Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
There was a woman on the radio in the morning in tears about the state of this country. This stuff is badly affecting people now the chaos and drift.
Welcome to PB, Mr. Lawson.
Having reached the History of Byzantium episode in which Constantinople falls forever, I think it's fair to say that things could be worse.
I’m off to do a bit of doorstep research in Gorton tomorrow. I’m quite looking forward to it.
I’m also expecting it to be more positive than today on PB.
I actually think Kier is doing okay and while I’ll be canvassing for t”Greens I’ll be listening carefully for this scary cut through destined to overturn those evil centrist scumbags in power.
Yes, it's probably a three way marginal.
I thought you were still talking about Ghislaine for a moment.
No-one loses their deposits in a three way marginal.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
I can see 3 getting enough on board. After Corbyn i think leant nominations are gone for Labour. A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
I can see 3 getting enough on board. After Corbyn i think leant nominations are gone for Labour. A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
Maybe or Wes v Ed v Healey or Cooper if Ange falls short
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
I can see 3 getting enough on board. After Corbyn i think leant nominations are gone for Labour. A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
Maybe or Wes v Ed v Healey or Cooper if Ange falls short
Cooper doesnt strike me as being keen for the job. Might be wrong of course
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Labour are not good at politics
Wales are not good at rugby
I know
You can watch how big the mens penises are on the Winter Olympics on BBC 2, if you prefer.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
I can see 3 getting enough on board. After Corbyn i think leant nominations are gone for Labour. A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
Maybe or Wes v Ed v Healey or Cooper if Ange falls short
Cooper doesnt strike me as being keen for the job. Might be wrong of course
not remotely fit for it either , she is crap, can you imagine her on the world stage. We would be an even bigger laughing stock than we are now which is difficult.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Labour are not good at politics
Wales are not good at rugby
I know
You can watch how big the mens penises are on the Winter Olympics on BBC 2, if you prefer.
At 82 not my scene though never was - watching Newcastle v Brentford
Must be a good chance of some fresh Mandy juice for the Sundays. A few old stories getting dusted off
I am expecting some non Mandy Epstein revelations this weekend.
Political, royal or celebrity?
All three but mostly royal.
So Randy not Mandy?
Yah, but it has the potential to drag in others.
All I'm going to do is post this from 2011.
Last year's Wikileaks disclosures featured an American ambassador criticising the prince's boorish remarks to businessmen during a lunch in Kyrgyzstan, during which he attacked a British Serious Fraud Office investigation into corruption.
His regular trips to Kazakhstan and friendship with Timor Kulibayev, the president's son-in-law, also aroused adverse comment, especially when Kulibayev purchased Sunninghill Park near Ascot, given by the Queen to Andrew and Ferguson following their marriage, for £15m, £3m more than the asking price.
Further doubts were raised about Andrew's position in the wake of a Guardian report about him entertaining the son-in-law of the ousted Tunisian president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, at Buckingham Palace.
Following the revelations in March, the prince was called in to Buckingham Palace for talks with his mother and government ministers were said to be sufficiently exasperated to cast around for a new job for him.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Where potential successors stand at the end of a torrid week for PM
— Burnham supporters given up on him getting a seat under this leadership despite another GM one rumoured to become vacant soon — Some still on the Wes train & insist he understands deep rethink required – but others say Streeting too damaged by Mandelson scandal — There’s ‘Al-mentum’ behind Carns – but total lack of experience. He “would be a more right-wing PM than Thatcher” reckons one MP — Rayner still in lead but frozen by HMRC & some supporters worry about her “credibility” even after it wraps up — other options floated by soft left include Lucy Powell, Ed Miliband — surprise idea: John Healey as a “unifying figure” post-May
The holders of the Great Offices of State don't even get a mention.
I think Mahmood would be more than capable, but too many of the membership would have palpitations.
I think Mahmood might be very good. In betting terms, not WRT my own views, when you consider how it has given problems to a quite mainstream moderate evangelical like Tim Farron, occupying a small party leader position, is the party/country yet ready for a very committed Muslim PM? Do we have depth insight into exactly where she is on a few issues where mainstream Islamic opinion and majority UK opinion (ignoring all extremes) come into a degree of conflict?
