I hear those other countries count things wrong, don't even have the right calipers, it's in fucking metric.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
there will be a bad by-election in the next few years, and people will be casting around for someone to replace Boris.
They're not ditching Boris anytime soon and even if they do, for what? Gove?
They'll ditch him before the next election, guaranteed, but any time soon? Come on now
― anvil, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
its so weird watching boris johnson who is so desperate to be liked and terrified of scrutiny be prepared to stand there and eat dog shit on live tv two nights in a row for this man, like honestly why are they so scared of him, he looked like such a concerned family man
― plax (ico), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:08 (three years ago) link
just watched in now and his response to beth rigby made me scream at the screen. robert peston is literally beyond a joke. does he have to use cummings wife's first name in a pally way in every question what an absolute
― plax (ico), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
omg was fascism this infuriating last time around?
― plax (ico), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
This isn't fascism its aristocracy.
― anvil, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
had hoped by now i'd be making my money singing kurt weill songs somewhere v seedy not shouting at my laptop in islington this is making me reappraise my choices
― plax (ico), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
These balloons aren't fascists this is ludicrous
― anvil, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
does he have to use cummings wife's first name in a pally way in every question what an absolute
In different hands and with a different subject this could be an effective interview technique, trying to get the interviewee's guard down, but obviously wasn't going to work in this context.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
It's effective in putting the interviewee at ease... because they're right to be at ease
― Appleman Appears: 20/2/2020. Whose Cider You On? (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Peston is not effective at anything.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
seems to effectively get a rise out of lots of people who aren't politicians
― Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
Eh? Looks pretty effective to me
― anvil, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Johnson claimed tonight that he now needs to wear glasses more often due to CV-19.
2014: "I’m now so short-sighted, I’m blind!"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2799562/amp/i-m-blind-bat-says-boris-johnson-london-mayor-admits-needing-glasses-house.html
― BRAVE THE AFRIAD (onimo), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
These gotchas are pure garbage
― anvil, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
Tuesday’s Daily Mail: NO APOLOGY NO REGRETS #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lOhK2i8HS2— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) May 25, 2020
― stet, Monday, 25 May 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
NO SURRENDER
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
Could you be any more predictable?
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
You are well aware that he can and he will.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Anvil working on overdrive to argue with absolutely anybody tonight is it.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
Pesto was one step too far.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 21:26 (three years ago) link
It's almost as if there was a script! Imagine all the Labour MPs coming up with the same idea at the same time. pic.twitter.com/FQ2AkW9PDT— Daniel Sandford (@BBCDanielS) May 25, 2020
Why do they keep doing this?
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
Tories basically doing another version of the same thing. I suppose there are enough people paying little enough attention for these messages to cut through but it only takes one of these to go viral and you've clowned yourself.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
You clown yourself on Twitter, but I don't think the public ever notices that. The Tories have proved multiply how effective droning repetition of the same message (even beyond the point of ludicrousness) can be
― stet, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
Sturridge has gone to Chelsea.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Monday, 25 May 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
Also that Sun front page. If this is a grand Murdoch plan to get Boris replaced by Gove then it's a deep deep chess game.
― Matt DC, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
when I post "fuck off starmer you cunt" every day it is actually a very serious experiment in message discipline.
