Stop voting for fucking Tories

[tabascoboy]

No, all of the costs, all £200k of it and evidently the blonde slug didn't know it had been paid for untill late February.............yeah righty ho!!!
And in other news Shifty Hanncock ahs been cleared by the PM of any misdeaamnour even though Geidt had come to the concludion that Hancock had broken the ministerial code!!!

The prime minister told health secretary Matt Hanccok he won’t face any further action, after Lord Geidt found he had breached the ministerial code when he didn’t declare a family firm, which he had a 20% stake in, won an NHS contract.

Evidently Hancock didn't know anything about it even though his sister and mother are the sole directors!!

Makes you wonder just what else they "don't know". For people at/near the top of their professions they seem to have either a remarkable lack of awareness, willful ignorance or just plain arrogance about getting away with it.

[Sandstorm]

“I didn’t know....”

The new Tory sound bite.

[fishfoodie]

Occasionally those algorithms that watch what you're interested in, really do well.

Quora threw this one at me today; & I could have put this post in anyone of a dozen threads in here; from Brexit, to Scottish Politics, to the daily US shooting thread; because it's so damn relevant to everyone of them; & state of a lot of Democracies.

It's from a short article, written in 1980 by Isaac Asimov; it's only a page, so it only takes a few minutes to read & I'd urge everyone to spend the time on it.

https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/ ... orance.pdf

Sorry it's bit ugly, as it's a low res scan of a magazine page,.

[Insane_Homer]

[Line6 HXFX]

The hard done by, crybaby taxpayer,
Has self serving contempt,
For the poor, sick unemployed,
Doctors,
Nurses,
Firemen,
Public sector workers,
Single mothers,
Train drivers,
Foodbank users,
Homeless people,
Unpaid Carers,
No one is exempt.
But here is the problem with self serving contempt..
As the contempt is self serving,
As it serves them to have it,
Then it can never be satiated,
No matter how many victims there are,
Under their car,
They need more and more despair.
As their taxes will never be where
They don't deliberately feel hard done by.

[SaintK]

Good to see the bastards putting money where theor mouths are!

During a series of interviews on Wednesday, Gavin Williamson struggled to explain the discrepancy between the announced government spending and that recommended by education recovery commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, who was appointed in February by Downing Street to lead efforts to make up for the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly to pupils from more deprived backgrounds.
The education secretary was asked multiple times on Sky News about either the difference in the two sums or about the discussions with the Treasury about funding, and he declined to give a direct answer.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... d-pupils

[fishfoodie]

Good to see the bastards putting money where theor mouths are!

During a series of interviews on Wednesday, Gavin Williamson struggled to explain the discrepancy between the announced government spending and that recommended by education recovery commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, who was appointed in February by Downing Street to lead efforts to make up for the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly to pupils from more deprived backgrounds.
The education secretary was asked multiple times on Sky News about either the difference in the two sums or about the discussions with the Treasury about funding, and he declined to give a direct answer.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... d-pupils

We'll have to wait & see how they manipulate the puny amount they are committing to, so that it only flows to schools in their constituencies

[fishfoodie]

And now Sir Kevan Collins is offering to resign; as just like previous expert advisors; he was sidelined & ignored

[GogLais]

Good to see the bastards putting money where theor mouths are!

During a series of interviews on Wednesday, Gavin Williamson struggled to explain the discrepancy between the announced government spending and that recommended by education recovery commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, who was appointed in February by Downing Street to lead efforts to make up for the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly to pupils from more deprived backgrounds.
The education secretary was asked multiple times on Sky News about either the difference in the two sums or about the discussions with the Treasury about funding, and he declined to give a direct answer.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... d-pupils

World-beating according to BoJo on the news. Of course it would be.

[SaintK]

And now Sir Kevan Collins is offering to resign; as just like previous expert advisors; he was sidelined & ignored

Has resigned now

[fishfoodie]

Good to see the bastards putting money where theor mouths are!

During a series of interviews on Wednesday, Gavin Williamson struggled to explain the discrepancy between the announced government spending and that recommended by education recovery commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, who was appointed in February by Downing Street to lead efforts to make up for the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly to pupils from more deprived backgrounds.
The education secretary was asked multiple times on Sky News about either the difference in the two sums or about the discussions with the Treasury about funding, and he declined to give a direct answer.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... d-pupils

Probably the single most corrupting act Scummings managed in his time in Power; was neutering the Treasury's independence; & then getting a poodle like Rishi made Chancellor.

Now Number 10 gets to do shit like this, & completely avoid any responsibility; & the media plays along & pretends this is the Treasury being mean.

[SaintK]

Not so scummy Tories about to give the blonde slug a slapping. Government whips must have been asleep at the wheel this week?

