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Dan Wootton

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    #122
    ancapailldorcha
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997944#Comment_120997944

    They're not. Since you're reduced to this, I'm considering this debunked and leaving it there.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #123
    eightieschewbaccy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120997944#Comment_120997944

    He's perfectly free to sue if the allegations are untrue but it seems pretty clear the investigation unearthed a lot. Also I'm finding it pretty funny watching somebody get on the defensive for Wooton being attacked when his career has amounted to bullying of public figures.



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    #124
    gmisk
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    I see the GB news lawyers and Dan Wootton (or should I say Martin Branning?!? Alleged sex offender) (Who laughs and smirks throughout) Have apologised for the below from Laurence Fox (who they platform), I am sure a thorough investigation awaits...lol...what an absolute cesspit.

    https://twitter.com/AvaSantina/status/1706777983241822705?t=opHaATdhPRrM6AfOHt5W_Q&s=19




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    #125
    maik3n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121162040#Comment_121162040

    I think we might have another Glinner situation on our hands

    http://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-refuses-to-apologise-for-totally-unacceptable-comments-about-ava-evans-on-gb-news-12970754

    While Fox's behaviour here was/is disgusting to say the least and is the primary issue, the unfortunate thing is this might claw back a bit of undeserved good will for Wooton since he has come out against it so quick.



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    #126
    Gregor Samsa
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121162808#Comment_121162808

     the unfortunate thing is this might claw back a bit of undeserved good will for Wooton since he has come out against it so quick.


    Not sure about that. Fox is claiming that GB News knew what he was going to say beforehand, as he brought it up in his pre-interview that was a dry-run of the topics he'd cover in the broadcast. Wootton only condemned it after the fact - as the comments were being made, he was smirking and nodding. Fox earlier Tweeted that Wootton shouldn't be attacked for Fox's comments, but now he's clearly landing them in it with him.

    https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1706958680241914115




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    #127
    maik3n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121162888#Comment_121162888

    Hehe, believe you me. I hope that it's not the case.

    I know Wooton is full of sh*t and he is not coming out against Fox for any virtuous reason. I'm just thinking that from a basic optics level though, people will just see a headline saying ''Wooton takes on Fox'' and it might defray even a little bit of the st1nk from the allegations surrounding him.



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    #128
    gmisk
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121162808#Comment_121162808

    Good will for Wootton? Why? he nodded and laughed on air...his grovelling "apology" were nonsense, Fox showed the text messages he sent him lol. He is doing his best to take Wootton with him ha...good.

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    Given the accusations against Wootton no way should he be on air, his channel avoiding the topic is hypocrisy given their coverage of Schofield and Edwards.



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    #129
    Penn
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    Dan Wootton now suspended too

    https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1707045465261264997?s=20




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    #130
    ancapailldorcha
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    GB News pretending to have principles is truly pathetic. They hired these people because they're malevolent c*nts, not in spite of it.

    The thing with being edgy is that you have to be coming up with new ways to do it or you get stale.

    The sooner this tumour of a "channel" ends up in the hazardous waste bin, the better.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #131
    Seth Brundle
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121164809#Comment_121164809

    There seemed to be a lot of people tweeting about reporting it to Ofcom (which I did). I suspect it is because of the pending official backlash that he has been suspended.



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    #132
    nacho libre
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    GB news becoming woke and now are virtue signalling with this move. Haha. If they were consistent they'd stand by Fox. Wootton comes across as an disingenuous creep in that video. Just look at his leering and smirking face during the exchange with Fox.

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    #133
    dalyboy
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    It is the perfect example of double standards within our utopian cancel culture.

    All Fox’s comments went OTT for sure , why was there not as much as a peep out of the cancel cheerleaders when Ava Evans made these toxic feminist comments not too long ago ?

    https://youtu.be/C0ARTJRYNZk?feature=shared



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    #134
    pjohnson
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    What is the point of GBNews if its starting to pretend to be in any way reputable?

    The stations whole purpose of the channel was to hoover up the controversial rejects no one else would go near?



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    #135
    dxhound2005
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    If they don't toe the line the could finish up like RT.

    "If a broadcaster breaks the rules repeatedly, or in a way we consider to be serious, Ofcom has the legal powers to impose sanctions on them. Possible sanctions include a substantial fine, shortening or even taking away the channel or station's licence to broadcast. We publish all Sanctions Decisions on our website."



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    #136
    Galwayguy35
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    Someone made a very serious accusation against Wootton over on Twitter, if its true I don't understand why the cops aren't investigating the claims.

    Not sure if I'm allowed to say what the accusation is but its similar to what Weinstein was convicted of.



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    #137
    maik3n
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121166081#Comment_121166081

    Do you mean a new accusation or are you talking about the stories out there already?

    GB News seem to have given up on their freedom of speech bonafides and are now indulging in some cancel culture.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgmfxQKec00




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    #138
    K-9
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    Well she got 400 messages all saying they'd shag her, so that cancels that out then.

    Anyway, couldn't happen to 2 nicer guys.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #139
    Donald Trump
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121167119#Comment_121167119


    And people say romance is dead



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    #140
    [Deleted User]
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    Laurence Fox is a free speech parasite.

    Fox pretends to be a free speech advocate. It's no different to Katie Hopkins or Milo Yiannopoulos. It's all an act, and the usual unthinking masses lap it up.

    Being rude and crass and nasty doesn't make you a free speech advocate, it means you're a d***.

    I never liked him. I have always found him fake and dishonest and actually, intellectually weak and quite stupid. There is no original thinking; he's just a loudmouth who got lucky from being platformed on Question Time.

    Fox is a failed actor, a failed politician and - from this latest episode - a failed human being, too.

    The sooner Fox goes away, the better for everyone. 



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    #141
    AndrewJRenko
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    Oh No

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    #142
    ancapailldorcha
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    Excellent news.

    In my experience, so-called "free speech advocates" just want to be arseholes without consequences. Nice to see some at long last.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #143
    [Deleted User]
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    Laurence Fox released a lengthy, essay-like tweet earlier today. The man is so self-absorbed up his own narcissism and sense of self-importance, it's utterly nauseating.

    Fox concluded his essay with the following:

    On a final note, we should all ask ourselves if this is a society we want to live in, where the cancel mob reign and your only chance at existence is total and utter capitulation to their whims.

    Fox portrays the controversy in very grandiose language.

    In reality, Fox - like Milo and Hopkins before him - think that being a nasty d*** is what free speech is all about.

    Well, it isn't for me. Long may his downfall continue.

    There's nothing to respect about Fox who is, after all, nothing more than a fake edgelord nuisance.



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    #144
    foxsake
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121168893#Comment_121168893

    one could be precious and claim everybody who says things one doesn't like is an arsehole. in those circumstances you'd be right.

    But in normal society your claim is incorrect and you should try meet more people to enhance your experience.



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    #145
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121169099#Comment_121169099

    Fox is free to express his views and opinions, but it's the deeply unpleasant way in which he expresses them that lands him in trouble.

    Would I want to have someone like Fox in my life "to enhance my experience"? Absolutely not.

    I'd want nasty, unpleasant people like that as far away from me as possible.



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    #146
    Flaneur OBrien
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    Tis an odd day when I find myself in full agreement with you, @[Deleted User] yet here we are



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    #147
    AndrewJRenko
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121169099#Comment_121169099

    Username checks out.



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    #148
    ancapailldorcha
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121169099#Comment_121169099

    Saying my claim is incorrect does not make it so.

    If you think that people like Fox enhance one's life, well, that's your opinion I suppose.

    I'd be keen to hear some of these alleged benefits but I've been here long enough not to expect any.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #149
    RavenBea17b
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    I'm sure the woman the two of them were total creeps about was a commentator panellist on the Piers Morgan show yesterday, she mentioned she had been contacted, texted by Dan W that evening apologising for what had happened, but she hadn't responded at the time to him, but to find yesterday morning, it felt like a false apology, or that she felt that way.

    IMHO , as unpleasant as Laurence is, Dan is just another level of yuk - an enabler in a position of power.



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    #150
    Madd Finn
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    Just as a matter of interest, are there any women here (or even men; let's be inclusive) who would consider shagging Laurence Fox?

    There's no accounting for taste.



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    #151
    Tom Mann Centuria
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121169594#Comment_121169594

    Not sure there's anyone here but Billy Piper did, at least twice, which is still really odd that she saw something in him, maybe he wasn't always the way he is now.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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