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Was Paul Nuttall at Hillsborough?

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Perfect pop corn thread

    Scousers

    UKIP

    The Police

    RIP to the 96
  • Perfect pop corn thread

    Scousers

    UKIP

    The Police

    RIP to the 96

    Yeah sorry, I agonised about posting it but couldn't see it anywhere else and feel it has relevant football fan interest.

    Note that I have chosen not to comment though.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220

    Perfect pop corn thread

    Scousers

    UKIP

    The Police

    RIP to the 96

    Yeah sorry, I agonised about posting it but couldn't see it anywhere else and feel it has relevant football fan interest.

    Note that I have chosen not to comment though.
    Definitely of interest and I hadn't seen it so thanks but still gonna generate so "interesting" comments : - )
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    I'd be very unsurprised if it turns out that something he has said turns out to be deficient in its truthfulness.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    The story is either an exposé of a lying fantasist or fake news to prop up Labour support in the heartlands. Most people's minds will have been made up before they finish reading the headline.
  • bazjonster
    bazjonster Posts: 2,875
    Paul 'Walter' Nuttall
  • Why would anyone feel the need to lie about that...
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486

    Why would anyone feel the need to lie about that...

    The answer is in his job title.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,963
    colthe3rd said:

    Why would anyone feel the need to lie about that...

    The answer is in his job title.
    And in his name, if you look hard enough
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    My name's Paul Nuttalls of the UKIPS and I think the best and brightest Scousers should stay in Hillsborough where they can be remembered for ever.
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  • The statement from Nuttall’s father begins: “I am and always have been the father of Paul Nuttall, leader of the UK Independence party.”

    Eh?
  • jams
    jams Posts: 1,219
    either way he's in trouble.

    lying doesn't reflect well on him for obvious reasons, but if he's telling the truth then why didn't he come forward and help police inquiries?
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Alternative facts.
  • Of course The Guardian has no reason to be sensationalist about this.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331

    Of course The Guardian has no reason to be sensationalist about this.

    OK. I'll bite.

    There have been millions of words written about the Hillsbrough disaster and its aftermath. Many columns, articles and opinions expressed have been sensationalist in their tone. And some have twisted the events, the truth and the facts utterly and completely. there has been utterly shameful reporting about what went on: reports in which deliberate lies were manufactured in the most abhorrent and utterly disgusting ways.

    @cafcnick1992 If, by "sensationalist", you mean "presenting a story in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy", can you point out which part of the article you're referring to?

    Or, if you're using a different definition of the word, can you explain what it is?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977
    Politician in telling lies shocker.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    Yes, and so was Nigel Farage...
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    His latest claim is ....

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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    Bit of an odd one this.

    Newspapers reported last year that he was a Hillsborough survivor and there was no controversy. Now it's big news? Smells like a dirty smear campaign to me, but others have pointed out small inconsistencies in his behaviour. But it's a really odd one if it's a lie. It's easier to call him a liar based on the allegation he never came forward to the police (have all those fans who attended the game come forward? Unlikely) or that he never talks about it (Murray never talks about Dunblane but that doesn't mean he wasn't there. Very common for people present at disasters to not talk about their experiences) than it is for him to prove he was there.

    Not saying I believe him but it seems that the most vocal accusers are doing it purely for political reasons and assuming he is guilty just because he is UKIP.
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  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867

    Perfect pop corn thread

    Scousers

    UKIP

    The Police

    RIP to the 96

    No mention of the Sun though.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    a bit like when England won the world cup .. hundreds of thousands of wannabes were at both Wembley and Hillsborough, not ..
    as for Nuttcake, would be so unlike a politician to tell porkies
  • It is so simple. He is a leading member of UKIP. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    I wonder how Diane Abbot is recovering from the old migrain that she caught the over day.