My headcanon says this
Streeting = New Labour and the preferred candidate of the Blairites
Mahmood = Blue Labour and the preferred candidate of the Glasmanites
Rayner = Old Labour and the preferred candidate of the progressive left, soft left and (by elimination) the Corbynites
The Blairites have the money and will produce polls saying exactly what they want them to, so we can't discount him. Blue Labour are influential but don't have a power base, at least not yet. Rayner has the soul of the party and the MPs. So I figure Mahmood will come third and then it's a scrap between Streeting and Rayner. If it goes to the membership Rayner will win. (I forget the rules of Labour leader elections).
You need 81 MPs to nominate you, Streeting would get that but Rayner less clear?
There are 400-ish Labour MPs so Rayner needs 1 in 5. Sounds doable.
We will see, however all the new elected Labour MPs in 2024, gaining seats from the Tories and SNP or replacing MPs standing down, only got on the approved Labour candidates list from the NEC as they were Starmer loyalists
I can see 3 getting enough on board. After Corbyn i think leant nominations are gone for Labour. A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
Maybe or Wes v Ed v Healey or Cooper if Ange falls short
Cooper doesnt strike me as being keen for the job. Might be wrong of course
not remotely fit for it either , she is crap, can you imagine her on the world stage. We would be an even bigger laughing stock than we are now which is difficult.
We are not as I would like us to be Malcolm, thats for sure
In the event Starmer resigns what are the rules to nominate his successors or does 81 still apply ?
Cabinet appoints an interim leader.
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
3 absolute duffers with lammy rivalling Cooper as biggest duffer of all time.
Unless it was Lammy who made the Trump deals, and not Mandelson. Lammy got Starmer a D-Day invitation (when Rishi bailed) and hit it off with JD Vance. Lammy might not have been to Cambridge but he did go to Harvard which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Labour are not good at politics
Wales are not good at rugby
I know
It's sad. I'm glad my father and uncle aren't alive to see this. Particularly the former.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
In the event Starmer resigns what are the rules to nominate his successors or does 81 still apply ?
Cabinet appoints an interim leader.
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
3 absolute duffers with lammy rivalling Cooper as biggest duffer of all time.
Unless it was Lammy who made the Trump deals, and not Mandelson. Lammy got Starmer a D-Day invitation (when Rishi bailed) and hit it off with JD Vance. Lammy might not have been to Cambridge but he did go to Harvard which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He's also a thin skinned boor who lacks the composure to be PM. Watching him deputise at PMQs was embarrassing and he allows himself to be rattled too easily.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Labour are not good at politics
Wales are not good at rugby
I know
It's sad. I'm glad my father and uncle aren't alive to see this. Particularly the former.
They need one win on the board this year. I am not sure where it comes from.
I wouldn't have gone with Tandy. I would have gone Edwards.
There is no depth, there is no schools rugby except the public schools and the rugby academies like Cowbridge and Whitchurch. It was played in every comp fifteen years ago.
In the event Starmer resigns what are the rules to nominate his successors or does 81 still apply ?
Cabinet appoints an interim leader.
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
3 absolute duffers with lammy rivalling Cooper as biggest duffer of all time.
Unless it was Lammy who made the Trump deals, and not Mandelson. Lammy got Starmer a D-Day invitation (when Rishi bailed) and hit it off with JD Vance. Lammy might not have been to Cambridge but he did go to Harvard which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He's also a thin skinned boor who lacks the composure to be PM. Watching him deputise at PMQs was embarrassing and he allows himself to be rattled too easily.
You mean he used to raise his voice and eviscerate Jenrick, Philp or Pritti of Tel Aviv
Tatcher and Major were too old. We can discount Sunak and Brown and May straight away. That leaves us with, what? Blair? Cameron? Truss?
thinks for a minute...
Oh goodness, it's Boris isn't it?
Ghislaine Maxwell & Johnson attended the same Oxford college (Balliol) at the same time. It’s most likely to be Johnson out of the available candidates.
Not sure a threesome involving Johnson is going to raise many eyebrows though. “Boris Johnson likes sex” is not exactly news is it?
