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Old 16-03-2021, 02:44 PM #1
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Default New Downing Street press room


[Boris Johnson's new press secretary,
Allegra Stratton,
is to lead daily televised briefings
from the room, similar to those
held in the White House.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56413032


Sign Of The Times.
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Get rid of the chairs, we don't need media presence, all they do is interfere and cause trouble.
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this is what 2.6M gets you?
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I like it. Looks great!
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Just unnecessary in my view.
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Just unnecessary in my view.

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Looks like a big brother task room

Who’s pocketed the other 2.45 million?
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Well it looks fine, but there's no way the massive price tag went on that. I'm guessing their mates got the most of it.
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wow looks very classy


President Boris Johnson


president suits him better than prime minister too
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Given how much use it's gotten this past year, upgrading it is an okay idea
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Given how much use it's gotten this past year, upgrading it is an okay idea
I don't think anyone much begrudges the concept of it being upgraded, but that's not a multi-million pound upgrade...
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better Russian-UK relations

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Total waste of millions of pounds in my view, sorry.
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I don't think anyone much begrudges the concept of it being upgraded, but that's not a multi-million pound upgrade...
Ah, I hadn't realised it had cost so much... in that case, I'd have expected it to not look like they got some blue rolls of paper and haphazardly placed them
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it's not just a room

There is all sorts of communications equipment and facilities that will be used by journalists to report from there. It's shocking I know, but equipment does cost money
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Indeed.
On QT last night, it was near unanimously considered to have been a total unnecessary expense from public funds at this time.
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I reckon that TV is a Samsung refurb fitted by Parmy and he's pocketed a cool £1million.
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They should bin those chairs and replace them with these badboys - really complete the aesthetic

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the value for money aspect of it can only surely be measured against the quality of the output that comes from it. If it's a propaganda outlet, well it's not worth the money. If it allows us to hear accurate news without having it manipulated by dodgy tabloids then it will be of benefit. Time will tell.
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