[Bones McCoy]

Bravo!!

I can only add that the flotsam from this election defeat cannot be permitted to percolate retrospectively to the lords.

They will be part of one of the largest reversals of opinion in British history.

It's incredible that many will expect a lifelong role in governance following the disaster they've imposed on us all.

[davidjay]

Bravo!!

I can only add that the flotsam from this election defeat cannot be permitted to percolate retrospectively to the lords.

They will be part of one of the largest reversals of opinion in British history.

It's incredible that many will expect a lifelong role in governance following the disaster they've imposed on us all.

That's a point I've never considered before - with the Lords and the Privy Council, one you're in the government you're there for life.

[Yug]

They love there freeze peach, those nise torys do

The Conservative party put pressure on the BBC not to describe a claim by Boris Johnson that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile as “false”, the Guardian has been told.

The allegation made by Johnson in February last year prompted fury, including from within his own party, and he eventually rowed back on the claim.

However, behind the scenes, Conservative party headquarters was pressing the BBC not to describe it as a “false” accusation. The BBC resisted the demand and continued to refer to it in those terms...

https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... mmy-savile

Put pressure on the BBC to not say lying liar was telling lies.

Bunch of cunts, the lot of 'em.

[Spoonman]

Going by what I've read of him, I'd have imagined that if Lord Reith were around today he would have in the most polite way told this (or any) government trying to tell the Beeb what to say/not say to fuck off.

[Abernathy]

Going by what I've read of him, I'd have imagined that if Lord Reith were around today he would have in the most polite way told this (or any) government trying to tell the Beeb what to say/not say to fuck off.

You know John Reith was from Aberdeen (well, Stonehaven), don’t you?
He’d have said “See you, Sunak! Ya skinny, glaikit wee jug-eared cunt that ye are ! You can jist get right awae tae FUCK !”

[Yug]

Quick! There goes another one!

A Kent Conservative MP is to stand down at the next general election.
Gordon Henderson has represented Sittingbourne and Sheppey since 2010. He currently has a majority of 24,479, which he gained in 2019.

He made the announcement at his local Conservative Association annual general meeting on Friday evening.

The MP said he was was stepping down with "a heavy heart" having "done my bit for my community, my country, and my party".

Mr Henderson told Conservative members: "By 2024 I will be 76 years old and will have been working full time for 60 years.

"I have devoted much of my adult life to the Conservative Party."..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-64989524

He continued: "I believe the time is right for me to retire and let a younger person pick up the reins."

I wonder what it is about the current situation which made him decide it's time to retire?

[Youngian]

The Greens are breathing down the Tory neck for second place polling following a high profile week of culture war blather. No one predicted that one.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Matt Goodwin polls. Ignore.

[RedSparrows]

Otherwise known as 'If Labour were to give you cancer if you did, would you vote for them??'

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ha ha.

I think these polls might just be down to amateurishness in fairness. There's not really much of a Matt talking point in left-centre parties getting 72%

[mattomac]

They come across as a bit of a twitter poll.

Deltapoll had the Tories trailing by only 10 before but I assume it’s an outlier as Redfield saw no change over the same period as a couple of others had.

[Youngian]

We’ll await to see how many ERG MPs vote against Sunak but it’s surprising they’re mounting a rebellion. But Francois is a fucking idiot.

[mattomac]

Do they call this “Star chamber” simply because they are a bunch of vacuous gas burning away and sadly don’t seem to be dying out any time soon.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

It's a common phrase in the civil service denoting the ultimate authority*. Not sure what it means in these circumstances.



*Taken from the court of Henry VII to reduce the power of overmighty subjects, which met in the, er, Star Chamber (ceiling painted ooh pretty look at the stars and sparkly bits).

[Crabcakes]

I suspect it was suggested to them as a name by someone who knew that Mark Francois has a famously over-generous view of his own importance that’s inversely proportional to his intellect - meaning he would take it as a compliment to himself and his ERG colleagues, and that by absolute coincidence arseholes are star shaped.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I reckon that François sees Malibu as a sophisticated drink.

[Crabcakes]

He probably calls it “big boy bounty juice”

[kreuzberger]

He probably calls it “big boy bouncy juice”

Might make yeh a bit rapey. Allegedly.

[mattomac]

It was an attempt at humour

[Yug]

Right thread this time

Another runaway

Calder Valley's Conservative MP has announced he will not be standing in the next general election.

Craig Whittaker, who has represented the constituency for 12 years, said he wanted to spend "more quality time" with his family.

The make-up of the seat, which he won from Labour in 2010, is due to change under Boundary Commission proposals.

Mr Whittaker's announcement comes after a number of other Conservative MPs also said they planned to step down.

He said, when he was elected, he had only planned to serve for two terms.

"I only ever wanted to be a good local MP, not a career politician," he said...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-65033641

And to give you some idea of what a cunt he is...

"When I look at what we have achieved in that time, I feel incredibly proud.

"It is a huge privilege to represent Calder Valley in Parliament but Elaine and I have decided that we want to spend more quality time together with our family.

"On that basis, and with huge pride in what we have achieved, tinged with sadness, I have decided that I will not be seeking re-election as your MP."

He's actually proud of what the Tories have "achieved " since 2010!