Non-Believer Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 iomtoday's report says HQ claims that people are "switching off from the conferences" because of the questions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Howard repeated that a third of the audience dropped off when questions stated. The viewing figures on Facebook tend to drop off after the figures are provided and any particular news such as changes in restrictions. After that, some people do go back to their baking/boxsets and pretending to work from home, but 2/3 stay for the questions. Howard . . . your message is getting across, you ain't gonna retain the third that drop off, ever. Be thankful you have the audience you do. keep it going. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, Manxas said: So Howard is saying that he's getting hundreds of people writing to him saying they don't like the questions from the press. So how do those of us who do like the press questions, let Howard know we like them? You could also write to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, x-in-man said: People switch off for the questions because the press just ask the same bloody questions week after week. Maybe because they never give plausible answers? 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 ..and week after week the situation changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Has he said great Manx public yet ? I’m gasping for a beer 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of the blue Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Tim Glover sounded almost disappointed that more draconian rules weren’t being considered 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 First time I have not listened as I didn't anticipate anything new. From what I am reading here there wasn't, just more of the same. Ah well, G and T time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Clowns, we wont eradicate it now, people are fed up and not following the rules. Why would they when gov have totally messed this up by trying to look good and not properly implementing their own rules on one of the main areas of weakness, the IOMSPCO Edited March 19, 2021 by Boris Johnson 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barlow Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Sorry to bang on about this: Howard sounds like he has got addicted to the smell of the grease paint and the roar of the crowd. I suppose that is what appearing live on social media does. A press briefing is just that . . . a briefing to the press (and media). The audience is usually reached from there, via the media. Just a while ago, a press briefing would have been just that. Howard in a big room with reporters, for them to ask questions and dissipate the news. Perhaps Howard does not want to share the limelight with the hacks. Oh, and that other greasepainter, Alex Brindley, sounded most dis-chuffed that his afternoon Manx Radio programme had been eaten into by the press questions. It makes me wonder if Alex himself is flooding Mr Quayle's office with "100s of letters" of complaint about the press questions. Edited March 19, 2021 by Barlow 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Vincent Trouserbag Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 ...........and still no vaccination hub in the North. People are being booked in at Ronaldsway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmanxpilot Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 46 minutes ago, Out of the blue said: First question = 40mph speed limit ffs top journo And they wonder why people switch off when the Journos come on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Barlow said: Oh, and that other greasepainter, Alex Brindley, sounded most dis-chuffed that his afternoon Manx Radio programme had been eaten into by the press questions. It makes me wonder if Alex himself is flooding Mr Quayle's office with "100s of letters" of complaint about the press questions. No reason why they can't broadcast the briefing on AM - including the Q&A session - leaving Brindley to his show. Didn't they relegate the Q&A to AM in lockdown 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 32 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: Maybe because they never give plausible answers? Why can't they just be honest. Many of us have many more formal qualifications than they have and most of the population has more common sense so it's rather demeaning for them to suggest that we are incapable of understanding the ins and outs of their decisions. If they can't just give honest answers then it's always suggestive of poor decision making and cover up. IMO! 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, Out of the blue said: Tim Glover sounded almost disappointed that more draconian rules weren’t being considered I can't see that simply extending the lockdown under the current conditions is going to achieve anything more than it has. We've now been under the current "restrictions" for 3+ weeks and we've now got to +/- 20 new cases every day, some of which are regularly "unexplained". Those cases have to be being caused by peeps mixing under whatever circumstances, if peeps were observing better obviously those new cases would drop. If we wish to see them drop further then unfortunately these restrictions need to be better implemented with less piss-taking and more Govt support if necessary. If symptom-show-ers are being driven to going to work out of financial reasons as well then clearly that support isn't adequate or there. Otherwise this extra week at a time business is just going to go on and on and it's doing nobody any favours. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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