Stop voting for fucking Tories

[Iain(bobbity)]

Great news for the Tory party. They don't fear Starmer, they do fear Nandy, Streeting, Philipson

Starmer gives them very little ammo, so this news is terrible for the Tories who banked so much on this. Must admit I was struggling to see how the right wingers would spin "no case to answer" as being good for the Tories / bad for Labour, so it's good to get that answered.

They will go for him on his support for a second referendum and the fact he campaigned to put Corbyn in No 10.

Hard to see how loyalty to a dire party leader would be turned around on them. Solid strategy

[PCPhil]

Great news for the Tory party. They don't fear Starmer, they do fear Nandy, Streeting, Philipson

Starmer gives them very little ammo, so this news is terrible for the Tories who banked so much on this. Must admit I was struggling to see how the right wingers would spin "no case to answer" as being good for the Tories / bad for Labour, so it's good to get that answered.

They will go for him on his support for a second referendum and the fact he campaigned to put Corbyn in No 10.

I don’t think anyone but rabid…remain……s….er not sure what they stand for any more…., give a damn about that any more. Cost of living, trust (amazingly, that’s what did for tories last time), desire for change. Things are different this time though unless Scottish voters turn away from the SNP using the next GE as an unofficial referendum. Basically Labour need to win England. Done before but complicates it.

[Iain(bobbity)]

Is more about the Lebedev liaison coming to light, or is older news still being regurgitated? That really needs to be a mighty last nail in the coffin - for all that diehard Tories still trying to distract from the current shitshow

Hopefully whoever gets in feels a need to stake the heart and burn the corpse and so releases the security services report that was promised and then reneged on.

[Lobby]

And of course it will all have to be ripped out as soon as the new incumbent is installed, as the whole lot is unspeakably ghastly.

It's horrific

When I first saw the photos I thought it was a joke. It’s eye-bleedingly, migraine-inducingly awful.

[Wrinkles]

And of course it will all have to be ripped out as soon as the new incumbent is installed, as the whole lot is unspeakably ghastly.

It's horrific

Holy shit. Her taste in soft furnishings is almost as bad as her taste in men.

[Insane_Homer]

Sir Keir Starmer cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers

That's one of Bojo's joker cards up in flames.

[Hal Jordan]

I agree with the thoughts above that Johnson will have convinced himself that this is something he can come back from, hence the staying put, but it isn't going to happen.


I wonder if Baker is the canary sent out to test the air by the ERG loons?

Paterson is gone, Rees Mogg is an entirely invented creature who will know he cannot be PM, but they will still want that direction of travel.

Baker's out there as smoke signals that the ERG/Fuck the environment cunts will go en bloc with anyone who panders to their fuckwitted ideology.

[sturginho]

Sir Keir Starmer cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers

That's one of Bojo's joker cards up in flames.

no no no, it's a good thing for the Tories don't you know (see above)

[Hal Jordan]

And of course it will all have to be ripped out as soon as the new incumbent is installed, as the whole lot is unspeakably ghastly.

It's horrific

When I first saw the photos I thought it was a joke. It’s eye-bleedingly, migraine-inducingly awful.

I could live with the carpet as a statement piece, provided the rest of it was neutral walls and a single colour sofa.

[PCPhil]

It's horrific

When I first saw the photos I thought it was a joke. It’s eye-bleedingly, migraine-inducingly awful.

I could live with the carpet as a statement piece, provided the rest of it was neutral walls and a single colour sofa.

Melania trump approves but would like to add some trees.

[GogLais]

And of course it will all have to be ripped out as soon as the new incumbent is installed, as the whole lot is unspeakably ghastly.

It's horrific

Holy shit. Her taste in soft furnishings is almost as bad as her taste in men.

It’s an odd collection of art. Or is the right word eclectic?

[C69]

Abe's death reminds us that leaders like Boris come along once in a lifetime. Its time to back him again boys

Abe was a corrupt right wing nutjob a very divisive individual from a political dynasty.
Sad end to his life though.

[SaintK]

Great news for the Tory party. They don't fear Starmer, they do fear Nandy, Streeting, Philipson

Starmer gives them very little ammo, so this news is terrible for the Tories who banked so much on this. Must admit I was struggling to see how the right wingers would spin "no case to answer" as being good for the Tories / bad for Labour, so it's good to get that answered.

They will go for him on his support for a second referendum and the fact he campaigned to put Corbyn in No 10.

Keep clutching at straws sunshine!!
We haven't finished with all the Johnson scandals yet, particulalryu as he plans on hanging around for a couple of more months

[fishfoodie]

Sir Keir Starmer cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers

That's one of Bojo's joker cards up in flames.

no no no, it's a good thing for the Tories don't you know (see above)

I'd be having a quite word with the senior Police Officer who instigated this bullshit, investigation, & would let them know their card was well & truly marked !

You expect this kind of politically inspired shite in the US, but the UK Police are supposed to be apolitical.

[C69]

I think the UK has had enough of so called Charismatic leaders.
Just like Trump, Boris has turned the voters off completely.
Changing the leader will mean nothing if the guys that turned a blind eye and supported Boris throughout his excesses are still in Government.
They are all complicit and the Public should remember that they are as guilty as Boris.

