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

[loz]

Johnathan Gullis is the new deputy of the Conservative Party….the barrel has no bottom.

 

[A1X]

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Dickheads.

Tories delete Sadiq Khan attack ad showing New York instead of London

Footage of people panicking, designed to attack the London mayor’s record on crime, was filmed in a New York subway station

www.theguardian.com

Too late – it's already out there, seen by millions and – ironically – attacked from all sides. The first I saw or heard of it was first thing this morning via a 'suggested post' from that Tory-loving Dan Hodges on Twitter. If you're a Tory and you've got HIM calling you out, then you know you're in trouble!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I suppose the upside, as Rees Mogg helpfully revealed, is that the tory plan was as bungled as it was malign.

Lot's of elderly don't have passports or driving licence. And swathes of wealthy elderly who still plan to vote tory have no need for a bus pass and are largely outside London.

Their plan was poorly thought through. I still want Labour to bin the abomination of voter ID requirements on day 1 though

As a form of ID, old ones that they probably still have might be out of date, but they aren't exactly going to get any younger, are they?!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Dickheads.

Tories delete Sadiq Khan attack ad showing New York instead of London

Footage of people panicking, designed to attack the London mayor’s record on crime, was filmed in a New York subway station

www.theguardian.com

Surprised they haven’t suggested the Baltimore accident wasn’t a boat load of immigrants crashing into the Millennium Bridge.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I suppose the upside, as Rees Mogg helpfully revealed, is that the tory plan was as bungled as it was malign.

Lot's of elderly don't have passports or driving licence. And swathes of wealthy elderly who still plan to vote tory have no need for a bus pass and are largely outside London.

Their plan was poorly thought through. I still want Labour to bin the abomination of voter ID requirements on day 1 though

Expired passports and driving licences are still valid ID, although an elderly man I knew was still driving until he was 92.
Wealthy elderly people will still have passports to go abroad in winter for sunshine.

 

[TomandJerry]

The Jamaican government has joined widespread condemnation of comments by the Conservative’s party’s biggest donor, Frank Hester, amid concerns about a contract it signed with his digital health company.

 

[Pevenseagull]

This should have people in the streets.

But what do we all do?

We tut.

As a physically f***ed up 53yr old with CF, in need of both hips replacement (which isn't going to happen) .... Who's been kettled more times than I've purchased a kettle ....


I don't know anymore.

Sit at home in pain and moan I guess.

 

[TomandJerry]

Boat Race organisers have issued new safety guidance for the race on Saturday, warning rowers not to enter the water and to cover any open wounds, after high levels of E coli bacteria were found on the River Thames course.

It means the traditional celebration in which members of the winning team often jump into the river – which was seen last year when the Cambridge men’s cox Jasper Parish jumped into the Thames at Mortlake – could be consigned to history.


Instead the Oxford and Cambridge crews will be encouraged to wash themselves down at a dedicated cleansing station at the finish.

 

[The Clamp]

More than 4m hours of sewage discharges poured into rivers and seas last year, a 129% increase on the previous 12 months

 

[Motogull]

If a tory knocks on my door, they are gonna get it with both barrels, metaphorically speaking of course, on water pollution.

 

[rippleman]

More than 4m hours of sewage discharges poured into rivers and seas last year, a 129% increase on the previous 12 months

With over 70% of UK water companies in foreign / overseas ownership it is time that the water companies were re-nationalised. The profits "stolen" by the overseas investors can then be re-invested in infrastructure.

The Victorians were brilliant engineers and the fact that our sewerage system lasted so long is testament to that. But nothing lasts forever.

In Worthing, the majority of roadside drains are all silted up (I haven't seen the machine that sucks all the shit up for years) so how bad the problem would be if the rainwater was getting into the drainage system rather than flooding the roads and pavements I dread to think.

 

[nicko31]

If a tory knocks on my door, they are gonna get it with both barrels, metaphorically speaking of course, on water pollution.

Of course its not just the water companies, its the way they've ripped the heart out of the environment agency to the point they don't have the resources to provide proper enforcement.

 

[TomandJerry]

Minister claims Abdul Ezedi case shows 'credulous clerics and lefty lawyers' are helping people abuse asylum system

Andrew Griffith, the science minister, made the comment this morning in the light of revelations about how Abdul Ezedi, the man accused of being responsible for the Clapham chemical attack, came to be granted asylum.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Minister claims Abdul Ezedi case shows 'credulous clerics and lefty lawyers' are helping people abuse asylum system

Andrew Griffith, the science minister, made the comment this morning in the light of revelations about how Abdul Ezedi, the man accused of being responsible for the Clapham chemical attack, came to be granted asylum.

From the outside, how the judge deemed him to have converted to Christianity is difficult to understand when he failed to answer basic questions

The Church has been naive at times as well

 

[Hugo Rune]

If a tory knocks on my door, they are gonna get it with both barrels, metaphorically speaking of course, on water pollution.

The NHS needs a mention as well.

 

[Soton Seagull]

This popped up in a feed and tries to explain the last 14 years. It is an interesting (very) long read:

What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?

Living standards have fallen. The country is exhausted by constant drama. But the U.K. can’t move on from the Tories without facing up to the damage that has occurred.

www.newyorker.com

 

[WATFORD zero]

And yet still one in five of the electorate will vote for more of the same. I do wonder what is going on in these people's heads (outside of the tiny minority of disaster capitalists, people being 'awarded' government contracts, backhanders, etc)

 

[vegster]

With over 70% of UK water companies in foreign / overseas ownership it is time that the water companies were re-nationalised. The profits "stolen" by the overseas investors can then be re-invested in infrastructure.

The Victorians were brilliant engineers and the fact that our sewerage system lasted so long is testament to that. But nothing lasts forever.

In Worthing, the majority of roadside drains are all silted up (I haven't seen the machine that sucks all the shit up for years) so how bad the problem would be if the rainwater was getting into the drainage system rather than flooding the roads and pavements I dread to think.

I was considering writing to West Sussex CC and asking on their policy of resurfacing residential roads. Other than new/major roads I can't recall any side roads being resurfaced for a decade or more..they have just been abandoned for tge potholes to move in.

 

[The Clamp]

And yet still one in five of the electorate will vote for more of the same. I do wonder what is going on in these people's heads (outside of the tiny minority of disaster capitalists, people being 'awarded' government contracts, backhanders, etc)

Simple;

“What’s for me”?