The next PM.

[Doon frae Troon]

Four drunks and their designated driver talking pish.
What a superb description on Wings,

 

[drdel]

Well the BBC's 'debate' was one of their worst current affairs programmes I've yet seen.

The studio setup, with the candidates sat like coconuts, was stupid and now we have body language 'experts' telling us they were 'manspreading' - how else to you manage to sit on a high stool.

The presenter, Maitlis (she's pretty useless on Newsnight as well) was utter rubbish and held no control: the setup put her out of the loop.

 

[User62651]

Four drunks and their designated driver talking pish.
What a superb description on Wings,

Never looked at that website and I live here. My assumption is it's cybernat spun propaganda, I am wrong? Never going to be balanced so you're never going to get sensible commentary from there, surely? Just confirmation bias.

I watched the 'debate' and it was not too helpful. However these candidates have to fit a square peg in a round hole, they know it can't really be done but they're going to pretend it can be just to land the top job. If they are brutally honest they won't get the support they need. All bar Stewart are party and power first, country second. Nothing new there, that's politics.

Anyway onwards. Raab gone so who get's his 30 votes - has to be Boris mainly I think, possibly a few to Hunt. Javid and Stewart won't get those and are toast today or tomorrow I think. Gove will linger a bit longer.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Four drunks and their designated driver talking pish.
What a superb description on Wings,

More insults!

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Well the BBC's 'debate' was one of their worst current affairs programmes I've yet seen.

The studio setup, with the candidates sat like coconuts, was stupid and now we have body language 'experts' telling us they were 'manspreading' - how else to you manage to sit on a high stool.

The presenter, Maitlis (she's pretty useless on Newsnight as well) was utter rubbish and held no control: the setup put her out of the loop.

I think you were not the first to think "set up like coconuts"
The tv wouldn't have seen it that way, er.. would they? All set up to be knocked over?
Every funfair goer knows that coconuts on pedestals are there to be knocked over. .
What surprises me is that the "contestants" agreed to such a set up. They should have refused , en masse, to be seated like that.
But then they probably thought that the idea was for us to hear their words of wisdom, as opposed to the tv wanting to "entertain "by showing them up.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

More insults!

or a satirical observation...

 

[Deleted member 16999]

or a satirical observation...

Did you see a link so it could be read and put in context or simply another sound bite?

 

[SocketRocket]

To think how many people actually vote conservative. You’d think they’d be utterly ashamed but sadly not, they’ve brainwashed themselves.

And the difference voting Labour is?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

More insults!

Oh lighten up..... it was just a funny non Tory supporting observation.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Oh lighten up..... it was just a funny non Tory supporting observation.

It’s constant from you, do you ever wonder why no one will have a sensible debate with you, I can’t stand the tories, but your posts are inane drivel 99% of the time.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Never looked at that website and I live here. My assumption is it's cybernat spun propaganda, I am wrong? Never going to be balanced so you're never going to get sensible commentary from there, surely? Just confirmation bias..

You should check it out,
If you are a massive fan of the Union or a member of the OO you will not like it.

It dispels much of the distorted media lies/information floating around Scotland basically a good fact checker [like The Ferret]
He is an independence supporter, not an SNP supporter and is quite critical of them at times.
He can be quite rude and offensive but also funny. The designated driver joke was from a normal poster, not him.
I follow Wings, Wee Ginger Dug [who is excellent], Craig Murray, David Bateman and Fosh all different views but informative in their own way.

https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2019/05/20/spoilt-for-choice/

 

[SocketRocket]

He can be quite rude and offensive but also funny.

Bit like you Doom, except your not funny 👍

 

[SocketRocket]

I see the hand picked Imam on the program turns out to be a blatant anti Semite 🙄

 

[Hobbit]

It’s constant from you, do you ever wonder why no one will have a sensible debate with you, I can’t stand the tories, but your posts are inane drivel 99% of the time.

I see he posted a critique on the Tories splitting up the Union. He's been posting constant drivel from the SNP on independence for years. Pot and kettle spring to mind.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Wondering whether the Johnson camp will do a bit of their own form of 'gerrymandering' of the vote - asking some of their support to vote for Javid to get rid of Stewart.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I see the hand picked Imam on the program turns out to be a blatant anti Semite 🙄

Have you heard or read the response from the BBC on this?

 

[SocketRocket]

Have you heard or read the response from the BBC on this?

Yes, squirming. Did you also read his views on Women being raped. I see another questioner who was a solicitor turns out to be a Labour activist. You couldn't make it up.

 

[MegaSteve]

Yes, squirming. I see another questioner who was a solicitor turns out to be a Labour activist. You couldn't make it up.

Are you suggesting they should have an easy ride with only questions from team blue rinse?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Didn't see Stewart numbers actually falling - but giddy-up-a A.B.deP

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Yes, squirming. Did you also read his views on Women being raped. I see another questioner who was a solicitor turns out to be a Labour activist. You couldn't make it up.

Yes you could - didn't seem to harm A.B.deP