Boris Johnson could face a shock Commons defeat over plans to cut foreign aid after dozens of his own MPs backed an amendment to reverse the cuts, in a rebellion led by the former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell.
MPs tabled an amendment on Wednesday night backed by a number of senior Conservatives, including the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, former Brexit secretary David Davis, the former Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley and the former immigration minister Caroline Nokes.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ ... aid-cuts

[I like neeps]

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/e ... rkers-2019

Labour are the largest party for working people and the Tories win elections on retirees. Rather than the nonsense of the Tories are the party of the working class that the media seems to be desperate to sell its the Tories are the party of asset rich triple locked retirees.

A country run for the old is going to greatly damage the young.

[Hal Jordan]

Not so scummy Tories about to give the blonde slug a slapping. Government whips must have been asleep at the wheel this week?

Boris Johnson could face a shock Commons defeat over plans to cut foreign aid after dozens of his own MPs backed an amendment to reverse the cuts, in a rebellion led by the former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell.
MPs tabled an amendment on Wednesday night backed by a number of senior Conservatives, including the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, former Brexit secretary David Davis, the former Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley and the former immigration minister Caroline Nokes.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ ... aid-cuts

Little wonder the Cabinet have tried to keep Parliament's involvement in the affairs of State at an absolute minimum.

[Insane_Homer]

Boris Johnson says he will not hesitate to move countries off the green travel list but could see "nothing in the data" to mean the 21 June easing of lockdown measures cannot go ahead.

The UK government could face legal proceedings unless it releases data on the spread of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2, first identified in India) of SARS-CoV-2 in England’s schools, which it has been accused of suppressing.

[SaintK]

Good to see the bastards putting money where theor mouths are!

During a series of interviews on Wednesday, Gavin Williamson struggled to explain the discrepancy between the announced government spending and that recommended by education recovery commissioner, Sir Kevan Collins, who was appointed in February by Downing Street to lead efforts to make up for the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic, particularly to pupils from more deprived backgrounds.
The education secretary was asked multiple times on Sky News about either the difference in the two sums or about the discussions with the Treasury about funding, and he declined to give a direct answer.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... d-pupils

World-beating according to BoJo on the news. Of course it would be.

Robert Halfon not impressed either Particulaqrly as the current offer equates to a dismal £50 per pupil

Of course there are funding constraints but the treasury announced over 16 billion extra for defence only last year, we’ve got 800 million being spent on a new research agency, 200 million being spent on a yacht.
So where there is the political will, the treasury can find the money from the back of the sofa, and there has to be that political will because we need a long-term plan for education, a proper funding settlement.”

[JM2K6]

So Priti Patel lied to the select committee then.



Big surprise. I doubt she'll see any consequences.

[tabascoboy]

Priti is Teflon, someone else will take the fall.

[SaintK]

So Priti Patel lied to the select committee then.

Of course she did. It is the modus operandi of this governmment of bastards.
Appears to have forgotten that her parents were migrants from Amin's regime when they settled in Hertfordshire

[SaintK]

Lord Cruddas the crony's crony. Lobbed in another £500k to the Tory coffers when awarded his peerage by the blonde slug against the honours commission's reccomendation!

A billionaire who was made a Lord despite a watchdog advising against his appointment donated £500,000 to the Conservative Party just days after taking his seat.
Peter Cruddas donated the money on 5 February, after formally being introduced into the House of Lords on 2 February.
This was the largest cash sum the tycoon has ever donated to the Conservatives.
Lord Cruddas previously failed the Appointments Commission vetting process to become a peer, but the PM overruled its advice and made him a Lord.

It could have been worse I suppose, he could have been the millionaire son of a high ranking KGB official!

[SaintK]

So Hancock crony and horse riding partner Dido Harding has been quoted as saying she will be throwing her hat in the ring to replace Simon Stevens as head of the NHS.
She has been hidden from sight ffor the last 3 months as Tack and Trace is still spluttering along having had £billions thrown at it.
Was hoping we would never see her oir hear from her again!
Though as a Conservative peer, married to a leading Tory MP she is obviously uniquely qualified for the job

[I like neeps]

The Daily Mail here:



Most read paper in the country. No wonder the Tories get voters.

[I like neeps]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... dApp_Other

Tory MP to boycott England games in row over taking the knee

what a fanny.

[Hal Jordan]

So Hancock crony and horse riding partner Dido Harding has been quoted as saying she will be throwing her hat in the ring to replace Simon Stevens as head of the NHS.
She has been hidden from sight ffor the last 3 months as Tack and Trace is still spluttering along having had £billions thrown at it.
Was hoping we would never see her oir hear from her again!
Though as a Conservative peer, married to a leading Tory MP she is obviously uniquely qualified for the job

I think the important qualification is that her Tory MP husband is rather keen on scrapping the NHS in favour of a medical insurance based system.

