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GogLais wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:23 am

sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:37 am

salanya wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:35 pm I hope all the cabinet members who couldn't even bring themselves to say that Boris was wrong to say it, feel like the cowardly shits they are.

Fat chance!

https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnso ... s-12535971

tory scumbag wrote:"I don't think you can point to what the prime minister said as the cause of that," , Mr Philp told Sky News.

"You certainly can't blame him for the fact that that mob were clearly behaving in a totally unacceptable way."

He continued: "Keir Starmer's own website says he was responsible overall for the CPS, and, in fact, Keir Starmer himself apologised for the CPS's failings, just in the same way that the PM has apologised for the failings in Number 10."

So why bring it up again if KS has apologised for any failings? I thought the Tory line was that you can get away with anything as long as you apologise afterwards.

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:43 am Was always going to be the approach. Pretty contemptable, to say the least. But that's Boris for you.

Just keep people talking about Keir Starmer/Jimmy Saville rather than the shitshow in number 10.

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:44 pm These "opportunities" will not apparently bear fruit until up to 50 years...how convenient

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

petej wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:51 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:44 pm These "opportunities" will not apparently bear fruit until up to 50 years...how convenient

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

To be honest he is ideal for this Tory era. There are Brexit opportunities by looking at the victorians for the working urban population.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been given a new role in government as the minister for Brexit opportunities, as Boris Johnson carries out a cabinet reshuffle.

The PM promised a rejig in No 10 after pressure over lockdown parties, and is currently meeting ministers.

Chris Heaton-Harris becomes the new chief whip, in charge of disciplining Conservative MPs - some of whom have called on Mr Johnson to resign.

His predecessor, Mark Spencer, replaces Mr Rees-Mogg as leader of the Commons.

But some Tory MPs have privately expressed concern about Mr Spencer's new post.

The role includes the responsibility for standards of behaviour in Westminster, but he is currently being investigated over accusations of Islamophobia, raised by fellow MP Nusrat Ghani - claims he has denied.

One MP said: "No 10 promised change. Nothing has changed. [The] PM just makes it worse."

Crash669 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:24 am

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:43 am Was always going to be the approach. Pretty contemptable, to say the least. But that's Boris for you.

Just keep people talking about Keir Starmer/Jimmy Saville rather than the shitshow in number 10.

It'll be worth keeping a record of everyone who gets trotted out to defend Johnson over this for when they're trying to distance themselves from this shitshow to stand as leader on common decency/old fashioned values/back to basics or whatever shit Tory HQ comes up with next. Not a member of this cabinet who hasn't been shown to be utterly craven and devoid of the most basic levels of integrity.

Remember when you didn't have to be a total cunt to be a Tory MP? I don't.

Comment on the issues surrounding Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson's seemingly misleading comments and the mob which surrounded the former yesterday is not limited to those inside politics.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, stops short of directly blaming the PM for the Labour leader being "harassed and threatened", saying "we must condemn it and stand united against it".

The final part of his very carefully worded tweet will certainly be seen as at least alluding to Mr Johnson's comments in parliament, with the leader of the Church of England calling for "a culture where we can learn to disagree well".

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:44 pm These "opportunities" will not apparently bear fruit until up to 50 years...how convenient

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:44 pm These "opportunities" will not apparently bear fruit until up to 50 years...how convenient

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

Boris Johnson's leadership past point of no return, says big Tory donor

Boris Johnson's premiership is past the point of no return and he should resign, a financier who has given the Conservatives more than £3m says.

John Armitage told the BBC that challenges facing the West demanded "serious, engaged" politicians.

He has given the Tories more than £500,000 since Mr Johnson became PM but donated £12,500 last year to Labour.

Mr Armitage, co-founder of the hedge fund firm Egerton Capital, told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, he found the current political situation "tremendously upsetting".

Describing himself as a "middle-of-the-road conservative", Mr Armitage said he admired politicians on the left and right, and said current global challenges to the West required ''very serious, engaged politicians with a sense of purpose".

