what’s that quote
“the secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
I honestly don’t think for all his intellect and attributed smarts he’s got this ability . I suspect we’ll find out shortly .
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what’s that quote
“the secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.”
I honestly don’t think for all his intellect and attributed smarts he’s got this ability . I suspect we’ll find out shortly .
Considering he is public enemy number one at this moment in time (and every other moment in time) it seems weird that he would publicly announce his resignation in front of all the people that want him gone anyway.
It wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't present 'evidence' that the other trips he supposedly took were 'false'
Oh I think he can fake it in the statement, but whether he can keep the facade up under questioning is another thing.
Disgruntledgoat
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Toast
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Hope he's wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap.
Proper Poker player style.
Like you I Personally think he’ll struggle to conceal his contempt when questioned and asked what he considers ‘stupid questions ‘ By those he views as beneath him but I Im not even convinced he could carry off believable sincerity to begin with .
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It's not. An ellipses replaces missing words which should be inferred or understood without them being written. Daveks ellipses here is again superfluous. His message is complete without it.
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tsubaki
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Peston needs to do what he did yesterday
Why am I watching a garden
How hard would it have been to do this?
www.theguardian.com
Boris Johnson has seriously blown it. Usually he contrives himself to be his own worst enemy – now it seems to be Dominic Cummings, his chief adviser. In the affair of the Durham runner, a wise political strategist would have given simple advice. Prime Minister, just say sorry. Go before the cameras and declare:
“My fellow Britons, I owe you an apology. A valued member of my staff, Mr Cummings, at the early stage of lockdown, faced a family crisis, similar to that which has faced tens of thousands of other families. He and his wife realised they might both be infected with coronavirus and decided to isolate themselves in the north of England, near where they could find family help. Their predicament was understandable, but the journey was against the rules. Those involved in formulating tough policy must be the first to obey it.
“I have spoken with Mr Cummings. The lockdown we initiated in March was strict, perhaps excessively so given its blanket nature. But the rules made no exception. Mr Cummings now acknowledges that he broke them, whether in letter or in spirit. He is very sorry. He has apologised to me and is issuing a wider statement to that effect. We are sorry to all who have dutifully obeyed lockdown, often at great inconvenience and personal misery, at this clear double standard. These are difficult times for us all. We must be sensible and stick together.
“Given Mr Cummings’s contrition I have accepted his apology, and hope he can rejoin our efforts to get through this period. He is not a minister and I may consider revising his duties at a later stage, but for the time being I see no advantage in losing a trusted aide and disrupting the Downing Street command at this critical juncture. We simply must get on with charting our way forward. We fully understand public feeling, but this is my decision.”
Explain, apologise, move on: what Johnson should have said about Dominic Cummings | Simon Jenkins
The prime minister’s statement insulted public intelligence. It was about one thing – how does it make him look, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
“My fellow Britons, I owe you an apology. A valued member of my staff, Mr Cummings, at the early stage of lockdown, faced a family crisis, similar to that which has faced tens of thousands of other families. He and his wife realised they might both be infected with coronavirus and decided to isolate themselves in the north of England, near where they could find family help. Their predicament was understandable, but the journey was against the rules. Those involved in formulating tough policy must be the first to obey it.
“I have spoken with Mr Cummings. The lockdown we initiated in March was strict, perhaps excessively so given its blanket nature. But the rules made no exception. Mr Cummings now acknowledges that he broke them, whether in letter or in spirit. He is very sorry. He has apologised to me and is issuing a wider statement to that effect. We are sorry to all who have dutifully obeyed lockdown, often at great inconvenience and personal misery, at this clear double standard. These are difficult times for us all. We must be sensible and stick together.
“Given Mr Cummings’s contrition I have accepted his apology, and hope he can rejoin our efforts to get through this period. He is not a minister and I may consider revising his duties at a later stage, but for the time being I see no advantage in losing a trusted aide and disrupting the Downing Street command at this critical juncture. We simply must get on with charting our way forward. We fully understand public feeling, but this is my decision.”
Disgruntledgoat
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In the sense of reportage, you are correct.
In the narrative sense, one can use them to infer a pause or to indicate a response to the original statement. As I did there.
However, we can surely come together on the fact that there are always three dots.
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