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[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...
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- Jul 10, 2003
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Suella Braverman ‘used loophole to claim £25,000 to pay for household bills’
Gone are the days when parliamentary expenses can remain under the radar. This is no exception even for senior Tory MPs like Suella Braverman, who is facing accusations of milking the system to get taxpayers to foot her £25,000 energy bill. The home secretary has claimed for household bill allowances for five years, despite living rent-free with her parents when in her constituency of Fareham, the Mirror reports.Former Committee on Standards in Public Life chairman Sir Alistair Graham said this looks like an attempt to ‘game the rules to maximise benefit’. ‘She says she “fully funds” her constituency accommodation but does not reveal it is owned by her parents,’ he added.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/03/suella-braverman-used-loophole-to-claim-25000-to-pay-for-household-bills-18544809/#:~:text=The%20investigation%20by%20the%20newspaper,the%20rules%20to%20maximise%20benefit'.
No, don't look over here, look over there, IMMIGRANTS
And the terminally naïve will do as they're told
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
"You've blamed it (Dover) on everything else, f**k it, why don't you blame it on the boogie and then moonwalk directly into the sea you disingenuous, fact-avoiding, slurry truck of a woman"
Sam Avery killed it with this.
Sam Avery killed it with this.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Immigrants? Put them all on a barge.Suella Braverman ‘used loophole to claim £25,000 to pay for household bills’
Gone are the days when parliamentary expenses can remain under the radar. This is no exception even for senior Tory MPs like Suella Braverman, who is facing accusations of milking the system to get taxpayers to foot her £25,000 energy bill. The home secretary has claimed for household bill allowances for five years, despite living rent-free with her parents when in her constituency of Fareham, the Mirror reports.
Former Committee on Standards in Public Life chairman Sir Alistair Graham said this looks like an attempt to ‘game the rules to maximise benefit’. ‘She says she “fully funds” her constituency accommodation but does not reveal it is owned by her parents,’ he added.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/03/suella-braverman-used-loophole-to-claim-25000-to-pay-for-household-bills-18544809/#:~:text=The%20investigation%20by%20the%20newspaper,the%20rules%20to%20maximise%20benefit'.
No, don't look over here, look over there, IMMIGRANTS
And the terminally naïve will do as they're told
No, not there. Not In My BackYard
The Clamp
Well-known member
Remarkable.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
There was a skit in an old Charlie Brooker show years ago about imagining two monsters made of excrement battling it out for the right to smash up the world. It always springs to mind when I see stories like these two.
nicko31
Well-known member
Important to remember this was all largely avoidable. Again they take no responsibility for anything.
And John Redwood says the answer is holiday in the UK?
Exclusive: Government Rejected Dover Port Funding Bid For Extra Passport Booths
The cash would have paid for additional checks needed because of Brexit.
The Clamp
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Come to Britain for a holiday.
We don’t like foreigners
Public transport is more expensive than flying to Spain
A 14 hour queue to get back out
Food costs three times more than it did a year ago.
And for gods sake! Don’t get ill while you’re here, even if the hospitals aren’t on strike you’ll die waiting to be seen.
52% of Brits Can’t wait to see you in Broken Britain!
We don’t like foreigners
Public transport is more expensive than flying to Spain
A 14 hour queue to get back out
Food costs three times more than it did a year ago.
And for gods sake! Don’t get ill while you’re here, even if the hospitals aren’t on strike you’ll die waiting to be seen.
52% of Brits Can’t wait to see you in Broken Britain!
nicko31
Well-known member
And don't go in the water if its rained in past fortnight.
And so now "puffing billy" Coffey is "taking action" against plastic based wet-wipes but still doing absolutely SFA about the tons of raw sewerage being dumped in the sea and rivers.
"The government announced on Sunday that water companies could face unlimited fines for releasing untreated sewage into rivers and seas without good reason."
"Could" being the operative word here. The water companies, in order to protect profits for shareholders and bonuses for managers, have been dumping shit for how long? How many penalties have been charged? And has "puffing billy" realised that the fines will need to be significantly higher than the cost of treating the sewerage for them to be in any way effective? I'm betting not.
The government plans to ban wet wipes containing plastic but critics say it's not enough.
www.bbc.co.uk
"The government announced on Sunday that water companies could face unlimited fines for releasing untreated sewage into rivers and seas without good reason."
"Could" being the operative word here. The water companies, in order to protect profits for shareholders and bonuses for managers, have been dumping shit for how long? How many penalties have been charged? And has "puffing billy" realised that the fines will need to be significantly higher than the cost of treating the sewerage for them to be in any way effective? I'm betting not.
