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# I think Francis should walk
he's been exposed as a scaremonger and someone has died.

This whole petrol thing is a farce and the cynic in me suspects that as it's the end of the financial year, this is a last ditch attempt by the government at trying to fudge the yearly figures, transforming Gideon into boy wonder.
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 14:55, archived)
# Ed Balls says it was a tactic to distract from the donation scandal, I'm inclined to agree
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:00, archived)
# Ah yes,
it seems to have worked well..
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:18, archived)
# yep
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:05, archived)
# Wait, she died?
I haven't read this anywhere, got a link?

Yes, scaring people into panic-buying is fucking ridiculous, and he needs to be called out on it, but it isn't a life-threateningly irresponsible act in the same way that careless handling of a very flammable substance is life-threateningly irresponsible.
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:18, archived)
# If you read what he actually said
instead of the short excerpt which was published, he is not responsible at all.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:20, archived)
# I give up
I walk to work, so fuck the whole thing
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:31, archived)
# He just did not say 'panic buy'
he said 'dso not panic buy' and the media were utterly irresponsible.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:47, archived)
# Drivel
Poor reporting is all that happened. This is fuck all to do with him and it is just idiocy to keep our cabinet on the basis of how good they are at popularity contests instead of merit.

He is in no way culpable for the fact that this woman decanted petrol next to her lit cooker, which she stockpiled after reading a quote printed out of context. In no way at all.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:19, archived)
# fair enough on both accounts
but he is still guilty of scaremongering and should go for that IMHO.

And no, she didn't die, I've only had half an eye on the news today
(asciifaceofbob bob bob bob bob bob bob bob, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:44, archived)
# No he is not.
He did not scaremonger, in fact quite the contrary. He said, in response to specific questioning, that there was no need to panic, that no strike was scheduled and that anything beyond filling up the tank or having some in the garage was unnecessary.

It was reported as him saying that everyone should fill up their tanks and fill their garage with petrol, but that does not make it true that he said that.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:49, archived)
# Interesting...
...how our esteemed Prime Minister himself said that '...a bit of petrol panic may be no bad thing' last Tuesday:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123444/Fuel-panic-good-said-PM-told-Ministers-held-ransom-tanker-drivers.html#ixzz1qlvgtz2G

So the fact that even the Prime Minister explicitly stated that a 'petrol panic' would be the obvious (and desirable) outcome of his government's policies is in no way connected with anything that happens as a result of people, er, panicking over petrol? FFS...

Note also the usual Cameron Denial Followed By Belated Confirmation:

Asked if the Prime Minister had said ‘a bit of petrol panic may be no bad thing’, a Downing Street spokesman initially said he had ‘no recollection’ of any such remark, before denying the comment was made.

However, Cabinet sources told The Mail on Sunday Mr Cameron did make the comment.
(Harry Webshiter Spiggley biggley bog., Sun 1 Apr 2012, 9:58, archived)
# No-one has fucking died
Stop blowing this out of all proportion to fit your political agenda.
(I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 30 Mar 2012, 15:48, archived)