Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
There were quite a lot (?25) of council by election yesterday; any more results to hand? I gather there were a couple of good ones in Wales for Plaid Cymru.
I did see an overview from Andrew Teale:
Scores: RUK 7 +3 Grn 4 nc Lab 4 -2 C 2 +1 PC 2 nc Ind 1 nc LD 1 -2 3 results to come
Quite a good day, so far for Ref and the Cons, so far then.
Certainly the 2 conservative gains from Lib Dems were a bit unexpected
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
If the best attack on Burnham is that he called for a GE in 2022, I think he will be fine.
Its not the best attack but its the one to use when he shows his hypocrisy. Of course all oppositions do this if/when a government changes PM (ok, its mainly been the Tories) but its surely sauce for the gander.
Hardly hypocrisy when the constitutional precedent has by now been well and truly established by the Tories and reaffirmed in recent years. The only hypocrisy is from those like Badenoch who are calling for a GE on exactly the same grounds that they ignored twice in 2022.
No, its still hypocrisy, even if you can respond and say that you are following precedent.
Right now the talk is all about what Burnham might enact in policy. Well that wasn't in the manifesto, hence a need for a GE. Pretty simple really.
It's an obvious attack and you might as well make it, but I suspect that anybody who isn't already pretty partisan isn't going to care or remember in six months time. When Sunak lost it wasn't because the electorate were punishing the tories for not calling a GE three years earlier. If Burnham doesn't take an early GE then he'll be judged one way or the other on whether he did anything effective with those three years.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
If the best attack on Burnham is that he called for a GE in 2022, I think he will be fine.
Its not the best attack but its the one to use when he shows his hypocrisy. Of course all oppositions do this if/when a government changes PM (ok, its mainly been the Tories) but its surely sauce for the gander.
Hardly hypocrisy when the constitutional precedent has by now been well and truly established by the Tories and reaffirmed in recent years. The only hypocrisy is from those like Badenoch who are calling for a GE on exactly the same grounds that they ignored twice in 2022.
No, its still hypocrisy, even if you can respond and say that you are following precedent.
Right now the talk is all about what Burnham might enact in policy. Well that wasn't in the manifesto, hence a need for a GE. Pretty simple really.
No, the only hypocrisy is for a party of the right to consider that only parties of the left are obliged to hold general elections when the PM changes while in office, because that's what these calls combined with their previous actions amount to.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Labour plans automatic tax deductions from state pension
Basic rate to be applied to payments that exceed the tax-free allowance from next year, reports say
Income tax will be automatically deducted from state pensions for millions of retirees under plans being considered by Labour, The Telegraph understands.
Under the plans, the basic 20pc rate of tax could be applied to payments when the value of the state pension rises beyond the tax-free allowance of £12,570 next year.
It comes after Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, previously said retirees who live only on the state pension would not be forced to pay tax when their income crosses the threshold.
But research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, and circulated within Whitehall, proposes deducting the basic tax rate from all state pension payments before they are sent to retirees.
Another Labour attack on higher earning and wealthy pensioners after the WFA cut
Idiot. They already pay tax, it just has to be taken from other sources of income.
Except there's a threshold of around a few hundred pounds where for retired people they don't bother, as the IR told me recently when sorting out my late mother's affairs
Morning all.
IIRC, from completing my tax form, a pensioner is allowed to earn £1k from 'bits and pieces' before the Revenue has to be told. I was glad to be told this as I audit the books of a couple of local charities and very occasionally sell a story to a magazine. Although I haven't for a while now.
£1k trading allowance open to all not just pensioners.
The conv I had with HMRC was about savings income, not trading
Sounds like the 1K savings interest income allowance, which is for all basic rate taxpayers ?
Yes that is available to all basic rate taxpayers (500 higher rate, 0 additional rate).
Additionally, available to all ages, but more relevant to pensioners just above state pension, is the starting rate for savings, which if your total non savings income is <£17570, gives a further tax free savings allowance, £5000 at the personal allowance, reduced by £1 per £1 income until you hit £17570 when it becomes £0.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
Not going to be a simple transfer, but the optics of LibDem --> Reform vote is a weird one...
