bickster Posted July 4, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2019 It begs the question why go to a hustings, if you already know who you're voting for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Our Foreign Secretary is in the pay of the representative of a foreign state. Quote Jeremy Hunt’s Tory Leadership Campaign Is Being Funded By The UK’s Point Man To Mohammed Bin Salman Ken Costa, the UK government’s special representative to bin Salman’s controversial Saudi Vision 2030 project, is a close associate of the crown prince and has been described as the “linchpin” of the partnership between Britain and the kingdom. Costa’s Instagram and Twitter profiles show photos of him meeting bin Salman on multiple occasions. The Foreign Office confirmed that he remains in his role as the UK’s envoy to the crown prince’s beleaguered political and economic modernisation project. His £10,000 donation will raise questions about why Hunt is accepting money from the UK’s link to bin Salman after the crown prince’s implication in the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October. Two weeks ago, a UN investigator found that there was “credible evidence” that bin Salman was behind the killing of Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, and that he should be investigated. The damning 100-page report described the killing as a “deliberate, premeditated execution, an extrajudicial killing for which the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. It said there was evidence that bin Salman and other senior officials were individually liable for the killing. Labour is calling on Hunt to give the money back. The party has also raised questions about whether it is appropriate for a serving UK government official to be donating to a party political campaign... Why is this not the lead item in all our news outlets? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 56 minutes ago, peterms said: Why is this not the lead item in all our news outlets? Because they've got YouGov polls to publish that favour the parties of tax evasion. YouGov being founded by Tory activists of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 On the M4 apparently 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: On the M4 apparently Boris Becker? Probably is/was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 6, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, Xela said: Boris' Pecker? Probably is/was FTFY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 6, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 6, 2019 I see no-one has posted that over a 1000 Tories have recieved more than 1 ballot paper. They've been told they'll be expelled if they vote more than once. The very essence of democratic that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 8, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 8, 2019 What an absolutely loathesome bunch of bellends the Tory members are Quote Conservative Party members think Donald Trump would make a good UK prime minister. 54% back the US President as a potential leader, with 43% disagreeing. The poll found the Conservative membership, which is about to choose the UK's next leader, shares Trump's view of the world on issues such as crime and religion. Tory members want the return of the death penalty and believe Islam is a threat to the British way of life. The YouGov poll of Conservative party members for Channel 4, found that 54% believed Trump would make a good prime minister of the UK, as opposed to 43% who disagreed. The poll paints a stark picture of the views of the Tory electorate, on issues of crime, race, religion and sexuality, which is close to that of Trump himself. It found that: 58% of Conservative members would like the return of the death penalty.56% believe Islam is a threat to the British way of life.42% believe having people from a wide variety of racial and cultural backgrounds has damaged British society.46% believe concerns about climate change have been exaggerated.49% believe schools should not be required to teach children about LGBT relationships. Channel 4 will on Monday evening air an episode of Dispatches looking at Islamophobia in the Conservative party. Business Insider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Wrong 'uns to a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 8, 2019 Entirely unsurprising. The Tory Party is filled I'm alright Jack's and is more or less by definition anti-progressive and opposed to change. The only shock in those numbers is that they aren't higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Seems like trump isn't a fan of may is he? Looks like he is awaiting his mate Boris to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 10 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Seems like trump isn't a fan of may is he? Looks like he is awaiting his mate Boris to come in. Its all been building up to the inevitable... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, Xela said: Its all been building up to the inevitable... Celebrity deathmatch? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted July 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2019 43 minutes ago, snowychap said: Celebrity deathmatch? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 33 minutes ago, ml1dch said: Interesting choice of word where her speechwriter says "ally" to a Pride march. I wonder if either Mrs May or her writer are in touch with how loaded that word is becoming, and what it connotes. Or maybe she just wants the brownie points without bothering too much about the nuances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 9, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 9, 2019 Hearty lols at the suggestion that Theresa May is supportive of anything other than straight white middle class home counties god fearing missionary once a year on the husband's birthday Christian values clearings in the woods. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 44 minutes ago, Chindie said: Hearty lols at the suggestion that Theresa May is supportive of anything other than straight white middle class home counties god fearing missionary once a year on the husband's birthday Christian values clearings in the woods. Possibly unfair. My guess is she doesn't mind what people get up to as long as they don't broadcast it. I base this simply on her taste in shoes, and food, both of which are eclectic and more exotic than most people's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 The toad Johnson speaks the truth, for once. A rate moment, to be savoured. And his comment to be shared widely, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 There could not be a more perfect illustration of the ideas of tories. A select few preen at vast expense to the common purse, while sacking people deemed superfluous in the wake of their bad decisions. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/09/deutsche-bank-bosses-fitted-1200-suits-thousands-lost-jobs-london Quote On the day Deutsche Bank began making thousands of employees redundant, some managing directors at the company’s office in the City of London were being fitted for suits that cost at least £1,200, it has emerged. Tailors from Fielding & Nicholson, an upmarket tailor, were pictured walking out of the bank’s office with suit bags on Monday. Ian Fielding-Calcutt, the tailor’s founder, and Alex Riley were there to fit suits for senior managers in spite of plans to cut 18,000 jobs worldwide. Germany’s biggest bank has started the first wave of cuts that some recruiters have predicted could lead to as many as 3,000 job losses in London, where it employs about 7,000 people. Some laid-off staff were reported to be in tears before leaving the building for the last time. “Our timing was not great,” Fielding-Calcutt told Financial News. “I think a lot of the people getting laid off were traders of some sort, who don’t wear suits, and so we just went ahead as normal with our clients who obviously weren’t affected by the cuts.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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