― calzino, Monday, 25 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
Another delightful divergence between the two Suns #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/CuQXTZnzh9— Mia de Graaf (@miadegraaf) May 25, 2020
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Monday, 25 May 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
I thought the choice of "svengali" by the Sun was interesting, separates Dom from Johnson, I'd say maybe that's overthinking it but thinking at all about it is over by definition
― Children of Bo-Dom (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 May 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
Weirder and weirder...@jwiechers put blog through Internet archive machine and reference to coronavirus, quote on coronavirus was not in the version of blog saved on Way Back MAchine on Apr 9 2020 ... but is there this month...https://t.co/Bwmwgm2jFg— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) May 25, 2020
― Alba, Monday, 25 May 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
He’s basically our Jacob Wohl, and our politics is at his mercy
― stet, Monday, 25 May 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
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― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:07 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 May 2020 22:22 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Looks like I've misjudged the mood of the nation here. Perhaps I have misunderstood what Peston's purpose is
― anvil, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 07:45 (three years ago) link
Really good one tweet summary:
i mean, we're examining the inconsistencies in *this*, laughing at the absurdity of *that* and he's just walking away with a vicious little smirk on his face.Honestly, fuck that and fuck him>— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) May 25, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:03 (three years ago) link
― anvil, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Fixed it for you.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:04 (three years ago) link
If I was a Tory govt doing a points matrix of Pathetic arse licking client journalists Pesto would score pretty low for his inability to ask a simple and direct question when that is all that is required. He's a fucking mess!
― calzino, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:12 (three years ago) link
Gove, Hancock and Johnson all knew Cummings went to Durham - it should be obvious to anyone listening to their responses. Fraser Nelson and Andrew Neil surely knew their ailing colleague Mary Wakefield was not in London. She even retweeted government ‘stay home’ advice on her birthday - while on her way to a nice day out? Broadcasters, journalists and opposition parties need to pivot to ‘you all knew - and when did you know?’
They are all complicit in this and it’s time to prove it beyond reasonable doubt.
― santa clause four (suzy), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:15 (three years ago) link
Justin Webb is currently tone-policing a Bishop on #r4today, demanding he explain why he called Dominic Cummings "Cummings" in a tweet, not "Mr Cummings"— Karl H (@red____dawn) May 26, 2020
― gyac, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
Thy king Dom Cum
― nashwan, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:38 (three years ago) link
Some junior minister no one's ever heard of just resigned.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:43 (three years ago) link
all credit to Dougson Mc Bobbnotty
― calzino, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:46 (three years ago) link
a man most famous for being someplace else (running the line at a champo league match) when he should have been in his rightful place (westminster)
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 08:52 (three years ago) link
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has topped 47,000, according to the latest available data.The total includes new figures published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics which show that 42,173 deaths involving coronavirus occurred in England and Wales up to May 15 (and had been registered up to May 23).
The total includes new figures published on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics which show that 42,173 deaths involving coronavirus occurred in England and Wales up to May 15 (and had been registered up to May 23).
let's get this country back out there and mingling, we can break six figures by the end of august if we all work together
― a denim head and an aficionado of Japanese craftsmanship (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:14 (three years ago) link
New in the @SavantaGroup / @SavantaComRes #covid19 daily tracker:- Boris Johnson’s approval rating is now at -1%. It was at +19% four days ago.- Overall government approval is now at -2%, dropping 16 points in a day.More: https://t.co/5AzgxudsUl— Chris Hopkins (@ChrisHopkins92) May 26, 2020
― stet, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:21 (three years ago) link
This is just so insulting to the public’s intelligence. pic.twitter.com/WVH3YmVqRj— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 26, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:22 (three years ago) link
― santa clause four (suzy), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 bookmarkflaglink
This is proved about 10 times a day every day on a number of issues. Yet to see any consequences.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:23 (three years ago) link
This is humiliating.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:24 (three years ago) link
Make that man PM
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:27 (three years ago) link
ppl are like "careful what you wish for, we might have a Gove govt" and my stance is well, we'll have a terrible fucking tory govt no matter what, at least a Gove one would provide more genuine lols
(open to being schooled on what Gove would be more damaging on than Boris/Cummings are tho)
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
He proposed that central govt 1) expropriate all state schools and the land they are built from the local councils who run them and 2) hand them to the private academy sector for free
is the thing I keep remembering about his ambitions as education secretary. I mean, at least the Russian govt got nominal market rates from its cronies in the form of bribes when it sold off USSR assets. The man's a craven idiot
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 09:34 (three years ago) link