Plastic wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle pollution
The government plans to ban wet wipes containing plastic but critics say it's not enough.
www.bbc.co.uk
nicko31
Well-known member
The problem is the Environment agency has been decimated in the last 13 years. Just not enough resources to offer enforcement.And so now "puffing billy" Coffey is "taking action" against plastic based wet-wipes but still doing absolutely SFA about the tons of raw sewerage being dumped in the sea and rivers.
"The government announced on Sunday that water companies could face unlimited fines for releasing untreated sewage into rivers and seas without good reason."
"Could" being the operative word here. The water companies, in order to protect profits for shareholders and bonuses for managers, have been dumping shit for how long? How many penalties have been charged? And has "puffing billy" realised that the fines will need to be significantly higher than the cost of treating the sewerage for them to be in any way effective? I'm betting not.
Plastic wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle pollution
The government plans to ban wet wipes containing plastic but critics say it's not enough.
www.bbc.co.uk
Wet wipes thing a good idea, but why has it taken so long to do anything about it?
Me - I couldn't find my phone.
nicko31
Well-known member
Looks like Ofcom finally waking up to Tory on Tory propaganda on Geebies.
You really can understand why Johnson was so desperate for Dacre to be chair
You really can understand why Johnson was so desperate for Dacre to be chair
Ofcom investigates GB News over Esther McVey and Philip Davies' show
The media watchdog received 39 complaints about a programme hosted by Esther McVey and Philip Davies.
www.bbc.co.uk
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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I think what you'll find is that the tories have cut beaurocracy and unnecessary red tape
Nepalese guards airlifted from Kabul to UK now face deportation
Former British embassy guards arrested and detained, with some reportedly told they will be forcibly removed
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- Jul 10, 2003
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Nepalese guards airlifted from Kabul to UK now face deportation
Former British embassy guards arrested and detained, with some reportedly told they will be forcibly removed
Nepalese security guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan, and who were airlifted to safety in the UK in August 2021, are now in detention and facing deportation. One of the guards, Bam Bahadur Gurung, a 37-year-old Nepalese national, worked in Afghanistan for more than a decade, first as a security guard and later as a supervising guard at the British and Canadian embassies in Kabul.
In June 2022 he received an email from the government’s Afghan Resettlement Team saying that his evacuation had been “a gesture of goodwill” and that he was not deemed eligible to stay in the UK as part of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. On 27 March 2023 Gurung was among the group rounded up by the Home Office, then arrested and detained.
So we are now arresting, detaining and planning to deport the British Embassy guards in Afghanistan that we airlifted out of Kabul.
Maybe one of the few who are still defending this absolutely disgusting cabal that are in Government would like to explain the justification for this ?
F***ing ditches are too good for these ****s
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The Clamp
Well-known member
Come to Britain for a holiday.
We don’t like foreigners
Public transport is more expensive than flying to Spain
A 14 hour queue to get back out
Food costs three times more than it did a year ago.
And for gods sake! Don’t get ill while you’re here, even if the hospitals aren’t on strike you’ll die waiting to be seen.
Can’t wait to see you in Broken Britain.
You’re right. Ditches are too good for them.
We don’t like foreigners
Public transport is more expensive than flying to Spain
A 14 hour queue to get back out
Food costs three times more than it did a year ago.
And for gods sake! Don’t get ill while you’re here, even if the hospitals aren’t on strike you’ll die waiting to be seen.
Can’t wait to see you in Broken Britain.
Disgusting.Nepalese security guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan, and who were airlifted to safety in the UK in August 2021, are now in detention and facing deportation. One of the guards, Bam Bahadur Gurung, a 37-year-old Nepalese national, worked in Afghanistan for more than a decade, first as a security guard and later as a supervising guard at the British and Canadian embassies in Kabul.
In June 2022 he received an email from the government’s Afghan Resettlement Team saying that his evacuation had been “a gesture of goodwill” and that he was not deemed eligible to stay in the UK as part of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. On 27 March 2023 Gurung was among the group rounded up by the Home Office, then arrested and detained.
So we are now arresting, detaining and planning to deport the British Embassy guards in Afghanistan that we airlifted out of Kabul.
Maybe one of the few who are still defending this absolutely disgusting cabal that are in Government would like to explain the justification for this ?
F***ing ditches are too good for these ****s
You’re right. Ditches are too good for them.