Not really, voters had a choice between Con, Lab and LD in 2023. Almost anyone wanting the Tories out would vote LD.
Does emphasise that the LibDems have to play defence.
LDs popularity tends to rely on how bad Conservatives are, what "they play" themselves doesn't really make that much difference as much as that will annoy all their hard working party apparatchiks.
On topic, you have to factor in whether you think Burnham will go early or not.
If he does, he will go soon (in October, say) and Labour Majority will be value.
If he goes long, then it's a mix-up.
One newspaper has been going back to 2022 Twitter…
The response will be that oppositions will use any excuse to try and get an election. Truss / Rishi didn’t so I don’t need to.
See you in 2.5 years time
Got to say having wasted 2 years Labour had given Andy a lot of work to do
Tories need to ask the right question though.
“Four years ago, you said that a change of PM should be accompanied by a general election. Were you lying then, or are you lying now?”
In Parliament “Did you mis-speak then, or are you mis-speaking now?”
“If you think there should be an election now then why didn’t not call for one 4 years ago?”
This bollocks is repeated every time. I remember it when Thatcher resigned and I was only 16 then.
Won't stop Labour from repeating it the next time roles are reversed. I am not entirely sure what repeating this kind of nonsense says about politicians view of the average voter but its not good. They think we all have the memory of a goldfish.
Opposition politicians almost always call for an election when they can, and almost always will. No surprise, on either side.
Not just Elections, but By Elections, Resignations & Enquiries.
What about Rules that says;
if you call for a resignation and they resign you need to too or if they change Party’s and you want a By Election you need to do the same.
If you resign your seat you need to pay the salary of the new MP for the rest of the Parliament.
Oh and if you call for a Enquiry and they have an Enquiry your Party has to pay for it!
Peter.
If an MP changes party then I think it is fair enough that there should be a by election. Many voters vote for the rosette not the chest its on. I don't see why calling for such a thing should mean your seat also needs a by election. That's just weird.
I wasn’t being entirely serious just responding to people’s general frustration at the pettiness of our Politics!
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Interesting that Labour is now seen as having slightly more chance than Reform or the Tories of an overall majority. I think with Burnham that is a possibility in a way it would not have been with Starmer. Burnham could get a small majority given his higher favourable ratings than Farage or Badenoch, helped by anti Reform tactical votes in Labour v Reform marginal seats, though that would likely still see around 100 Labour MPs lose their seats.
If that was the case, then another Labour majority and a clear defeat for both Reform and the Tories would clearly see both Farage and Kemi resign. In which case as long as we keep FPTP a new figure would be needed to unite the right as clearly the division between Reform and the Tories would have played a big part in re electing Labour given on the MiC poll this week while a Burnham led Labour leads Reform by just 1% and the Tories by just 4% the Tories and Reform combined are still on 49% of the vote even against Burnham. Who could that figure be? Only one I can see who could do that is Jacob Rees Mogg if he wins back his seat, The Mogg could reunite the right in the same way Corbyn united the left
World class 'havering' as the Scots would say
Rees Mogg to unite the right is a weird dream of yours
Which Tory leader can you see being acceptable enough to Reform voters after a Farage resignation to vote Tory again then other than Mogg? If Burnham wins the next general election and Labour is re elected as polls now suggest may occur assuming Burnham replaces Starmer as PM and Farage and Kemi both resign the leaderships of Reform and the Tories and say Rees Mogg, who won back his old seat helped by squeezing Reform voters, replaces Kemi as Tory leader and Zia Yusuf replaces Farage as Reform leader I could easily see the Reform vote collapsing to the Tories even if a few Tories who voted for Kemi go Labour or LD and a few Reform voters go Restore as even the Mogg isn't hardline enough for them
Is Rees Mogg that popular among Reform voters? The stereotypical Reform voter is a builder from Barnsley - he may not abhor Rees Mogg in the same way the liberal left do but I can't imagine him being wildly enthused either.
