ah you are right on this, a bit confusing given SAGE call themselves an Independent advisory group, I assumed you were using a formal title for them
still, couldn't find a single link between this other group's members and Momentum, apart from King being an ex-science advisor to Blair and Brown's government. Still, not particularly pertinent to the BMJ article
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 0:58,
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Hmmm, it’s almost as if Independent SAGE actually want to be confused with SAGE by people.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 2:24,
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like the Real IRA I guess
their published advice seems better than the SAGE that's been advising the government when I read through their covid press releases, but that's not really saying much.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 4:11,
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Certainly their advice has consistently been uncannily in line with that of all the trades unions.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 8:32,
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the metaphor was contextual
in the sense of two organisations with highly similar names and purposes leading to confusion. you forgetting to capitalise "real" shows it's an apt one, as one could easily confuse that you were referencing the genuine IRA instead of the splinter organisation, especially if you were to read your reply out of context as you've done to mine
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 13:14,
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Shut up you numpty windbag. You fell for it because you’re a mug.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 13:22,
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haha,
i love it how easy you are to wind up. I should have thrown in a few usage examples
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 21:07,
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I love how you always accuse me of being wound up and angry.
It’s always the final stage of your straw clutching.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 21:29,
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"I know you are but what am I? "
even your wound-up attempts at ripostes are first form
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 22:15,
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Now you’re doing that thing where you invent quotes.
It’s like you have a checklist.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 22:40,
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paraphrasing is the only way to keep myself entertained when arguing with a dullard
even that simple concept is beyond you
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:14,
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If you’re paraphrasing, why are you using quotation marks? Mug.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:30,
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you're really quite poor at grammar, aren't you? Not the best quality in a pedantic dullard, but who am I to judge?
quotation marks are used in paraphrasing to indicate to the reader that it's you that I'm paraphrasing, rather than making my own statement. It's no different to how regular quotes are used.
to give you a usage example, I could paraphrase your above reply by getting to the essence of it with: "I don't really understand paraphrasing".
Now, I guess you'll claim your ignorance was a deliberate wind-up, but I know from considerable experience you really are that witless. Combined with an infantile and borderline sociopathic refusal to deal with being in error, it's quite the combination
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 21 Dec 2020, 23:49,
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And we're back to clutching at straws.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 22 Dec 2020, 0:11,
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yet another expression whose application you haven't quite grasped
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 22 Dec 2020, 1:37,
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