But it's not the threesome bit that is scandalous, it's his judgement of character that he did with Ghislaine Maxwell. Boris Johnson being a bad judge of character is... oh, yeah, also not exactly news.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Yes, odd from a deputy leader with ambitions. 'Only voting Labour can prevent a Reform win' (ie at G and D) is untrue and known to be untrue in advance - it is clear that Green might win and that voting Labour might let Reform sneak past. And if it proves untrue after as well then it is desperate vaingloriousness.
Lucy Powell asking the Greens to stand aside for Labour in G&D
This by-election is bigger than day to day politics. It’s about stopping Reform’s toxic politics coming to my city. The Greens misleading claims, dodgy bar charts & briefings risk letting them in the back door. Only voting Labour can defeat Reform. My letter to @ZackPolanski 👇🏻
Sounds like b*******. And she expects to be the next PM?
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
Labour are not good at politics
Wales are not good at rugby
I know
It's sad. I'm glad my father and uncle aren't alive to see this. Particularly the former.
They need one win on the board this year. I am not sure where it comes from.
I wouldn't have gone with Tandy. I would have gone Edwards.
There is no depth, there is no schools rugby except the public schools and the rugby academies like Cowbridge and Whitchurch. It was played in every comp fifteen years ago.
It's shows how much Gatland had them over peer forming to be the best in Europe for the best part of a decade.
The disintegration of the grass roots has killed them.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
We'll hope fully we can see the Russian Report and the Mone Report and the full outcome of the Covid Enquiry failings and corruption.
Why because that's 100 times more relevant to 90% of the population
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Who are you purging? There's no evidence that Mandelson's possibly illegal behaviours involved any other UK politicians. Starmer made a mistake appointing him as US ambassador, but that appears to be incompetence, not dodginess. Do you have anything to suggest Brown was dodgy? He was a poor PM, but dodgy?
In the event Starmer resigns what are the rules to nominate his successors or does 81 still apply ?
Cabinet appoints an interim leader.
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
3 absolute duffers with lammy rivalling Cooper as biggest duffer of all time.
Unless it was Lammy who made the Trump deals, and not Mandelson. Lammy got Starmer a D-Day invitation (when Rishi bailed) and hit it off with JD Vance. Lammy might not have been to Cambridge but he did go to Harvard which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He's also a thin skinned boor who lacks the composure to be PM. Watching him deputise at PMQs was embarrassing and he allows himself to be rattled too easily.
You mean he used to raise his voice and eviscerate Jenrick, Philp or Pritti of Tel Aviv
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
We'll hope fully we can see the Russian Report and the Mone Report and the full outcome of the Covid Enquiry failings and corruption.
Why because that's 100 times more relevant to 90% of the population
Whataboutery is not going to cut ths mustard on this as much as you try
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Who are you purging? There's no evidence that Mandelson's possibly illegal behaviours involved any other UK politicians. Starmer made a mistake appointing him as US ambassador, but that appears to be incompetence, not dodginess. Do you have anything to suggest Brown was dodgy? He was a poor PM, but dodgy?
Well time will tell who gets purged when the reams of documents come out on Epstein and the Mandy affair too. (But let the chips fall where they may) With Brown (whos expenses greed should have seen him defenestrated) i said i would enjoy it, so no, i have no specific accusation, just hopes, but given Mandelson possibly faces misconduct in public office charges i think the chances of the guy who brought him back to save his own skin escaping with his reputation intact are slim, hence hes out on the front foot imo trying to get ahead of it
Maybe only Leon can confirm, or opine on, but does the least file release confirm or dispel pizzagate.
Speaking of confirming or dispelling things, should we not now be seeing a lot more about Trump? The files will have now been scoured by every online-savvy anti-Trump person in the world, over a period of several days. No smoking gun?
In the event Starmer resigns what are the rules to nominate his successors or does 81 still apply ?
Cabinet appoints an interim leader.
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
3 absolute duffers with lammy rivalling Cooper as biggest duffer of all time.
Unless it was Lammy who made the Trump deals, and not Mandelson. Lammy got Starmer a D-Day invitation (when Rishi bailed) and hit it off with JD Vance. Lammy might not have been to Cambridge but he did go to Harvard which is in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He's also a thin skinned boor who lacks the composure to be PM. Watching him deputise at PMQs was embarrassing and he allows himself to be rattled too easily.
