Boris Johnson solves the energy crisis and the problem of rising bills
He tells us to buy a new kettle.
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 9:02,
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He is absolutely clueless.
He, his writers and/or advisors should know the potential perils of the sound bite.
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Varmint, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 9:05,
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God forbid we believe everything we see online!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-offers-cost-of-living-crisis-advice_uk_6310ad54e4b0dc23bbef84de
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So he's still not said anything at all
about the cost of living crisis.... which is kind of worse.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 12:27,
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Or a more helpful way of looking at it
"don't believe any anything said from the mouth of Boris Johnson".
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 12:55,
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It's an analogy. Not a very good one maybe, but he's not literally telling you to buy a new kettle and the fact you believe he is maybe says more about you than him.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 10:55,
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But he's literally telling people facing the worst social deprivations seen in generations, that instead of investing in a progressive distributed network of renewable generation, storage and conservation at local and regional levels, he's willing to let the chinese cobble together a similar structure of a model that's already been found to be leaky, and it turns out that a kettle is the ideal analogous medium to do just that - just so long as you don't know anything about physics, care about people, have any degree of imagination, or already have enough money to get away from all of it should the need arise. Which is their core voter base so probably a shrewd move.
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This version, or rather this particular design, yes.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 18:50,
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The fat mess resigned in disgrace 6 weeks ago love
I think that says it all
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Everybody knows he's an idiot. That doesn't need saying - there's a vast array of evidence to prove that. However gleefully jumping on stuff that's so clearly taken out of context because you believe it's something he meant isn't a good look.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 13:48,
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He deserves it all and more
Not least because his entire journalistic career was built on gleefully taking things out of context and misrepresenting people.
He's now been entirely discredited and everyone is counting down the hours till he goes so what does it matter if this one thing he said didn't mean what his critics said it did?
(, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 14:57, Reply)
You seem to be confused. I'm not defending him. Fuck him. He deserves everything that's coming to him.
I'm pointing out that attacking him over a misrepresented soundbite is counter-productive as it makes the people doing it look like utter morons. Six-year-olds know what an analogy is. This stuff is absolutely basic. Do better.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 15:03,
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You did vote for him though didn't you
And I think you'd probably do it again given half a chance
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As it happens, I didn't. Try not to let that shatter your world too much.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 17:07,
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Amazing how hard it is to find a tory voter now
Where have you all gone?
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Next election I think I'll do so "ironically"
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 18:27,
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Don't forget to Twitch my TikTok of it onto Snapchat Prime
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Turtle Power & Knuckles, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 18:28,
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You know that Tory voters
don't have the monopoly on disagreeing with you, right?
(, Sat 3 Sep 2022, 18:04, Reply)
So, assume someone buys a new kettle
To get one that is more efficient they would be looking at ones that cost over £50 which means you would only break even after 5 years.
Not sure it's the best way to deal with an acute cost of living crisis.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 16:21,
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Did I say it was a good analogy?
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 17:10,
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No, you didn't
although I just watched it again and he is totally saying to buy a new kettle.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 18:56,
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Was wondering when he'd get round
to blaming the public for the energy crisis.
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 13:57,
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I don’t think there’s anything to see here.
There’s a clip of Donald Trump at some UN jamboree 4 years ago chastising the German delegation for ditching nuclear and becoming almost entirely dependent on Russia for their fuel needs. As he says that this could be highly problematic if Russia goes rogue they laugh and snigger at him. Even a stopped clock…
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 2 Sep 2022, 14:26,
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