MetalDog wrote:An incredible lapse of judgment from MD there.
I voted for him last time, as it happens. A move I have come to regret.
RESIGN!
RESIGN!
SHAME!
/disenfranchises women
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Fozzie_bear 15,166 posts
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RESIGN!
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mowgli 31,799 posts
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Registered 7 years agoMetalDog wrote:
Why don't you list here the reasons why not and we can all look at them objectively before you go in?
I voted for him last time, as it happens. A move I have come to regret.Pissy pants.
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LeoliansBro 35,019 posts
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Registered 7 years agoThen ask him why he didn't do the things he'd promised you he was going to do.LB, you really are a massive geek.
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MetalDog 23,448 posts
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Registered 11 years agoHe's Paul Burstow and while I would like to take him to task over the NHS reforms he supported, I really want to focus on the Winsor Report II this time around without going off on an armwaving rant.-- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.
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X201 12,969 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBut, but, but... his website has a photo of him with nurses, he must be nice
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darkmorgado 22,486 posts
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Registered 4 years agoMetalDog wrote:
Urgh. I was part of a webchat with Burstow recently. He ducked and dived around answering any question directly.
He's Paul Burstow and while I would like to take him to task over the NHS reforms he supported, I really want to focus on the Winsor Report II this time around without going off on an armwaving rant.
Slippery fucker.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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Registered 7 years agoSo Cameron's decided it doesn't actually matter if Hunt broke the ministerial code. Well obviously, it would be terrible if he actually had to take responsibility for his actions. -
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Registered 12 months agoMetalDog wrote:
Do not make him squirm in the first few questions. Ask him things he's firmly on ground about. This is the only thing you can possibly do before you ask more serious questions and get anything out of them. And even then it is unlikely you could even touch him as he's more a trained slick human being than you.
I'm talking to my MP on Saturday about this and that.
Any tips or tricks for how I should quell my inner negativity? I know that going in there calling him a bullshitter is /not/ the way to approach the issue and I'm sure some of you are more trained or naturally diplomatic than I am - how do you shut that inner bullshit-caller up? -
darkmorgado 22,486 posts
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Registered 4 years agoMightyMouse wrote:
It really defeats the point in bringing in the ministerial code if you then refuse to adhere to it.
So Cameron's decided it doesn't actually matter if Hunt broke the ministerial code. Well obviously, it would be terrible if he actually had to take responsibility for his actions.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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mowgli 31,799 posts
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Registered 7 years agoDale is the reason I don't hate automatically hate politicians like everyone else.Pissy pants.
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Twin_snakes 2,190 posts
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It took about 10 years for the Tories to gain any sort of lead in the polls.darkmorgado wrote:
O'RLY? How about Labours first term in 1997....MightyMouse wrote:
Well Labour are already well ahead in the polls (shudder). Though that's par for the course when it comes to being in opposition during a government's first term.
It's hardly Cameron's first failure of judgment, until he's actually charged with a crime or polling shows that the Tories would be certain to lose with him as leader, he'll stick around. -
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Registered 11 years ago@MetalDog
Politicians are ridiculously susceptible to flattery, in my experience. You can get away with calling them a prick, but only if you tell them they're a prick who's been shockingly overlooked for higher office/ is destined for No 10 (depending on where their career is). -
MetalDog 23,448 posts
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Registered 11 years agoWell, my business isn't to call him a prick, however reflex that instinct may be, but to try to persuade him there's an issue he should be looking into and shouting about a bit.
I'm not very good at buttering people up, but I will desperately try to leave the verbal acid at home.-- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.
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mowgli 31,799 posts
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Registered 7 years agoWhy not just try and explain why you think he should and be open to why he may argue differently?
People, even politicians, tend to take well to reasoned arguments.
Edited by mowgli at 20:41:26 31-05-2012Pissy pants.
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MetalDog 23,448 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThat's sort of the plan, mowgli, but being totally open to the political class is easier said than done, given their awful track record with honesty. I'm going to try writing down what he has to say (or at least the bullet points thereof) and reflect on it at leisure later, so I can decide if I've been given anything more than soft soap.-- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.
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desirous 85 posts
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Because they have made a living out of filtering truth and fiction. On the whole they aren't out right liars, but are you so niave to have never seen an episode of Question time? Sorry to be blunt, but they twist everything to suit them. It's just the politcal system we have. There are the odd honest one but they far and few between.
Why not just try and explain why you think he should and be open to why he may argue differently?
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Registered 2 years agoBecause the lib dems have the voting presence and determination of a shrivelled grape.After chasing sunsets one of life's simple joy is playing with the boys
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darkmorgado 22,486 posts
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Because Nick Clegg has the presence and determination of a shrivelled grape.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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Aargh. 11,132 posts
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Registered 2 years agoAnd the rest are doing so much to show their disagreement. They're all as bad as him.After chasing sunsets one of life's simple joy is playing with the boys
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Bremenacht 11,116 posts
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Registered 6 years agoMetalDog wrote:
Then do so. Make the one point well, rather than risk burying it under waffle or ranting.