You mean he used to raise his voice and eviscerate Jenrick, Philp or Pritti of Tel Aviv
He allowed himself to lose his temper when being questioned by the expert inquisitor that is James Cartlidge. If it wasn't for Cartlidge's incompetence then he would have been trapped into telling the House at lie. That's not the kind of temperament the PM should have.
Maybe only Leon can confirm, or opine on, but does the least file release confirm or dispel pizzagate.
Speaking of confirming or dispelling things, should we not now be seeing a lot more about Trump? The files will have now been scoured by every online-savvy anti-Trump person in the world, over a period of several days. No smoking gun?
Of course not. If there was anything serious about Trump it would have found its way out of Biden’s DOJ before the election.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
Yep. If the Tories are wrong uns then the grinder of neat awaits. Burn it all down
Maybe only Leon can confirm, or opine on, but does the least file release confirm or dispel pizzagate.
Speaking of confirming or dispelling things, should we not now be seeing a lot more about Trump? The files will have now been scoured by every online-savvy anti-Trump person in the world, over a period of several days. No smoking gun?
The files were released by Trump's administration. They appear to have (illegally) censored Trump's name in places. We don't know whether they've held Trump-related material back. Trump is still mentioned more times in the files than practically anyone else being talked about. There are some specific accusations in the files related to Trump that may be false: there are some fantastical claims that appear to be pranks or delusional. There are some other accusations that may be true. Trump's reaction whenever he's asked about the files may be telling. But, no, there is no smoking gun.
Maybe only Leon can confirm, or opine on, but does the least file release confirm or dispel pizzagate.
Speaking of confirming or dispelling things, should we not now be seeing a lot more about Trump? The files will have now been scoured by every online-savvy anti-Trump person in the world, over a period of several days. No smoking gun?
Of course not. If there was anything serious about Trump it would have found its way out of Biden’s DOJ before the election.
No, because Biden's DoJ were professional and took ethics seriously. Not like Trump's DoJ, who are carrying out zero Epstein-related investigations, but still trying to dig up dirt on people ICE shoot or people who have annoyed Trump.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
Yep. If the Tories are wrong uns then the grinder of neat awaits. Burn it all down
And replace it with what, exactly?
The "problem" isn't Mandelson, it's a power-political system which enabled and supported Mandelson and those like him over a 40 year period.
The potential for corruption has always existed and will always exist.
Maybe only Leon can confirm, or opine on, but does the least file release confirm or dispel pizzagate.
Speaking of confirming or dispelling things, should we not now be seeing a lot more about Trump? The files will have now been scoured by every online-savvy anti-Trump person in the world, over a period of several days. No smoking gun?
Apart from the one about him raping 13 year olds, which was rather hurriedly removed, no.
There are however quite a lot that have either not been released or been apparently randomly redacted.
Trump associates mentioned in the Epstein files also include:
Steve Bannon Tom Barrack (ambassador to Turkey and Trump fundraiser) David Schoen (lawyer for Trump) Melania Trump Howard Lutnick (Commerce Secretary) Mehmet Oz (administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Elon Musk Peter Thiel
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
We'll hope fully we can see the Russian Report and the Mone Report and the full outcome of the Covid Enquiry failings and corruption.
Why because that's 100 times more relevant to 90% of the population
The so called Russian report is supposed to be into foreign influence into our politics. It is merely going to be a partisan stitch up to attack labours opponents happily coming out before the locals. Will the stuff about Mandelson be dealt with, or Johnson and his meetings with Lebedev, or the influence of the Chinese and the collapsed court case or Labour and the Tories relationship with Israel. I doubt it. I also suspect the Covid enquiry will be a pointless blame apportioning excercise when it should be about properly learning lessons for the future.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
Yep. If the Tories are wrong uns then the grinder of neat awaits. Burn it all down
And replace it with what, exactly?
The "problem" isn't Mandelson, it's a power-political system which enabled and supported Mandelson and those like him over a 40 year period.
The potential for corruption has always existed and will always exist.
