[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[T.G]

Tories automatically condemn every strike by workers as 'militant' 'reckless', 'irresponsible', 'Communist-inspired', and 'greedy', and always respond by announcing more anti-strike or anti-union laws, which the Tory press cheer to the rafters.

Yet I have never, in my whole life, heard the Tories condemn bad, bullying or greedy employers, and threaten legislation to compel bosses to treat their work-force with more dignity and respect. In absolutely any industrial dispute, the Tories' default position is to side with the employers - while shedding crocodile tears about the 'suffering' public (who they will forget about the second the strike is over).

Yet millions of ordinary working people in Britain remain totally convinced that the Tories are on their side.

It's baffled me for decades! I have no idea why 'ordinary' men and women vote for a party that despises them. The media has a large part to play, but are people really so dumb?

 

[Peteinblack]

Tories want to introduce a law to essentially make it illegal to strike.

They know it will get kicked out of the Lords, but that's what they want, another culture war, another wedge issue, got nothing left in the tank

It's also intended to embarrass Labour, because if Labour refuse to support it in the House of Commons, the Tories and their press propagandists will cite this as evidence that Starmer and Labour are "the strikers' friends" and subservient to their trade union paymasters. It's all sadly so predictable - as is the fact that many voters will swallow this nonsense.

Everything the Tories say and do is motivated by their self-interest and scoring political points, and either setting traps for Labour or "owning the libs" rather than genuinely tackling Britain's many and growing economic and social problems.

 

[Titanic]

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Andrew Bridgen has been suspended as a Tory MP for spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccination.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Andrew Bridgen has been suspended as a Tory MP for spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccination.

Is this his second suspension, as he was to be suspended for lobbying for Mere Plantations with a financial interest?

Andrew Bridgen's five-day Commons suspension approved

Conservative Andrew Bridgen will be suspended for five days for breaching the MP's code of conduct.

www.bbc.co.uk

Are the suspensions concurrent or consecutive?



There again, who is surprised when he was admonished by a judge for committing perjury in a family dispute, in court.

‘Dishonest’ MP Bridgen ‘lied’ about conduct in family dispute

A Conservative MP lied under oath, behaved in an abusive, arrogant and aggressive way, and was so dishonest that his claims about a multimillion-pound family di

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[nicko31]

Looks like Andrew "Irish passport" Bridgen has lost for whip for spreading misinformation about vaccines.

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Is he angling for a spot on Geebies?

 

[Gwylan]

Is this his second suspension, as he was to be suspended for lobbying for Mere Plantations with a financial interest?

Andrew Bridgen's five-day Commons suspension approved

Conservative Andrew Bridgen will be suspended for five days for breaching the MP's code of conduct.

www.bbc.co.uk

Are the suspensions concurrent or consecutive?


They're different suspensions. He can't sit in parliament because of his lobbying misdemeanours but when he gets back, he can sit as an MP but not a Tory one

 

[WATFORD zero]

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Tory MP over Covid vaccine comments

Andrew Bridgen suspended as Conservative MP for spreading misinformation, the chief whip says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Andrew Bridgen has been suspended as a Tory MP for spreading misinformation about the Covid vaccination.

That lying under oath, swivel-eyed, financially corrupt, expenses fiddling, ERG supporting, Brexit Loon has turned out to be an Anti-semite, Anti vaccine, conspiracy theorist loon as well ?

I don't know what to say, I'm sure nobody could have seen that coming

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Anyone catch the Rishi political broadcast update just now? Despicable piece of shit

 

[Bodian]

More free money for Johnson

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...tm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

 

[WATFORD zero]

More free money for Johnson

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...tm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email

It appears to be only a small part payment of his commission for selling Brexit

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's also intended to embarrass Labour, because if Labour refuse to support it in the House of Commons, the Tories and their press propagandists will cite this as evidence that Starmer and Labour are "the strikers' friends" and subservient to their trade union paymasters. It's all sadly so predictable - as is the fact that many voters will swallow this nonsense.

Everything the Tories say and do is motivated by their self-interest and scoring political points, and either setting traps for Labour or "owning the libs" rather than genuinely tackling Britain's many and growing economic and social problems.

I read yesterday, there are 48 different Trades Unions, of which only 11 have any affiliation with the Labour Party.

How many companies have affiliations with the Tories, I wonder? JCB are even housing Johnson at the moment, via Lady Bamford.

 

[attila]

‘A minimal level of service?’
OK. Then you give us one too.
Enough nurses, beds, teachers and doctors.
No standing in a food bank queue.
Warm homes with proper insulation.
Cheap buses, affordable trains.
Child care which befits a rich nation
And papers which don’t rot our brains.

We had most of that, once, in this country.
We called it the great Welfare State.
Then Thatcher swapped ‘nanny’ for ‘welfare’
And Murdoch changed hope into hate.
We need a new plan for the nation:
Make the rich Tory press barons quail.
Fair wages and proper taxation
And send those who would dodge it to jail.

 

[Peteinblack]

I read yesterday, there are 48 different Trades Unions, of which only 11 have any affiliation with the Labour Party.

How many companies have affiliations with the Tories, I wonder? JCB are even housing Johnson at the moment, via Lady Bamford.

And in the 2019 general election, the Tories received donations of nearly £20 million from big business and wealthy individuals, while Labour's donations totalled about £6 million.

Plus, of course, the Tories get 'free' support from the majority of Britain's billionaire-owned newspapers.

The whole political system is corrupt, and rigged in the Tories' favour. If Britain was a country in the 'Third World', we'd be condemning it as a Banana Republic, or 'failed state'.

 

[Stat Brother]

It would be fandabbydozy if this isn't the only highlight today.

 

[A1X]

Oh nothing to see here, just Suella Braverman slapping down a holocaust survivor

 

[nicko31]

Looks like an amendment to the Online Safety Bill is going to carried with the help of Labour. With implosions on wind farms and house building the party is looking like an uncontrollable rabble with multiple factions fighting for their own survival.

Sunak may have a majority of 70+ but really its like he is running a minority government.

 

[The Clamp]

It simply never ends with this mob. Ceaseless bloody con merchants and thieves. To a man.

Nadhim Zahawi facing questions about tax payment

The ex-chancellor is under pressure over reports he will pay millions to settle a dispute with HMRC.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Dick Head]

I read yesterday, there are 48 different Trades Unions, of which only 11 have any affiliation with the Labour Party.

How many companies have affiliations with the Tories, I wonder? JCB are even housing Johnson at the moment, via Lady Bamford.

Nadhim Zahawi (who claimed expenses to heat his stables and is currently under fire for avoiding paying millions in tax) doesn't seem to realise that the RMT hasn't been affiliated with Labour since 2004.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Nadhim Zahawi (who claimed expenses to heat his stables and is currently under fire for avoiding paying millions in tax) doesn't seem to realise that the RMT hasn't been affiliated with Labour since 2004.

Er - he does. He is just smart enough to know that the sort of people whom that post will trigger are too thick-as-f***ing-shit to either know or care.

 

[Dick Head]

Er - he does. He is just smart enough to know that the sort of people whom that post will trigger are too thick-as-f***ing-shit to either know or care.

No, surely not!