I'm not a fan of Huawei but if I understand this correctly their boss was asked about the new security law in Hong Kong and he said he was a telecoms executive so didn't have a view on it. Not exactly a trap is it?
I suggest you read it again and think about it. Come back in an hour with your thoughtsI'm not a fan of Huawei but if I understand this correctly their boss was asked about the new security law in Hong Kong and he said he was a telecoms executive so didn't have a view on it. Not exactly a trap is it?
I’ll probably bite my tongue for saying this but you do have a point.I'm not a fan of Huawei but if I understand this correctly their boss was asked about the new security law in Hong Kong and he said he was a telecoms executive so didn't have a view on it. Not exactly a trap is it?
I’ll probably bite my tongue for saying this but you do have a point.
For a Tory MP Greg Clark is one of the better ones. But this feels a bit like grandstanding. Possibly for a good cause - keeping the Chinese away from our IT infrastructure- but grandstanding nonetheless.
No. He wouldn’t. Which was why it was the obvious question to ask.I doubt he would have given this stock answer to any other political topic of the day.
No. Which was why it was the obvious question to ask.
Hence my comment about grandstanding.
That said I don’t have a problem with the question or the op. Or what they are trying to achieve.
It’s just that some goals are easier to score than others is my point.
Not exactly a trap is it?
Yes I agree with that.but I think it raises a vital point doesn’t it?
A board of directors operating a company in the UK which, would like to become part of the UK’s communication network, fearful of how a foreign powers government might react to how they perceive an issue.
For me a point that needed raising, and it was raised in the best way possible.
Yes I agree with that.
I suppose my point is that the fact Greg Clark asked the question doesn’t make Greg Clark a political genius.
Anyone could have asked the question.
But I don’t begrudge him earning a few brownie points
Well I suspect it has a lot to do with media exposure these days. In times gone by lots of politicians with safe seats (Tory and Labour) could glide along with hefty majorities. In other words they were as crap then as they are now (if not more so), but could get away with it.Oh yes I get that , but I honestly believe the current crop of politicians across the board are some of the least talented people I’ve seen in my life time. So something like this is a refreshing change.
Well I suspect it has a lot to do with media exposure these days. In times gone by lots of politicians with safe seats (Tory and Labour) could glide along with hefty majorities. In other words they were as crap then as they are now (if not more so), but could get away with it.
Well I suspect it has a lot to do with media exposure these days. In times gone by lots of politicians with safe seats (Tory and Labour) could glide along with hefty majorities. In other words they were as crap then as they are now (if not more so), but could get away with it.
Totally agree you just had to watch Andrew Neil destroy Corybn,Swinson and Sturgeon in the GE interviews.Alternatively is it the nature of the media exposure that makes them look crap?
Hectoring journalists looking to make a name for themselves rather than add anything to our understanding, barking questions at them and cutting them off part way through an answer, forcing them to condence complex issues into simple soundbites before receiving another tirade from the journo's and of course any admission of error is headline news for weeks on end.
I doubt anyone could look good in that environment.
So why didn't Andrew Neil destroy Johnson?Totally agree you just had to watch Andrew Neil destroy Corybn,Swinson and Sturgeon in the GE interviews.
Nature of the beast now politicians are doing the same starting to become a big turn off.
I am sure Greg Clark is sleeping more soundly now he knows he has your grudging approval.Yes I agree with that.
I suppose my point is that the fact Greg Clark asked the question doesn’t make Greg Clark a political genius.
Anyone could have asked the question.
But I don’t begrudge him earning a few brownie points