Sometimes i just want to watch it burn. That doesnt require answers. Its a primal response to the constant greed, corruption, perversion and evil. I'm relatively poor and very insignificant. I shall remain so regardless of whether the great and good perish in a bonfire of their own crapulence. So, burn it all down
What about all the references to ordering “pizza and grape soda “ in the files then?
I refer you to the link provided. I note that people do eat pizza.
That article does nothing other than explain pizzagate. It doesn’t refute it considering the references within the latest release. Was Epstein a fan of pizza on his Island or a fan of pizza?
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
Yep. If the Tories are wrong uns then the grinder of neat awaits. Burn it all down
And replace it with what, exactly?
The "problem" isn't Mandelson, it's a power-political system which enabled and supported Mandelson and those like him over a 40 year period.
The potential for corruption has always existed and will always exist.
You're describing a system where financial corruption has no drawback. Why would anyone want to be a Frank Field rather than a Mandelson, when trousering millions from 'somewhere' is looked on as what clever people in politics do? 'Burning it down' means consequences for these people. Misconduct in public office should be serious. Using your ministerial power to benefit companies who later benefit you personally is serious. If the system is to change, the incentives must change.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Agreed. And I don't care if it pulls in Tories. It will pull in the wrong 'uns anyway.
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
Yep. If the Tories are wrong uns then the grinder of neat awaits. Burn it all down
But, but, Reform. But Nathan Gill……. Look away from the main parties.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Who are you purging? There's no evidence that Mandelson's possibly illegal behaviours involved any other UK politicians. Starmer made a mistake appointing him as US ambassador, but that appears to be incompetence, not dodginess. Do you have anything to suggest Brown was dodgy? He was a poor PM, but dodgy?
You could say the same about Nathan Gill and his illegal behaviour but that doesn’t stop people linking to it.
Hopefully labours impartial, and not at all political, investigation into foreign influence in our politics will cover all,parties and include new labour.
What about all the references to ordering “pizza and grape soda “ in the files then?
I refer you to the link provided. I note that people do eat pizza.
That article does nothing other than explain pizzagate. It doesn’t refute it considering the references within the latest release. Was Epstein a fan of pizza on his Island or a fan of pizza?
Pizzagate claimed that "cheese pizza" was a code for child pornography. There are references in the Epstein files to pizza. Are they talking about pizza or are they using "pizza" as a code? We don't know. Nothing actually suggests that it's a code beyond this prior idea. Everything else about pizzagate remains nonsense, like the pizza restaurant still has no basement, despite this being a key part of the conspiracy. There is a suggestion that maybe some elements of the Epstein story leaked into or influenced the pizzagate conspiracy, but we don't know.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Who are you purging? There's no evidence that Mandelson's possibly illegal behaviours involved any other UK politicians. Starmer made a mistake appointing him as US ambassador, but that appears to be incompetence, not dodginess. Do you have anything to suggest Brown was dodgy? He was a poor PM, but dodgy?
You could say the same about Nathan Gill and his illegal behaviour but that doesn’t stop people linking to it.
Hopefully labours impartial, and not at all political, investigation into foreign influence in our politics will cover all,parties and include new labour.
I'd forgotten they were doing that. Oh dear, that's an anti-Reform strategem that has the potential to go rogue and sink its fangs into Sir Mauritius's fleshy behind. Though he probably won't be in Number 10 to be affected by its findings.
I actually want Starmer to last a bit longer now, not to just pop off and then everyone pretends 'a line has been drawn' and it's business as usual. All this stuff needs to come out, Blair too, and Starmer - they are all dodgy as all get out and should be revealed as such. This is an Epstein enema for politics.
It needs the expenses treatment - a massive purge. Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
Who are you purging? There's no evidence that Mandelson's possibly illegal behaviours involved any other UK politicians. Starmer made a mistake appointing him as US ambassador, but that appears to be incompetence, not dodginess. Do you have anything to suggest Brown was dodgy? He was a poor PM, but dodgy?
You could say the same about Nathan Gill and his illegal behaviour but that doesn’t stop people linking to it.
Hopefully labours impartial, and not at all political, investigation into foreign influence in our politics will cover all,parties and include new labour.
