2112 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 31 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Not going to happen though is it - Tynwald is full of nobs… Manx Knobs or Hob Nobs? Or plain old Knobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, joebean said: The first time I ever had any contact with Rob Callister, I thought he was a bit of a knob. This was shortly after being elected. Everything he has done and said since that day has confirmed my initial opinion. When he was made a Minister I felt a bit of sympathy for the CM for obviously having so few options to select from, but thought he was a knob for not choosing another. Manx politics needs less knobs is my conclusion, for what it’s worth. Once a knob …………… Not going to change unfortunately, he will always be a knob. CM Cannan has little selection to choose from, unless he goes for Jason Moorehouse, or Tim Glover. I can see him promote the likes of Michelle Haywood etc. Clare Christian I can’t envisage as a Minister as she wants to be able to speak her mind. Edited March 1, 2023 by 2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Another non press interview https://gef.im/2023/02/28/callister-i-am-not-a-dishonest-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I go along with Stu, vote for a benign dictatorship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 This administration has not been a very good period for some elected as regards reports on Ministers and MHKs goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 A more important question, why is Gef using the same cartoon picture that they used for Howie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I think there must be a reason why Rob doesn't understand that media and social media are the same thing. He seems to become hyper- focused on one thing tuning out everything else, so no interviews to the media in his mind does mean posting on social media.He seems to get stuck in a negative thought pattern which determines his behaviour, being over focused on one element of the context, so he can't process the meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Holte End said: I think there must be a reason why Rob doesn't understand that media and social media are the same thing. He seems to become hyper- focused on one thing tuning out everything else, so no interviews to the media in his mind does mean posting on social media.He seems to get stuck in a negative thought pattern which determines his behaviour, being over focused on one element of the context, so he can't process the meaning. So, in summary; a Knob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Declan said: If you think about it though, in a normal workplace, would Rob have been sacked? Or would his manager given him a warning about how he speaks to people and maybe some advice? Maybe, it wouldn't have been effective, given Rob's extreme case of reflexive denial but Cannon hasn't played a blinder here. This isn't a normal workplace though is it. Its a government department with a mahoosive budget and responsible for people's health. It wasn't even a normal time, it was against a backdrop of Magsongate. It needed decisive action and Ald CannAn delivered it. Whether it was the right action is a different question but it was deffo swift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 42 minutes ago, Holte End said: I think there must be a reason why Rob doesn't understand that media and social media are the same thing. He seems to become hyper- focused on one thing tuning out everything else, so no interviews to the media in his mind does mean posting on social media.He seems to get stuck in a negative thought pattern which determines his behaviour, being over focused on one element of the context, so he can't process the meaning. Since he has been elected I don't think I have seen anything from him where he has acknowledged he may have been in the wrong, just constantly blames something else. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 43 minutes ago, Holte End said: I think there must be a reason why Rob doesn't understand that media and social media are the same thing. He seems to become hyper- focused on one thing tuning out everything else, so no interviews to the media in his mind does mean posting on social media.He seems to get stuck in a negative thought pattern which determines his behaviour, being over focused on one element of the context, so he can't process the meaning. To be fair to Rob, most of the British (traditional) media and their producers spend a lot of time denouncing social media and holding it responsible for all the ills of the world. Even when social media is just repeating stuff that appears on the front pages and behaving in the same unpleasant ways that the mainstream does. So you can see why bears of little brain like Callister are influenced and think they are different things. One of the themes of this whole affair is the continuing indignation of Tynwald and government that any of this stuff is being discussed in public at all and continuing attempts are made to shut discussion down. But there's no actual legal or other reasons for silence from any of the parties. Like the made-up excuses of sub judice over the Ranson affair it's basically just a way of those in charge avoiding talking about awkward things they bear ultimate responsibility for. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: To be fair to Rob, most of the British (traditional) media and their producers spend a lot of time denouncing social media and holding it responsible for all the ills of the world. Even when social media is just repeating stuff that appears on the front pages and behaving in the same unpleasant ways that the mainstream does. So you can see why bears of little brain like Callister are influenced and think they are different things. One of the themes of this whole affair is the continuing indignation of Tynwald and government that any of this stuff is being discussed in public at all and continuing attempts are made to shut discussion down. But there's no actual legal or other reasons for silence from any of the parties. Like the made-up excuses of sub judice over the Ranson affair it's basically just a way of those in charge avoiding talking about awkward things they bear ultimate responsibility for. That'll be the name of the educating drag queen, Sub Judice. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, Gladys said: That'll be the name of the educating drag queen, Sub Judice. The real problem was presumably that they couldn't hear her properly through the gimp mask. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: The real problem was presumably that they couldn't hear her properly through the gimp mask. Think you’re confusing your fetish, kink, gender and cross dressing identities there, Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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