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16 Oct 2004, 18:15
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I want to see this press conference
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16 Oct 2004, 18:17
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Re: I want to see this press conference
The only thing I'm surprised at is that he hasn't made a gaffe of this enormity before this point.
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16 Oct 2004, 18:36
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Re: I want to see this press conference
Tbh I thought there was more than a grain of truth in some of what he said, although it was wrapped in a non PC below the belt covering that made the pill unpalatable for even my tastes
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16 Oct 2004, 18:38
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Re: I want to see this press conference
He didn't actually write it.
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16 Oct 2004, 18:40
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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<3 Boris.
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I've not read the article, but the BBC write-up makes it sound like the sort of poor quality trolls you get here from time to time.
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16 Oct 2004, 18:46
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I dunno...
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Re: I want to see this press conference
But he does have lovely hair, doesn't he?
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16 Oct 2004, 18:53
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Re: I want to see this press conference
Boris didnt write the article, but as the editor, hes responsible for all content in the magazine , hence why Howard, who just happens to be a Liverpool fan, has given him such a complete bollocking.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
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16 Oct 2004, 18:56
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Re: I want to see this press conference
Doesn't the BBC link say :
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The Tory MP wrote in an editorial in The Spectator that the city was wallowing in "disproportionate" grief for Mr Bigley, who was killed in Iraq.
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So isn't he apologising for things he's said too? Or is the Beeb just wrong?
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16 Oct 2004, 18:59
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I dunno...
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Re: I want to see this press conference
The BBC is communist.
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16 Oct 2004, 19:29
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Re: I want to see this press conference
I completely agree with the article and that he should make a ****ing stand, if I was a very rich man I'd make him a very rich man too for having the balls to stand by it, which I bet he would if it wasn't for the fact this seems to be his only career for life and he's not aptly suited to any other.
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16 Oct 2004, 19:56
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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Doesn't the BBC link say :
So isn't he apologising for things he's said too? Or is the Beeb just wrong?
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It does. But basically that story has changed over the last 24 hours, since last night they were admitting he didnt actually write it, but now hes claiming responsibility for writing it as otherwise any acts of contrition are going to be watered down.
Boris is actually incapable of writing something that blatant and offensive, or even on that intellectual level.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
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16 Oct 2004, 20:13
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Gone
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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, hence why Howard, who just happens to be a Liverpool fan, has given him such a complete bollocking.
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No, the reason Howard has given him such a bollocking is because the Tories desperately, desperately need to make inroads into city and suburban areas, and simultaneously reinforcing the old Norman-Tebbit-heartless-bastard tendency, whilst pissing off one of the largest urban conurbations in England is not the best way to go about this.
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16 Oct 2004, 20:19
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Re: I want to see this press conference
From what snippets of the article i've read (ie in the BBC website report) it does seem to make sense (ie the Spectator's view on scousers) although it is blunt to the point of sledgehammer status.
*shrug*
As the Conservatives most charasmatic MP i'm sure Boris will get through this fine :up:*
*although i suspect he has seriously ****ed up any future gambit for a Tory Leadership position
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16 Oct 2004, 20:19
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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The BBC is communist.
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But the Government controls the BBC, so that must mean that Blair is a Communist, and Blair is controlled by Bush, so that means Bush is a Communist!
Hey, when did the revolution happen?
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16 Oct 2004, 20:23
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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*although i suspect he has seriously ****ed up any future gambit for a Tory Leadership position
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heh, you're shitting me, he was only made Shadow Arts Minister after they had a big drunken piss-up and Howard sent off a couple of 'joke' drunken dictates.
I mean, the Tories are desperate, but they not that desperate.
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16 Oct 2004, 20:26
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16 Oct 2004, 20:36
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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I mean, the Tories are desperate, but they not that desperate.
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Boris is the most charasmatic Tory.
Boris has a brain.
It's not too outrageous to suggest he could (might still possibly) become the Tory leader.
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16 Oct 2004, 20:41
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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Boris is the most charasmatic Tory.
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That's like saying so-and-so is the most intelligent person at the Confederation of Village Idiots annual fayre.
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Boris has a brain.
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If he had a brain, then this thread would never have been created.
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It's not too outrageous to suggest he could (might still possibly) become the Tory leader.
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Laughing-on-line.
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16 Oct 2004, 20:43
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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It's not too outrageous to suggest he could (might still possibly) become the Tory leader.
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Yes it is. Boris has positioned himself as a joke, and that's how he'll stay.
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16 Oct 2004, 20:53
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Re: I want to see this press conference
i think you're all wrong
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16 Oct 2004, 21:01
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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i think you're all wrong, all of the time, on all subjects. Dace hath Spoken.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
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16 Oct 2004, 21:05
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so f*cking zen
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Re: I want to see this press conference
"damn tootin'"
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16 Oct 2004, 21:24
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Re: I want to see this press conference
I still love him.
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16 Oct 2004, 22:43
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Re: I want to see this press conference
His timing for the aricle was very poorly timed. The nation as a whole was upset over the killing of ken bigley, not just the people of liverpool.
What it said was true but how the article said it misconstrued the content. What it should have said would be along the lines of:
"an act such as what happened can only be villified by the mass populace and therefore a period of national mourning is understandably going to be occuring. However the reliance of this nation to return to memories of barbarism and tragedy, when in fact we should be looking forwards to remedy the causes of said past actions so that may never happen again. Hillsborough for example, a trgedy of enourmous proportions which, had it been managed properly, could have been averted. It however did occur and plans of remedial work were implemented so that it could be prevented from ever happening again. On the flip side however, people who were not directly influenced by this occurance still prefer to remain in a state of mourning long after it has passed into the annals of history, instead of moving on and looking to a positive future."
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16 Oct 2004, 22:51
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Re: I want to see this press conference
I'm thinking of two numbers. Can we guess which ones?!
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16 Oct 2004, 23:02
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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I'm thinking of two numbers. Can we guess which ones?!
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Six and nine.
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16 Oct 2004, 23:42
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Re: I want to see this press conference
No, but I am now =(
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16 Oct 2004, 23:49
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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I'm thinking of two numbers. Can we guess which ones?!
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Im thinking 9 and 7.
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
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17 Oct 2004, 00:07
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Re: I want to see this press conference
Are they bus numbers?
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17 Oct 2004, 00:13
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Re: I want to see this press conference
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Are they bus numbers?
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They can be pretty much anything , but these two , when put together, have a certain significance to those of a Liverpool persuasion, ok?
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And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
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17 Oct 2004, 00:19
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Re: I want to see this press conference
It's the % of unemployed people in the Greater Liverpool area?!
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17 Oct 2004, 03:59
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Re: I want to see this press conference
I haven't read the article but I broadly agree with what I've heard. It pisses me off no end to hear how 'upset' people are when some random, decent but unextraordinary person who they never met dies in tragic circumstances, even though it happens hundreds of times every single ****ing day.
****wits.
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17 Oct 2004, 04:38
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Re: I want to see this press conference
I'm with Dace, Boris is the best thing that could ever happen to the tories.
He'd be like a British Bush, except not illiterate and slack jawed. (in other words he could be the settling face to a scary regime all run in the background).
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17 Oct 2004, 09:33
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Re: I want to see this press conference
We were supposed to be upset at the death of Ken Bigley?
I missed that memo.
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17 Oct 2004, 10:12
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Re: I want to see this press conference
so did i
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