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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 May 20 10.22pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Anyone want to tell me why Cummings left the Press waiting in the heat for exactly half an hour after his conference was supposed to start?

And then made sure the Q&As went on, and on, and on....

 

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View Wisbech Eagle's Profile Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 27 May 20 10.28pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Put this post in the context of the grooming gang report and a lot of people would agree with it.
You’ve told us many, many times that the government do what they think is best for the country. Or is that contingent on you agreeing with them?


It doesn't fit in that context, as I am quite sure you really know.

We have a crisis, for which the government's handling has so far commanded, largely, overwhelming support, including from the opposition parties. That consensus has now been broken. The government are acting against its own rules. They are acting stupidly and against the public interest. Not just in my opinion either. It's widely believed. Except in dark corners like this where a particular group confirm each other's biases.

 


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View Wisbech Eagle's Profile Wisbech Eagle Flag Truro Cornwall 27 May 20 10.39pm Send a Private Message to Wisbech Eagle Add Wisbech Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by cryrst

Anyway newsnight have admitted they f***ed up last light. Any comment wissie or maple and wissie this isnt a big deal for anyone but a remoaner lefty like you.have you convinced any one you know about having a rally when the lockdown is over. You know, it is soooooo serious and all, that some one working for BJ did nothing wrong


I'll bite.

I didn't watch Newsnight last night but have read the report. The BBC has, as is usual, been forthright in their examination of their editorial standards and offered an apology if they see any transgressions. So well done to them. No-one is perfect. Contrast that with the government's performance over the Cummings situation. No apology for what he did. Just an attempt to re-interpret the rules on his behalf and express regret that the media have upset people.

Having read what was actually broadcast I have to say I agree 100% with the analysis and so, it seems, do the BBC. Their criticism is about the way the piece was introduced and not what was said.

You are once again totally and utterly missing the point of why this is so important. It has zilch to do with Cummings himself and all to do with our ability to fight the virus. Until you understand that there is little point in discussing this with you or anyone else trying to defend Cummings. He isn't the point.

 


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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 27 May 20 10.53pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle


It doesn't fit in that context, as I am quite sure you really know.

We have a crisis, for which the government's handling has so far commanded, largely, overwhelming support, including from the opposition parties. That consensus has now been broken. The government are acting against its own rules. They are acting stupidly and against the public interest. Not just in my opinion either. It's widely believed. Except in dark corners like this where a particular group confirm each other's biases.

So take your own advice and vote against them at the next election but in the meantime accept the fact that they are acting in our best interest.

 

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 27 May 20 10.59pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

Anyone want to tell me why Cummings left the Press waiting in the heat for exactly half an hour after his conference was supposed to start?

And then made sure the Q&As went on, and on, and on....

How is anybody supposed to know that? Maybe the same reason Lisa Nandy left her interview with the BBC when asked about Emily Thornberry’s comments.

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 May 20 11.02pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

How is anybody supposed to know that? Maybe the same reason Lisa Nandy left her interview with the BBC when asked about Emily Thornberry’s comments.

Don’t even want to hazard a guess eh?

 

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View Tim Gypsy Hill '64's Profile Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Flag Stoke sub normal 27 May 20 11.02pm Send a Private Message to Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Add Tim Gypsy Hill '64 as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

Anyone want to tell me why Cummings left the Press waiting in the heat for exactly half an hour after his conference was supposed to start?

And then made sure the Q&As went on, and on, and on....

He is still pissed off that they killed Diana, so gave them just desserts? Maybe the way they portrayed the Liverpool fans at Hillsborough? Or any of the urban myths that they start?

Or do you believe that they are pillars of the community?

 


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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Flag 27 May 20 11.07pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Mapletree

Don’t even want to hazard a guess eh?

OK. He was delayed because he’d nipped into an old people’s home with a fire extinguisher full of Covid-19 and was firing it everywhere for 80 minutes then spent 10 minutes laughing dementedly, flicking his forked tail and rubbing his talons together in glee.

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 May 20 11.14pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

OK. He was delayed because he’d nipped into an old people’s home with a fire extinguisher full of Covid-19 and was firing it everywhere for 80 minutes then spent 10 minutes laughing dementedly, flicking his forked tail and rubbing his talons together in glee.

He does everything for a purpose. To get his own way. I really don’t think he cares about old people, do you?

 

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This story runs out of steam pretty quickly.

 

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Originally posted by Mapletree

He does everything for a purpose. To get his own way. I really don’t think he cares about old people, do you?

And deliberately spreading the virus among them would prove he cares?

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 27 May 20 11.17pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by Tim Gypsy Hill '64

He is still pissed off that they killed Diana, so gave them just desserts? Maybe the way they portrayed the Liverpool fans at Hillsborough? Or any of the urban myths that they start?

Or do you believe that they are pillars of the community?

I believe there are journalists use this site. I have no reason to vilify them. No more than greedy bankers, dodgy plumbers, nasty second hand car salesmen, do gooders, ne’er do wells, the old bill, match stewards, telephone sanitisers and all those other groups so loathed by people with pronounced veins on their foreheads

 

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