[Tichtheid]

UK foreign aid cuts are immoral, says David Davis

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... avid-davis


David Davis, that uber-woke, Britain-hating libtard.

[fishfoodie]

UK foreign aid cuts are immoral, says David Davis

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... avid-davis


David Davis, that uber-woke, Britain-hating libtard.

Proving that even a cretin like the Brexit bulldog occasionally gets it.

The government has insisted the reduction of foreign aid from 0.7% of national income to 0.5%, which breaches the Tory manifesto, would be temporary.

The solicitor general, Lucy Frazer, told Sky News on Monday: “Even without the 0.7% this year, we will be investing £10bn and that is really important, but we are in the middle of a pandemic.

“What we’ve said is of course international aid needs to be spent but we’re going to temporarily cease the 0.7% and bring it back when fiscal circumstances allow.”

Davis said: “If you are a small child and you then suddenly get dirty water, you get an infection from it and you die, temporary doesn’t mean much.”

[Insane_Homer]

[Insane_Homer]

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/09/ ... data_grab/

'Vast majority of people' are onside with a data grab they know next to nothing about, reckons UK health secretary

A day before THAT delay, Matt Hancock told MPs that 'citizens' own the data he'd instructed the health department to take by default

Against a strong field, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has come out as a winner in the prize for stomach-churning political double-speak while addressing NHS Digital's shameless grab for patient data held by GP surgeries in England.

As we reported yesterday, that grab has since been delayed by two months, supposedly to 1 September, though the date of the final day for opt-outs has not been given.

Yet it seems a day earlier on Monday, Hancock was unaware of the pending change in the GP data haul start date. While speaking in Parliament about the vital role evidence from patient data can play in medical research — a point few contend — Hancock made the bold claim that "the vast majority of people are strongly onside" with the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR), taking the time to cite no evidence whatsoever.

[Insane_Homer]

Little wonder this Government are actively targeting him now.

[SaintK]

Little wonder this Government are actively targeting him now.

Indeed!!!

The first contract, for £90,000, was below the threshold at which an open competitive tender is legally required. Internal emails disclosed for the legal action revealed that a Cabinet Office civil servant had described that work as “Tory party research agency tests Tory party narrative on public money”. The civil servant said in a witness statement that she had not meant that seriously.

The second Covid-19 contract was for a maximum of £840,000 but was awarded under regulations that waived the requirements for a tender due to the coronavirus emergency. Public First was ultimately paid £564,393 for that work. The contract also included the secondment of a Public First partner, Gabriel Milland, to work in Downing Street’s Covid-19 communications operation.

[dpedin]

Little wonder this Government are actively targeting him now.

He is getting a lot of targeted abuse from some dodgy sources, they are shitting themselves in Gov now. He is not everyone's cup of tea but he is one of the few that is really holding this corrupt pile of shit Gov to account through the courts. Expect crowd sharing to be the next Gov target to try and cut off his funding supply. This will get v messy. My view - he is a good guy, very clever and morally motivated and needs to be supported.

[C T]

Little wonder this Government are actively targeting him now.

I might be being naïve here but what happens now? They've been found through the courts to have acted unlawfully, so when can we expect to start to see these people with criminal records and ideally some jail time?

[I like neeps]

Little wonder this Government are actively targeting him now.

I might be being naïve here but what happens now? They've been found through the courts to have acted unlawfully, so when can we expect to start to see these people with criminal records and ideally some jail time?

Not a criminal trial so no criminal records.

Realistically nothing happens. Judicial review laws suppose the government is bothered about being in breach. Which this govt clearly are not.

[tabascoboy]

I might be being naïve here but what happens now? They've been found through the courts to have acted unlawfully, so when can we expect to start to see these people with criminal records and ideally some jail time?

The High Court judge who sat on the review won't be on any future Honours List for sure...just as well she already got her DBE.

[Hal Jordan]

The Government have slated crowdfunding for the hatchet because of reasons.

aNd thE Queen's PICTURE oFf A wall iN a UnIversiTy and EVIL MEGAN NOT COnsulting her of The BABY"s nAme!

[I like neeps]

Interesting opinion.

[SaintK]

Cuntish opinion.

Fixed!

[I like neeps]

Boris Johnson is in Cornwall to discuss a greener future with the G7 so naturally uses a plane to fly there from London.

[Sandstorm]

Boris Johnson is in Cornwall to discuss a greener future with the G7 so naturally uses a plane to fly there from London.

Have you ever tried to get to Cornwall from London and hoped to get there on time without a jet?

[Rinkals]

Boris Johnson is in Cornwall to discuss a greener future with the G7 so naturally uses a plane to fly there from London.

Looks a bit like a Trump mini-me.