The Tory voters the Conservatives have lost to Reform since 2019 certainly have a strong approval of Mogg
Only five wicket-keepers have taken 50 or more catches since 1 July 2024, and Jamie Smith's catching percentage of 94% is second only to Muhammad Rizwan's 96%.
Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
There were quite a lot (?25) of council by election yesterday; any more results to hand? I gather there were a couple of good ones in Wales for Plaid Cymru.
I did see an overview from Andrew Teale:
Scores: RUK 7 +3 Grn 4 nc Lab 4 -2 C 2 +1 PC 2 nc Ind 1 nc LD 1 -2 3 results to come
Quite a good day, so far for Ref and the Cons, so far then.
Certainly the 2 conservative gains from Lib Dems were a bit unexpected
Something is stirring in the Tories. Kemi seems to be doing a decent job. Her personal ratings are improving.
It doesn’t matter what the polls say now, it matters at the election.
At this stage in the last parliament the Tories were on for a landslide.
A possible Labour "it's different" line on a GE could be that Truss trashed any semblance of the manifesto and thus, by Sunak it stood trashed.
Where as the deliverables on the 2024 manifesto will remain the framework for the Burnham government.
It might lead to some questions on tax and spend but those should be reasonably answerable.
Look where that got Liz Truss.
Truss' problem was she cut tax but not spending too, Burnham can increase spending but it would require him to increase taxes too
I hope he’s heard of the Laffer curve.
I suspect, as there seems to be an active campaign in the left wing media to get him the job, Jedward Miliband will be Chancellor which is a frightening thought.
Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
There were quite a lot (?25) of council by election yesterday; any more results to hand? I gather there were a couple of good ones in Wales for Plaid Cymru.
I did see an overview from Andrew Teale:
Scores: RUK 7 +3 Grn 4 nc Lab 4 -2 C 2 +1 PC 2 nc Ind 1 nc LD 1 -2 3 results to come
Quite a good day, so far for Ref and the Cons, so far then.
Certainly the 2 conservative gains from Lib Dems were a bit unexpected
Something is stirring in the Tories. Kemi seems to be doing a decent job. Her personal ratings are improving.
It doesn’t matter what the polls say now, it matters at the election.
At this stage in the last parliament the Tories were on for a landslide.
Kemi is getting the Tories a hearing for the first time since Boris. A way to go to turn it into votes, but it is the first part of the process.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Shabana Mahmood accuses Mike Tapp of breaching collective responsibility and calls for him to be sacked
She also accuses him of threatening to 'leak documents' after he said he 'has the receipts'
Here's a source close to Mahmood: “Mike Tapp wrote a piece in a national newspaper freelancing on policy without the knowledge or agreement of the Home Secretary or her team.
“He took proposals that the Home Secretary was working on, and briefed them as his own.
“In doing so, he has broken collective responsibility and has breached the Ministerial Code. Now he is threatening to leak sensitive documents. The Home Secretary has asked the Prime Minister to sack him.”
Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
There were quite a lot (?25) of council by election yesterday; any more results to hand? I gather there were a couple of good ones in Wales for Plaid Cymru.
I did see an overview from Andrew Teale:
Scores: RUK 7 +3 Grn 4 nc Lab 4 -2 C 2 +1 PC 2 nc Ind 1 nc LD 1 -2 3 results to come
Quite a good day, so far for Ref and the Cons, so far then.
Certainly the 2 conservative gains from Lib Dems were a bit unexpected
Something is stirring in the Tories. Kemi seems to be doing a decent job. Her personal ratings are improving.
It doesn’t matter what the polls say now, it matters at the election.
At this stage in the last parliament the Tories were on for a landslide.
Kemi is getting the Tories a hearing for the first time since Boris. A way to go to turn it into votes, but it is the first part of the process.
Farage can't risk interviews because he can't explain what the £5m was for
Hence Kemi is going to be getting media appearances as the next best choice - which will hopefully remove the momentum Reform had.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course and not noticed by the SNP. 'A former Scottish National party council leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of sexual offences against young men and teenagers as young as 14.
