| Tories being Tories 19:43 - Oct 10 with 2579 views | Zx1988 |
You'd think, based on the tone, that he'd made it up entirely.
The truth is that they're picking him up for saying 'torpedoed' rather than 'bombed'.
Knuts the lot of 'em. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 19:57 - Oct 10 with 2494 views | Swansea_Blue |
That’s the Express, Mail, Telegraph, GBeebies and Spectator material sorted for the next week. And some people will lap it up. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 20:02 - Oct 10 with 2483 views | Zx1988 |
| Tories being Tories on 19:57 - Oct 10 by Swansea_Blue |
That’s the Express, Mail, Telegraph, GBeebies and Spectator material sorted for the next week. And some people will lap it up. |
We desperately need regulation to hold political parties et al to the same standards as newspapers and advertising when it comes to disinformation such as this.
Ideally the Tories would be forced to delete the tweet, and post an equally-prominent correction. | |
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| Tories being Tories on 20:05 - Oct 10 with 2474 views | BlueBadger |
Amazing that they're choosing to run with this when they could be talking about the massive gift the parliamentary Tory party handed him yesterday which he hasn't even declared. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 20:07 - Oct 10 with 2457 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Tories being Tories on 20:02 - Oct 10 by Zx1988 |
We desperately need regulation to hold political parties et al to the same standards as newspapers and advertising when it comes to disinformation such as this.
Ideally the Tories would be forced to delete the tweet, and post an equally-prominent correction. |
It’s when they go off brand and pretend to be a fact checking site that makes me laugh. This from the party that’s taken lying, cronyism and incompetence to new heights for any party. | |
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| Tories being Tories on 21:09 - Oct 10 with 2351 views | factual_blue |
| Tories being Tories on 20:07 - Oct 10 by Swansea_Blue |
It’s when they go off brand and pretend to be a fact checking site that makes me laugh. This from the party that’s taken lying, cronyism and incompetence to new heights for any party. |
The only ship sunk by a torpedo during the conflict was The Belgrano.
And that of course was a war crime. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 21:34 - Oct 10 with 2252 views | baxterbasics |
| Tories being Tories on 21:09 - Oct 10 by factual_blue |
The only ship sunk by a torpedo during the conflict was The Belgrano.
And that of course was a war crime. |
Incorrect. Even the Captain of the Belgrano know this. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 21:36 - Oct 10 with 2246 views | blueasfook |
| Tories being Tories on 21:34 - Oct 10 by baxterbasics |
Incorrect. Even the Captain of the Belgrano know this. |
How can the captain of the ship know better than some old duffer on a football message board? |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 21:54 - Oct 10 with 2182 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Tories being Tories on 20:02 - Oct 10 by Zx1988 |
We desperately need regulation to hold political parties et al to the same standards as newspapers and advertising when it comes to disinformation such as this.
Ideally the Tories would be forced to delete the tweet, and post an equally-prominent correction. |
The rules for newspapers are toothless which is why so much misinformation and distortion is perpetuated in the media generally.
What is required is a proper independent media regulator that has real powers to properly hold publishers to account. |  |
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| Tories being Tories on 08:58 - Oct 11 with 1952 views | DJR |
I know Trump is awful at this sort of thing, but the Tories and right wing media are not really any better and have been making up stories or twisting facts to denigrate Labour for as long as I can remember. [Post edited 11 Oct 2024 8:59]
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| Tories being Tories on 09:04 - Oct 11 with 1922 views | DJR |
His uncle was on a ship which sank, and the Tories are picking him up on semantics.
For a party supposedly so much in favour of the armed forces, scoring such a cheap political point could be viewed as an attempt to denigrate his uncle's service, which is not a good look. [Post edited 11 Oct 2024 9:05]
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| Tories being Tories on 09:36 - Oct 11 with 1872 views | Zapers |
| Tories being Tories on 21:36 - Oct 10 by blueasfook |
How can the captain of the ship know better than some old duffer on a football message board? |
Beats me, but it does fit in with the tribe.
What's not to like;) | | | |
| Tories being Tories on 14:39 - Oct 13 with 1555 views | flykickingbybgunn |
| Tories being Tories on 21:54 - Oct 10 by Nthsuffolkblue |
The rules for newspapers are toothless which is why so much misinformation and distortion is perpetuated in the media generally.
What is required is a proper independent media regulator that has real powers to properly hold publishers to account. |
I have found in life that whenever a story comes out on a subject that you know there are always errors/mistakes/untruths.
No matter what the topic or viewpoint.
Everywhere.
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| Tories being Tories on 14:52 - Oct 13 with 1459 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Tories being Tories on 21:34 - Oct 10 by baxterbasics |
Incorrect. Even the Captain of the Belgrano know this. |
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| Tories being Tories on 15:58 - Oct 13 with 1357 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Tories being Tories on 21:09 - Oct 10 by factual_blue |
The only ship sunk by a torpedo during the conflict was The Belgrano.
And that of course was a war crime. |
No it wasn't.
It was an armed Argentine Navy battle cruiser which was engaged by a submarine from the nation Argentina had declared war on.
It was a completely legitimate military target, attacked with conventional weapons.
The "Exclusion Zone" is utterly irrelevant.
Had the RAF flown over the wreckage strafing survivors, that would have been a war crime.
Had it been an Argentine Factory Trawler, with no military purpose, outside the Exclusion Zone, that would have been a war crime.
The flagship (or any ship) of the enemy navy is a legitimate target in war, anywhere. | | | |
| Tories being Tories on 18:48 - Oct 13 with 1245 views | baxterbasics |
| Tories being Tories on 15:58 - Oct 13 by ArnoldMoorhen |
No it wasn't.
It was an armed Argentine Navy battle cruiser which was engaged by a submarine from the nation Argentina had declared war on.
It was a completely legitimate military target, attacked with conventional weapons.
The "Exclusion Zone" is utterly irrelevant.
Had the RAF flown over the wreckage strafing survivors, that would have been a war crime.
Had it been an Argentine Factory Trawler, with no military purpose, outside the Exclusion Zone, that would have been a war crime.
The flagship (or any ship) of the enemy navy is a legitimate target in war, anywhere. |
I think he knew that though. | |
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