[Margin__Walker]

I think the UK has had enough of so called Charismatic leaders.
Just like Trump, Boris has turned the voters off completely.
Changing the leader will mean nothing if the guys that turned a blind eye and supported Boris throughout his excesses are still in Government.
They are all complicit and the Public should remember that they are as guilty as Boris.

Yep, hopefully the stink of this will stick to all his enablers. Everyone knew what Boris was before he took power, but they were fine with it whilst it benefitted them. No one can really claim to have been blindsided by his dishonesty and poor character after becoming PM with a straight face.

[GogLais]

I think the UK has had enough of so called Charismatic leaders.
Just like Trump, Boris has turned the voters off completely.
Changing the leader will mean nothing if the guys that turned a blind eye and supported Boris throughout his excesses are still in Government.
They are all complicit and the Public should remember that they are as guilty as Boris.

Yep, hopefully the stink of this will stick to all his enablers. Everyone knew what Boris was before he took power, but they were fine with it whilst it benefitted them. No one can really claim to have been blindsided by his dishonesty and poor character after becoming PM with a straight face.

I can just about understand them going for him as a short-term break the Brexit logjam PM but he was never going to take them job on those terms.

[tabascoboy]

Did he put this together in just 2 days? Bet he's been planning ahead

[SaintK]

Sir Keir Starmer cleared by police over Durham lockdown beers

That's one of Bojo's joker cards up in flames.

no no no, it's a good thing for the Tories don't you know (see above)

I'd be having a quite word with the senior Police Officer who instigated this bullshit, investigation, & would let them know their card was well & truly marked !

You expect this kind of politically inspired shite in the US, but the UK Police are supposed to be apolitical.

Michael Fabricant and the Daily Mail not at all happy and think that the local plod were knobbled!!!

I am surprised how Durham police decided not to fine Starmer and Rayner.

Many people will think that, as a QC and a lawyer, Starmer wormed his way out of a conviction while, in effect, blackmailing Durham police by saying: “You’ll be bringing down the leader of the opposition if you fine me”.

Many regular people will feel this is another Establishment stitch-up.’

[C69]

Did he put this together in just 2 days? Bet he's been planning ahead

Rebuild the economy?
Wtaf have you been doing as a Minister ffs

[SaintK]

Did he put this together in just 2 days? Bet he's been planning ahead

Christ he's as smooth as a bucket of shit!!!
Not sure any of the potential candodates can "unite" or "heal" the Conservbative party

[Torquemada 1420]

Rebuild the economy?
Wtaf have you been doing as a Minister ffs

Quite. So what he's saying is he f**ked the economy on his watch then.

[fishfoodie]

Rebuild the economy?
Wtaf have you been doing as a Minister ffs

Quite. So what he's saying is he f**ked the economy on his watch then.

At least he didn't say he'd crack down on tax evaders....

[tabascoboy]

Did he put this together in just 2 days? Bet he's been planning ahead

Rebuild the economy?
Wtaf have you been doing as a Minister ffs

Be fair now, I'm sure that the financial management of all those lucrative COVID related contracts to Tory mates for no quantifiable benefit to us plebs was a very time consuming priority.

[fishfoodie]

Quick out of the blocks

[GogLais]

no no no, it's a good thing for the Tories don't you know (see above)

I'd be having a quite word with the senior Police Officer who instigated this bullshit, investigation, & would let them know their card was well & truly marked !

You expect this kind of politically inspired shite in the US, but the UK Police are supposed to be apolitical.

Michael Fabricant and the Daily Mail not at all happy and think that the local plod were knobbled!!!

I am surprised how Durham police decided not to fine Starmer and Rayner.

Many people will think that, as a QC and a lawyer, Starmer wormed his way out of a conviction while, in effect, blackmailing Durham police by saying: “You’ll be bringing down the leader of the opposition if you fine me”.

Many regular people will feel this is another Establishment stitch-up.’

Keep digging Michael.

[tabascoboy]

Extracted quote from https://fullfact.org/news/did-Boris-Johnson-resign/

Seems to be no special reason why the leadership contest should last as long as "until autumn". Come on Tories, get your asses in gear and get this done

Mr Cameron’s resignation on 24 June 2016 saw him initially commit to staying in post as Prime Minister for the following three months. In actual fact, Mr Cameron was replaced as Prime Minister less than one month later, following a shorter-than-expected Conservative leadership contest which concluded on 11 July with Ms May elected as the sole-remaining candidate.

Neither Mr Cameron nor Mr Johnson explicitly said the word “resign” in their initial announcements, though Ms May did.

[SaintK]

Fuck me! They've scraped the bottom of the barrel and found this

Peter Bone MP to be Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.

[GogLais]

Ms GL had just come out with The Madness of King Boris. It would be interesting to know what boost, if any, it gives to Bone’s pay and pension.