Shabana Mahmood accuses Mike Tapp of breaching collective responsibility and calls for him to be sacked
She also accuses him of threatening to 'leak documents' after he said he 'has the receipts'
Here's a source close to Mahmood: “Mike Tapp wrote a piece in a national newspaper freelancing on policy without the knowledge or agreement of the Home Secretary or her team.
“He took proposals that the Home Secretary was working on, and briefed them as his own.
“In doing so, he has broken collective responsibility and has breached the Ministerial Code. Now he is threatening to leak sensitive documents. The Home Secretary has asked the Prime Minister to sack him.”
This phrase "have the receipts" seems to be having a moment.
Conservative GAIN from Liberal Democrat. Changes w/ 2023.
There were quite a lot (?25) of council by election yesterday; any more results to hand? I gather there were a couple of good ones in Wales for Plaid Cymru.
I did see an overview from Andrew Teale:
Scores: RUK 7 +3 Grn 4 nc Lab 4 -2 C 2 +1 PC 2 nc Ind 1 nc LD 1 -2 3 results to come
Quite a good day, so far for Ref and the Cons, so far then.
Certainly the 2 conservative gains from Lib Dems were a bit unexpected
Something is stirring in the Tories. Kemi seems to be doing a decent job. Her personal ratings are improving.
It doesn’t matter what the polls say now, it matters at the election.
At this stage in the last parliament the Tories were on for a landslide.
Kemi is getting the Tories a hearing for the first time since Boris. A way to go to turn it into votes, but it is the first part of the process.
Farage can't risk interviews because he can't explain what the £5m was for
Hence Kemi is going to be getting media appearances as the next best choice - which will hopefully remove the momentum Reform had.
Exactly and his inability to shut it down coupled with his brittle and thin skinned responses to it really don’t come over well.
In an election campaign if he was a contender he’d crash and burn.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
Shabana Mahmood accuses Mike Tapp of breaching collective responsibility and calls for him to be sacked
She also accuses him of threatening to 'leak documents' after he said he 'has the receipts'
Here's a source close to Mahmood: “Mike Tapp wrote a piece in a national newspaper freelancing on policy without the knowledge or agreement of the Home Secretary or her team.
“He took proposals that the Home Secretary was working on, and briefed them as his own.
“In doing so, he has broken collective responsibility and has breached the Ministerial Code. Now he is threatening to leak sensitive documents. The Home Secretary has asked the Prime Minister to sack him.”
This phrase "have the receipts" seems to be having a moment.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
And they’re happy to let cross dressing rapist men who decide they’re women, like so-called Isla Bryson, into the women’s prison estate with all the risk that entails.
Don’t see too much of Russia on fire this morning, so instead have the 15km queue of thousands of vehicles waiting to get over the Kerch Bridge out of Crimea.
Ukraine is telling everyone on the peninsula, civilian and military, to leave as soon as possible, and the Kerch Bridge is now the only reliable way out still left, for light vehicles only. There’s extensive disruption to power and water already, with the promise of more disruption to come.
Said a couple of weeks ago that Russian control of Crimea was on the point of collapsing. If anything, I have been surprised with the speed of developments since then.
Indeed. I do however wonder if continued attacks inside Russia itself are a good idea. As Putin weighs up yet another mobilisation, the Russian people must have wondered why they'd embarked on this damn sill SMO. Having the local petrol station blown up kind of answers that question.
Of course it is a good idea , bomb the crap out of them. They are losing 1000 a day and will not be able to replenish them with other than civilians who will last about 2 minutes. The dumb Russian public will catch on at some point if the country does not run out of cash first.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
I don’t care if he’s a rapist as long as he’s a protestant/catholic rapist (delete as appropriate).
A possible Labour "it's different" line on a GE could be that Truss trashed any semblance of the manifesto and thus, by Sunak it stood trashed.
Where as the deliverables on the 2024 manifesto will remain the framework for the Burnham government.
It might lead to some questions on tax and spend but those should be reasonably answerable.
Look where that got Liz Truss.
Truss' problem was she cut tax but not spending too, Burnham can increase spending but it would require him to increase taxes too
I hope he’s heard of the Laffer curve.
