Comments by "Helen Trope" (@heliotropezzz333) on "The Independent" channel.

  1. Interestingly there's one guy who faced the killer and looked ready to take him on but the killer swerved in another direction to avoid him. He was going for those weaker than him it seems.
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  2. It's easy to plant this kind of smear anonymously and then distance yourself from it when it backfires, or even just to seem like the 'good guy'. I can't believe it was done without his knowledge.
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  3. These inept Ministers never resign.
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  4. He did not want to acknowledge a quotation of his that could be used against himself
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  5. He was about 80 yards from home when he died and that's probably where he was heading when he ran. Maybe he thought his Mom would hear him.
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  6.  @routmaster38  Judges go by the evidence. Robinson can't have produced any evidence to support his case. If the judge was corrupt Robinson could appeal. I doubt he has any grounds for appeal. A man who can't even be truthful about his own name is not to be trusted. In this country you just can't go around making up defamatory nonsense about people without the risk of being sued and having to pay a big price for those lies.
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  7. Not only did he not care but he asked for his supporters to be let into the Capitol with their arms. 'Take the MAGS (arms detectors) away he said' because he knew they'd not come to harm him, so by inference he did not care if they harmed others who were not towing his line.
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  8.  @ulrichwessmann8465  That's not fair. The government does do things. It does a lot of damage. The Labour party is in opposition and can't do anything except call out the Tories, until the electorate put them into power. They also know that if there's no entertainment factor, the viewers turn off. Rayner knows it's a boys club and she'll be shouted down unless she gives as good as she gets.
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  9. He's as mad as Trump but with less charm.
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  10.  @Insertnamehere287  Agreed. I just wondered if the 'near to home' factor was also in his mind.
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  11. Sadly Raab is unable to stand up to a sausage roll attack.
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  12. This came on without me clicking on it. I can't bear to listen to this liar, so I'm off.
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  13. But he is not 'diverse' except in his mental health.
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  14. He really didn't want Boris to escape responsibilities by turning it into opposition leaders questions. It's up to Boris to make the decision about schools, he's the PM. Starmer already said in previous sessions that children could go back once it's safe to do so.
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  15. They tried this on with my brother in law. Their explanation to my sister (his wife) was that 'the government wants us to free up hospital beds'.
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  16. He did stand up against them at times. As a replacement, the government will be looking for someone who won't stand in the way of ever greater privatisation of services under American health companies.
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  17. Not a wave of lawsuits because they are justified but a lawsuit to stop Biden - says it all. If Giuliani is 'one of the people' I'm a cuckoo clock.
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  18. It's short for Penelope which was probably what she was named. I don't suppose they thought about the need to avoid what small minded people might think.
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  19. I'm surprised that Boris wasn't all for the ESL it since he was caught praising 'greed' in a Cabinet meeting, but then he doesn't want to lose votes from 'the red wall'.
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  20. The solution is for the UK to join the customs union.
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  21.  @ed.771  The Lords are sometimes the only ones with sense when governments lose theirs.
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  22. He seems a genius compared to Boris and his lunatic idiots.
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  23. Does anyone believe this person knows what she is talking about?
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  24. Boris can't sack him because Boris doesn't know what to do without Cummings telling him
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  25. He kind of twisted things to say Labour wanted a confidence vote (which they did at some stage) so we (the Tories) were happy to comply. No acknowledgement that he made a mistake or told a lie. No apology. Seamless dishonesty is his forte.
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  26. It was the Tories that concerned themselves with plastic bollards when they ran out of ideas and here is bankrupt Boris doing it again. Remember John Major's introduction of a 'Traffic Cones Hotline'?
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  27. Do some research. It takes time (weeks) for a whole age group to be vaccinated. Then it takes about 10 days after vaccination for antibodies to start being produced and maximum protection is not achieved until 10 days after the second dose is given and the second dose is given12 weeks after the first. Do the maths!
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  28. People who let the virus rip without a thought for the people?
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  29. He may have been answering a specific question about it, but he does seem detached from the world that everyone else lives in.
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  30. You are guilty of casting blame in the wrong direction. (Lazy thinking?) I think you'll find the biggest whammies for London's economy are Covid 19 and Brexit, none of which he had control over.
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  31. It's Christmas in the calendar of the Russian orthodox Trust. He wants to keep the church on side.
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  32.  @stephan5673  Not really. That's what losing his court case means.
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  33. Would he want to go somewhere where he'd likely get poisoned?
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  34.  @timmarsh8902  Who has been saying that they might not need a second jab?
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  35.  James H  Boris would make anyone look like a genius. Yes I live in London and can directly compare Khan's time in office as Mayor with Boris's time in office as Mayor of London,
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  36.  @jwright4222  Why then concoct a stupid lie about testing his eyesight? The man knows he broke his own lockdown rules while expecting everyone else to keep them - even when they could not see dying relatives or their own children.
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  37.  Samara Aldeen  I can't work out why the Tories are popular unless it's that they pander to popular prejudices and people believe the spin. They seem good at blaming others for their own mistakes and I suppose the success of the vaccine programme helped. Boris sending gunboats to Jersey. I'm sure they love that and it stirs their sense of patriotism even though it's a futile gesture. No one's going to start a war with France in this day and age. The popularity of a local candidate can sometimes affect the result also.
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  38. Nothing in life is risk free. It's a question of understanding relative risks before making decisions. Practically every prescribed medicine will have a list of serious/rare side effects, but people still take them and you don't see headlines or videos made about the few people who experience the rare/serious side effects.
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  39.  @jurgen8084  Yes we all die of something but Covid is one of those things that can kill or speed up death for those with chronic conditions or weak immune systems and our immune systems do get weaker as we age. They obviously think developing a vaccine fast is worth the risk. So far the only contra-indications for the vaccine are that those with allergies are advised to hold off taking it.
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  40. Irrelevant or what?
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  41. *should've
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  42.  @johnbobson1557  They've not been formally crowned. She has, like it or not.
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  43. *Definitely learn to spell definitely.
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  44. You'd know that if you lived in London. They are bikes Boris Johnson (when he was Mayor of London) introduced all over London for people to use for a small flat fee.
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  45. That would be good if true because pay goes up in real terms under Labour government and Blair put more money into the NHS and achieved better outcomes for patients and the lowest ever waiting lists.
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  46.  @lennylaa1686  You seem entirely unaware of the global meltdown in the banking sector, during Brown's time in office, caused by sub prime mortgage debt in the US which international banks took a share of. This affected many banks and many countries. The UK was forced to spend money to prop up British banks in order to preserve people's savings as well as shoring up confidence in the global banking system in order to save international capitalism from collapse. Brown persuaded other countries to do the same. This was a result of too light regulation of the banks but at the time the Tories were pressing for even lighter regulation.
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  47. Tidgy's not a normal name though.
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  48. He's challenged Boris all the way, but what do you expect him to do when he's up against Boris's 80 seat majority from the voters? He doesn't have the numbers in Parliament to stop Boris. I hope you voted, otherwise you are part of the problem.
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  49. He's a lung expert, not just 'some guy'
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  50. Indeedlydoodly
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