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Emrys

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7. Well, I'm hundreds of miles from Westminster!

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 26, 2021, 03:10 PM

Apr 2021

I wouldn't pretend to have any great insight into what's going on down there.

You're quite right to be sceptical - in the OP, I tried to skim over some of the briefing and counter-briefing from "sources" that's become too much part of our politics in recent decades.

The overall picture seems to be that some of the tame media are finally - for whatever reason - not cheerleading slavishly for Johnson any more. Quite why that is, we can only speculate.

The stories of relatively minor government scandals are mounting to the extent that there may be some hope that the more major scandals may get some decent coverage and concerted public attention. I don't think anyone's pretending that the demise of Johnson would cure all the country's ills, though.

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Boris Johnson said bodies 'could pile high' during lockdown discussion [View all] Emrys Apr 2021 OP

Seems to me that Johnson and the Royals are set Miguelito Loveless Apr 2021 #1

The Daily Mail is not a reliable news source. But then that doesn't mean they're wrong abqtommy Apr 2021 #2

The BBC tends to be very conservative in its coverage of such stories. Emrys Apr 2021 #3

Of course The BBC receives its funding from the government. That's why I referred to abqtommy Apr 2021 #4

The Guardian has nothing so far except the all too predictable denials from government sources. Emrys Apr 2021 #5

That's interesting and I appreciate and trust your input since you're there on the ground, abqtommy Apr 2021 #6

Well, I'm hundreds of miles from Westminster! Emrys Apr 2021 #7

The Guardian now has some analysis of the claims in its liveblog: Emrys Apr 2021 #9

I'm sure glad you and I are on the same side. I have to think back when the tabloids there abqtommy Apr 2021 #10

I think we're definitely on the same side. Emrys Apr 2021 #11

Some corroboration from ITV News's Robert Peston: there may be at least three sources Emrys Apr 2021 #8

Drowning Pool sue Boris Johnson for ripping off "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" T_i_B Apr 2021 #12