I suspect, as there seems to be an active campaign in the left wing media to get him the job, Jedward Miliband will be Chancellor which is a frightening thought.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
I don’t care if he’s a rapist as long as he’s a protestant/catholic rapist (delete as appropriate).
A possible Labour "it's different" line on a GE could be that Truss trashed any semblance of the manifesto and thus, by Sunak it stood trashed.
Where as the deliverables on the 2024 manifesto will remain the framework for the Burnham government.
It might lead to some questions on tax and spend but those should be reasonably answerable.
Look where that got Liz Truss.
Truss' problem was she cut tax but not spending too, Burnham can increase spending but it would require him to increase taxes too
I hope he’s heard of the Laffer curve.
I suspect, as there seems to be an active campaign in the left wing media to get him the job, Jedward Miliband will be Chancellor which is a frightening thought.
Where's the peak of the Laffer curve then Taz?
A: No one has a scooby-do.
I’m sure raising taxes further will bring lots more revenue. 👍
A strange case about Jurisdiction around the US Military in the UK.
A sexual assault case by a US military officer where Cambridgeshire Police handed over Jurisdiction to the US Military police apparently when told the by US Military that they would handle it.
A woman strangled by an American fighter pilot at his home in an English city has come forward to criticise the handling of his prosecution via a US court martial, a process she described as “military first, justice second”.
Sarah Steele, a British academic, has come forward to speak about the “distressing and degrading” experience she had with the US military justice system after she was assaulted by the airman in Cambridge.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
Our resident Scotch expert is somewhat late to the party for purely partisan reasons. So he is.
Michael Stone, man of peace, Martin McGuinness, visionary.
Johnny Adair, misunderstood.
A guy I used to work with, based in Preston, said his wife occasionally had dealings with Adairs wife and a few drinks too. Class like that you cannot buy.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
Looks like some bastard did vandalise the reflecting pool!
Eh, what’s up Doc @rabbitSZN2 · 24 Jun Who saw this a while back and just KNEW this was not gonna end well?
Trump made his motorcade drive down the reflecting pool before it was sealed.
The contractor didn’t clean up the motor oil and tire dust, they just painted right over it.
The paint failed exactly as predicted.
By June, massive gashes of blue lining were peeling off in the exact shape of the motorcade’s path. The oil trapped underneath stopped the paint from sticking.
I have no idea who is right and wrong in this, but how much tyre dust and motor oil are those cars dropping? Its not my 1972 mini.*
We had a Mini Van as a squadron hack at Valley. It had 13,000 miles on it (rarely left the aerodrome) and leaked from the pan, filter, rocker cover and timing chain cover. I fucking snapped one weekend and put a scrap yard 1275GT engine in it that I paid for with my own money. That leaked from the rear main that wasn't really a seal but some metal scroll contraption.
Wife likes it to be as 'original' as possible. Leaks are very authentic.
NEW: No 10 says Keir Starmer is now "taking advice" on whether Mike Tapp should be sacked
As I'm sure everybody noticed I have spent several months (over a year now) arguing that Starmer was simply not up to the job and should be sacked. Now that that goal is achieved it will take me a while to stop pointing out his manifest disadvantages and inadequacies, so I hope you will indulge me for a few weeks while I get this out of my system.
Starmer is a grown adult. He should have realised he couldn't do the job and got out when he could with honour. He could have done it just like Ruth whatsername did many years ago. But he didn't and left the party having to import a mayor to kick him out. Even now, when his career lies rotting in the dust, he still prevaricates unnecessarily.
I actually very funny that Mahmood might be hung out to dry for successfully controlling immigration.
Well that’s hardly Labour Party, or for that matter Lib Dem, Tory or Green policy.
In the case of,Labour and the Tories it’s pretend to oppose it while ramping it up. In the case of the Lib Dem’s and Greens all are welcome. Open door.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
I don’t care if he’s a rapist as long as he’s a protestant/catholic rapist (delete as appropriate).
You forgot the “To be sure, to be sure…”
This sounds like a single yellow line means no parking at all, a double yellow line means no parking at all, at all...
