How stupid is Johnson. If May had a backbone she would sack him, endangering someone he supposed to protect.
And of course, the BBC is putting its own scheduling ahead of a real political story - running the Paradise Papers report as it features on Panorama!!
I honestly can't remember the last time the BBC News didn't feature either a plug for an upcoming Panorama, or a shoehorned-in mention for Victoria Derbyshire's show. I once tried to make a drinking game out of it, but it ended something like this... please log in to view this image
What a surprise - Johnson opens his mouth before thinking and manages to put both feet in - and endanger the life of someone he should be seeking to protect. This current bunch of imbeciles on both sides of the Atlantic are beyond the pale!
I am more stunned by the fact there was a 60 min edition of Panorama on any topic on a weekday evening slot.
The pic's from the JeremyCorbyn4PM Twitter page, not Corbyn or Labour. Meanwhile, The Dire Leader had to cancel this morning's planned cabinet meeting, although I can't think why... please log in to view this image
1. The claims are incorrect. 2. Feel free to edit any "Corbyn" labels etc from any future such pictures (to avoid mis-association) .
I don't like Corbyn, but what's wrong about the claims? It doesn't seem to be saying that's what should actually happen, which the original bus suggested.
It doesn't say anything about getting it though, just that it would be enough to give the NHS £350m a week for 16 years. The other bus basically said, "We use this money for this. Let's use it for that". please log in to view this image The Corbyn-Twitter one just says that amount would equal 16 years of spending at £350m a week.
1.) The claims aren't incorrect, as that's the ballpark figure that has been widely reported since the story broke 1a.) The picture is not saying the money would all be spent on the NHS, unlike the slogan on the side of Boris' campaign bus 1b.) Given the Tories keep trying to deny Boris' "£350m a week to the NHS" claims, it's always worth reminding people 2.) There's no such thing as a "Corbyn label" as his social media posts either have no logo on them, or if they do it's the Labour logo
Oh, the attempted implication is clear. Saying that AT BEST the tax collectible on that money would increase the annual NHS budget for an extra 3 weeks for 16 years (which is fact) , doesn't quite have the same ring does it.
There is an angle here that would condemn the BBC for ignoring the wider implications of the Paradise Papers and focusing on transgressing celebrities instead - you could argue this is dumbing down at best, at political interference at worst. On the other hand it's probably a feature of the modern world - something like let's ignore the big picture here about how the modern world is arranged for the benefit of the few, and just keep it simple for the simple people to understand (who aren't going to get any cleverer if they hear nothing but the simple version). Edit: I was just listening to a Radio 4 programme called "Britain in a Box", a series on the making of various TV programmes. One of them was on "Word in Action" which in part dealt with the fact that current affairs programmes used to be really big on TV. Now you get a couple of programmes on Sunday morning and Panorama, but there really isn't that mainstream investment in it. I think this is to the detriment of society as a whole and can only lead to disaster come election / referendum time.
I think it's just trying to point out the scale of the offshore funds, and using the Brexit bus stuff as an ironically convenient parallel...... for the amount involved. I think the wording is vital. And careful. It does not at any point suggest that the tax on the offshore funds would fund the NHS to that extent.
MODERN world !!?? This has been going on for centuries. Institutional, and was built on the now dead myth of the intellectual superiority of the financial and legal sectors. "Edit: I was just listening to a Radio 4 programme called "Britain in a Box", a series on the making of various TV programmes. One of them was on "Word in Action" which in part dealt with the fact that current affairs programmes used to be really big on TV. Now you get a couple of programmes on Sunday morning and Panorama, but there really isn't that mainstream investment in it. I think this is to the detriment of society as a whole and can only lead to disaster come election / referendum time." As I said sarcastically yesterday about Panorama. Is it too much to ask all the channels to sacrifice a few how big is your strictly dancing factor bake-off, so that the world can have regular 60 min doses of proper current affairs programmes ??
Carl Sargeant, Labour MP who was accused of improper personal behaviour, has killed himself: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41904161 It doesn't appear that he even knew what he was being accused of, which is a bit odd. I can't find anything that details the accusations at all. People will look at this in a couple of different ways. Either he couldn't take the pressure that this sort of thing puts on someone or he was guilty and scared of the repercussions of his actions. Could just be the final straw that pushed him over the edge, as we don't know anything about him, really.
The "Brexit bus" + numbers should now be a byword for utter b*ll*cks. Anyone who so attempts to present any numerical data is fair game for immediate demolition.
