It doesn't at all

It embodies everything that's wrong with media coverage of politics

What stinks about modern politics is the dumbing down, sound biting, lowest common denominator "debating"

Posted By: Old Git on April 22nd 2015 at 11:16:05

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A different angle on the Grant Shapps story..... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Apr 22, 10:30:15
- it wasn't him, it was Michael Green what done it (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 22, 10:54:00
  - heh, v good (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 22, 12:25:00
- This embodies EVERYTHING that stinks about modern politics. (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Apr 22, 10:49:03
  - VMT. Sick of the lot of them. Espc the Greens. Utter loons. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Apr 22, 11:48:25
  - yep, I'm protest voting until I find a decent enough reason to vote (General Chat) - pants, Apr 22, 11:35:09
    - bnp and ukip will never become serious contenders (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 22, 11:52:15
    - I am too, voting Labour to keep out the SNP! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Apr 22, 11:47:59
  - It doesn't at all (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 22, 11:16:05
    - Agree with you 100% OG! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Apr 22, 11:53:10
    - And that modern political leaders have never done anything (General Chat) - duke of york, Apr 22, 11:30:56
      - Ed Milliband used to teach at Harvard I believe... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Apr 22, 17:04:05
      - Yes! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 22, 11:57:02
      - and too many parachuted candidates rather then genuine locals who care about the area (General Chat) - CWC, Apr 22, 11:55:17
  - ^^this (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Apr 22, 10:52:42
- That's less a "different angle" than a denial of exactly the same angle. Quite a firm one. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 22, 10:42:38
  - because he's never lied before... (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 22, 11:11:16
- I was elsewhere doesn't really wash in world of Wi-fi (n/m) (General Chat) - woody, Apr 22, 10:33:14
  - You can still determine the location of the computer used from the IP address..... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Apr 22, 10:37:11
    - I don't think they mean literally 'controlling' in that he was moving their arms (General Chat) - megson, Apr 22, 10:51:16
      - There must be loads of people who innocently want to remove his dodgy business past (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 22, 11:03:22
        
        But it's such an obvious frame, too (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 22, 11:08:37
        
        he doesn't need any help looking shifty - plenty of previous on this (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 22, 11:17:29
        
        Depends on whether Wikipedia discovered it internally or were tipped off (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 22, 11:17:04
        
        Which is what makes him such an obvious target (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 22, 11:18:15
      - LOL at "charactertured" in the original Grauniad story - and not a Grauniad misspelling (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Apr 22, 10:59:35
    - Could have used a proxy (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Apr 22, 10:49:27
    - lol. Good luck with that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 22, 10:41:05

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