I mean it's not as if Starmer has slipped his security to spend the night in an Italian Castle with the KGB and turned up pissed and incoherent at a remote Train Station is it.
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https://x.com/LucyMPowell/status/2020089424890282489
Your whole strategy is based on bigging up the Greens to split and suppress our vote. That’s your only route to victory.
We have way more data than both of you - based on thousands and thousands of conversations - and we know what it says.
What was she thinking - no she wasn't was she ?
I expect Lammy would be PM briefly. Although might be Cooper or Mahmoud.
Indeed:
"Labour? You're havin' a laugh aren't you mate - jog on. And no I don't want a leaflet in case I change my mind."
An odd call by Lucy Powell I agree that Reform losing is the most important result for non racist bastards but to inflict maximum damage a Green Victory would surely be a bigger humiliation than a run of the mill Labour one.
I saw Lucy Powell last week going into Gails.
A Wes vs Ange vs Ed contest with Lammy, Phillipson and Powell standing but withdrawing short of numbers?
I'm sure that Wor Bridget is a Greggs lass.
I'd vote Reform if Nigel Farage banned in rugby adverts.
International broadcast showed an ad.
All I'm going to do is post this from 2011.
Last year's Wikileaks disclosures featured an American ambassador criticising the prince's boorish remarks to businessmen during a lunch in Kyrgyzstan, during which he attacked a British Serious Fraud Office investigation into corruption.
His regular trips to Kazakhstan and friendship with Timor Kulibayev, the president's son-in-law, also aroused adverse comment, especially when Kulibayev purchased Sunninghill Park near Ascot, given by the Queen to Andrew and Ferguson following their marriage, for £15m, £3m more than the asking price.
Further doubts were raised about Andrew's position in the wake of a Guardian report about him entertaining the son-in-law of the ousted Tunisian president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, at Buckingham Palace.
Following the revelations in March, the prince was called in to Buckingham Palace for talks with his mother and government ministers were said to be sufficiently exasperated to cast around for a new job for him.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/21/prince-andrew-trade-envoy-palace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnG6C2xmtCk
I wouldn't have gone with Tandy. I would have gone Edwards.
There is no depth, there is no schools rugby except the public schools and the rugby academies like Cowbridge and Whitchurch. It was played in every comp fifteen years ago.
Lol. Starmers toast part 4658
The disintegration of the grass roots has killed them.
(My lower bound for a cricket score is the 60 Australia got in the Ashes in 2015).
Brown is being very noisy, i'd thoroughly enjoy his reputation recombusting.
That highly classified whistleblower report Tulsi Gabbard covering up?
Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”
Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.
https://bsky.app/profile/nicholasgrossman.bsky.social/post/3mebxtr6fsk27
Why because that's 100 times more relevant to 90% of the population
It would only be for ≈ eight weeks.
I expect TSE to put it in a header at some point
Labour are trying to make this all about process - trying to introduce something that walks and quacks like yet another quango, because apparently that's the only way to deal with people like Mandelson. No dears. We don't need another quango, we just need shot of YOU.
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Russian foreign official source assessments of Mandelson. “He was very greedy. He was always looking for money”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qokjOy6kdbg
With Brown (whos expenses greed should have seen him defenestrated) i said i would enjoy it, so no, i have no specific accusation, just hopes, but given Mandelson possibly faces misconduct in public office charges i think the chances of the guy who brought him back to save his own skin escaping with his reputation intact are slim, hence hes out on the front foot imo trying to get ahead of it
Burn it all down
The "problem" isn't Mandelson, it's a power-political system which enabled and supported Mandelson and those like him over a 40 year period.
The potential for corruption has always existed and will always exist.
There are however quite a lot that have either not been released or been apparently randomly redacted.
Steve Bannon
Tom Barrack (ambassador to Turkey and Trump fundraiser)
David Schoen (lawyer for Trump)
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce Secretary)
Mehmet Oz (administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Elon Musk
Peter Thiel
I'm relatively poor and very insignificant. I shall remain so regardless of whether the great and good perish in a bonfire of their own crapulence.
So, burn it all down
Hopefully labours impartial, and not at all political, investigation into foreign influence in our politics will cover all,parties and include new labour.
Can you just imagine the Mail, Telegraph etc