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Mr Johnson’s holiday took place in December 2019 and January 2020. I would have expected him, before he arrived on the island of Mustique, to find out definitively who was to fund the free accommodation he had been offered, and what arrangements had been made to pay for it. He needed to have this information before he decided whether it was right to accept this benefit, and so that full details could be registered within 28 days ...
It has been unusually difficult to find facts during this lengthy investigation. After an inquiry lasting more than a year, I have not found any reliable documentary that clearly outlines the arrangements for how Mr Johnson’s holiday accommodation was paid. I am therefore not able to reach a view on whether Mr Johnson’s register entry was accurate and complete
The rules require members to fulfil “conscientiously” the requirement of the House in respect of the registration of interests in the register of members’ financial interests. Because he did not make sufficient inquiries to establish the full facts about the funding arrangements for his free accommodation, either before his holiday, as he should have done, or in 2020, I find that Mr Johnson has not fulfilled conscientiously the house’s requirements for registration. I find that this is a breach of paragraph 14 of the code of conduct. I also find that Mr Johnson has not shown the accountability required of those in public life

I like neeps wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:02 am What does everyone reckon the Tory MP Lee Anderson who is refusing to watch England games because they take the knee is planning to do with his day on Sunday?

I like neeps wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:02 am What does everyone reckon the Tory MP Lee Anderson who is refusing to watch England games because they take the knee is planning to do with his day on Sunday?

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:04 am Oops!

The Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has apologised after suggesting that Marcus Rashford should have spent more time “perfecting his game” than “playing politics”.
As PA Media reports, Elphicke made the comment in a WhatsApp message to fellow Tory MPs after the footballer missed a penalty in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday night. Referring to Rashford’s successful campaigns to get to extend free school meal provision for children from poor families, which twice led to government U-turns, and Rashford’s miss in the penalty shoot-out at the end of the Euro 2020 final,

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:06 pm

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:38 pm

mat the expat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 4:01 am

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:38 pm

Clearly, this guy is a complete spiv and fraudster?

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:04 pm That odious little tit Darren Grimes said basically the same thing and got a well deserved shoeing from the folks of Twitter.

Fuck me, it says something about the society we live in that the second reaction to a black player missing a penalty is, "That poor sod better not look at social media for a while". Rashford's mural got defaced as well.

And the absolute nerve of Johnson et al condemning the shithead racists they have courted, encouraged and helped to prosper.

Great spot from Guido’s Christian Calgie, who found that MPs on the parliamentary estate will only be “encouraged” to wear masks, while staffers “will be required to wear them.” You what? Huff Post’s Paul Waugh has more, with a spokesperson for Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle telling him: “We have no employment or contractual relationship with Members which would enable us to mandate the wearing of masks.” So we have a situation where parliament will force junior aides and those cleaning and serving food to wear masks to protect MPs, but won’t make MPs wear masks to protect those same staff. If you ever needed yet another example of how parliament is run in the interests of MPs over junior staff, with farcical tin-eared ineptitude from the government and House authorities, here it is.

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:04 pm That odious little tit Darren Grimes said basically the same thing and got a well deserved shoeing from the folks of Twitter.

Fuck me, it says something about the society we live in that the second reaction to a black player missing a penalty is, "That poor sod better not look at social media for a while". Rashford's mural got defaced as well.

And the absolute nerve of Johnson et al condemning the shithead racists they have courted, encouraged and helped to prosper.

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:13 am
............annd Cameron was paid the equivalent of £25k a day to lobby former colleagues on his behalf!!!!!

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:04 pm And the absolute nerve of Johnson et al condemning the shithead racists they have courted, encouraged and helped to prosper.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:09 am

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:04 pm And the absolute nerve of Johnson et al condemning the shithead racists they have courted, encouraged and helped to prosper.

It's horrible to see the abuse from the shitheads, but karma maybe there was Johnson no doubt hoping to make political capital from an England win but forced instead to have to make a statement like that...

SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:20 am

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:09 am

Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:04 pm And the absolute nerve of Johnson et al condemning the shithead racists they have courted, encouraged and helped to prosper.

It's horrible to see the abuse from the shitheads, but karma maybe there was Johnson no doubt hoping to make political capital from an England win but forced instead to have to make a statement like that...

Probably had to cancel the Downing St reception and photo op pretty sharpish!!

sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:16 pm
Footballers showing better leadership than the government

robmatic wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:47 pm

sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:16 pm
Footballers showing better leadership than the government

Low bar to be honest.

Top story from the Telegraph’s Chris Hope, who says ministers and officials in No. 10 and the Cabinet Office are able to dodge isolation when pinged by taking part in a “trial” made famous by Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove skipping quarantine when he returned from watching the football in Portugal. “Several officials in 10 Downing Street have been able to use the scheme to return to work immediately after being notified by the NHS Covid-19 app,” Chopper reports. They’ll be hoping none of the parents of the 830,000 children currently at home isolating see this story.

sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:54 pm

So what he's saying is that black players should ignore the monkey chants and concentrate on the football, like they did in the good old days

sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:01 pm

Labour has raised concerns about the management of a flagship levelling up scheme after it emerged that decisions about one local £24m fund were primarily led by a group including the local MP, her husband, and others with personal or business links to some of the plans.
Documents also show that the towns fund board for Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire, co-chaired by Conservative MP Miriam Cates, met for eight months before members began filing details of personal interests, and that the scheme of governance was only published after more than a year.
As well as Cates, her husband, David, also sits on the board, and a local businessman, Ian Sanderson, a business partner of David Cates.
The co-chair is Mark Dransfield, a local property developer from whom Miriam Cates rents her constituency office. He owns a retail park in Stocksbridge directly adjoining two of the proposed local regeneration schemes. Dransfield’s sister-in-law, who formerly worked for his company, sits on a subcommittee.

I like neeps wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:44 pm The channel built on free speech is going well: