[Watchman]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... s-24241434

Full on banana republic

[Andy McDandy]

At the end of the article, a party spokesman says that the alternative to this is parties being "in the pay of union barons". As opposed to actual barons.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... s-24241434

Full on banana republic

Only for a given shape of banana.

[Cyclist]

Some laws, apparently, *do* apply to Tories as well as lesser people:

The Conservatives have been fined £10,000 by the data watchdog for sending marketing emails to 51 people who did not want to receive them.

The messages were sent in the name of Boris Johnson in the eight days after he became prime minister in July 2019.

The party was also criticised by the Information Commissioner for a mailshot in December 2019 after concerns had been raised.

The Conservatives said they accepted the fine and had improved processes...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57343076

Just as well it wasn't £10,000 per email - they'd have had to get a few more closed businesses to donate to them.

[Bones McCoy]

Some laws, apparently, *do* apply to Tories as well as lesser people:

The Conservatives have been fined £10,000 by the data watchdog for sending marketing emails to 51 people who did not want to receive them.

The messages were sent in the name of Boris Johnson in the eight days after he became prime minister in July 2019.

The party was also criticised by the Information Commissioner for a mailshot in December 2019 after concerns had been raised.

The Conservatives said they accepted the fine and had improved processes...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57343076

Just as well it wasn't £10,000 per email - they'd have had to get a few more closed businesses to donate to them.

Or create one new lord.

[Boiler]

Some laws, apparently, *do* apply to Tories as well as lesser people:

The Conservatives have been fined £10,000 by the data watchdog for sending marketing emails to 51 people who did not want to receive them.

The messages were sent in the name of Boris Johnson in the eight days after he became prime minister in July 2019.

The party was also criticised by the Information Commissioner for a mailshot in December 2019 after concerns had been raised.

The Conservatives said they accepted the fine and had improved processes...


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57343076

Just as well it wasn't £10,000 per email - they'd have had to get a few more closed businesses to donate to them.

A mate of mine was on the point of doing this to the Labour Party, for the same reason.

[Boiler]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... b-pandemic

Eight years ago the government had a plan so good it couldn’t tell you about it. It wanted to scrape everyone in England’s entire GP records and put them on one central database, where they would be anonymised – well, sort of! – then made available for research purposes to third parties, including private corporations. And called it Care.data, which is precisely the sort of name you’d give to either (a) a plan to grab everyone’s health data and let commercial firms like Google use it without their explicit consent, or (b) a desktop folder with pictures of everyone in your workplace using the second-floor toilets. But it’s OK, because you don’t show their heads. You set the camera up so it’s just neck-down.

Naturally, this stuff is worth a fortune to private corporations. We’re back on the data now, not the notional pictures of everyone in your workplace on the loo. Which is a shame, in a way, because the data is arguably a whole lot more personal, spanning everything from mental and sexual health, abuse, criminal records, ethnicity, gender, drug and alcohol history … you get it.

[Watchman]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... SApp_Other

Twats!

[Cyclist]

So, Lee Anderson has gone on record telling us he doesn't believe black people matter. Lee Anderson is a racist cunt.

Brendan Clark-Smith not only thinks black people don't matter, but thinks BLM is an anti-white racist movement. Brendan Clark-Smith is not only a racist cunt, but an incredibly thick and ignorant one, too.

How on earth can a request to show a bit of basic decency to your fellow human beings be construed as making a political statement?

I'm not going to bother trying to understand these people, I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that they all have unfortunate accidents. The world will be cleaner without them.

[Boiler]

So, Lee Anderson has gone on record telling us he doesn't believe black people matter. Lee Anderson is a racist cunt.

Brendan Clark-Smith not only thinks black people don't matter, but thinks BLM is an anti-white racist movement. Brendan Clark-Smith is not only a racist cunt, but an incredibly thick and ignorant one, too.

How on earth can a request to show a bit of basic decency to your fellow human beings be construed as making a political statement?

I'm not going to bother trying to understand these people, I'm just going to keep my fingers crossed that they all have unfortunate accidents. The world will be cleaner without them.

Spotted elsewhere (it was about the placement of the statue of Edward Colston in an exhibition)

It wouldn't happen because the upstanding citizens respect their surroundings and whilst maybe not too happy about a statue of Nelson, would not sink to the depths of the woke liberal lefties. There in a nutshell is the difference between left and right.

Typical woke liberal leftie you are, Cyclist The poster of the above seemingly ignoring that it's his particular wing of politics that is now associated with political terrorism here in Blighty.

On yet another forum, a full-on Trumpian wackjob refers to BLM without a hint of irony as Burn, Loot and Murder.

[Bones McCoy]

Labour warns on next NHS England chief as Dido Harding expected to apply

Former head of test and trace considering throwing her hat in ring to replace Simon Stevens

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... d-to-apply

[Boiler]

Labour warns on next NHS England chief as Dido Harding expected to apply

Former head of test and trace considering throwing her hat in ring to replace Simon Stevens

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... d-to-apply

[Samanfur]

As I was saying elsewhere: was it just me, or was the fact that she stepped down from Test and Trace in April kept rather quiet?

[Boiler]

And you just know she'll be given the job, don't you? As a reward for all her hard work.

[Bones McCoy]

And you just know she'll be given the job, don't you? As a reward for all her hard work.

She tried her best.

[Bones McCoy]

Ollie Robinson: ECB 'has gone too far' in reaction to tweets, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57383097


All the Ollie cunts sticking together.

Hasn't Mister Dowden got important matters that demand his full attention.
For example: Not sticking his fucking shitpost-supporting nose in places it's not welcome.

The Prime Minister claims they're giving Covid their fill attention on a weekly basis.
You wouldn't want to give people the impression that the Prime Minister's a liar.

[Cyclist]

How long before this independent MP is welcomed back into the arms of the Tory Party?

The fact a Welsh MP has not quit after being suspended from parliament for sexual misconduct is "surprising", the former head of a watchdog has said.

An independent panel found Delyn MP Rob Roberts had sexually harassed a member of his staff.

He was suspended for six weeks and has apologised, but said he would "continue to serve" his constituency...


...Having lost the Tory whip, Mr Roberts, who issued a public statement apologising to the complainant and his constituents, will be free to return to the House of Commons as an independent MP at the end of his suspension...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-57361763

[Nigredo]

Ollie Robinson: ECB 'has gone too far' in reaction to tweets, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/57383097


All the Ollie cunts sticking together.

Hasn't Mister Dowden got important matters that demand his full attention.
For example: Not sticking his fucking shitpost-supporting nose in places it's not welcome.

The Prime Minister claims they're giving Covid their fill attention on a weekly basis.
You wouldn't want to give people the impression that the Prime Minister's a liar.

He was peculiarly quiet when Chelsea fans vandalized Churchill's statue last week.

[Watchman]

de Piffle has now offered his views............and they are exactly as you would expect

[davidjay]

But... politics should be kept out of sport.