Diane Abbotts gaff has been mentioned in this thread.reohn2 wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 11:15pmIt's one thing loosing your thread in a speech because your notes got mixed up but quite another continuing to ramble on about Peppa Pig for quarter of an hour!Tangled Metal wrote: ↑24 Nov 2021, 9:30pm I believe there's a big story about how Boris stumbled during a speech when he lost his place in his notes. Lots of delighted opinion givers in left leaving papers saying how he's finished. It was a fluffing of his lines and not even a matter of getting the details of his brief wrong. Bad optics but not incompetence, he's got other matters to show that up.
A good few years back Abbott was on TV or radio talking about her brief in Corbyns/opposition Labour shadow cabinet. She floundered big time in a way that wasn't just bad pr image or optics but incompetence with figures that really should have been known and understood. However that was written off as right wing media bias. OK one case but back then she had quite a run of those poor understanding or control of her brief. Eventually she stopped getting put in front of the media. That's not a right wing media bias but her own party leadership benching her in favour of more competent people like Raynor.
Any sane man would've apologised,stopped held up his hand,sorted out his notes and then carried on with the speech as intended.
But Johnson being Johnson said the first thing that came into his head,rambled on about it and showed himself up for what he is,incompetent buffoon.
If your happy for your PM to act in such a way(which by now half the world will have seen it) you leave me lost for words other than to say.
Have you seen Nadine Dorries lastest interview:- https://youtu.be/yqwJGKjo4xk another Tory minister way out of her depth,the latest in a long line of Tory incompetents,the list is endless!
For sure she'd lost the plot when being interviewed whilst she was shadow home secretary.
It's being dragged out to deflect the stupid uttering of Boris. What the CBI thought of it is anyones guess.
In Ms Abbott's defence I belive she was unwell at the time of the interview.
Just remember this buffoon has control of our army and can wage war if he chose. Really frightening prospect.
I don't see every Tory as evil but this lot certainly have a number amongst them.