I really want to focus on the Winsor Report II this time around without going off on an armwaving rant.
You can go back to see him again to rant over something else. : )This post is unsuitable for those with a high rumour-sensitivity.
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darkmorgado 22,486 posts
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Registered 4 years agoSo, two days in a row, witnesses have flatly contradicted what Murdoch said under oath to Leveson.
I really, really hope the old fucker gets what's coming to him.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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glaeken 10,366 posts
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Registered 8 years agoWhich is? And how do you know it’s him that's lying? There is a lot of denial of just about everything going on and the more politicians see other politicians denying things the more they will think they can get away with it too.
I am not on anyone's side on this I just don't know how you can totally believe one side over the other when they are all people who have a dubious attitude to the truth.
And seriously just what on earth do you think is going to happen to Murdoch as a result of all this? It's not a legal trial. Nothing is going to happen to him.
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gang_of_bitches 4,916 posts
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NI, NG and NC have all been found by their own admission to have been in the wrong about hacking and for Murdoch not to have known about it he'd have had to have been massively incompetent and that is one thing I don't believe he is. I believe there are lies on both sides.
Which is? And how do you know it’s him that's lying? There is a lot of denial of just about everything going on and the more politicians see other politicians denying things the more they will think they can get away with it too.
I am not on anyone's side on this I just don't know how you can totally believe one side over the other when they are all people who have a dubious attitude to the truth.
And seriously just what on earth do you think is going to happen to Murdoch as a result of all this? It's not a legal trial. Nothing is going to happen to him.
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TheSaint 11,582 posts
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This. I haven't really taken a massive interest but the updates I hear each day driving home seem to include a massive amount of hear say and anecdotal evidence for what is apparently a legitimate legal enquiry.
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darkmorgado 22,486 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIt's not a trial, but lying under oath is Perjury and it's still a criminal offence.
I'm not exactly the biggest fan in the world of politicians, and they frequently bullshit - but to have so many people consistently contradicting what he's said (and after the whole thing about misleading Parliament), I'm more inclined to believe that one person is bullshitting than a whole load of people are all conspiring. Particularly when Murdoch hasn't been able to produce evidence to back up what he was coming out with, but evidence has been provided to back up what the others are saying.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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glaeken 10,366 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI actually do question if Murdoch would have known about phone hacking. That would imply a level of micromanagement I am just not sure about given how diverse his media holdings are. It just seems it would have been going on at a lower level than I would have expected him to involve himself in. Once it became a big issue I am sure he will have been privy to all sort of dodgy things between the various news corp executives but I would actually be surprised if he really knew about it before it started to become a big story. Not that I think he would have cared if he had known it was going on I just find the idea that the head of such a large organisation would have known what was going on at all the lower levels unlikely.
It’s not even like there was a proper legal stance on phone hacking for a long time so at most when they were initially doing it I guess it would have been seen as slightly dubious but then is it more dubious than taking photos of celeb’s using high power telephoto lenses? It’s an industry that as part of normal operations operates in morally dubious ways. Phone hacking was just a newer method until it’s legal stance was clarified as illegal.
/dons his Murdoch is innocent T-shirt.
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gang_of_bitches 4,916 posts
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I can accept that he might not have known about it initially, but once the royal reporter, who I can't remember the name of, was convicted, or even prosecuted for that matter, surely it would have come to his attention.
And anyway, if he's incapable of managing the organisation he already has, that seems a pretty strong argument against letting him expand it.
I accept I can be a bit rabid about Murdoch, in the same way that others are about Thatcher, but with a couple of exceptions I think he's been a pretty malign influence on the UK and latterly the world.
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I am sure he would have become aware of it once the first conviction occurred but I would expect him to have then relied on his executives to fill him in and who knows how honest they were with him. If you have fucked up you tend to try and keep that sort of thing from the boss if you can.
I guess having worked for lots of large corporations I find the idea the guy at the very top has much of clue what goes on in the organisation apart from what his direct reports tells him unlikely. It’s just not possible once organisation’s get above a certain size. The fact we expect Murdoch to be able to know everything about every level of his company just seems unrealistic. If you factor in the fact of how old he actually is now I would personally have expected him to be taking a bit of back seat on things anyway.
I am not unaware of the influence Murdoch has had in his time on the UK but I find the current inquiry a little desperate to try and attack him based on something that I really don’t think is that big a deal overall. It really feels like a lot of people have been waiting to have a shot at Murdoch and they are seeing this as their opportunity.
I mean come on he is just a lovable old scamp really
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