She’s another one that isn’t actually a Tory, she just saw it as the easiest way to get power.
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She’s another one that isn’t actually a Tory, she just saw it as the easiest way to get power.
If Boris gets removed, I don't think it'll be any of his cronies that he's filled most of the cabinet with who gets the job in place of him. Truss, Patel, Dorries, Raab, etc etc are all too damaged by association. If Boris gets removed, it's because the party at large has decided he can't win the next GE. The same will hold true for his stooges, so any replacement will need to be a new face.
From the current cabinet, the one to watch is Ben Wallace. And then I'm sure there will be challengers from the back benches. Tugendhat has recently made noises that he'll put his name in the hat (while stopping short of actually declaring himself a proper challenger, he dropped the worlds biggest hint). And you can be sure Hunt will try again.
I have to admit I don't know enough about Wallace or Tugendhat to know whether either or both would be better than Johnson. But what little I have seen and heard, they do seem better options.
.... and that, of course, is the very reason Blow Job appointed them in the first place!
Lest we forget Boris Johnson was the man who, fearing civil unrest, purchased these to use on the people of London. From Germany, fittingly.
“Johnson bought the crowd-control vehicles from the German police in 2014, in anticipation of social unrest, without checking whether they could be used on London’s streets. In one of his most humiliating episodes as mayor, the then home secretary, Theresa May, banned them from use anywhere in England and Wales. It left the capital’s taxpayers with three expensive white elephants”
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Isn’t that Carries?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
In the meantime, a woman was killed in East London.
Baldseagull
Well-known member
The position is frequently available, usual just a 6-12 month trial period without the knowledge of the current incumbent but can become full time.
TomandJerry
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More and more delusional by the week?
Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed.
The UK prime minister said the "crazy, macho" invasion was a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and he called for "more women in positions of power".
Mr Johnson's comments come ahead of a Nato meeting where allies will discuss how to respond to future threats.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson has claimed.
The UK prime minister said the "crazy, macho" invasion was a "perfect example of toxic masculinity" and he called for "more women in positions of power".
Mr Johnson's comments come ahead of a Nato meeting where allies will discuss how to respond to future threats.
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Now is not the time to remove Johnson. It should have been done months ago instead. That was the time.
But given we didn't remove him before, he must go today. If not today, then tomorrow etc.
Every day Johnson is in charge the country sinks a little bit lower.
I see the government are now trying to ban free bets/free spins on gambling website.
Instead of trying to help those that have an issue they just and punish everyone.
In the big scheme of things, it’s not a major thing, just very annoying that they seem to want to control everything
Instead of trying to help those that have an issue they just and punish everyone.
In the big scheme of things, it’s not a major thing, just very annoying that they seem to want to control everything
darkwolf666
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Part of the problem is they don’t have any REAL policies, now that Brexit is “done” and just keep making sound bite decisions, that are often (nearly always) poorly thought through!
It’s the easy option isn’t it, as you say sound bites.
darkwolf666
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Yep, make a grandiose statement, then “move on” leaving those on the coal face to implement said unworkable ideas.
Over my 40+ years working life I have encountered this on many occasions, inevitably the companies have either ultimately gone bust, or the big ideas man moved on...
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Sorry to quote myself but I wanted this to be in context.
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Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Seeing as it's the 2nd time you've brought this up, could you explain why you think the two events are linked?
The two events themselves are clearly not directly linked. I don't imagine TB or anyone else is suggesting that they are.
Simply highlighting that the ludicrous waste of resources, sent to silence one harmless protester, could be so much better deployed.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Women in London have been attacked, raped and assaulted by police workers. The Met was even found to be unlawful in breaking up the Sarah Everard vigil.
If 20 police are involved in stopping one man making a noise in Parliament Square, they aren't doing their job elsewhere.
Policing in this country is done by consent. The Met and a couple of other police forces, like South Yorks police do not have public consent. I say that with a nephew in the SY police.
Here's a couple of examples of Met policing on women
A professor, Dr Konstancjia Duff was arrested on suspicion of obstructing police whilst handing a card to a 15 year old with legal advice on it.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/met-officers-laughed-used-derogatory-26038751
A 15 year old girl was stripped searched in a school whilst she was menstruating on an unfounded suspician she had cannabis
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...on-over-strip-search-of-girl-at-london-school
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Billy the Fish
Technocrat
I'm a long time critic of policing tactics and the met in particular, and I'm certainly no supporter of authoritarian policies like the crime and policing bill, but suggesting that officers from Westminster who are outside one of the most heavily guarded buildings in the country in a Monday afternoon could've been deployed to the suburbs on a Saturday night/Sunday morning in order to prevent a murder is just idiotic point scoring.
On any other thread the people liking and posting about it would consider such point scoring extremely distasteful. I think it's making you all lose your minds for the sake of having a pop at Boris Johnson! (See also comparisons with nazis)
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
On the contrary, I am having a pop at Pritti Patel and her evil policing Act which came into force yesterday.