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course and not noticed by the SNP. 'A former Scottish National party council leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of sexual offences against young men and teenagers as young as 14.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
I don’t care if he’s a rapist as long as he’s a protestant/catholic rapist (delete as appropriate).
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
They forget the feeding frenzy in Covid when their parties helped chums et al get billions upon billions nicked and never mention it now or even attempt to arrest anyone / recover a penny. Keep those HoL seats warms chaps and chapesses How many perverts etc have been covered up over the years down south as well, short selective memories indeed
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
They forget the feeding frenzy in Covid when their parties helped chums et al get billions upon billions nicked and never mention it now or even attempt to arrest anyone / recover a penny. Keep those HoL seats warms chaps and chapesses How many perverts etc have been covered up over the years down south as well, short selective memories indeed
You not laying claim to Mone and her partner as fellow Scots then Malc ?
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course. Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for rape, though to be fair to him acquitted
Yeah, unfortunately politics seems to be rife with it, but afaik no one in the SNP had nonce in chief Sir Jimmy Savile roond for Crimbo for example. My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
The studious ignoring of the crime fest in Northern Ireland is long standing.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
Our resident Scotch expert is somewhat late to the party for purely partisan reasons. So he is.
Michael Stone, man of peace, Martin McGuinness, visionary.
Johnny Adair, misunderstood.
A guy I used to work with, based in Preston, said his wife occasionally had dealings with Adairs wife and a few drinks too. Class like that you cannot buy.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
No convicted sex abusers ever been elected SNP representatives of course and not noticed by the SNP. 'A former Scottish National party council leader has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of sexual offences against young men and teenagers as young as 14.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
They forget the feeding frenzy in Covid when their parties helped chums et al get billions upon billions nicked and never mention it now or even attempt to arrest anyone / recover a penny. Keep those HoL seats warms chaps and chapesses How many perverts etc have been covered up over the years down south as well, short selective memories indeed
You not laying claim to Mone and her partner as fellow Scots then Malc ?
Scumbag traitors Taz, Cameron's best pal god knows how she ever got a bauble
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
Just like nobody in the SNP said anything about Murrell nicking hundreds of thousands of pounds I suppose!
Yeah, there’s hardly been any discussion of Sneekypete on PB.
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
They forget the feeding frenzy in Covid when their parties helped chums et al get billions upon billions nicked and never mention it now or even attempt to arrest anyone / recover a penny. Keep those HoL seats warms chaps and chapesses How many perverts etc have been covered up over the years down south as well, short selective memories indeed
You not laying claim to Mone and her partner as fellow Scots then Malc ?
Scumbag traitors Taz, Cameron's best pal god knows how she ever got a bauble
Whole honours thing is disgusting. For every Floella Benjamin there’s dozens like her and Tom Watson.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
If the best attack on Burnham is that he called for a GE in 2022, I think he will be fine.
Its not the best attack but its the one to use when he shows his hypocrisy. Of course all oppositions do this if/when a government changes PM (ok, its mainly been the Tories) but its surely sauce for the gander.
Hardly hypocrisy when the constitutional precedent has by now been well and truly established by the Tories and reaffirmed in recent years. The only hypocrisy is from those like Badenoch who are calling for a GE on exactly the same grounds that they ignored twice in 2022.
No, its still hypocrisy, even if you can respond and say that you are following precedent.
Right now the talk is all about what Burnham might enact in policy. Well that wasn't in the manifesto, hence a need for a GE. Pretty simple really.
No, the only hypocrisy is for a party of the right to consider that only parties of the left are obliged to hold general elections when the PM changes while in office, because that's what these calls combined with their previous actions amount to.
No, it is both hypocrisy and par for the course.
All parties do it. It is another irregular verb.
What it won't do is damage the PM, as the public is used to this level of hypocrisy and it is priced in.
Opponents will complain, supporters will bat it away, and normal people will continue to care about whatever actually affects them and not minutiae of who said what and when years ago.
It’s end of term here in Edinburgh. Just back from seeing No. 2 child finish primary school. 10 years and 2 kids through the school and we’re done. Now we have 2 high school kids. Bittersweet tears were shed. Hugs were had. Memories were made.
