The state of this question.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
I'm wasn't sure if the episode was recorded before Young's attendance at that conference was known because Morgan's answer on that one is even more bizarre and cnutish than you'd expect from him.
Obviously condemnation of all party figures is needed but the outright deflection going on here is seriously weird. You'd think Young had just made one or two slightly off-colour tweets.
The tories should be smashing labour on their total lack of policy on europe, but they can't say too much without opening up their own divisions.
The state of this panel.
Well yeah, it's basically the problem for the two main parties at the moment. Both of them are trying to deal with the biggest issue the EU has faced for at least a half-century but are unable to articulate exactly what their opinions are on the matter. The Tories have repeatedly flip-flopped between hard and soft Brexit, often maintaining the former position but sometimes veering to the latter when the realities of the situation begin to hit them. Labour non-committal over it is basically tactical because they know taking a stance either way will be unpopular, but it feels like they're gonna have to commit one or the other at some point.
Yup, and the question even had "snowflake" in it ffs.
It's not great.
Christ, Dimbleby putting down Morgan for trying to run the show there.
He fecking hates him total lie about never doing shows of hands but I'll allow it to annoy Morgan.
total lie about never doing shows of hands but I'll allow it to annoy Morgan.Christ, the more you listen to Morgan the more you realise how lacking in substance he really is. His point about Trump being a 'maverick' had nothing to do with actual politics and was basically an extended way for him to state the obvious.
Comedian wasn't too bad, nor was Miller. Tory and Labour representatives were fairly shite.
Comedian wasn't too bad, nor was Miller. Tory and Labour representatives were fairly shite.
Delingpole now on This Week, one of the few people that makes Piers Morgan look a man of integrity and class.
I'm not sure why we have comedians holding down a fairly regular slot on the panel at all (he wasn't even particularly funny). Why that trade more than countless others? How about a conservationist or scientist, on account of the plastic pllution story.
Miller was comparatively quiet it seemed to me, and most of what she said was predictable.
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I'd absolutely prefer to have more experts on the panel instead of comedians and charlatans like Morgan but it's pretty much the reality of the situation we've got insofar as they're clearly appealing for ratings ahead of quality content. Especially considering most of the actual politicians' answers tend not to even have an ounce of substance. The whole thing's basically a Jeremy Kyle-esque shouting match anyway.
In hindsight, Corbyn might have been better off narrowly losing the last election. If he had have narrowly won, he'd be kept busy with Brexit and would struggle to pass anything he'd want to domestically. Now he can keep quiet for a year or two and blame the Tories for anything that happens because of Brexit and possibly win a larger majority.
Most Brexit supporters:
Christ, what's the context behind that?
IIRC, it's a case of ongoing abuse and intimidation direct toward a Conservative MP prior to the 2017 election.
Correct me if I'm wrong but an MP cannot be sacked unless they've been jailed can they?
They can be sacked by the party for almost any reason.
They can be sacked from the government, or have the party whip removed, but they can't be sacked as an MP unless they're jailed for more than a year.
I always thought Sir Howard Davies was a cnut as FSA chairman, but he just perfectly shot down PFI.
You outsource to companies with much higher borrowing costs than the government, assuming their efficiences make up the difference, They don't and it would be cheaper to go firect.
You outsource to companies with much higher borrowing costs than the government, assuming their efficiences make up the difference, They don't and it would be cheaper to go firect.
Who the feck is this cnut Black and what on earth is he doing on QT?
He's not from around here, you know.
He's in the film industry, he lives in an alternative universe. He knows nothing of reality and real life.
Is he the extra auditioning for a teenage Steve Jobs role?
'there are many males in the NHS, hospital porters for example'
I just showered, so am watching this on delay. Floral woman saying damn banks (which have been legally forced to tighten their balance sheets and lending rules) for not dishing out cash to distressed small cap companies. Gah, you can't win.
Come on, saying that if nurses were predominantly men they'd get paid more, that's pathetic. The male nurses get paid the same as the female nurses, they're on a pay scale.
Last week's panel was probably the worst I've ever had to endure. Piers Morgan is an insufferable twat.
Bloody hell these months are flying by.
Happy birthday!
Aargh, Davies sounding good, but I'll never forgive him for concluding third runway at Heathrow is best.
You're not one of that Boris Island lot, are you?
No but I live in Brook Green, W14, and don't want it becoming a major flightpath. Nimby maybe, but understandable.
Indeed. And female porters get the same as male porters. What struck me was the inherently sexist statement about porters being male from someone who was trying to appear anti-sexist.
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Just worrying about using my back garden and house price!Just checking
Dimbleby claiming nobody opposed PFI at the time. A demonstrable fecking lie, paid for by the license payer.
I'm pretty happy about that personally, and Heathrow is my nearest international airport.
Mind you, we lived only a couple of miles from Manchester Airport, the planes used to fly so low over my primary school, you almost felt you could touch them.
It was only marginally annoying in the summer when the French Windows were open, otherwise, it was fun living near a busy airport.
Edit: Actually, I think it's great!
Heathrow is a 20-30 min cab ride for us and Gatwick more an hour or so journey.
But you ever been to Syon House/Park? We took my mum there last year. It's near Heathrow- you had super-low planes virtually every 30-45 secs flying overhead. The noise was awful and the pollution bad.
https://www.syonpark.co.uk