Xann Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: it's Stanley Johnson isn't it .. that cunning mastermind who engineered the whole thing back in 2009 from his position of trust within the labour government He got the headlines and a decent sweetener right enough, but it's not really about him. This is about digging open ended holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 She’s going to want this lockdown ended pretty sharpish now. Imagine, 6 months time, she’s got two toddlers and just the one laptop between them all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Incredible that in the midst of a pandemic when crime is down and the borders are largely unused, the Home Office is still somehow the shittest government department 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Why can't we just investigate her? Enough with the probing imagery... It's always probing pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: It's always probing pp. It's a good job she's not called Diti Patel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 9 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Why can't we just investigate her? Enough with the probing imagery... It's always probing pp. As much as I dislike her i wouldn’t mind probing Priti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, bannedfromHandV said: As much as I dislike her i wouldn’t mind probing Priti I suspect you're not alone in that thinking. Hence it's seemingly the go-to phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, snowychap said: It's a good job she's not called Diti Patel. Oh, i don't know, she's probably really nice and would make a great home secretary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 A Tory story in 2 parts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 22 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: As much as I dislike her i wouldn’t mind probing Priti She's no Liz Truss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 30, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, avfcDJ said: She's no Liz Truss Oh I don't know, she's got the look of someone who takes it up trap 2 about her 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, bickster said: Oh I don't know, she's got the look of someone who takes it up trap 2 about her I'll happily put my vote her ballot box. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted May 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) My memory isn't what it was but is it usual for news readers when talking about the PM to use their first name? I was watching the news earlier and it struck me that the newsreader said Boris has decided to name his new born child (whatever name they have come up with I couldn't give a toss frankly). Did news readers used to say Tony has decided to invade Iraq or Maggie has decided to decimate the north of England or Dave has decided to do over disabled people. I can't remember past Prime Ministers being referred to by their first names. Edited May 2, 2020 by markavfc40 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: My memory isn't what it was but is it usual for news readers when talking about the PM to use their first name? I was watching the news earlier and it struck me that the newsreader said Boris has decided to name his new born child (whatever name they have come up with I couldn't give a toss frankly). Did news readers used to say Tony has decided to invade Iraq or Maggie has decided to decimate the north of England or Dave has decided to do over disabled people. I can't remember past Primer Ministers being referred to by their first names. Never in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Mr penis in slang terms might have something to do with it Why not when the U.S. president is Mr Fart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: My memory isn't what it was but is it usual for news readers when talking about the PM to use their first name? Middle name. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Conor Burns has resigned as an international trade minister after an investigation from the parliamentary standards body. Here were the offenses: 'This Report arises from a complaint that Rt Hon Conor Burns MP breached the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament, by using House of Commons stationery to deal with a purely personal family interest, and attempting to secure a payment to his father by suggesting he might use parliamentary privilege to raise the case in the House, with the implication that the complainant could avoid this (in the complainant’s words) “potentially unpleasant experience” by helping to secure that payment to Mr Burns’ father.' https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmstandards/212/21203.htm#_idTextAnchor004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: Conor Burns has resigned as an international trade minister after an investigation from the parliamentary standards body. Here were the offenses: 'This Report arises from a complaint that Rt Hon Conor Burns MP breached the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament, by using House of Commons stationery to deal with a purely personal family interest, and attempting to secure a payment to his father by suggesting he might use parliamentary privilege to raise the case in the House, with the implication that the complainant could avoid this (in the complainant’s words) “potentially unpleasant experience” by helping to secure that payment to Mr Burns’ father.' Don't really see why he needs to resign. Surely that's completely on brand for what one would expect a Conservative MP to do? I'd be more surprised to find one that wasn't doing things like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: Don't really see why he needs to resign. Surely that's completely on brand for what one would expect a Conservative MP to do? I'd be more surprised to find one that wasn't doing things like that. It's an interesting one. They justify the decision to sanction him by making an explicit defence of parliamentary privilege: 'Mr Burns persisted in making veiled threats to use parliamentary privilege to further his family’s interests even during the course of the commissioner’s investigation. He also misleadingly implied that his conduct had the support of the house authorities. Parliamentary privilege, particularly the privilege of freedom of speech, is precious to our democracy. The right of members of parliament to speak in the chamber without fear or favour is essential to parliament’s ability to scrutinise the executive and to tackle social abuses, particularly if the latter are committed by the rich and powerful who might use the threat of defamation proceedings to deter legitimate criticism. Precisely because parliamentary privilege is so important, it is essential to maintaining public respect for parliament that the protection afforded by privilege should not be abused by a member in the pursuit of their purely private and personal interests.' (from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/may/04/uk-coronavirus-live-draft-rules-on-post-lockdown-workplaces-leaked?page=with:block-5eafef8d8f087d47c7788ec9#block-5eafef8d8f087d47c7788ec9) In other words, because parliamentary privilege is the only reasonable way to circumvent the worst aspects of Britain's libel laws, it can't be seen to be being abused by eg Burns threatening to tell parliament about someone in a business deal with his dad. It's good that parliamentary privilege exists, but it kind of seems to me like maybe if we need to reform our libel laws we should just do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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