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pauldj42 said:
Read it and then researched the author as it smears everyone and anyone but cummings, it turns out she is regarded as one of the British media's leading right-wing voices.

So unfortunately another article taken with a pinch of salt.
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Let's play the ball and not the Woman. Its easy to simply dismiss views based on perceptions based on a person's political view and you have accused me of doing that. Maybe read it and point out what you disagree with.
 
SocketRocket said:
I would do anything for my family and I think you would do the same. It's so easy for us to look at his actions from the comfort of an arm chair but faced with the conditions he explained I cant say with my hand on my heart I would act any differently.
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I’ve said I accepted his reason for driving to Durham as a father/husband etc, this journey is different, just a few hours before he said he could barely stand up and yet he chose to drive.

In London he had no one else, in Durham he had a sister and at least 1 niece who may hold a driving license, plus parents all within a few hundred metres who could of driven to get them.

If he was that weak he was risking his family!
 
SocketRocket said:
Let's play the ball and not the Woman. Its easy to simply dismiss views based on perceptions based on a person's political view and you have accused me of doing that. Maybe read it and point out what you disagree with.
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What part of “smears everyone but cummings did you miss” and I don’t remember you questioning BiM the other day when he pointed out an article (video) written by a left wing journalist.
Or are you playing the poster?:unsure:
 
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pauldj42 said:
I’ve said I accepted his reason for driving to Durham as a father/husband etc, this journey is different, just a few hours before he said he could barely stand up and yet he chose to drive.

In London he had no one else, in Durham he had a sister and at least 1 niece who may hold a driving license, plus parents all within a few hundred metres who could drove to get them.

If he was that weak he was risking his family!
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Wasnt it five days based on the clip you posted.
 
pauldj42 said:
What part of “smears everyone but cummings did you miss” and I don’t remember you questioning Hobbit the other day when he pointed out an article written by a left wing journalist.
Or are you playing the poster?:unsure:
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I dont read every post people make on here. I mearly asked you to comment on the article and not dismiss it due to the authors politics.
 
SocketRocket said:
I dont read every post people make on here. I mearly asked you to comment on the article and not dismiss it due to the authors politics.
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I will dismiss it when it’s from extremists, just like I dismiss momentum or Owen Jones (or whatever his name is) or Guido Fawkes etc.
 
MegaSteve said:
My biggest concern is that government will now be proceeding with too much haste withdrawing from lockdown as a means of diverting attention away from DomCum...
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Yes, did think there was definitely an element of 'let's get Cummings off the front page" with the timing of last night's announcement.

Never saw his briefing, is it true Johnston refused to answer any questions re Cummings?
 
SocketRocket said:
Sorry I may be confused but I've read he started feeling I'll with Covid on the 28th March and his Son became I'll on the 2nd of April.
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And what state does he say he was in when they called an ambulance for their son on 2nd April?
 
Sorry if this already been posted haven't read much today

May 25th 2020

Boris Johnson told today’s Downing Street press conference: ‘I’m finding that I have to wear spectacles for the first time in years – because I think of the likely effects of this thing – so I’m inclined to think there’s some … I think that’s very, very plausible that eyesight can be a problem associated with coronavirus.’ (defending Cummings and his eye sight drive claims)

October 20th 2014

Boris Johnson claimed yesterday that he suffers from extremely poor eyesight and can barely see anything around the house without his glasses on.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ondon-mayor-admits-needing-glasses-house.html

He gets more like trump every day

Will be shouting fake news next
 
rudebhoy said:
Yes, did think there was definitely an element of 'let's get Cummings off the front page" with the timing of last night's announcement.

Never saw his briefing, is it true Johnston refused to answer any questions re Cummings?
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I wouldn't say he refused to answer, he just didn't really have an answer. How could he? The comedy in the briefing was in the number of times he talked about staying at home, isolating if infected, minimal travel etc. All of the things that Cummings ignored. His whole statement was undermined. I only watched 5 or so questions but every one was about Cummings and his inability to deal with them was very clear, obvious and embarrassing.

Just a thought for some of those still defending the journeys. At the time it was all over this forum about how it was unacceptable to drive to a golf course, drive to then walk. We had to protect the emergency services, we had to protect A & E. We had to avoid doing journeys that may result in a car crash. 1m down the road, no that was still not acceptable. How does 240 miles + 30 miles + 30 miles + 240 miles fit into that?
 
SocketRocket said:
I would do anything for my family and I think you would do the same. It's so easy for us to look at his actions from the comfort of an arm chair but faced with the conditions he explained I cant say with my hand on my heart I would act any differently.
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I have this little feeling that if this was being talked about an Aide of Corbyn then the attitudes would be slightly different and the daggers would be sharp and certainly wouldn’t be trying to justify his actions.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I wouldn't say he refused to answer, he just didn't really have an answer. How could he? The comedy in the briefing was in the number of times he talked about staying at home, isolating if infected, minimal travel etc. All of the things that Cummings ignored. His whole statement was undermined. I only watched 5 or so questions but every one was about Cummings and his inability to deal with them was very clear, obvious and embarrassing.

Just a thought for some of those still defending the journeys. At the time it was all over this forum about how it was unacceptable to drive to a golf course, drive to then walk. We had to protect the emergency services, we had to protect A & E. We had to avoid doing journeys that may result in a car crash. 1m down the road, no that was still not acceptable. How does 240 miles + 30 miles + 30 miles + 240 miles fit into that?
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one thing i did notice was when some of the journalists were hard on him he wrote stuff down... not all of them just the ones he was flustered by.
put me in mind of Dads army sketch....
 
PaulS said:
I have this little feeling that if this was being talked about an Aide of Corbyn then the attitudes would be slightly different and the daggers would be sharp and certainly wouldn’t be trying to justify his actions.
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you are not implying double standards are you??

next you will be saying that when an article written by a more lib or left wing point of view is called out, while ones from any right wing website or activist are fine and get likes from the the same people who call out the others;):LOL:
 
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