Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:12 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

I also thought that too.

For the Sunday Times to launch a full-blown attack on the government and PM in particular, something is odd.

It doesn't seem that odd to me - the new Labour leader is an establishment friendly figure, so attacks on the incumbent Government can resume with some degree of safety; they rallied to see off Corbyn because he represented an existential threat to the status quo - but with Keir Starmer in position, they can tolerate some leftist popularity, safe in the knowledge that if he were to gain power, nothing would change in their rarefied world. See Tony Blair for historical equivalence - the first Labour leader the Murdoch press got behind, because he was basically one of them, with a veneer of socialism to fool the plebs. Either that, or Murdoch has decided that his loyal lapdog Michael Gove deserves his day in the sun.

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:14 am  

bren2k wrote:

It doesn't seem that odd to me - the new Labour leader is an establishment friendly figure, so attacks on the incumbent Government can resume with some degree of safety; they rallied to see off Corbyn because he represented an existential threat to the status quo - but with Keir Starmer in position, they can tolerate some leftist popularity, safe in the knowledge that if he were to gain power, nothing would change in their rarefied world. See Tony Blair for historical equivalence - the first Labour leader the Murdoch press got behind, because he was basically one of them, with a veneer of socialism to fool the plebs. Either that, or Murdoch has decided that his loyal lapdog Michael Gove deserves his day in the sun.

Does Gove's wife work for a Murdoch paper?

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:20 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Does Gove's wife work for a Murdoch paper?

Currently works for the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail will be able to influence and switch their readership from Johnson to Gove as easy as turning on a tap.

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:25 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

Currently works for the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail will be able to influence and switch their readership from Johnson to Gove as easy as turning on a tap.

A thoroughly insightful read it is too.

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:38 am  

King Street Cat wrote:

Currently works for the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail will be able to influence and switch their readership from Johnson to Gove as easy as turning on a tap.

I had to chuckle at the Daily Express front page, Hurry back Boris and sort this out. Talk about giving the readers what they want

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:06 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I had to chuckle at the Daily Express front page, Hurry back Boris and sort this out. Talk about giving the readers what they want

I wonder what they'll do if/when Gove gets thrust forward by the rest?

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:36 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I had to chuckle at the Daily Express front page, Hurry back Boris and sort this out. Talk about giving the readers what they want

He couldn't sort out an in growing toenail.

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:04 pm  

Has Boris been furloughed too? The work experience lad seemed to be giving the daily update yesterday.

[Wanderer]

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:59 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

He couldn't sort out an in growing toenail.

Fortunately, our excellent NHS can. At least that is my experience.

Re: PM in Intensive Care... : Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:10 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Fortunately, our excellent NHS can. At least that is my experience.

I'll clap for that on Thursday if nothing else.