I know PB has probably had too much* discussion of the head of a Unionist party in government in NI and that supported a Westminster government being a multiple abuser and rapist, but it seems a shitload of people knew.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
If the best attack on Burnham is that he called for a GE in 2022, I think he will be fine.
Its not the best attack but its the one to use when he shows his hypocrisy. Of course all oppositions do this if/when a government changes PM (ok, its mainly been the Tories) but its surely sauce for the gander.
Hardly hypocrisy when the constitutional precedent has by now been well and truly established by the Tories and reaffirmed in recent years. The only hypocrisy is from those like Badenoch who are calling for a GE on exactly the same grounds that they ignored twice in 2022.
No, its still hypocrisy, even if you can respond and say that you are following precedent.
Right now the talk is all about what Burnham might enact in policy. Well that wasn't in the manifesto, hence a need for a GE. Pretty simple really.
It's hypocrisy if the situations are the same. Most of the examples given appear to be Labour politicians commenting on the Truss->Sunak change. One might say that the Tories being on a third PM since the election and the chaos of the Truss period make then different to now.
Comments
Gotta do it properly.
Get It Right F****ng Up Ye
Our Scottish members do seem to be rather more coarse than the majority of other members.
Glasgow term of endearment.
Rembrandt painting was altered to erase turban from man’s head, restorers find
Exclusive: Unknown hand covered up artist’s depiction of diverse crowd during influx of refugees to Leiden in 1620s
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/25/rembrandt-painting-was-altered-to-erase-turban-from-mans-head-restorers-find
Or rather
Ooh, get Lady fucking Bracknell!
Additionally, available to all ages, but more relevant to pensioners just above state pension, is the starting rate for savings, which if your total non savings income is <£17570, gives a further tax free savings allowance, £5000 at the personal allowance, reduced by £1 per £1 income until you hit £17570 when it becomes £0.
Swearing is not big and not f***ing clever
Hadn't realised Foakes had crocked himself BOWLING in a dead game vs Essex. Doh!!
NEW: On Shabana Vs Tapp:
Mike Tapp's requests for documents and meetings will now have to be approved by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Peter.
*hardly any
Jeffrey Donaldson: child rapist
Edwin Poots: ‘caught Donaldson on lies’, said nothing
Jim Wells: ‘knew Donaldson to be immoral’, said nothing
Paisley Jr: knew of a “victim” of Donaldson, said nothing
Anon DUP sources: knew Donaldson told lies, said nothing
What is going on?
https://x.com/scottmoore0/status/2070247111933788377?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
It doesn’t matter what the polls say now, it matters at the election.
At this stage in the last parliament the Tories were on for a landslide.
Peter.
I suspect, as there seems to be an active campaign in the left wing media to get him the job, Jedward Miliband will be Chancellor which is a frightening thought.
🎗️ SNP: 33.1% (-9.1)
🌹 LAB: 14.5% (-5.3)
🌍 GRN: 13.2% (-0.7)
➡️ RFM: 10.1% (New)
🔶 LDM: 9.2% (-2.2)
🙋 Ind: 9.2% (New)
🌳 CON: 8.3% (-2.7)
🧑🔧 TUSC: 1.8% (New)
✊ ALS: 0.7% (New)
No Ind (-1.8) as previous.
SNP 'Gain' from Liberal Democrat - Stage 8.
Changes w/ 2022.
https://x.com/electionmapsuk/status/2070453762548781555?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
Personally I feel abuse and rape of children comes a bit higher on the barometer of immorality, but that’s just me.
Embarrassing
https://x.com/markthehibby/status/2069549064257978376?s=61
Shabana Mahmood accuses Mike Tapp of breaching collective responsibility and calls for him to be sacked
She also accuses him of threatening to 'leak documents' after he said he 'has the receipts'
Here's a source close to Mahmood: “Mike Tapp wrote a piece in a national newspaper freelancing on policy without the knowledge or agreement of the Home Secretary or her team.
“He took proposals that the Home Secretary was working on, and briefed them as his own.
