Election Year or Fear!

[Geoff Parkstone]

well the ones that dont make the news can hardly be downplayed by the BBC News can they !!

[ramAnag]

I'm talking about ones that make the news, not the countless others that don't, pillock. If all of your 282 did I'm sure the BBC would downplay them too

Bit uncalled for. You’ve proudly said ‘I checked’ and, to paraphrase, there have been five such incidents - which fit a pattern which you seem reluctant to share or define - this month.
I’ve pointed out that there are an astonishing number of stabbing incidents reported to the police each month - actually it averages between 150 and 282 so five isn’t that significant - and somehow that makes me a ‘pillock’.
You do tend to overreact these days when challenged, but if you throw in unsubstantiated comments and accusations, as in this case you have against the BBC downplaying news items, then you are likely to be questioned.
Perhaps if you made your point more clearly…. .

[SithHappens]

Serious question, how come he is / reform is so popular?

Well 52% voted brexit, and I've just been round the local turkey farm and anecdotally 45% of them are looking forward to Christmas.

[Andy_Faber]

Anyone listen to PMs Questions today? Lammy should have taken a sicky, it was so obvious to everyone but him what was going on

[SithHappens]

Anyone listen to PMs Questions today? Lammy should have taken a sicky, it was so obvious to everyone but him what was going on

I haven't but have heard it was a bit of a disaster

[Andy_Faber]

I haven't but have heard it was a bit of a disaster

HM Opposition were clearly better briefed pre-encounter than HMG. I?m actually surprised Lammy didn?t combust, I?ve seen him worse

[ramAnag]

Serious question, how come he is / reform is so popular?

Because, despite Farage being, IMO, a dishonest, self serving empty vessel, there can be no doubt that he is a good communicator with a great deal of financial backing and - particularly at a time when the Tories have proved over many years to be useless and Labour haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory and are struggling to make much headway - gullible people will look for an alternative with a sort of ‘any port in a storm’ mentality.

[ramAnag]

I haven't but have heard it was a bit of a disaster

I didn’t either, but reports suggest the Tory stand in, who few had ever heard of (James Cartlidge?) was even worse and lost count of the number of questions he was allowed to ask.

[Andy_Faber]

I didn’t either, but reports suggest the Tory stand in, who few had ever heard of (James Cartlidge?) was even worse and lost count of the number of questions he was allowed to ask.

I think it?s a good job he did, Lammy looked fit to help in the most direct way with crime statistics. And even I noticed he wasn?t dressed properly

[ramAnag]

I think it?s a good job he did, Lammy looked fit to help in the most direct way with crime statistics. And even I noticed he wasn?t dressed properly

Wasn’t dressed properly?