...remove an amendment made by peers which would have required the Government to ensure unaccompanied children in the EU continue to be relocated with close relatives in the UK.
How's that then?
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:06 pm
by Hal Jordan
Because Tory. And Tory good.
You know the dance by now.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:27 pm
by Bimbowomxn
Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:06 pm
Because Tory. And Tory good.
The British government has been accused of running an ‘Orwellian’ unit in Michael Gove’s office that instructs Whitehall departments on how to respond to Freedom of Information requests and shares personal information about journalists, openDemocracy can reveal today.
Experts warn that the practice could be breaking the law – and openDemocracy is now working with the law firm Leigh Day on a legal bid to force Gove’s Cabinet Office to reveal full details of how its secretive ‘Clearing House’ unit operates.
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are supposed to be ‘applicant-blind’: meaning who makes the request should not matter. But it now emerges that government departments and non-departmental public bodies have been referring ‘sensitive’ FOI requests from journalists and researchers to the Clearing House in Gove’s department in a move described by a shadow cabinet minister as “blacklisting”.
This secretive FOI unit gives advice to other departments "to protect sensitive information", and collates lists of journalists with details about their work. These lists have included journalists from openDemocracy, The Guardian, The Times, the BBC, and many more, as well as researchers from Privacy International and Big Brother Watch and elsewhere.
The unit has also signed off on FOI responses from other Whitehall departments – effectively centralising control within Gove’s office over what information is released to the public.
Conservative MP David Davis called on government ministers to “explain to the House of Commons precisely why they continue” with a Clearing House operation that is “certainly against the spirit of that Act - and probably the letter, too.”
Labour shadow Cabinet Office minister Helen Hayes said: “This is extremely troubling. If the cabinet office is interfering in FOI requests and seeking to work around the requirements of the Act by blacklisting journalists, it is a grave threat to our values and transparency in our democracy.”
Tory MPs rebuked over letter to judge in Charlie Elphicke references case
The head of the judiciary has admonished six Tory parliamentarians for seeking to influence a judge overseeing a hearing this week on whether references written in support of the former MP Charlie Elphicke can be made public.
The six wrote last week to senior judges, copying in the judge who will oversee the hearing on Wednesday, expressing concern that “matters of principle” should first be considered by senior members of the judiciary and by parliament.
But in a response from the office of the lord chief justice for England and Wales, they were told it was “improper” to seek to influence the decision of a judge who would ultimately rule on the basis of evidence and argument in court.
Fuck me!! And she's a government health minister
How many tweets has she had to delete now because they were factually incorrect?
Enough to be the next POTUS?
What a feckin arse! This just isn't stupid it is deeply dangerous .. I was going to say a resignation issue but forgot that bar has been raised incredibly high now!
Tory MPs rebuked over letter to judge in Charlie Elphicke references case
The head of the judiciary has admonished six Tory parliamentarians for seeking to influence a judge overseeing a hearing this week on whether references written in support of the former MP Charlie Elphicke can be made public.
The six wrote last week to senior judges, copying in the judge who will oversee the hearing on Wednesday, expressing concern that “matters of principle” should first be considered by senior members of the judiciary and by parliament.
But in a response from the office of the lord chief justice for England and Wales, they were told it was “improper” to seek to influence the decision of a judge who would ultimately rule on the basis of evidence and argument in court.
.......and one of them is his wife or soon to be ex-wife!!
SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:09 am
Fuck me!! And she's a government health minister
How many tweets has she had to delete now because they were factually incorrect?
That tweet is from March
Didn't notice a date. And she is still a government health minister
Just pointing out that IH was a little slow on the uptake on this one ;)
Tory MPs rebuked over letter to judge in Charlie Elphicke references case
The head of the judiciary has admonished six Tory parliamentarians for seeking to influence a judge overseeing a hearing this week on whether references written in support of the former MP Charlie Elphicke can be made public.
The six wrote last week to senior judges, copying in the judge who will oversee the hearing on Wednesday, expressing concern that “matters of principle” should first be considered by senior members of the judiciary and by parliament.
But in a response from the office of the lord chief justice for England and Wales, they were told it was “improper” to seek to influence the decision of a judge who would ultimately rule on the basis of evidence and argument in court.
.......and one of them is his wife or soon to be ex-wife!!
I wonder if another of them is currently in hiding, & accused of rape ?
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:32 am
by SaintK
Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:50 am
meanwhile...
You couldn't make it up really.
He gives a good party at his palace in Italy mind you
A trip Boris Johnson made to Italy for a party held by a billionaire socialite ended with the then foreign secretary at an airport “looking like he had slept in his clothes”, struggling to walk in a straight line and telling other passengers he had had a heavy night, the Guardian has been told.
Pictures of the now prime minister along with an account from a fellow traveller shed further light on Johnson’s weekend away at the home of the media owner Evgeny Lebedev, who is known for hosting uproarious parties for the rich and famous at his converted castle near Perugia.
Johnson has refused to answer questions about the visit in April last year, including whether he flew to Italy against the advice of his officials and without the 24/7 security detail usually assigned to the foreign secretary.
The pictures, taken at San Francesco d’Assisi airport on Sunday 29 April 2018, suggest he did go to Italy without a police escort. According to another passenger on the flight back to the UK, Johnson was on his own, seemingly without any luggage and very much the worse for wear.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:57 pm
by Openside
Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:11 pm
She is the sort of person who would unplug your life support machine to charge her mobile phone.
Hancock's former neighbour won Covid test kit work after WhatsApp message
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:06 am
by Insane_Homer
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:12 am
by C69
you have got to laugh at the way the magic Tory arboretum is being felled by their mates.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:16 am
by Insane_Homer
Bourne categorically denies he profited from his personal contact with Hancock
...
