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How the most ill-tempered PMQs in years is being reported – politicalbetting.com
How the most ill-tempered PMQs in years is being reported – politicalbetting.com
This has been an ugly session of PMQs. Arguing with the Speaker is rarely a good look for a Prime Minister
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Labour making a mistake with this ban on second jobs. Looks opportunistic.
Never a bad thing.
Drawing the line is difficult though, since I think coward is closer to acceptability than liar, being much more subjective.
Are we close to a Ceausescu on the balcony moment? Getting to that time of year.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-internal-report-calls-for-reform-following-ps600k-missing-funds-furore-3371623
Cripes, one scrape too many eh?
That well paid column in the Telegraph must be looking attractive this afternoon.
Sadly that's an impossible task as Boris is starting to learn.
Queen seen standing and smiling at Windsor Castle
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1460953478994538505
A few Tory MPs elected for the first time in former Labour seats in the Redwall in 2019 had only been councillors before and never stood for Parliament before. Corbyn also was only a councillor before being elected to Islington North in 1983, he never fought a safe Tory parliamentary seat.
A few high flyers also get put straight into safe seats, having never even been elected as a councillor. Tatton in 2001 for example was the first election George Osborne ever fought, he never fought a Labour held parliamentary seat. Holborn and St Pancras in 2015 was the first seat Sir Keir Starmer fought and neither of the Milibands fought a Tory seat before David got South Shields in 2001 and Ed got Doncaster in 2005.
Utterly toxic, class A, contempt.
Today, on day 30, the trial has been adjourned because lead counsel for one of the defendants has Covid symptoms and is waiting for the result of a Covid test. Does anyone know what happens if he tests positive? Is there a chance they might have to scrap the trial and start again with a fresh jury?
[edit - I see @TimS beat me to the same point more or less]
Red'n'blue has always had the same underpinning, and works brilliantly until wife and mistress meet.
It looks like they just have.
Put everything on that.
Chile proposes underwater transmission line to export power to Asia
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/chile-proposes-underwater-transmission-line-to-export-power-to-asia
You would also still have those who have large trust funds and inherited wealth and who do not need a salary like Zac Goldsmith or Margaret Hodge.
Banning second jobs though would see a decline in high earning professionals seeking to stand for Parliament given they would have to give up their current profession completely and take a pay cut
My point was more broad brush though, the dangers of rushing through for political point scoring having unintended consequences. Like kill all sparrows and kill all flies.
To stop starvation Chairman Mao said kill all sparrows. So less locust babies eaten resulting in big locust plaque and mass starvation. And Chairman Mao said stop killing all sparrows.
I suspect it will all end in tears for Amazon. Their defence is that Visa credit card charges are much higher which is why they are banning them.
Seems a credible defence but they are allowing AMEX cards to be used and we all know they charge much higher processing fees than either Mastercard or Visa so if Visa want to kick off they have a strong base from which to do so.
Perhaps a little less sympathy with those who feel that MP's salary plus 25-30% of previous professional income isn't enough.
I have a Visa debit card and a MasterCard credit card in addition to my Visa credit card. It's not hard for most people to get a new credit card, or even a prepaid card, whether an Amazon gift card or a MasterCard/Visa prepaid card.
Visa are going to lose big unless they can convince regulators very quickly that it's an abuse of a dominant market position by Amazon - and even then I don't think remedy would come quickly enough.
Wife's USB charging cable has broken, needs a replacement. Goes directly to phone manufacturer - buy now link for new cable takes her to Amazon. We bought a new audio out cable from a British online electronics retailer - cable was delivered as a gift bought from Amazon.
I like my Amex but they keep reducing the cashback.
As the trial has gone on, I’ve developed a shred of sympathy for the chap. She’s the really evil one, imo.
I don’t know how either of them can live with themselves, though.
Also, pretty major failure of social services. They seriously fucked up.
Stripe has likewise made it easy to accept credit cards payments from just an invoice link.
"A government Minister just confirmed in Parliament that there are no minutes to the meeting(s) that took place between Lord Bethell, Owen Paterson and Randox as part of Randox being awarded £600 million of contracts without any kind of tender or any process."
https://twitter.com/AngelaRayner/status/1460966933285724167?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1460966933285724167|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/nov/17/boris-johnson-mps-second-jobs-pmqs-tory-sleaze-politics-live-news
It came as another political journalist, Isabel Oakeshott, described Johnson as “handsy” but said she did not deem it worthy of a criminal investigation.
The Conservative Environment Network (CEN), for which Stanley Johnson acts as international ambassador, said it was concerned about the the allegations, made by the former cabinet minister Caroline Nokes and the New Statesman journalist Alibhe Rea.
The group said in a statement: “We take all allegations of inappropriate behaviour very seriously. We have clear internal processes for managing allegations of this nature, and these are currently being followed. The alleged behaviour is not acceptable to CEN.”
A car rented by Bedfordshire police was the subject of a bomb scare after it was parked outside an event in central London that was due to be attended by the Israeli ambassador.
The vehicle had five of its windows smashed in by a specialist team from the Metropolitan police before officers realised it was being used by another force.
It is believed the Bedfordshire force had rented the black Nissan Qashqai but failed to display a police logbook in the window to show the vehicle was safe.
They’re both fucked. I just don’t get how a man could turn on his own child like that. For the love of a woman. Crazy.
Why?
Cos there aren't any.
Genius!
Tory MP ANDREW ROSINDELL interviews on MP 2nd Jobs and £20 uplift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1lXfl5S-4o
Blocking highways could result in fatal accidents and/or fatal or serious disruption to people who need to get about. If people want to protest, then they have the right to do so, but they also have the right to own the consequences for their choices behind bars.
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1d832424-61f6-4656-9363-fbf0a23c9683
And deservedly
Bobby McDonagh
@BobbyMcDonagh1
Frost doesn’t think it would be “helpful” for EU to retaliate if he triggers Art 16: “I say, you chaps. I’m planning to punch you on the nose, but I think it would frightfully unsporting of you to respond”.
I agree though, the length is excessive.
1. The Tories hated Bercow. I think Hoyle is about to stomp all over their view about "rules" in much the same way. There is now open warfare between the Treasury bench and the Speaker
2. The Integrated Rail Plan tomorrow is going to unveil a pig without even the application of lipstick. The growing wailing and gnashing of northern MPs is going to amplifty massively
3. The PM thinks the only defence against corruption is claim everyone is corrupt. Which means that he knows he has no hope of either clearing his own side of corruption or even covering it up. The game is clearly up.
4. The Ian Blackford "Look at the Gaps! The rebellion has started" comment utterly deflated Johnson. Compare and contrast his demeanour and tone before and after.
We can't even say its only one PMQs as this has been building for a while. Also listen to the questions asked - a long list of bad things and problems listed with nothing but waffle in response. There is a lot more than broken promises on rail that angry Tory voters can get fed up about.
He's off to the liaison committee at 3pm. This could be required viewing...