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

[Bob!]

Can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet. Truly award winning levels of piss-takery here.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ndidate-to-replace-him?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Jonathan Ashworth, a shadow Cabinet Office minister, said: “Rishi Sunak caving to Peter Bone’s demand to select his partner so he doesn’t run as an independent shows just how weak the prime minister is. Rishi Sunak is too weak to lead his own party, let alone the country.

“The people of Wellingborough deserve the best possible candidate to represent them, not the product of a quick political fix. Only Labour can deliver the change the voters want to see and give Britain its future back.”

 

[clapham_gull]

Can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet.

Cough, cough. Few pages back.

 

[Frutos]

68% of the sample who voted Tory last time think the country is in a worse state now than in 2010.

Obviously its only one sample, but if its anywhere in that ballpark among THEIR OWN VOTERS they really are screwed.

 

[MJsGhost]

68% of the sample who voted Tory last time think the country is in a worse state now than in 2010.

Obviously its only one sample, but if its anywhere in that ballpark among THEIR OWN VOTERS they really are screwed.

Yes, but what percentage think, or believe when told, that it would be worse still if Labour had been in power?

It's never the Tories' fault you see...

 

[Cordwainer]

However bad it is under this lot, the world would be a far worse place without Sir Michael Take

(The former Conservative MP for Dorset East)

Typical Range Rover driver..parked on double yellows.

 

[The Clamp]

‘Boris bolt’: LBC bolted down guest seat to stop former PM dodging cameras

Seat screwed down after Boris Johnson had tendency to roll out of shot of webcam during tough interviews as mayor of London

www.theguardian.com

 

[keaton]

Not just Joey Barton who falls for dangerous conspiracy theories it appears

Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories

Exclusive: Documents show shift in transport policy influenced by unfounded fears about loss of freedom of movement in ‘15-minute cities’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I have been shouting out about the Tory idea of Freeports and SEZs for quite a while now.
Private Eye has also been publishing articles warning about them, but people still have to wake up to the implications.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Back to square one

 

[Machiavelli]

I have been shouting out about the Tory idea of Freeports and SEZs for quite a while now.
Private Eye has also been publishing articles warning about them, but people still have to wake up to the implications.

Richard Brooks is an absolutely fantastic investigative journalist. He's covered some of the key legislative developments over decades (eg PFI and now freeports), and revealed to those amongst the public willing to listen that they're being conned.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

£1 an acre. That's almost as cheap as £56.25 for a football club. Teesside Freeport

 

[Hugo Rune]

When I look at Gove these days, it’s with one singular desire.

The desire that he should fill in one of the two massive pot holes near my house that I have to avoid on a daily basis.

Do I want him out there with a shovel and tarmacadam actually doing the work himself? No. I want him to be the actual filling.

 

[Fungus]

When I look at Gove these days, it’s with one singular desire.

The desire that he should fill in one of the two massive pot holes near my house that I have to avoid on a daily basis.

Do I want him out there with a shovel and tarmacadam actually doing the work himself? No. I want him to be the actual filling.

Saves digging ditches!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

When I look at Gove these days, it’s with one singular desire.

The desire that he should fill in one of the two massive pot holes near my house that I have to avoid on a daily basis.

Do I want him out there with a shovel and tarmacadam actually doing the work himself? No. I want him to be the actual filling.

Proper oddball.

 

[Machiavelli]

When I look at Gove these days, it’s with one singular desire.

The desire that he should fill in one of the two massive pot holes near my house that I have to avoid on a daily basis.

Do I want him out there with a shovel and tarmacadam actually doing the work himself? No. I want him to be the actual filling.

Are you suggesting that he's suitably oleaginous to fit in perfectly?

 

[Bodian]

Are you suggesting that he's suitably oleaginous to fit in perfectly?

But he's so slimy and without substance that he would be absolutely no good to use to fill a pothole - he'd just ooze out again.

 

[A1X]

For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Hosking…

 

[nicko31]

For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Hosking…

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Good old CPFC2010 a match made in heaven

 

[rippleman]

Proper oddball.

He was clearly off his nut. Somebody should have given him a piss test.

 

[TomandJerry]

Conservative rebels have said as many as 70 MPs could back amendments or abstain from supporting Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill, telling the prime minister he will have “nowhere to go” if he does not toughen up the legislation.

A leading figure on the right wing of the party said at least three junior ministers and six Tories on the payroll, including a vice-chair of the party, had already informed the whips they were “sympathetic” to the amendments.