[Politics] The General Election Thread

[Thunder Bolt]

said people of talent

Channel4 news have now pulled the tweet. Edit it seems Ch4 have apologised.




In other news, 19 people, including my husband, have been told that 12 redundancies have to be taken, either voluntarily, or compulsory, to be announced by 20th December. Most of the firm's customers are in Europe.
Happy Christmas.

 

[theonlymikey]

said people of talent

and Channel 4 have apologised for the mis-quote.

edited

 

[beorhthelm]

Channel4 news have now pulled the tweet. Edit it seems Ch4 have apologised.

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1202913424243601408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1202913424243601408&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Flive%2F2019%2Fdec%2F06%2Fgeneral-election-boris-johnson-jeremy-corbyn-final-tv-debate-live-news

funny how people heard what they read.

 

[Two Professors]

Foul indeed. So foul and racist that all it will do is embolden his supporters, who think the same way.

Try not to be more ridiculous than normal.People are not monochrome,but most people from the EU are white,hence the description.If you want something racist to be offended about,protest about the lack of coloured representation here-

 

[The Clamp]

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1202913424243601408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1202913424243601408&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fpolitics%2Flive%2F2019%2Fdec%2F06%2Fgeneral-election-boris-johnson-jeremy-corbyn-final-tv-debate-live-news

funny how people heard what they read.

Not so funny that our PM is a proven racist and so nobody questioned that this was something he could have said.

“Picaninnies”
“Watermelon smiles”

People of colour would have actually been one of the less racist things to come out of the racist buffoon’s pie hole.

 

[theonlymikey]

I've just watched the video. He definitely says colour

 

[The Clamp]

Try not to be more ridiculous than normal.People are not monochrome,but most people from the EU are white,hence the description.If you want something racist to be offended about,protest about the lack of coloured representation here-

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I’m not offended.

 

[theonlymikey]

I've just watched the video. He definitely says colour

https://twitter.com/LaboursBlackPLP/status/1202914124251979782?s=09

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[theonlymikey]

Subtitles say colour also.

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[The Clamp]

I've just watched the video. He definitely says colour

I’ve just watched it three times. I’m pretty sure he said colour.

 

[monty uk]

Another cunning plan to attract voters:

Labour plans to set up a network of business advisers in Post Office branches to help small firms access support and finance. Jeremy Corbyn would create a Post Office bank called the Post Bank and appoint experts at larger branches to help advise local businesses.

WTF.

Brilliant. Just nip to the post office to get a bit of business advice. May take a while - need to queue up behind oldies withdrawing their pension, people buying stamps for birthday presents for relatives in Australia, holidaymakers exchanging pounds for a few feeble Euros and people who just go to chat to Post Office assistants.

What other great ideas are they going to throw at us? This whole giveaway election is a farce. Politicians refuse to answer questions on real issues but focus on this Jamboree Bag strategy.

 

[theonlymikey]

I’ve just watched it three times. I’m pretty sure he said colour.

Couple of colleagues have watched it also hear colour. I listened specifically to see if it can be remotely construed as talent, it's not even close.

 

[CHAPPERS]

WTF.

Brilliant. Just nip to the post office to get a bit of business advice. May take a while - need to queue up behind oldies withdrawing their pension, people buying stamps for birthday presents for relatives in Australia, holidaymakers exchanging pounds for a few feeble Euros and people who just go to chat to Post Office assistants.
y

Why have you just thought up a bullshit scenario which is clearly not how it would work?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

So far today:

- Tory candidate says disabled people should be paid less – because they ‘don’t understand money’

- Boris runs away from Neil and Etchingham.

- Corbyn releases a government report confirming the disastrous effect the WA will have on NI, that there will be a border and that Boris has been caught lying, yet again.

ADDED since last post.

- John Major says don't vote for the Tories

And none of this matters

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Couple of colleagues have watched it also hear colour. I listened specifically to see if it can be remotely construed as talent, it's not even close.

It’s talent, I hate the man but it’s clearly talent.

 

[The Clamp]

Couple of colleagues have watched it also hear colour. I listened specifically to see if it can be remotely construed as talent, it's not even close.

If so, pretty scary that CH4 are going along with the story of mistyped subtitles. What’s that on the horizon? A dictatorship.

 

[The Clamp]

It’s talent, I hate the man but it’s clearly talent.

I wish I’d heard it without knowing the story. All I can hear is colour now.

 

[beorhthelm]

Couple of colleagues have watched it also hear colour. I listened specifically to see if it can be remotely construed as talent, it's not even close.

for what its worth, because i think you've decided, i listened while reading something else and wondered where the original quote was. it wont change many peoples view of Johnson either way.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I wish I’d heard it without knowing the story. All I can hear is colour now.

C4 have said they made a mistake

Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.”

Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.

 

[The Clamp]

C4 have said they made a mistake

Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.”

Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.

I remain sceptical.