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Westminstenders: Frozen

999 replies

RedToothBrush · 29/11/2019 15:45

Boris Johnson was empty chaired by C4 with a block of ice.

The Conservatives went mental and have threatened to look at C4 broadcast remit.

This is illiberal and anti democratic.

Journalists are supposed to hold power to account on behalf of the public. If MPs don't turn up then they can't be held to account.

They have a duty to show. It's not good enough to avoid scrutiny because it might make you look bad. That's the whole point.

The contempt with which Johnson holds the press and public is reprehensible and you should be concerned whatever your political alligence. It allows corruption to fester without consequence.

And to then threaten C4 because they do their job in line with their responsibility as a broadcaster is alarming.

This is how authoritarian dictators work.

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ContinuityError · 03/12/2019 09:09

*AFAICS "libertarian" = racist xenophobic misogynist

Yup - we have one of those plus a BNP reincarnation.

At least both will lose their deposits.

QueenOfThorns · 03/12/2019 09:35

We have a Monster Raving Loony. He would certainly get my vote ahead of the Tories or BXP.

Peregrina · 03/12/2019 09:52

A tradesman coming to my door yesterday, seeing my LD poster told me he was voting LibDem. Now before you jump in and say I ought to be displaying Labour posters, this is a Tory/LibDem marginal.

prettybird · 03/12/2019 09:55

Trump.... "says he will stay out of election but backs Brexit and BJ" ConfusedGrin

http://news.sky.com/story/general-election-donald-trump-backs-boris-johnson-but-says-ill-stay-out-of-election-11877064

JustAnotherPoster00 · 03/12/2019 10:05

Now before you jump in and say I ought to be displaying Labour posters, this is a Tory/LibDem marginal.

If I was in your constituency I would also be voting LibDem so no jumping on by me Peregrina, the priority of all people who support PV or Remain is to get the Tories out no more no less

Alsohuman · 03/12/2019 10:08

Completely agree. Anyone but the Tories is the way to go.

Peregrina · 03/12/2019 10:12

I really don't know how people with a conscience, who see the NHS being run down, see the housing problems, see the lack of secure work and the closure of local services, can vote for the current incarnation of Tories.

Ellie56 · 03/12/2019 10:22

So Trumpy didn't even make it to 10 o'clock never mind lunchtime. Grin Grin

lonelyplanetmum · 03/12/2019 10:43

Regarding Trump saying he wouldn't want the NHS on a silver platter and Raab (on Radio 4) insisting its not for 'sale'. To be fair Corbyn uses the for sale language too.

I think generalised language is so harmful vis a vis most of the electorate. It's so easy to think as an aspirational one nation Tory " Bah of course the NHS isn't going to be sold. They aren't going to put an estate agent's sign outside my local hospital are they?"

But the reality is it isn't being 'sold' per se , but more and more is being privatised drip by drip.

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 has already changed the way that healthcare is commissioned and opened it up to private providers. The Labour party did established a Cooperation and Competition Panel three years before but the 2012 Tory Act formalised the the public and the private sector giving it a statutory basis to privatise it.

If journalists and opposition MPs would use the correct language then that would make it harder for the ConservatERGS to trot out their 'not for sale' misrepresentations (which clearly Trump has been officially briefed to endorse).

lonelyplanetmum · 03/12/2019 10:44

Sorry some typos (as always) but you get the gist.

Icantreachthepretzels · 03/12/2019 10:49

If I was in your constituency I would also be voting LibDem so no jumping on by me Peregrina, the priority of all people who support PV or Remain is to get the Tories out no more no less

Exactly this. And also any leaver who can see the devastation that the tories do this country and have enough of a conscience to want to stop that.
On the off chance that there is a brand new lurker this morning who hasn't yet seen this:
comparethetacticals.com/
scroll down to your constituency to find out who to vote for to keep the tories out.

TatianaLarina · 03/12/2019 11:16

Joe Murphy @joemurphylondon

Top lines in @YouGov survey of Londoners.

Con 30 (+1)
Lab 47 (+8)
Lib Dem 15 (-4)
Brexit Party 3 (-3)
Green 4 (-1)
Other 1 (-)

Brackets show change since Nov.

TatianaLarina · 03/12/2019 11:16

I ❤️ London.

DGRossetti · 03/12/2019 11:24

Top lines in @YouGov survey of Londoners.

There seems to be a picture emerging that Labour are stealing LibDem support.

TatianaLarina · 03/12/2019 11:28

Yes that’s useful to know as a Londoner.

MockersFactCheckMN · 03/12/2019 11:57

OFCOM rejects Tory complaint about the C4 ice sculpture, which CCHQ bizzarely claimed was an image of BJ himself.

DGRossetti · 03/12/2019 11:58

OFCOM rejects Tory complaint about the C4 ice sculpture, which CCHQ bizzarely claimed was an image of BJ himself.

It's almost like they didn't watch it Grin

Or maybe they saw a thumb instead ?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/12/2019 11:59

GFS is still sticking with a snowy theme to Polling day!

Westminstenders: Frozen
mrslaughan · 03/12/2019 12:07

That trump article - "I have won a lot of elections for a lot of people"🤮🤮🤮

BaloneyInMySlacks · 03/12/2019 12:10

waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/U.S.%20vs.%20International%20Prescription%20Drug%20Prices_0.pdf

Thanks @dreichXmas - that was the one. I'd have never found that again.

BigChocFrenzy · 03/12/2019 12:11

Amazing but very sad carol, poster

BaloneyInMySlacks · 03/12/2019 12:15

In fact it wasn't that either. Back to searching.

QueenOfThorns · 03/12/2019 12:16

Polling day isn’t too far off now, OYBBK - how likely is that weather prediction to be right?

stripeypillowcase · 03/12/2019 12:17

almost light relief
interview with pat mountain
twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1201569056391864320

do I look like I'm bovvered?