[Hal Jordan]

Extracted quote from https://fullfact.org/news/did-Boris-Johnson-resign/

Seems to be no special reason why the leadership contest should last as long as "until autumn". Come on Tories, get your asses in gear and get this done

Mr Cameron’s resignation on 24 June 2016 saw him initially commit to staying in post as Prime Minister for the following three months. In actual fact, Mr Cameron was replaced as Prime Minister less than one month later, following a shorter-than-expected Conservative leadership contest which concluded on 11 July with Ms May elected as the sole-remaining candidate.

Neither Mr Cameron nor Mr Johnson explicitly said the word “resign” in their initial announcements, though Ms May did.

Aren't they all about to go on their well earned holidays?

[GogLais]

Thank God British PMs don’t have the right to issue pardons when they leave office.

[tabascoboy]

Extracted quote from https://fullfact.org/news/did-Boris-Johnson-resign/

Seems to be no special reason why the leadership contest should last as long as "until autumn". Come on Tories, get your asses in gear and get this done

Mr Cameron’s resignation on 24 June 2016 saw him initially commit to staying in post as Prime Minister for the following three months. In actual fact, Mr Cameron was replaced as Prime Minister less than one month later, following a shorter-than-expected Conservative leadership contest which concluded on 11 July with Ms May elected as the sole-remaining candidate.

Neither Mr Cameron nor Mr Johnson explicitly said the word “resign” in their initial announcements, though Ms May did.

Aren't they all about to go on their well earned holidays?

I expect to them that's far more important than the smooth running of Government and sorting out this clusterfuck

[tabascoboy]

Someone will do this for real...

[Hal Jordan]

So, Johnson's parting honours list?

Lord Dacre, obviously.

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Dame Corinne Stockwell?

[Raggs]

Someone will do this for real...

#GoNads

[Line6 HXFX]

Interesting that half the tory cabinet withheld their Labour to bring about change in their work place...but when the Working Classes and others do it they are considered the enemy within to be eviserated by every right wing dog in the land.

[ia801310]

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jol ... -it-again-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... an-PM.html

Love this quote

"Do us all a favour and stick to murdering urban fauna and separating left-wing fools from their money."

[C69]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/20 ... s-johnson/

Open warfare

Just press escape after the page opens to overcome the paywall

[_Os_]

Hmm, I'm not sure about this "more people of colour in the Cabinet than the Shadow Cabinet" claim. The entire premise is fucking dodgy no one should be counting or care, and unless someone declares what their race is in an established multi racial country (which the UK is becoming) it can be difficult to tell. That said ...

Cabinet: Zahawi, Patel, Kwarteng, Sharma, Cleverly, Vara, Braverman.
Shadow Cabinet: Lammy, Nandy, Gill, Allin-Khan, Mahmood, Debbonaire.

You're in a deep hole if you're crowing over one person (or frankly even multiple people). A bit ironic that Cleverly claims "The Conservatives diversity has been organic, based on merit and delivered without fanfare", because that's not true, they use it as a weapon in their culture war and mention it often. Meanwhile Nandy and Debbonaire are in the media a lot and I've never seen them mention their background/identity, it's just solid policy and substance with them.

I suspect the Labour Shadow Cabinet don't bang on about their racial backgrounds like Cleverly does, because Labour have somehow ended up being "blamed" (as in it has been portrayed as a negative not a positive) for migration that was happening before they came to power, plateaued once they were power, and accelerated after they left power. All Labour's fault somehow. I suspect also that Labour care a bit more about someone's economic background. Hence why 60%+ of the UK's racial minorities support Labour.

The Tory position is now that Labour is to blame for mass migration which they view as bad, and there needs to be more black people in the Shadow Cabinet which is good. These people are nuts.

[C69]

Hmm, I'm not sure about this "more people of colour in the Cabinet than the Shadow Cabinet" claim. The entire premise is fucking dodgy no one should be counting or care, and unless someone declares what their race is in an established multi racial country (which the UK is becoming) it can be difficult to tell. That said ...

Cabinet: Zahawi, Patel, Kwarteng, Sharma, Cleverly, Vara, Braverman.
Shadow Cabinet: Lammy, Nandy, Gill, Allin-Khan, Mahmood, Debbonaire.

You're in a deep hole if you're crowing over one person (or frankly even multiple people). A bit ironic that Cleverly claims "The Conservatives diversity has been organic, based on merit and delivered without fanfare", because that's not true, they use it as a weapon in their culture war and mention it often. Meanwhile Nandy and Debbonaire are in the media a lot and I've never seen them mention their background/identity, it's just solid policy and substance with them.

I suspect the Labour Shadow Cabinet don't bang on about their racial backgrounds like Cleverly does, because Labour have somehow ended up being "blamed" (as in it has been portrayed as a negative not a positive) for migration that was happening before they came to power, plateaued once they were power, and accelerated after they left power. All Labour's fault somehow. I suspect also that Labour care a bit more about someone's economic background. Hence why 60%+ of the UK's racial minorities support Labour.

The Tory position is now that Labour is to blame for mass migration which they view as bad, and there needs to be more black people in the Shadow Cabinet which is good. These people are nuts.

It's the same as Farage and Boris complaining about Elites.
Cognitive dissonance embodied and personified