"Politicians should go into politics to do good for their country," Mr Armitage added. "That is the overwhelming reason to be in politics. I don't think it's about your own personal sense of getting to the top of a snakes-and-ladders game.

"And I feel that, if you lose moral authority, and if you do things which the average person - your mother, someone you try to explain to, someone who you admire - if you do something or say something, which on the front page of the Sunday Times looks terrible, and you do that consistently, and you betray a sense of not really caring, I think you should leave

"And I find the lack of honour inherent in modern politics, incredibly distressing."

Asked if Mr Johnson was "past the point of no return", he replied: "Well, personally yes."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60310694

A health minister has apologised for continuing a meeting despite discovering she had tested positive for Covid.

Gillian Keegan said she found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a "precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand.

She added she briefly continued her meeting, with a group of bereaved fathers, with their consent.

But she said "on reflection" this was "an error of judgment on my part".

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:26 am She's a fucking Health Minister!!!!!

A health minister has apologised for continuing a meeting despite discovering she had tested positive for Covid.

Gillian Keegan said she found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a "precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand.

She added she briefly continued her meeting, with a group of bereaved fathers, with their consent.

But she said "on reflection" this was "an error of judgment on my part".

Why the hell didn't she wait the 10-15 minutes after taking the test to see the result?

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:40 am

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:26 am She's a fucking Health Minister!!!!!

A health minister has apologised for continuing a meeting despite discovering she had tested positive for Covid.

Gillian Keegan said she found out her result during a visit on Tuesday, after taking a "precautionary" lateral flow test beforehand.

She added she briefly continued her meeting, with a group of bereaved fathers, with their consent.

But she said "on reflection" this was "an error of judgment on my part".

Why the hell didn't she wait the 10-15 minutes after taking the test to see the result?

Because she's obviously far too important to observe the rules, they're for the common people.

Boris Johnson has said he plans to end all remaining Covid restrictions in England - including the legal rule to self-isolate - a month early.

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:43 pm Johnson's latest 'LOOK OVER THERE' trick is ending the need to isolate after a positive test. That's just super.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:44 pm These "opportunities" will not apparently bear fruit until up to 50 years...how convenient

BBC News - Rees-Mogg made Brexit opportunities minister as PM starts reshuffle. Mr Rees-Mogg, who was previously Commons leader, will be a full member of the cabinet, having previously only attended it

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:23 am

Boris Johnson's leadership past point of no return, says big Tory donor

Boris Johnson's premiership is past the point of no return and he should resign, a financier who has given the Conservatives more than £3m says.

John Armitage told the BBC that challenges facing the West demanded "serious, engaged" politicians.

He has given the Tories more than £500,000 since Mr Johnson became PM but donated £12,500 last year to Labour.

Mr Armitage, co-founder of the hedge fund firm Egerton Capital, told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, he found the current political situation "tremendously upsetting".

Describing himself as a "middle-of-the-road conservative", Mr Armitage said he admired politicians on the left and right, and said current global challenges to the West required ''very serious, engaged politicians with a sense of purpose".

"Politicians should go into politics to do good for their country," Mr Armitage added. "That is the overwhelming reason to be in politics. I don't think it's about your own personal sense of getting to the top of a snakes-and-ladders game.

"And I feel that, if you lose moral authority, and if you do things which the average person - your mother, someone you try to explain to, someone who you admire - if you do something or say something, which on the front page of the Sunday Times looks terrible, and you do that consistently, and you betray a sense of not really caring, I think you should leave

"And I find the lack of honour inherent in modern politics, incredibly distressing."

