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Gordon Brown with canned laughter
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Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
I don't disagree. Sorry, I had assumed you were slating Labour to big up the Tory party.
The way I see it there's very little difference at all between the two biggest political parties in this country.
However I will still use my vote in hope that the best candidate in my constituency gets in and makes a difference. Sadly this won't make one iota of difference to the leadership of this country
The way I see it there's very little difference at all between the two biggest political parties in this country.
However I will still use my vote in hope that the best candidate in my constituency gets in and makes a difference. Sadly this won't make one iota of difference to the leadership of this country
coventrygull
the right one
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
CG. You do realise that the BNP policies are entirely fantastical, don't you?
coventrygull
the right one
BOF you do realise I am not allowed to discuss the BNP on here. Anyway I have been banned from one of their forums and they ignore me at meetings. I don't think they like me
Uncle Spielberg
Well-known member
I didn't watch it as I didn't want to bring my supper up or smash the tv screen. I saw the clip and I am sure it is emotional for him but Piers Morgan is a friend of his so he knew exactly that and probably requested the question be asked as so to look almost like a human being. And whilst were at it he does not have exclusivity of losing a child, Cameron did so in arguably much more difficult circumstances of raising him for 7 years whilst disabled before tragically losing him.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Quite possibly the most distasteful thing I have ever read on here. Shame on you.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I'd agree with that. Obviously NSC is the place for the self-styled cynical elite these days, but in the wider country (ie the voters) that will have played quite well. He answered everything, and probably should have done something like this years ago.
Brown is someone who instinctively thinks image is just froth, but he has very slowly had to realise that unfortunately that is the way of the modern world.
cannedheat
Banned
I felt for the bloke when he spoke about the death of his child,but the rest was stage managed and vomit inducing, done the fake Labour party no good.
I watched it, and didn't really find my opinion of Brown changed. I still think of Brown as someone who genuinely wants to do the best thing for the country, but who is very poor at communicating his reasoning behind the decisions he takes. If anybody could do with a Blairesque spin-over it is Brown.
Having said that, the Tories don't seem to be doing the right thing (in PR terms) at the moment either. They will be unveiling their latest pre-election poster today. Within hours a parody will be online and no doubt reported in tomorrow's press. The conservative party really should be taking advantage of Browns dour and quite frankly boring personality more so than they are at the moment.
It will be intersting to see both parties next move in the pre-election PR campaign...
Having said that, the Tories don't seem to be doing the right thing (in PR terms) at the moment either. They will be unveiling their latest pre-election poster today. Within hours a parody will be online and no doubt reported in tomorrow's press. The conservative party really should be taking advantage of Browns dour and quite frankly boring personality more so than they are at the moment.
It will be intersting to see both parties next move in the pre-election PR campaign...
NMH
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You may be right about the spin. It's the cheapo transparent methods employed that get me. Maybe it was ITV that made the decision about a laugh track (convenient dissolving of crowd sounds, boost in interest of the interviewee as well as interviewer, as he got big 'laughs' as well).
A cheerful Brown making people smile (or cry, as applicable) is alright as spins go, but I would actually prefer that he levels on Cameron and lets them have the negative salvos - especially in response to the negs they level at him. Instead he takes an ineffectual 'higher ground' that he appears to have pledged to do, and goes for the appearance make-over now.
I'm mellowing on the laugh-track as it made me quite uncomfortable, but these things could be way better thought-out in my opinion.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
"It was love at first flight"
Oh my sides.
Oh my sides.
Uncle Spielberg
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Why is it distasteful ?. What a ridiculous reaction. Both circumstances were tragic but it should have been left out of the interview and Cameron's inevitable interview as well. I believe it is a cynical ploy to humanise Brown. Please explain why my comment was distasteful unless you completely misunderstood the point I was making, which it seems you did.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Happy to, although I'm surprised you want to keep digging on this one. You are comparing and point-scoring about deaths of children. Which makes you very sick, since all are personal tragedies for those involved.
You didn't have a point, so I haven't misunderstood one.
Morgan asks questions, Brown answers them. That's how interviews work. Perhaps if you did a bit of humanising yourself, you might be a bit happier with the world.
Uncle Spielberg
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I am not going to make you day by giving you the satisfaction of winding me up. You have out words into my mouth and completely misunderstood my point which is Brown wanted to be humanised and the question about his child did that. Both circumstances are tragic. Good to see NSC has not changed and the personal insults flow as usual. Anyway, count to 10.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Quit whining. You directly compared the two cases and said one was much worse. It's there for all to see, no one has made it up. You wrote it. You're probably a bit embarrassed by it now, hence the backtracking.
And to even suggest that Gordon Brown is a politician motivated only by spin is, I'm sure even to the other Tories on here, clearly ridiculous.
Uncle Spielberg
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Ok, I am not going to get into a fight or make a persoanl comment about your life as you seemed fit to do about me as you a clearly out for a reaction and I am not going to bite. My opinion is the death was tragic I have never said it wasn't but it could appear by some to be a ploy probably more so from Morgan than Brown to capitolise on this and humanise Brown to the electorate. It would have been wiser for Brown to say " everything is open but the death of my child is off bounds ". Just my opinion. Good day.