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Originally Posted by Paul
Its also possible, and considerably more common, for them not to care.
This story is only news because the press (and of course, other politicians who love to attack Boris or the Govt) want to keep making a fuss about it, not becasue Joe public suddenly decided to care. (Yes, Im sure the usual twit crowd will be "outraged" as they are about ... well everything).
Even this topic is pretty low in the forum activity list, in 3 weeks, just 27 posts, and aside from you, only 5 other people have cared to post more than once, and one of those (me) has only posted more than once to keep replying to you - something I dont intend to keep doing as I also have far bigger things to care about.
Boris is a total plonker, we all know that already, its a surprise to no one, people have moved on. You should try it.
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As a rule, the media avoids topics that won't be of interest to their readers and viewers. Knowing your readers' interests is what made editors like Paul Dacre of the
Daily Mail and Kelvin MacKenzie of
The Sun highly successful.
In terms of what's happening, I think it's less about looking backwards and more about looking forwards to tomorrow's hearing. That's when Johnson faces potential suspension from Parliament. It's political history in the making and knowing Johnson's speaking skills, will make for a good show as well.
Regarding today's coverage, it's being more driven by Johnson sharing his defence in advance. And less by the media and anti-Tory politicians trying to dredge an old story up.
So, why not pull up a pew tomorrow and watch British history in the making? But I'll understand if you don't. We're all different and life would be less interesting if we weren't.
