coda Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, PompeyVillan said: I'm pretty sure Guido Fawks is on the banned sources list. "exclusive, exclusive, exclusive, exclusive, flash bang wallop, >> insult your intelligence>>, flash red and yellow, polarise and demonise, indulge in whataboutism, distort facts and ignore inconvenient truths. Exclusive..." It's an INVESTIGATION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I see Mogg is doubling down on the anti-civil servant stuff. Not sure anyone should be making him a minister soon or any time at all unless they want a completely disfunctional department. They could give him the Home Office, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I didn't hear it but this is Mr Grant's opinion of this morning's Today programme: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2018 The Rees-Mogg mask slipping. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Some lefty students protesting against an old right winger, then gammon faced old men start getting a bit punchy. Colour me shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Quote Despite their shares plummeting by almost 50% and having more than £1Bn being wiped off the share price after issuing a profit warning last week, a multi-million pound contract to redesign the House of Commons and the House of Lords has been co-awarded to the financially-precarious private contractor, Capita. Government documents reveal that the £43m contract was issued on January 30th, and seems to have been pushed through by the Conservatives despite huge questions being asked about whether Capita might be the next private government contractor to collapse after the disastrous plight of Carillion. Capita have been awarded the work to redesign the two Parliament chambers alongside 3 other private companies, BDP, Pick Everard, and Purcell. The news comes just weeks after Theresa May’s Conservative government came in for huge criticism after it was revealed that they awarded more than £1.3Bn of contracts to Carillion even after the now-liquidated company had issued the infamous profit warning which led to its eventual downfall. And now, Capita’s financial situation has become so severe, and the paralels to Carillion so similar, that government Ministers have been forced to hold talks with Capita executives to discuss the likelihood of collapse. Added to the collapse of Carillion and major worries about the financial viability of Capita, yet another preferred government contractor, Interserve, have severe financial worries after their debt almost doubled from £274m in 2016 to £513m at the end of 2017. Furthermore, just yesterday it was revealed that 30 police forces across Britain had been forced to spend millions of pounds of taxpayer’s money to bail out a private forensics firm, Key Forensics Services, after the company collapsed, putting thousands of legal cases in jeopardy. All in all it’s been a terrible few months for neoliberal ideology. The events of the last few weeks have proved that outsourcing vital public work to private companies is an incredibly precarious way of running things, especially when many of the companies involved appear to be completely and utterly incompetent when it comes to managing their own finances. Evolve Politics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 a list of donors to the brexit means brexit European Research Group it transpires that as an MP, you can donate to this group, then claim it back on your parliamentary expenses 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 32 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: From a link (Torygraph) on the linked article: Quote I set up the European Research Group in July 1993 towards the end of the Maastricht furore. It comprised Conservative Members of Parliament who were concerned about the direction being taken by the European Union towards becoming a federal state. The 'I' is the former MP for down here, Michael Spicer (he of expenses for helipad infamy). I am not suprised that his wazzock had something to do with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Tory led council running out of money and dozens of academies needing taxpayer bailouts. Just more chickens coming home to roost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 3, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2018 It's Labours fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chindie Posted February 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Like almost all Tories, Rees-Mogg is a word removed. Like Boris hes an old school Tory with gimmick facade hiding what he actually believes. He's an evil word removed and should be banished back to obscurity as soon as possible. Edited February 4, 2018 by Chindie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 32 minutes ago, Chindie said: Like almost all Tories, Rees-Mogg is a word removed. He's a funny one (not ha ha). I'd take a healthy punt that very few people would have voluntarily sat next to him at school - and that includes the teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 5, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 5, 2018 I had this idea for a Viz style cartoon strip.... Jacob Rees-Moog. The synthesiser that deliberately plays discordant notes in all the wrong places 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 9 hours ago, snowychap said: I'd take a healthy punt that very few people would have voluntarily sat next to him at school He would have been destroyed at any school where normal children go I suspect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatAboutTheFinish Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 52 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: He would have been destroyed at any school where normal children go I suspect. Yeah go on normal kids. Destroy people who are a bit different or don’t conform to your idea of social norms. String em up. One up for the state education system right there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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