    See Corbyn seems to be able to find a seat on the train now he made his point
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I understand he scored a hat trick for Tranmere Rovers in their European Champions League final against Barcelona, so it is a bit ironic that now he wants to dismantle Europe.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,977

    It is so simple. He is a leading member of Labour. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:

    It is so simple. He is a leading member of The Liberal Democrats. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:

    It is so simple. He is a leading member of The Conservatives. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:

    It is so simple. He is a leading member of The Green Party. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:

    It is so simple. He is a leading member of SNP. If he says anything, the opposite is the truth. :wink:

    And so on...
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223

    I .

    See Corbyn seems to be able to find a seat on the train now he made his point

    seth plum said:

    I understand he scored a hat trick for Tranmere Rovers in their European Champions League final against Barcelona, so it is a bit ironic that now he wants to dismantle Europe.

    Blimey, newfound respect for him. Whatever you think about his political stance, that is impressive
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    edited February 2017
    Fiiish said:

    Bit of an odd one this.

    Newspapers reported last year that he was a Hillsborough survivor and there was no controversy. Now it's big news? Smells like a dirty smear campaign to me, but others have pointed out small inconsistencies in his behaviour. But it's a really odd one if it's a lie. It's easier to call him a liar based on the allegation he never came forward to the police (have all those fans who attended the game come forward? Unlikely) or that he never talks about it (Murray never talks about Dunblane but that doesn't mean he wasn't there. Very common for people present at disasters to not talk about their experiences) than it is for him to prove he was there.

    Not saying I believe him but it seems that the most vocal accusers are doing it purely for political reasons and assuming he is guilty just because he is UKIP.

    He's fighting a high-profile by-election in which his honesty has already been questioned over giving a false (in terms of electoral law) address. It's hardly surprising if he's under much more scrutiny than previously as a consequence - it's what happens in elections.
  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998

    Fiiish said:

    Bit of an odd one this.

    Newspapers reported last year that he was a Hillsborough survivor and there was no controversy. Now it's big news? Smells like a dirty smear campaign to me, but others have pointed out small inconsistencies in his behaviour. But it's a really odd one if it's a lie. It's easier to call him a liar based on the allegation he never came forward to the police (have all those fans who attended the game come forward? Unlikely) or that he never talks about it (Murray never talks about Dunblane but that doesn't mean he wasn't there. Very common for people present at disasters to not talk about their experiences) than it is for him to prove he was there.

    Not saying I believe him but it seems that the most vocal accusers are doing it purely for political reasons and assuming he is guilty just because he is UKIP.

    He's fighting a high-profile by-election in which his honesty has already been questioned over giving a false (in terms of electoral law) address. It's hardly surprising if he's under much more scrutiny than previously as a consequence - it's what happens in elections.
    I understand why the smears are happening now, I'm simply of the opinion that no one thought he was lying until they realised he might win the by-election.
  • Fiiish said:

    Fiiish said:

    Bit of an odd one this.

    Newspapers reported last year that he was a Hillsborough survivor and there was no controversy. Now it's big news? Smells like a dirty smear campaign to me, but others have pointed out small inconsistencies in his behaviour. But it's a really odd one if it's a lie. It's easier to call him a liar based on the allegation he never came forward to the police (have all those fans who attended the game come forward? Unlikely) or that he never talks about it (Murray never talks about Dunblane but that doesn't mean he wasn't there. Very common for people present at disasters to not talk about their experiences) than it is for him to prove he was there.

    Not saying I believe him but it seems that the most vocal accusers are doing it purely for political reasons and assuming he is guilty just because he is UKIP.

    He's fighting a high-profile by-election in which his honesty has already been questioned over giving a false (in terms of electoral law) address. It's hardly surprising if he's under much more scrutiny than previously as a consequence - it's what happens in elections.
    I understand why the smears are happening now, I'm simply of the opinion that no one thought he was lying until they realised he might win the by-election.
    Having seen him on TV he seemed full of bullshit - about as credible as Farage saying he's not part of the elite.