14 hours ago, steviewevie said:

did you smile and wave at the camera, or did you have your serious intellectual face on?

or did they catch you picking your nose?

The second, I think. Definitely.

[Zoo Music Girl]

10 hours ago, Ozanne said:

We are gonna get more and more of this every day.

I'm loving it. That teaching unions chat makes them look fucking awful. I can't believe the moron willingly gave it to a journalist.

[lost]

competent people who knew what they were doing;

 

[steviewevie]

12 minutes ago, lost said:

competent people who knew what they were doing;

 

that's obviously bollocks.

[squirrelarmy]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

that's obviously bollocks.

Yeah probably taken an out of context quote referring to historic epidemics where household pets were killed to try and stop the spread of disease. Which still didn’t work. 

[mattiloy]

Zero tolerance for racism etc

[Neil]

22 minutes ago, lost said:

competent people who knew what they were doing;

 

rumour is that cats won't be permitted outside if bird flu kicks off some more.