Re: Another Election | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

Littlestone May 2, 2017 19:53:18

Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:

No, I don't think she is home secretary material, but that doesn't mean I disagree with the policy even if she did express it inarticulately.

tsc, she didn’t just ‘express it inarticulately’ she was excruciatingly muddled and completely and utterly out of her depth. Listen to the interview again here - http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/diane-abbotts-agonising-interview-over-policy-cost/ If it was a politician from another party bumbling away like that Labour supporters would be having a field day with it. Instead of fessing up and saying ‘I completely screwed up’ both Abbott and Corbyn are trying to gloss over the whole thing using words like ‘misspoke’ – what the feck’s that supposed to mean!

If you haven't watched the interview with Abbott on today’s Politics Show here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39775693 you should.

thesweetcheat May 2, 2017 20:25:00

Replying to Littlestone

Thanks, I've seen it, just as I saw May carcrash interview with Tory stooge Marr on Sunday and David Davies' appallingly inept performance in front of the select committee.

But I'm still judging them by their policies not whether they are polished performers. I'd still vote for a party who are pledging to restore lost services than one led by a women who can't understand that it's wrong that nurses working full time have to resort to foodbanks to eat.

jb lamptoast-morsley May 3, 2017 12:59:53

Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:

If you haven't watched the interview with Abbott on today’s Politics Show here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-39775693 you should.

I watched the interview which made Diane Abbott listen to her poor performance. Which seemed perverse in itself. My reaction was that it was completely over the top. She's only human - remind me never to become a politician. The female presenter was so unpleasant. It is this side of things in politics that really turns me off - much like the behaviour in the House of Commons and Theresa May's haughty and condescending expressions every time Jeremy Corbyn speaks.