Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here but I get the sense that this whole culture war thing that they have been attempting to stoke hasn’t played out exactly as they’d like it to and the England football team have played a big part in that. Hopefully the rhetoric will calm down a bit.Boris and Priti are going to get away with it, aren't they? It's no longer headline news after 24 hours.
"You stoked the flames of hate and here's the evidence."
"No we didn't and that evidence you're holding in your hands doesn't exist"
End of discussion apparently.
It's also easy being in government when you can just talk a load of shite and deflect things.
All politicians are the same and we should expect no better seemingly.And know that hardly anyone cares because we have become conditioned to that type of behaviour.
Boris and the Tories are liars. Yawn yawn..
Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here but I get the sense that this whole culture war thing that they have been attempting to stoke hasn’t played out exactly as they’d like it to and the England football team have played a big part in that. Hopefully the rhetoric will calm down a bit.
I wish I could get behind this but according to the press Boris cancelled meeting the England player, which I think we all know sounds like bullshit.It’s really difficult to say out loud, but if most of the squad came out and openly spoke their mind about politicians, they would move the needle of public perception. I wish they would. I understand why they don’t. But a group that United could really make a difference if they chose to.
Almost without exception these are working class kids that will be richer than the ‘ruling class’ when their career ends. They shouldn’t have to speak up, but they can speak without consequence.
A constant and consistent message along the lines of Southgates pre-tournament letter. It would change England.
I wish I could get behind this but according to the press Boris cancelled meeting the England player, which I think we all know sounds like bullshit.
Absolutely, but they used their popularity to cancel the trip and make a statement, and the media covered for Boris immediately and said that he cancelled the event.100% they cancelled. Not him.
They don’t need him. At all. They have a bigger audience than he ever will. They just need to use it.
Again, it’s a tough ask. But the support is there.
I do get that impression as well, but I'm a natural optimist. I would hope that comments from the likes of Rashford and Mings do have cut-through, and show the ridiculous hypocrisy of the likes of Patel.Maybe I’m being overly optimistic here but I get the sense that this whole culture war thing that they have been attempting to stoke hasn’t played out exactly as they’d like it to and the England football team have played a big part in that. Hopefully the rhetoric will calm down a bit.
Absolutely, but they used their popularity to cancel the trip and make a statement, and the media covered for Boris immediately and said that he cancelled the event.
I wish I'm wrong but I just think this is going to be the same shit like it always is. Without media traction everything will be forgotten and we'll move on to the next scandal.
The thing is though, Rashford never aimed to dent the government’s lead in polls, he just wanted to put meals on the tables of underprivileged young families and he succeeded. It would have been nice if he had but he was very clear about his objective and that it was apolitical.But then, Rashford's initial campaign, while being an overwhelming success, doesn't appear to have made any dent in the government's lead in the polls...
Yeah. Fingers crossed I suppose!If they all broke rank and told the world that Boris cancelled after they told him they wouldn’t attend, he wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. They have bigger platforms. But it would need to be a joint effort. And a sustained one.
They have really failed to read the room this time haven't they?
That's true but didn't the Government initially oppose his campaign? You'd think opposing feeding hungry children would have some negative political impact on them.The thing is though, Rashford never aimed to dent the government’s lead in polls, he just wanted to put meals on the tables of underprivileged young families and he succeeded. It would have been nice if he had but he was very clear about his objective and that it was apolitical.
You’d think…. But this is brexit Britain.That's true but didn't the Government initially oppose his campaign? You'd think opposing feeding hungry children would have some negative political impact on them.
Some responses to this tweet is why the Tories get a majority. Fecking depressing.
Some responses to this tweet is why the Tories get a majority. Fecking depressing.
Is this a fecking joke?
The one where Kurt wears an eye patch? Surely that quote's not a lift directly from that?I mean it's literally a joke from the film 'Captain Ron' with Kurt Russell and Martin Short so probably yes.
The one where Kurt wears an eye patch? Surely that quote's not a lift directly from that?
I've been trying to find the source of the tweet's content. Seems to have been around for a decade but always linked to the Home Office but I simply can't believe it's true.
It'd be unlike then to be even accidentally humorous rather than just brutally callous.
Might be a few more in the government worried about tapes coming out.Two homes raided in the investigation into the leaked Hancock footage.
Never mind that he's having an affair with someone whose family has benefitted financially through dodgy dealings from Hancock's department. No, we only need to investigate how the public found out about it...
He better not be fecking coming back