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

[beorhthelm]

I also wonder to what extent the sluggish performance of the German and French economies is as a result of their big UK market not having a pot to piss in.

was so close.

 

[TomandJerry]

Many UK cheese makers could face 245% duty from 1 January, making exporting unaffordable

A bespoke UK-Canada trade deal was going to open up the Canadian market to cheddar, stilton and wensleydale in a way that had never possible under a trading agreement struck between the EU and Canada.


But after a meeting in recent days between Britain’s cheese makers and the UK government’s negotiating team there is a whiff to Johnson’s boasts that would put a stinking bishop to shame.

Not only are the British negotiators getting nowhere fast on the terms of a comprehensive trade deal with Canada, but the UK’s attempts to at least extend a rollover of the EU terms of trade on cheese exports have been squarely rejected by their Canadian counterparts.

 

[nicko31]

The brass neck of the Tories 15 years ago claiming that 'Britain is broken'. I'm by no means Blair's biggest fan, but New Labour left behind robust public services and significant growth. The only achievement I can identify with this lot is that unemployment has remained pretty low within a no/low growth regime. And then you consider the downsides they've inflicted upon us: public services on its last legs, local government heading towards bankruptcy, Brexit, redistribution from poor to rich, no/low growth, and much more.
Those that have put an 'X' alongside one of their candidates need to have a long, hard look at themselves.

I voted Tory in 2010 I really didn’t realise in the noughties how good we had it.

I got conned by the Labour crashed the economy card by overspending, it was utter nonsense.

 

[Lever]

...and the prize for the worst politician of 2023 goes to......

 

[Machiavelli]

I voted Tory in 2010 I really didn’t realise in the noughties how good we had it.

I got conned by the Labour crashed the economy card by overspending, it was utter nonsense.

Well done for 'fessing up. I forgive you, because you won't be falling for it again.

 

[A1X]

Roll up, roll up, last chance to buy yourself an honour…

 

[A1X]

 

[Bodian]

"His spokesman brushed aside his comments as “an ironic joke” "

 

[jcdenton08]

Non story. Just a twat making an unfunny private joke with his wife and friends.

 

[jcdenton08]

I’ll add I love a good attack at the Tories but this is just another crap diversion from all the harm they’ve done to our country.

If anything, this kind of story is good for the Conservatives. Wouldn’t be surprised if they are leaking this stuff themselves.

 

[nicko31]

Roll up, roll up, last chance to buy yourself an honour…

Non doms bricking it

 

[Hugo Rune]

Roll up, roll up, last chance to buy yourself an honour…

The right wing smear campaign on Starmer (and as a result, defence lawyers) is going to cost a lot of money.

In essence, the Mail and others must convince the uneducated majority that Starmer and by proxy, defence lawyers, are inherently evil and corrupt and have no issue with the crimes of the defendants they are representing. It’s part of the whole ‘lefty lawyer’ campaign and is high risk indeed.

Meanwhile, a lot of that money could also be used to fund the super injunction protecting the identity of Boris Johnson’s half sister who was given a seat in the lords by him.

 

[TomandJerry]

I'm just waiting to see if the Torys put leaving the ECHR in the manifesto.

If they do then we will need a massive effort to make sure they are voted out of power.

 

[WATFORD zero]

The right wing smear campaign on Starmer (and as a result, defence lawyers) is going to cost a lot of money.

In essence, the Mail and others must convince the uneducated majority that Starmer and by proxy, defence lawyers, are inherently evil and corrupt and have no issue with the crimes of the defendants they are representing. It’s part of the whole ‘lefty lawyer’ campaign and is high risk indeed.

Meanwhile, a lot of that money could also be used to fund the super injunction protecting the identity of Boris Johnson’s half sister who was given a seat in the lords by him.

Well it worked perfectly last time

Who's to say they won't 'convince' the same people all over again

 

[Bodian]

Non story. Just a twat making an unfunny private joke with his wife and friends.

To an extent, yes. But this is the Home Secretary. One of his main roles is law and order and keeping people safe - including women. It's in the 'private' moments when people's real character comes out. He thinks that mild (and illegal) use of a date rate drug is 'funny'. That doesn't make him, in my eyes, the best person qualified to be Home Secretary.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Non story. Just a twat making an unfunny private joke with his wife and friends.

He’s Home Secretary … he doesn’t have a private life and that goes way beyond ‘an unfunny private joke’. This lot need to remember that they are public servants paid by the tax payer to do our bidding.

 

[keaton]

To an extent, yes. But this is the Home Secretary. One of his main roles is law and order and keeping people safe - including women. It's in the 'private' moments when people's real character comes out. He thinks that mild (and illegal) use of a date rate drug is 'funny'. That doesn't make him, in my eyes, the best person qualified to be Home Secretary.

It's not even a private joke though. It was at a Downing Street reception

 

[Hugo Rune]

It's not even a private joke though. It was at a Downing Street reception

Indeed. A ‘work do’.

Told to a group of women apparently.

I’d get sacked for the same.

 

[abc]

Everyone is so desperate to be offended these days. A stupid non story about a stupid non joke

 

[clapham_gull]

Indeed. A ‘work do’.

Told to a group of women apparently.

I’d get sacked for the same.

I'd struggle to keep my job as well. He effectively said it to clients.

I've been watching him for a few years, because I thought he was a borderline under the covers leadership candidate.

But there is something about him, the way he conducts himself on social media. A nasty vindictive side that sometimes comes out.

Appears to treat politics like competitive business, but that of a nasty photocopy salesman.

I come to the conclusion he's just a bit of a twat who is completely out of his depth, the sort of person you would learn to avoid at a Christmas party.

For Partridge fans, he's basically Gareth Cheeseman.