Ok, I've been deliberately ignoring but now it is time to go and watch. Before I start, let me guess ...
1) Boris lies (no surprise)
2) It was not Dominic
3) Gove is ok
4) Laura tries to deflect by questioning Dominic's motives rather than interrogating
... no spoilers please.
1) Boris lies (no surprise)
2) It was not Dominic
3) Gove is ok
4) Laura tries to deflect by questioning Dominic's motives rather than interrogating
... no spoilers please.
Well, that's my opening gambit ... let us go and found out.
Oh, and I take it as read that it's going to be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction because that's the world of kayfabe we live in.
Oh, and I take it as read that it's going to be difficult to distinguish fact from fiction because that's the world of kayfabe we live in.
Dominic's stand out lines which gets to the matter at hand was on how Boris put "personal political interests ahead of peoples lives" and how "the senior leadership of the conservative party were not the right people to be running country" ...
... I felt Laura leaned far too much towards softening blows and questioning character but at the same time did nail it with some questions such as "You used true figures but gave a misleading impression" ... this is the very heart of kayfabe ...
... elements of the interview seemed to be laying groundwork for Gove. As much as I disprove of Boris, the thought of Gove sends shivers down the spine. The comments on the problem with politics and competency do seem spot on ....
... my overall impression was Dominic comes across as someone with a very questionable moral compass, Boris as a manipulator out for self interest, the Conservative leadership are rife with incompetence and I'm afraid I can't tell what Laura comes across as.
X : Laura did a good job?
Me : No. Some good questions interrogating the matter but for me, I felt there was far too much softening of the blows and questioning of character. There should be some of this but I certainly left with an impression that this was unbalanced.
Me : No. Some good questions interrogating the matter but for me, I felt there was far too much softening of the blows and questioning of character. There should be some of this but I certainly left with an impression that this was unbalanced.
X : Unbalanced?
Me : Given the matter, the level of involvement in political decision making and the topics at hand then this should seriously question the Government in a democratic system. I feel this laid groundwork to dismiss as disgruntled ex-employee out for revenge.
Me : Given the matter, the level of involvement in political decision making and the topics at hand then this should seriously question the Government in a democratic system. I feel this laid groundwork to dismiss as disgruntled ex-employee out for revenge.
If anything comes from this, sadly I suspect it will be more PR fodder to dismiss the idea of a public interest defence - theguardian.com/commentisfree/… ... I'd like to be very wrong on this.
X : You don't think the interview was good?
Me : If you want to judge the nature of an interview like this, then you listen to the first five minutes (top) and the last five minutes (tail) ... that is what people normally remember. The rest is a blur.
X : And?
Me : Go listen.
Me : If you want to judge the nature of an interview like this, then you listen to the first five minutes (top) and the last five minutes (tail) ... that is what people normally remember. The rest is a blur.
X : And?
Me : Go listen.
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