[LeatherTrumpet]

Genial and popular daytime television personality, Richard Madeley found himself at the
centre of a vicious Twitter storm yesterday after he courteously invited a
scientist to deny her advice to the government as a member of the SAGE
committee was coloured by her extreme politics.

She wants the lockdown to go on and on and did not like Dickie outing her Extreme left politics

“A behavioural scientist who wants mask mandates to continue forever
freaked out and refused to answer the question when asked if her lifetime
membership of the Communist Party informed her beliefs,” wrote
conservative commentator, Paul Joseph Watson.

In another post, Watson wrote: “Reminder that ‘Communist’ Michie is literally
one of the behavioural scientists who used ‘totalitarian’, ‘unethical’ fear
tactics to terrify the British public, yet the people on here [Twitter] think
it’s ‘misogynistic’ to ask about her political beliefs.”

https://foxhole.news/2021/07/06/watc...mittee-member/

[arista]

Yes he Dug that up this morning

He is not on Tomorrow
its Alastair Campbell for one day.

[LeatherTrumpet]

She should be sacked

[Cherie]

Her face when he brought it up

How on earth is she able to sit on a panel given her political views

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Her face when he brought it up

How on earth is she able to sit on a panel given her political views

"According to communist writers and thinkers, the goal of communism is to create a society without a government or a system of classes, and to end capitalism" wiki

so you know she has got the back of business

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

"According to communist writers and thinkers, the goal of communism is to create a society without a government or a system of classes, and to end capitalism" wiki

so you know she has got the back of business

I have seen her interviewed before and she was banging on about keeping restrictions going for years

[bitontheslide]

but that's why scientists advise and elected politicians take the final decision, i don't think it matters what her politics are. The point surely is to get a broad analysis so that we get the fullest picture

[Toy Soldier]

Dumb thread go derby dumb dumb.

[Smithy]

Nobody:

LT:

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Nobody:

LT:

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Dumb thread go derby dumb dumb.

Its a Legit Viewpoint
though, Wise TS

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by arista

Its a Legit Viewpoint
though, Wise TS

Asking pointed, accusatory questions, demanding answers to those questions, and then drawing conclusions from a refusal to answer is not a “legit” debating tactic by any stretch of the imagination. It’s almost always an attempt to “set a snare” by the person asking the question. The ONLY legitimate thing to do when someone “demands” the answer to a leading question is to refuse to answer it - even if you have an answer.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

but that's why scientists advise and elected politicians take the final decision, i don't think it matters what her politics are. The point surely is to get a broad analysis so that we get the fullest picture

She has extreme views which could impact her decision making

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Asking pointed, accusatory questions, demanding answers to those questions, and then drawing conclusions from a refusal to answer is not a “legit” debating tactic by any stretch of the imagination. It’s almost always an attempt to “set a snare” by the person asking the question. The ONLY legitimate thing to do when someone “demands” the answer to a leading question is to refuse to answer it - even if you have an answer.

he wasnt debating her he was asking questions as a news anchor

and boy was she seething that her awful extreme politics got outed

[Alf]

Great journalism by Dickie.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Alf

Great journalism by Dickie.

Thats why he got that gig because he can smell a rat a mile off

great old school journalist

[LeatherTrumpet]

Professor Michie’s views on suppressing coronavirus were recently described as
“nonsense” by geneticist Professor Antony Brooks from Leicester University who has
signed an open letter calling for an end to restrictions.

“If we continue with such stringent lockdown and suppression measures, the really
nasty mutations of SARS-CoV-2 (which will always be out there - and likewise for all the
other respiratory viruses) will be selected over the regular strains,” he said.

“Instead of keeping us safe, her plan could help these strains to emerge and spread into
dominance.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ber-communist/

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

he wasnt debating her he was asking questions as a news anchor

and boy was she seething that her awful extreme politics got outed

Doesn’t matter, you don’t answer “boobytrap” questions. If someone demands an answer you refuse until they ask the question more fairly. Refusal to answer doesn’t indicate stance. You should always refuse.

Someone asks “Answer the question - do you believe that _________ or not???”

You don’t answer, you don’t pander, you don’t cave to aggressive questioning. It’s an automatic loss.

[LeatherTrumpet]

There are some things that Prof Michie – whose first husband was Andrew Murray, once
a key adviser to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn – is rather less inclined to discuss,
including money. Perhaps because she has so much of it. Indeed, she is the blue-
blooded descendant of an earl who, along with her brother, sold a family heirloom – a
Picasso painting called L'Enfant Au Pigeon – to Qatari royals for £50 million in 2013. This
didn't stop her once urging fellow Communists to support Jeremy Corbyn at a
presentation with the words: 'We, the working class…'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...communist.html

[Tom4784]

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[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Does anyone have a source for this story that isn't from a far right nutjob website?

[GoldHeart]

Richard Madeley is so annoying and dithering, I've never liked his 'interview style'.

[The Slim Reaper]

If you're consulting wiki to find out a 2 line headline to describe a political movement, then you have no business pretending the earth is falling in, over something you don't even understand.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Richard Madeley is so annoying and dithering, I've never liked his 'interview style'.

He is a national treasure and much loved

[joeysteele]

I watched this and couldn't get his point at all.

He's rather pathetic in my view and makes silly errors.

She refused to take any of his bait which is wise with people like him and she talked fairly good sense too on the virus.

I think he's trying a bit too hard to create controversy as Morgan did.
However he's failing even at that so perhaps concentrate more on getting things more correct on the programme.