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Post by X201 on Dec 21, 2023 17:59:50 GMT
Today’s lesson at journalism school is how to say ‘You’re talking bollocks’ without ending up in the libel court. 😆 Penny Mordaunt says Boris Johnson's Covid WhatsApp messages went missing www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67780595 |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 22, 2023 0:57:32 GMT
Are they under oath or anything for this inquiry?
Because it seems pretty obvious that what they're saying happened to the messages is not something that could actually have happened to the messages, and it's pretty easy to prove for anyone with knowledge of how Whatsapp works.
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Post by Saul1138 on Dec 22, 2023 1:19:48 GMT
They cannot be placed under oath. Contact with religious artefacts will cause them to combust and return to their own dimensions.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 22, 2023 1:33:48 GMT
I'm not sure if this counts as *good news* but it's at least mildly less horrible than it was before. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/21/home-office-reduces-earning-threshold-hike-for-family-visaThough surely doing the increase in stages and fixing the level for existing families is going to encourage people to rush to apply now, which is then going to have the opposite effect of their originally stated intent. My main hope is that anything this government has planned 'for the future' will never happen because they'll get booted out before then. |
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Dec 22, 2023 2:42:10 GMT
Bit of a random musing but one of the challenges I have had in voting for my area with local elections is a lack of good candidates.
I would like to vote Green or Lib Dem but when you look at the education, life experience and background it's difficult to see the individuals as being effective and capable of implementing change.
With the London mayoral next year I won't be voting for Khan. IMO he's failed to adress the issues with policing, crime, public transport and his approach to housing such as building thousands of unaffordable and unsuitable apartments and including shared ownership as a affordabilty criteria is a convenient tool to meet targets.
Susan Hall seems to be a bit of a right wing nutcase and the Green Party candidate is an also ran.
So I'm leaning towards Rob Blackie who looks credible and has policies (generally speaking) that I agree with.
A Lib Dem mayor is never going to happen though so it feels like a wasted vote.
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Post by Rich on Dec 22, 2023 6:18:08 GMT
Especially wasted now it's an FPTP vote again. Which is a shame because I suspect there are a hell of a lot of people who feel the same way as you about Khan, but will vote for him as the only realistic option.
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Post by Dougs on Dec 22, 2023 7:41:09 GMT
I hadn't clocked that it was FPTP again in the London election. Was that a change across all Mayoral elections?
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Post by Rich on Dec 22, 2023 13:01:08 GMT
I don't know. I think it was done fairly quietly by the Tories in what can only have been a fairly blatant attempt to help whoever their candidate was going to be. But then they selected that nut job and showed they can't even be competently corrupt.
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Post by Ulythium on Dec 24, 2023 0:42:48 GMT
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Post by Rich on Dec 24, 2023 6:21:26 GMT
Career ending in normal times etc etc
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 24, 2023 8:21:59 GMT
I see we are going with the Alanis Morissette definition of "ironic".
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Post by geefe on Dec 24, 2023 10:17:28 GMT
Mr Cleverley
Was always tight lipped
But after a few drinks
Him and his whole party, inexplicably remained in power
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Post by dfunked on Dec 24, 2023 10:39:20 GMT
Isn't he a cunt... Dontcha think.
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 24, 2023 10:42:24 GMT
Mr Cleverley Was always tight lipped But after a few drinks Him and his whole party, inexplicably remained in power Worst haiku ever. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 24, 2023 10:43:20 GMT
I see someone went to the Dennis Reynolds School of The Implication. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 24, 2023 11:01:38 GMT
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Post by geefe on Dec 24, 2023 11:17:10 GMT
Mr Cleverley Was always tight lipped But after a few drinks Him and his whole party, inexplicably remained in power Worst haiku ever. My haikus are better than their policies |
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 24, 2023 11:25:59 GMT
Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas, an early gift to enjoy before the main day. The whole article is paywalled but this gives a good impression of it.
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Post by askew on Dec 24, 2023 12:00:23 GMT
glol
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 24, 2023 12:07:52 GMT
Escobar was a murderous bastard but he did at least invest in services for his fellow Colombians, unlike Tories, plus his product was actually functional.
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Post by zephro on Dec 24, 2023 12:45:14 GMT
I don't know. I think it was done fairly quietly by the Tories in what can only have been a fairly blatant attempt to help whoever their candidate was going to be. But then they selected that nut job and showed they can't even be competently corrupt. It was slipped in to the Gerrymandering Act 2022 and applies to all devolved elections except the national assemblies. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_Act_2022Khan has done mostly fine. I think people don't entirely get how powerless the Mayor is. Since COVID TfL has only got yearly budget approval from the minister for transport, complete with conditions like ULEZ and a shitty letter claiming Khan is incompetent. The Met is answerable to the Home Secretary so he doesn't have the same levers to pull like Burnham in Manchester or Yusef in Scotland. Housing similarly he has no budget just approval powers. And several housing secretaries have overruled him or gone over his London Plan with red ink to block anything planned. Coffre managed to get the minister to overrule building a single block of flats on a TfL car park in her constituency. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 24, 2023 13:02:00 GMT
Escobar was a murderous bastard but he did at least invest in services for his fellow Colombians, unlike Tories, plus his product was actually functional. Plus, you know, all the hippos. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 24, 2023 13:59:21 GMT
I see someone went to the Dennis Reynolds School of The Implication. For some reason I misread that as the Denise Richards School of The Implication.
And I thought Christmas only came once a year!
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Post by Danno on Dec 24, 2023 14:35:24 GMT
I like that, in constantly begging for public forgiveness, she's keeping it in the news.
Give us our money back you filthy robbing cunts.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Dec 24, 2023 14:42:08 GMT
The filthy rich really do seem to be totally incapable of grasping the concept of The Streisand Effect.
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Post by mothercruncher on Dec 24, 2023 16:07:52 GMT
Very obvious point, but yep- they’re used to “saying” stuff into existence. If people around you don’t question (or feel they can question) your verbal gifts to the world then you start thinking you’re some sort of yachty based fount of knowledge, see Musk and most of the Tory government, etc.
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 25, 2023 19:46:09 GMT
The video Sunak has put out tonight is so awful I'm not going to link it, just imagine the most absolutely cringey shite possible as he tries to be funny "alone" at Christmas at No 10.
Then double the cringe level.
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Post by Rich on Dec 25, 2023 20:06:42 GMT
I saw it, though didn't dare turn the sound on. Staggeringly awful, especially when Starmer manages to smash it by just posting a nice photo.
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Post by zephro on Dec 26, 2023 15:52:42 GMT
I saw it, though didn't dare turn the sound on. Staggeringly awful, especially when Starmer manages to smash it by just posting a nice photo. At a pub I know. A good choice as well. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 27, 2023 1:53:27 GMT
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