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Why don't they take away all news coverage etc. and ignore the Government until they realize their not getting any attention. Then when they realize their is no attention being given, they will stop acting like children and grow up and get something positive done. Make them do 100 lines we must not be so childish and grow up.

Barbara Stevens ● 2621d14 Comments

100% agree with this.Johnson wants to declare the EU illegal.....  ??????

Ivonne Holliday ● 2621d

Sorry I can't agree with this. Shutting down the media is the first action of a totalitarian state such as Soviet Russia or modern China. How else would we know what the government is doing if not through the media?

Jane Carter ● 2621d

I agreed to the politicians to stop being childish and write 100 lines "I must not be childish".Shutting down media is not a good idea.  Even if, as Javid said this morning in Andrew Marr's show, the government is not talking about the negotiations with the EU, I tend to believe Amber Rudd in her assessment that nearly all of the effort is for no-deal preparation and no much effort for a deal.  This is information we all need to have.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2621d

This, Jane. We may not like or agree with MSM but it's better this than nothing.

Lucille Grant ● 2621d

Democracies need a free press. Trump would love to shutdown the US media for pulling him up on all his lies ...

Michael Ixer ● 2621d

And, just to add, if you don't like the news why listen to or watch it?

Michael Ixer ● 2621d

I agree Sue that the media can not be relied on to tell the real truth and it skews many people's perspective of what's going on and has done for many years.  But then MPs are in a difficult situation, they can pander to the media, or the media will slate them.

Bunny Payne ● 2621d

False news from every media outlet I suppose? Some people are sounding just like Trump.

Lucille Grant ● 2621d

'Some people' alas would take 'sounding like Trump' as a compliment.

Jane Carter ● 2621d

An interesting link from the Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-more-we-learn-about-brexit-the-more-crooked-it-looks/2019/03/08/b011517c-411c-11e9-922c-64d6b7840b82_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1PO1cZJchX2yO7mwZ4If6nlr8cGeFkY1JN5ihBt_ijCyvg24vXY7tnyjU

Ivonne Holliday ● 2621d

Jane, given Trump's ignorance would any sane person want to sound like him?

Michael Ixer ● 2621d

Michael, you would think not wouldn't you? But he has his admirers here. Some of them probably support Johnson too. Depressing.

Jane Carter ● 2621d

If course, Trump is cunning, one wonders who/if someone in the UK is colluding with this ...https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-turnberry-us-military-prestwick-refueling-contract-2024_n_5d7431b8e4b07521022d71ee

Michael Ixer ● 2621d

So they took themselves away from the news and went on holiday. Let us hope they get their brains sorted.

Barbara Stevens ● 2618d