Asked if Mr Johnson was "past the point of no return", he replied: "Well, personally yes."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60310694

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:40 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:40 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:10 pm Like the way the pic was leaked 10 mins into PMQ’s. This really is death by a thousand cuts if there are indeed more to come. I am looking forward to the one of him steadying himself with an arm as he urinates from an upstairs window onto a policeman’s hat

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:43 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:10 pm Like the way the pic was leaked 10 mins into PMQ’s. This really is death by a thousand cuts if there are indeed more to come. I am looking forward to the one of him steadying himself with an arm as he urinates from an upstairs window onto a policeman’s hat

So, this is from one of the Parties; that when Sue Gray, & the Met; went thru her report; & presumably all the pictures, & entry logs; the Met concluded, that this wasn't an Party, that met the standard that would require an investigation. But now; once the picture is splashed across the media; the Met has now decided that; actually; it does meet the standard

Nothing to see here folks; please move along ......

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:48 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:43 pm

PCPhil wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:10 pm Like the way the pic was leaked 10 mins into PMQ’s. This really is death by a thousand cuts if there are indeed more to come. I am looking forward to the one of him steadying himself with an arm as he urinates from an upstairs window onto a policeman’s hat

So, this is from one of the Parties; that when Sue Gray, & the Met; went thru her report; & presumably all the pictures, & entry logs; the Met concluded, that this wasn't an Party, that met the standard that would require an investigation. But now; once the picture is splashed across the media; the Met has now decided that; actually; it does meet the standard

Nothing to see here folks; please move along ......

Sweet Jesus, man. Your relationship with semi-colons is as disturbing as whitbags' relationship with colons.

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:50 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:48 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:43 pm

So, this is from one of the Parties; that when Sue Gray, & the Met; went thru her report; & presumably all the pictures, & entry logs; the Met concluded, that this wasn't an Party, that met the standard that would require an investigation. But now; once the picture is splashed across the media; the Met has now decided that; actually; it does meet the standard

Nothing to see here folks; please move along ......

Sweet Jesus, man. Your relationship with semi-colons is as disturbing as whitbags' relationship with colons.

punctuation nazi;

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:32 pm

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:23 am

Boris Johnson's leadership past point of no return, says big Tory donor

Boris Johnson's premiership is past the point of no return and he should resign, a financier who has given the Conservatives more than £3m says.

John Armitage told the BBC that challenges facing the West demanded "serious, engaged" politicians.

He has given the Tories more than £500,000 since Mr Johnson became PM but donated £12,500 last year to Labour.

Mr Armitage, co-founder of the hedge fund firm Egerton Capital, told the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, he found the current political situation "tremendously upsetting".

Describing himself as a "middle-of-the-road conservative", Mr Armitage said he admired politicians on the left and right, and said current global challenges to the West required ''very serious, engaged politicians with a sense of purpose".

"Politicians should go into politics to do good for their country," Mr Armitage added. "That is the overwhelming reason to be in politics. I don't think it's about your own personal sense of getting to the top of a snakes-and-ladders game.

"And I feel that, if you lose moral authority, and if you do things which the average person - your mother, someone you try to explain to, someone who you admire - if you do something or say something, which on the front page of the Sunday Times looks terrible, and you do that consistently, and you betray a sense of not really caring, I think you should leave

"And I find the lack of honour inherent in modern politics, incredibly distressing."

Asked if Mr Johnson was "past the point of no return", he replied: "Well, personally yes."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60310694

"Oh no, leopards ate my face".

Everything he's quoted as saying is emminently reasonable, but, if he's being genuine, it eludes me as to why he'd back the Tories, especially post-Johnson.

petej wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:21 pm It is quite funny how many Tory supporter's do not have a fucking clue what Johnson actually is and are now surprised to discover that he's a lying amoral conman.

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:28 pm

petej wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:21 pm It is quite funny how many Tory supporter's do not have a fucking clue what Johnson actually is and are now surprised to discover that he's a lying amoral conman.

"He may be a lying amoral conman, but by God he's our true blue lying amoral conman"

Conservative MP Lucy Allan draws criticism for a Tweet in which she says a planned intervention by former prime minister John Major against Boris Johnson is ‘anti-democratic’

I like neeps wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:32 am

Johnson's high skill high wage economy of last year fallen at the first hurdle.