'The face that launched thousands deaths’

[AtW]

And unnamed source is journalist speak for "someone I know, but if I name them they'll stop feeding me information"

And they'll get fired, so nobody will give info to the journalist apart from "unnamed sources" who want to do an authorised leak

All ministers leak, obviously, it's not just British politics, it's just common sense that it happens in any reasonably open country.

[Eirikur]

Many many hours later the beeb finally also reports about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56890714

[AtW]

Many many hours later the beeb finally also reports about it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56890714

"They don't name their sources, so it must be false!"

[LondonManc]

indeed.

And unnamed source is journalist speak for "someone I know, but if I name them they'll stop feeding me information"

AKA a treacherous untrustworthy ****.

[LondonManc]

"They don't name their sources, so it must be false!"

A solid, credible source from the BBC? Thought not. Gobtulipe

[AtW]

AKA a treacherous untrustworthy ****.

Moved on from denial to anger, nice.

[AtW]

A solid, credible source from the BBC? Thought not. Gobtulipe

Who is your gold standard of reporting then, The Express?

[Eirikur]

Who is your gold standard of reporting then, The Express?

His is the DM

[Lance]

AKA a treacherous untrustworthy ****.

so Bojo doesn't leak????

of course he does. This is politics. (405) A Leak... From The Prime Minister's Office? | Yes, Minister | BBC Comedy Greats - YouTube

[Lost It]

I can imagine him saying something like this in exasperation. Because the people who only care about money, the businesses that sponsor the Tory party wouldn't and quite clearly don't give a toss if thousands died as long as they were making money. As long as it isn't them that die of course...

So I could quite see him suggesting this as a possible scenario. "Let there be thousands of deaths, as long a business is making money who gives a poo".