Comments on: Biscuitgate proponents left with custard on face http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100975 Simon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:47:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100975 Out of interest, how long did it take for Justine Roberts to pipe up and admit he hadn't even been asked the question? Out of interest, how long did it take for Justine Roberts to pipe up and admit he hadn’t even been asked the question?

]]> By: Sara http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100928 Sara Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:07:49 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100928 Just because you don't want to believe something, doesn't make it rubbish ... Just because you don’t want to believe something, doesn’t make it rubbish …

]]> By: Chris http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100923 Chris Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:45:15 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100923 Sara - rubbish. It is the utterly pathetic excuses which have made this situation so bad. Sara – rubbish. It is the utterly pathetic excuses which have made this situation so bad.

]]> By: Sara http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100916 Sara Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:12:15 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100916 Oh Chris, when are you going to learn not to accept what the media shovel at you? What has happened in Watford is not to do with playgrounds. It is about organised playschemes that take place in adventure play areas several times a week. These offer free supervised play on challenging equipment. The rule has always been that over 15s are not allowed in, yet parents and grandparents, together with older siblings have continued to enter the area.. Just as you would not accompany your child to school or to a holiday playscheme, nor do you accompany them to this activity. If you want to take your child to a playground or park in Watford, then there are over 40 such places in Watford to go to. Oh Chris, when are you going to learn not to accept what the media shovel at you?

What has happened in Watford is not to do with playgrounds. It is about organised playschemes that take place in adventure play areas several times a week. These offer free supervised play on challenging equipment. The rule has always been that over 15s are not allowed in, yet parents and grandparents, together with older siblings have continued to enter the area..

Just as you would not accompany your child to school or to a holiday playscheme, nor do you accompany them to this activity. If you want to take your child to a playground or park in Watford, then there are over 40 such places in Watford to go to.

]]> By: Labour Matters http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100909 Labour Matters Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:40 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100909 Gordon Brown did not "let it be thought for so long that he didn’t have a view on biscuits when he could have squashed (fly) the stories." The day after the MumsNet chat his office tweeted the truth of the matter, as we reported last week: http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/crumbs-cameron-takes-the-biscuit-with-false-pmqs-claim/ 'Biscuitgate' is and always was the product of the fourth estate. Gordon Brown did not “let it be thought for so long that he didn’t have a view on biscuits when he could have squashed (fly) the stories.”

The day after the MumsNet chat his office tweeted the truth of the matter, as we reported last week:
http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/crumbs-cameron-takes-the-biscuit-with-false-pmqs-claim/

‘Biscuitgate’ is and always was the product of the fourth estate.

]]> By: Chris http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100905 Chris Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:49:43 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100905 Never mind biscuitgate - what about Watford playgroundgate? When's Dorothy Thornhill going to be expelled from the party for crass stupidity? Never mind biscuitgate – what about Watford playgroundgate? When’s Dorothy Thornhill going to be expelled from the party for crass stupidity?

]]> By: Lonely Wonderer http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100901 Lonely Wonderer Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:31:14 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100901 Too late. The myth has already entered public consciousness, and weak comedy wil be wrung from this factoid until he leaves office. Like John Major's underpants, Williams Hague's baseball cap, Tony Blair's prayers with George Bush, and Nick Clegg's sexual conquests. I'm sure you can think of others. Truth or context are irrelevant to the success of these memes. Dreadful how politics is reduced to tabloid trivia. OTOH they can be effectively exploited by opponents to encapsulate points they want to make (e.g. Major's a nerd, Hague is out of touch, Blair's a religious nut, and Clegg naive). So they're actually a part of a shared rhetorical repertoire. There is no way to counter them. Too late. The myth has already entered public consciousness, and weak comedy wil be wrung from this factoid until he leaves office. Like John Major’s underpants, Williams Hague’s baseball cap, Tony Blair’s prayers with George Bush, and Nick Clegg’s sexual conquests. I’m sure you can think of others.

Truth or context are irrelevant to the success of these memes. Dreadful how politics is reduced to tabloid trivia. OTOH they can be effectively exploited by opponents to encapsulate points they want to make (e.g. Major’s a nerd, Hague is out of touch, Blair’s a religious nut, and Clegg naive). So they’re actually a part of a shared rhetorical repertoire.

There is no way to counter them.

]]> By: rantersparadise http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100895 rantersparadise Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:54:33 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100895 @ lost libdem Agree. The picking on Brown is more than tedious. I can't abide by bullying. @ lost libdem

Agree. The picking on Brown is more than tedious. I can’t abide by bullying.

]]> By: Kate http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100892 Kate Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:45:44 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100892 It wouldn't have even been an issue if Brown didn't have a habit of serial dithering though. He is not a decisive man, by anyone's measure. It wouldn’t have even been an issue if Brown didn’t have a habit of serial dithering though. He is not a decisive man, by anyone’s measure.

]]> By: Lost LibDem http://www.libdemvoice.org/biscuitgate-proponents-left-with-custard-on-face-16669.html#comment-100891 Lost LibDem Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:37:39 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=16669#comment-100891 Have to say, I thought all of the negative comments on this biscuit business were a bit shabby. Even if GB had been stuck in front of the computer himself, were people really having a pop at him, with his obvious eyesight problem, just because he did not manage to notice the biscuit questions? Now that it turns out that he was not even fed the question(s), there are a lot of people including Cameron looking stupid and pathetic. Punch and Judy politicis indeed! Have to say, I thought all of the negative comments on this biscuit business were a bit shabby. Even if GB had been stuck in front of the computer himself, were people really having a pop at him, with his obvious eyesight problem, just because he did not manage to notice the biscuit questions?

Now that it turns out that he was not even fed the question(s), there are a lot of people including Cameron looking stupid and pathetic. Punch and Judy politicis indeed!

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