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equationgirl said:
I'm not vicariously looking for slight, your posting record speaks for itself.
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You missed 'In my view'. You do not speak for the whole world, or indeed the whole of Urban.

It no doubt hasn't crossed your mind that I would have made the same comment had it been a man with identically turgid delivery style?

Made no comment about her competence, she is the CMO after all, her delivery is dire though. Mrs Sas agrees, as do the three neighbours on our morning phone call list.

Seems that once again, you see slight where none is intended. This conversation is now closed at this end, I'm pissed off enough at the moment without dealing with professional 'grievance seekers'.
 
Marty1 said:
And there we have it (finally, whew).

You infer the U.K. public are thick and easily persuaded by the press - same tired shit that was claimed after the referendum - they didn’t know what they were voting for, were lied to etc.

You’re contradicting yourself when comparing BJ to Trump though - which you’re perfectly aware of so have attempted to cover by offering an absurd explanation whilst negating the fact that Trump has over 90% negative press, especially his press conferences.

You are well on your way to self delusion and tinfoil territory to maintain your cognitive dissonance.
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Every time I've asked anyone who voted for Brexit what tangible benefits could ensue they appear unable to answer. So, at least to that extent they don't appear to know for what they voted.
 
Marty1 said:
And there we have it (finally, whew).

You infer the U.K. public are thick and easily persuaded by the press - same tired shit that was claimed after the referendum - they didn’t know what they were voting for, were lied to etc.

You’re contradicting yourself when comparing BJ to Trump though - which you’re perfectly aware of so have attempted to cover by offering an absurd explanation whilst negating the fact that Trump has over 90% negative press, especially his press conferences.

You are well on your way to self delusion and tinfoil territory to maintain your cognitive dissonance.
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Trump does NOT have "90% negative press"! Jesus, do you realise just how huge Fox news is?
And you clearly don't understand American media -or politics- all that well. The President -simply because he is the President -gets a measure of respect and fairness few (eg) leaders of the Labour Party ever do, and their press, whilst determined, tenacious and probing,btend to operate to much fairer, more objective standards than (say) the UK print media, and arguably now our broadcast news too.
For all the Republican allegations of left bias (it's actually more culturally liberal bias), the likes of CNN, NBC,CBS etrc generally play it fair
 
Sasaferrato said:
:facepalm:

I am not doubting her competence, and did not question her competence. Her delivery is woeful though, which is a statement of fact.

Whatever someone has done to you to make you so vicariously and directly constantly looking for slight, I'm sorry.
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I honestly don't see why her 'delivery' is that relevant, tbh. She's a clinician not a chat show host, ffs
 
Streathamite said:
I honestly don't see why her 'delivery' is that relevant, tbh. She's a clinician not a chat show host, ffs
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There's never a shortage of people on here irrelevently commenting on the public performances of others, especially if they are of a political persuasion other than their own. Word search 'Margaret Thatcher' or any other Tory on these very boards if you don't believe me. Sasaferrato is absolutely right. equationgirl is always looking to take offence on other's behalfs and acting the schoolmistress for insignificant shit like this and Scotland's CMO is as dour as is possible to be. That Patrick Vallance dude that we have is also straight out of the Adams Family so perhaps it runs in the medical/scientific community.
 
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Streathamite said:
I honestly don't see why her 'delivery' is that relevant, tbh. She's a clinician not a chat show host, ffs
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Have you done much teaching or presenting to groups of people?

I have, from groups of two, to a three hour presentation to 200 people.

When I went to work for Roche, where part of the job was speaking to big groups of doctors, I was sent on a 'Presentation Skills' course.

Why was I sent on the course? (Every new rep was) The answer is simple, lose your audience, which takes much less than five minutes, and you don't get them back.

Speaking to people this morning, no one is now listening to the CMO. She is not holding people's attention, they are attentive again once the drone stops. It isn't the best way to communicate vital information.
 
BassJunkie said:
And that covers the fact that they were lied to, as the Government have always had control of the borders and immigration.
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The disinformation by Farage et al was disgraceful.

I didn't really understand how many people in the country really didn't know how things worked until the referendum.
 
Spymaster said:
There's never a shortage of people on here irrelevently commenting on the public performances of others, especially if they are of a political persuasion other than their own. Word search 'Margaret Thatcher' or any other Tory on these very boards if you don't believe me. Sasaferrato is absolutely right. equationgirl is always looking to take offence on other's behalfs and acting the schoolmistress for insignificant shit like this and Scotland's CMO is as dour as is possible to be. That Patrick Vallance dude that we have is also straight out of the Adams Family so perhaps it runs in the medical/scientific community.
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Prof Jason Leitch on the other hand; Clinical Director, Healthcare Quality and Strategy ; is an animated and engaging presenter.
 
Boris Johnson intends to leave coronavirus self-isolation on Friday despite pleas from the Labour MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan to stay away from people for a further seven days. :D

The prime minister has been self-isolating in No 11 Downing Street since he tested positive for Covid-19 last Thursday night. A spokesman said Johnson’s symptoms remained mild and he was following the UK guidelines by self-isolating for seven days.

Allin-Khan, however, has said that the PM should double his isolation to 14 days in line with World Health Organization guidance and that the UK should change its advice accordingly.
 
not-bono-ever said:
Let’s get the tooled up coppers to enforce the 14 day rule with summary execution of the PM, then chopper them to up to Charlie’s bolt hole and give him the same treatment. It’s the only language these people understand
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I don't think it's a good time to execute the PM, now that he's turned himself into a biological weapon and seems intent on infecting his colleagues - you could hardly get better results even if you catapulted his virus-ridden corpse into the Conservative Party conference.
 
So has he died or what? Hancock seems to have recovered (although presumably still isolating) but I've not hear from twatface in a while.
 
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