Politics Thread 6

You get the tetanus in the left or right cheek?

Left arm.

Paul Dacre is set to “lift the lid” on his 26 years as Daily Mail editor in a new three-part documentary series to air on Channel 4 entitled “The World According to Paul Dacre”.

The series will include his influential and often controversial views on the death of Princess Diana, the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the Blair and Cameron regimes and Brexit.

Each episode will run for an hour and promises a “unique journey through a quarter century of British history from the man who wrote the headlines: ‘Murderers’ and ‘Take a Bow Britain!’”

“His headlines have shaped modern Britain, delivering body blows to the Establishment while championing the causes of ordinary people,” said a spokesperson for Channel 4.

“Every day it hit the stands, Dacre’s Daily Mail enraged liberals, terrified politicians and captivated millions of readers,

“Few eras have seen such rapid change: political, moral, social, with Dacre often positioning himself as the voice of outrage. He has been accused of many things, but never irrelevance. Under his tenure, the Daily Mail became one of the most widely read newspapers in the world,”

Dacre is currently chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail and Metro titles, having stepped down as editor of the Daily Mail in 2018.

I'd rather scrub my eyes with bleach.

KK wrote:
“His headlines have shaped modern Britain, delivering body blows to the Establishment while championing the causes of ordinary people,” said a spokesperson for Channel 4.

I just threw up in my mouth a little. The gulag for whoever wrote that.

He's definitely helped shape modern Britain, which is in no way a compliment.

It’s nice to know that spreading hatred and ruining your country means you get rewarded with a three part TV show that’ll further enable you to spread bullshit.

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Moron.

Also why they strawberry float has she good one of those conference call, multidirectional "spider phones" on a strawberry floating side table next to an armchair? :fp:

I like to think of the camera panning out and revealing it’s a set made of cheap MDF.

She wore red and white to match the Japanese flag, didn't she?

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What is it about Meghan that they don’t like....

There's an even more ridiculous Royal-related article from another of their columnists in today's edition...

How canny Cressida Bonas picked the right Harry after all... Rich, handsome, impeccable breeding. No, not the Prince - but her new fiancé who's an even better match, writes ALISON BOSHOFF

Where'd she get him from, Battersea Dogs home.

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That tweet perfectly encapsulates why we are in such a state at the moment. Why the strawberry float shouldn’t a journalist/presenter/interviewer call out a lie? :fp:

Why is that even a debate? :fp:

Moggy wrote:It’s nice to know that spreading hatred and ruining your country means you get rewarded with a three part TV show that’ll further enable you to spread bullshit.

Yeah my wife wanted to watch the Jade Goody documentary but I switched off the telly.

David Koch, billionaire fossil fuel baron and sociopathic far-right donator, has died.

Civility libs of course out in force saying now's not the time to be mean.

I would rather people criticise his life than celebrate his death. I think there is a difference between lacking sympathy or even feeling relief for someone's death, and it actively making you happy and being something to celebrate. The thing to celebrate is the end of his influence in politics, not his death itself.

For the average person casually following the news, I think it is damaging to the criticism of his politics to have people seen praising his death. Here is the chance to explain all the problems with his politics to people who would otherwise be unaware, but if that's done from a place of mean-spirited celebration, that will detract from that conversation. If you're caught up arguing why you think it's okay to be mean, then you're already having the wrong discussion.

OrangeRKN wrote:I would rather people criticise his life than celebrate his death. I think there is a difference between lacking sympathy or even feeling relief for someone's death, and it actively making you happy and being something to celebrate. The thing to celebrate is the end of his influence in politics, not his death itself.

For the average person casually following the news, I think it is damaging to the criticism of his politics to have people seen praising his death. Here is the chance to explain all the problems with his politics to people who would otherwise be unaware, but if that's done from a place of mean-spirited celebration, that will detract from that conversation. If you're caught up arguing why you think it's okay to be mean, then you're already having the wrong discussion.

Nah he was a banana split.

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Politics Thread 6

Who will you vote for at the next General Election?

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