[Info-vax] Wordle on VMS ?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/8/22 13:55, John Dallman wrote:
> In article <jgc2a6F7sppU1 at mid.individual.net>, bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
> (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> On 6/8/22 08:24, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> It probably was more about the fact that during Covid he shut down
>>> the entire country and then partied in number 10 ...
>>>
>>> https://www.bbc.com/news/60203864
>>
>> Was there any (legitimate) government in the world where
>> that wasn't the norm?
> 
> Unknown, but the PM has handled his case very badly. He's been quite
> transparently having one law for him and his friends, and a different law
> for everyone else. He's also been obviously lying about his lack of
> knowledge that various gatherings were parties rather than meetings.

I repeat myself.  Of the major countries that people usually care about,
who was different?

> 
> A common complaint from his MPs is that they've been having to face
> constituents who were not allowed to go to their parent's or child's
> funerals during lockdown, while Number 10 was having parties with no
> social distancing.

And Nancy Pelosi was having private sessions at a hairdresser.
Cuomo was hosting parties at the Governor's mansion.
de Blasio (former mayor of NYC) was travelling to expensive restaurants
in NJ for large dinners with his friends (maskless) while NYC was on
lockdown.

> 
> Quite a lot of the population were already aware that he was a continual
> liar with no self-control. He won't answer questions about how many
> children he's fathered, and the obvious conclusion is that he doesn't
> know. However, his MPs and voters are now having to face up to what
> they've lumbered themselves with, and they don't like the way it makes
> them look. They're also aware that he's likely to loose them the next
> election, which was what caused the recent vote of confidence.

How do you tell when a politician is lying?

bill