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ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

Hasn't this Government got form for this? If I remember correctly the EHRC Final Guidance was released on a Friday. Happy to be corrected if wrong.

Hence the Speaker's ‘once again’.

Is PB excited about the launch of another left leaning news outlet to complete with Novara, The Canary, Byline Times, PoliticsJoke and there may be others.

Can’t see what it adds to a crowded field.

https://x.com/zeteouk/status/2064226191305805851?s=61

For all those of you who want to scoff at left leaning news outlets, I am happy to provide the links below so you can scoff from really close up:

• Novara Media: https://novaramedia.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@NovaraMedia
  
• The Canary: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/ and https://www.youtube.com/@TheCanaryUK
  
• Byline Times: https://bylinetimes.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@BylineTimesTV
  
• PoliticsJoe: https://www.joe.co.uk/politics and https://www.youtube.com/PoliticsJOE
  
• Zeteo (US): https://zeteo.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@zeteo
  
• Zeteo (UK): https://zeteonews.co.uk/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOHj_IWpdA0
  

No, it's OK, don't all thank me at once...

Most left leaning outlets are unwatchable/unreadable/ unlistenable.

Rightwing outlets are far more informative, earnest and comedic (although contributors are often themselves devoid of a sense of self awareness and humour).

ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

My entire adult life governments have made major announcements outside the House, then Speakers angrily criticise them for it, the government apologizes, then they do it all over again.

Quite frankly I am completely bored with the fiction that we still live in a world where major announcements are made in the House. Hoyle may well be legitimately angry, he may be very reasonably angry, but this kind of reaction is performative and it's just silly that we keep pretending that major policy decisions are not or should not be trailed in the press or even flat out announced elsewhere.

The world has changed, and it is not going back, after 30 years of it happening (at least), I'm sick of it.

ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

Speaker Lindsey goes ballistic, Starmer is atrocious?

Faux outrage.

It's a shame the Speaker cared not a flying fuck when Cameron, May, Boris, Truss reduced defence spending from 2.5% of GDP to under 2% and commissioned Ships that leak, un drivable Army vehicles and completely stripped the RAF of Planes and Pilots

The Speaker is not Leader of the Opposition.

As for Tory defence cuts, the Prime Minister did at last get round to listing some at PMQs.

What did the Conservatives do on defence spending? They took it from 2.5% and cut it to 2.3%. We will take no lectures from them. They sat at the heart of a Government that failed our armed services. They cut frigates and destroyers by 25%. They cut minehunters by 50%. They cut the Army from 100,000 down to 72,000. They missed Army recruitment targets every single year for 14 years, and they left morale in the armed forces at an all-time low, so we will take no lectures from them on the defence and security of our country.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/3219CC50-6B6A-4F88-8661-9E71FDEDF276/Engagements

Labour, then in opposition, didn't really comment because they were going to do what we see now.

There are no doubt the odd good bits in the MoD's spend, but the French lending us the Bayeux tapestries surely could be a hint.

ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

Speaker Lindsey goes ballistic, Starmer is atrocious?

He looks a bit of a Dick.

Boat crossings down by 40% and net migration has fallen rapidly .

Farage and co just keep repeating lies which seem to be swallowed by their voters . As for Pochin she should STFU and stop playing the martyr .

Weather?

Anyway the down 40% must be the wrong kind of down 40% migrants.

It’s apparently not down to the weather but the media refuse to discuss it because they only bother when there’s bad news to report .

I think it is absolutely fair for the broadcast media to record high levels of small boat immigration under this Government, but a 40% reduction should also be recorded. Likewise, Angela Rayner's tax arrangements are fair game, but then so should Farage's £5m bung be up for scrutiny. Now I am aware that the Daily Mail, Express and Telegraph have no requirement for balance and because they are not a news outlet neither do GBNews, but the BBC do.

The BBC get round their impartiality rules by highlighting the front pages of the newspapers. The Mail, Telegraph and Express tend to feature prominently. The Guardian and the i, not so much.

ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

Hasn't this Government got form for this? If I remember correctly the EHRC Final Guidance was released on a Friday. Happy to be corrected if wrong.

This isn't so much disrespect, as sheer incompetence.
They're simply unable to work out WTF they're doing on defence funding.

FTFY

ICYMI the Speaker has gone ballistic this afternoon:-

There are strong rumours that the Government are going to produce their defence investment plan on Friday. That would be an utter disgrace and an utter kick in the face to Members of this House. I say to Downing Street that, under the ministerial code, it is the Government’s responsibility to ensure that major announcements are made here. This may be speculation, and I am sure it will be corrected, but I will be appalled if it is done on a Friday, given that Members have been waiting so long.

This affects all parties who have a great interest in the defence investment plan, including Members on the Government Benches. We all have jobs, and we all have people who serve in the armed forces. We must end the speculation and treat this House with the respect that elected Members deserve. Once again, it seems to me that we are becoming second-class citizens under this Government. I do not want that to be the case, and I hope that I am going to be proved wrong.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-10/debates/DA392024-5FAF-486E-9EC1-508DB9AF8B57/DefenceInvestmentPlan

Hasn't this Government got form for this? If I remember correctly the EHRC Final Guidance was released on a Friday. Happy to be corrected if wrong.

This isn't so much disrespect, as sheer incompetence.
They're simply unable to work out WTF they're doing on defence funding.

The Israel Defense Forces said its troops had “perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them” and that one of the soldiers had “responded with single shots toward the vehicle”.

Basically the IDF can just kill anyone they like and whenever they like and make up a pile of bullshit to justify it . The car was told to slow down and did and they decided they wanted their kill bonus .

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/palestinian-baby-shot-dead-israeli-troops-occupied-west-bank-new-footage

The most moral army in the world according to Bibi.

It's also a conscript army. See Russia.

Everyone of them should be tracked down, rounded up and shot or imprisoned

Thats what they did to Nazi Holocaust perpetrators, this is Genocide pure and simple.

Almost no Nazis were shot over the Holocaust. A few were hanged, but barely 500 all told. Most lived out their lives in Germany or South America, many of them quite openly under their own names.