Looks Like The Abacus Is Up To Her Old Tricks.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1500636/diane-abbott-news-labour-keir-starmer-promises-shut-down
...TBF if MAABOF woman is attacking you then you are doing something right, nice move Rodders.

[naomi24]

I read the link. It didn’t occur to me that the central issue was a taxi ride.

[ichkeria]

“ It's almost as if someone's digging up old news stories in order to deflect from the shower of *** running the country at the moment.”

See what I posted at 11.13.
The link may be old but the theme is very topical

[lankeela]

"Diane Abbott left red faced" - genuine question, I've never thought about it before but can black skinned people go red faced?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - I didn't say the taxi ride was central to the point - ironically that's the point I am making, it's barrel-scraping.

[andy-hughes]

Ttt - if you don't bother to read your own links, don't be surprised if other people do.

[naomi24]

AH, you said ‘riding in a … black cab.’ TTT isn’t criticising her for that so there’s no barrel-scraping going on.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - I didn't say TTT was barel-scraping - it appears your lack of interest in what you are reading, and not reading, is getting worse.

[naomi24]

AH? Who’s barrel scraping then - and who’s the author of the pointless piffle you mentioned earlier?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - the barrel-scraping and pointless piffle are both the responsibility of the Express, so no change there.

[naomi24]

:o)

[ToraToraTora]

Ok Andy so you've set a new precedent then. Pick some tiny irrelevant detail away from the main point and harp on about that. You knew what the main thrust of the article was you're just being obtuse, which TBF you usually are not.

[naomi24]

I shouldn't bother if I were you, TTT. He's gone to bandage his foot.

[andy-hughes]

TTT - // Ok Andy so you've set a new precedent then. Pick some tiny irrelevant detail away from the main point and harp on about that. You knew what the main thrust of the article was you're just being obtuse, which TBF you usually are not. //

I don;t think I am being obtuse, merely applying a little balance.

I am far from being a fan of DA, I am merely pointing out that trying to score a point against her on the basis of the livery of a cab she rides in, is simply reaching, and bad journalism.

Nothing more than that.

If you think it's not relevant to the thread, by all means feel free to ignore it.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - // I shouldn't bother if I were you, TTT. He's gone to bandage his foot. //

I have no idea what that means.

[10ClarionSt]

All of this stuff is quite clearly an attempt to deflect the incompetence of Bojo the Clown. Tories should be defending Johnson if they think the current PM is any good. But he's useless, they can't defend that, so start attacking someone else. It's all a blind! A blind I say!

[ToraToraTora]

AH: "I am far from being a fan of DA, I am merely pointing out that trying to score a point against her on the basis of the livery of a cab she rides in, is simply reaching, and bad journalism." - I'm not trying to score a point that way, I was refering to her moaning that Rodders isn't lefty enough and her hatred of NATO. I think you knew that.

[andy-hughes]

I did TTT - but as always, our comments are not entirely based on what the thread is saying, but on our own observations and opinions on the links as well.

[THECORBYLOON]

"I was refering to her moaning that Rodders isn't lefty enough and her hatred of NATO. I think you knew that."

Where is Nato mentioned in the four-month old article?

[douglas9401]

Surely a shower of *** would fall, cascade even, whereas a river of ***...