Contacted last week by the Guardian, Bourne’s lawyers flatly denied that their client had any discussions with Hancock in relation to Covid-19 supplies.
... However, on Monday, after being confronted with further details about his interactions with the health secretary, Bourne backtracked. In a phone call with the Guardian, he conceded that he has in fact exchanged text and email messages with Hancock over several months.
He also participated in an industry Zoom meeting in August attended by Hancock, Boris Johnson and several dozen suppliers in the Covid test-and-trace programme.
Bourne categorically denies he profited from his personal contact with Hancock
...
Contacted last week by the Guardian, Bourne’s lawyers flatly denied that their client had any discussions with Hancock in relation to Covid-19 supplies.
... However, on Monday, after being confronted with further details about his interactions with the health secretary, Bourne backtracked. In a phone call with the Guardian, he conceded that he has in fact exchanged text and email messages with Hancock over several months.
He also participated in an industry Zoom meeting in August attended by Hancock, Boris Johnson and several dozen suppliers in the Covid test-and-trace programme.
Perfect qualifications. Run pub and know Matt Hancock
Looks like an entitled cunt so should fit in perfectly
Hopefully the new chief of staff appointed yesterday may have the final say rather than the blonde slug's bird
Looks like an entitled cunt so should fit in perfectly
Hopefully the new chief of staff appointed yesterday may have the final say rather than the blonde slug's bird
If the Mail is going after Johnson, who is their candidate for the job? I assume Patel is a step too far for them, even if her politics align with theirs, so, Gove?
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:31 am
by Insane_Homer
Me thinks someone, recently departed from no 10, is orchestrating the Mail against his bint.
Looks like an entitled cunt so should fit in perfectly
Hopefully the new chief of staff appointed yesterday may have the final say rather than the blonde slug's bird
If the Mail is going after Johnson, who is their candidate for the job? I assume Patel is a step too far for them, even if her politics align with theirs, so, Gove?
Gove's too weird to win an election, even of just the Tory membership. Presumably they are aware of this?
SaintK wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:55 am
Looks like an entitled cunt so should fit in perfectly
Hopefully the new chief of staff appointed yesterday may have the final say rather than the blonde slug's bird
If the Mail is going after Johnson, who is their candidate for the job? I assume Patel is a step too far for them, even if her politics align with theirs, so, Gove?
Gove's too weird to win an election, even of just the Tory membership. Presumably they are aware of this?
Hunt is their man! They were happy for Blonde Bumblecunt and his Brexit Ultras to get brexit over the line but will now want them culled as they are too stupid and will cause more trouble than they are worth now, bit like Trump and his gangster mob. They are expendable. They have done what was required and shifted the balance of power but are not the ones to keep hold of it. Hunt is just as big a bastard as the rest of them but he is cleverer, more astute and more of the traditional Tory who will appear to the shires etc.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:51 am
by Sandstorm
dpedin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:44 am
Hunt is their man!
Pfft! Not even a challenge coming up with a nasty nickname for him.
dpedin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 9:44 am
Hunt is their man!
Pfft! Not even a challenge coming up with a nasty nickname for him.
A classic
Always brings a chuckle, thanks!
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:30 pm
by Hal Jordan
Also, Gove is the backstabber and although the Tory Party is quite happy to see the king killed when the time is right, rarely do they reward the executioner.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:36 pm
by robmatic
My money would be on Rishi. I know he was only elevated to Chancellor because he was viewed as inexperienced and pliable, but unlike many of his Brexiter colleagues he isn't obviously thick or creepy. I also don't think his ethnicity will be an issue with the Tory faithful - he went to Winchester College and is significantly wealthy so he is at least the correct social class.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:44 pm
by Lobby
robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My money would be on Rishi. I know he was only elevated to Chancellor because he was viewed as inexperienced and pliable, but unlike many of his Brexiter colleagues he isn't obviously thick or creepy. I also don't think his ethnicity will be an issue with the Tory faithful - he went to Winchester College and is significantly wealthy so he is at least the correct social class.
Not just ‘significantly’ wealthy, but according to the Grauniad’s hair-shirters, fabulously wealthy. His wife’s shareholdings in her family’s company, Infosys, alone are worth about £430m, making her worth more than The Queen.
robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My money would be on Rishi. I know he was only elevated to Chancellor because he was viewed as inexperienced and pliable, but unlike many of his Brexiter colleagues he isn't obviously thick or creepy. I also don't think his ethnicity will be an issue with the Tory faithful - he went to Winchester College and is significantly wealthy so he is at least the correct social class.
Not just ‘significantly’ wealthy, but according to the Grauniad’s hair-shirters, fabulously wealthy. His wife’s shareholdings in her family’s company, Infosys, alone are worth about £430m, making her worth more than The Queen.
How dare he.
Re: Tory Scum
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 3:03 pm
by Bimbowomxn
robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My money would be on Rishi. I know he was only elevated to Chancellor because he was viewed as inexperienced and pliable, but unlike many of his Brexiter colleagues he isn't obviously thick or creepy. I also don't think his ethnicity will be an issue with the Tory faithful - he went to Winchester College and is significantly wealthy so he is at least the correct social class.
You have a very strange view of the “Tory faithful” and who or what they are.
robmatic wrote: ↑Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:36 pm
My money would be on Rishi. I know he was only elevated to Chancellor because he was viewed as inexperienced and pliable, but unlike many of his Brexiter colleagues he isn't obviously thick or creepy. I also don't think his ethnicity will be an issue with the Tory faithful - he went to Winchester College and is significantly wealthy so he is at least the correct social class.
You have a very strange view of the “Tory faithful” and who or what they are.
I know at least one member of Rishi's constituency Conservative Association (who selected him in 2015) but please enlighten us.