“In doing so, he has broken collective responsibility and has breached the Ministerial Code. Now he is threatening to leak sensitive documents. The Home Secretary has asked the Prime Minister to sack him.”
Hence Kemi is going to be getting media appearances as the next best choice - which will hopefully remove the momentum Reform had.
But doing anything about those crimes would be socially gauche. Especially from their own side.
"A haddin' o' the tongue", perhaps? Or "An cód ciúnais". depending on which foot you kick with, of course.
Jordan Linden, once considered a rising star in the SNP, was convicted of five sexual assaults on young men after a trial at Falkirk sheriff court in March, which heard that the SNP had “downplayed or ignored” complaints about his behaviour.'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/06/jordan-linden-former-snp-council-leader-jailed-sexual-offences-young-men-boys
Former SNP leader Salmond was on trial for attempted rape and sexual assault, though to be fair to him acquitted
In an election campaign if he was a contender he’d crash and burn.
My point for the hard of thinking is its salience on PB depending on which party is committing it.
NEW: No 10 says Keir Starmer is now "taking advice" on whether Mike Tapp should be sacked
No wonder we got to this point.
Obviously.
If he is in bed, he isn’t at his desk. And he can only do things after the papers have crossed his desk, to him.
After all, it’s a bit hard to stand a Community Leader lunch, if you are officially aware that he is a drug dealing rapist and killer with a penchant for domestic abuse.
A: No one has a scooby-do.
A sexual assault case by a US military officer where Cambridgeshire Police handed over Jurisdiction to the US Military police apparently when told the by US Military that they would handle it.
A woman strangled by an American fighter pilot at his home in an English city has come forward to criticise the handling of his prosecution via a US court martial, a process she described as “military first, justice second”.
Sarah Steele, a British academic, has come forward to speak about the “distressing and degrading” experience she had with the US military justice system after she was assaulted by the airman in Cambridge.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/26/male-jury-woman-strangled-by-us-pilot-britain-airbase-trial
Michael Stone, man of peace, Martin McGuinness, visionary.
Johnny Adair, misunderstood.
A guy I used to work with, based in Preston, said his wife occasionally had dealings with Adairs wife and a few drinks too. Class like that you cannot buy.
Starmer is a grown adult. He should have realised he couldn't do the job and got out when he could with honour. He could have done it just like Ruth whatsername did many years ago. But he didn't and left the party having to import a mayor to kick him out. Even now, when his career lies rotting in the dust, he still prevaricates unnecessarily.
In the case of,Labour and the Tories it’s pretend to oppose it while ramping it up. In the case of the Lib Dem’s and Greens all are welcome. Open door.
https://x.com/flickhwilliams/status/2070446130840637650
How many perverts etc have been covered up over the years down south as well, short selective memories indeed
Good:
Wilnecote (Tamworth) Countermanded Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 46.4% (+33.2)
🙋 Ind: 21.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 12.2% (-20.0)
🌹 LAB: 11.4% (-43.2)
🌍 GRN: 8.2% (New)
Reform GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2024.
Bad:
Rhyl South (Denbighshire) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 44.3% (New)
🌼 PLC: 23.9% (New)
🌹 LAB: 19.6% (-43.0)
🌳 CON: 10.0% (-27.4)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (New)
🌍 GRN: 0.7% (New)
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
It's that sort of excuse that helps perpetuate attacks and worse on women.
https://x.com/matt_dathan/status/2070468278011523111?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
For old time's sake.
Dim Twat
Twat
Major Twat
Turbo Twat
Absolute Twat
?
If so, what happens when someone out does an “Absolute Twat”?
Hope you and your good lady are well and keeping cool
34% here and no breeze
@HYUFD comment was inappropriate
All parties do it. It is another irregular verb.
What it won't do is damage the PM, as the public is used to this level of hypocrisy and it is priced in.
Opponents will complain, supporters will bat it away, and normal people will continue to care about whatever actually affects them and not minutiae of who said what and when years ago.
10 years and 2 kids through the school and we’re done. Now we have 2 high school kids.
Bittersweet tears were shed.
Hugs were had.
Memories were made.
Liz Truss: 'There’s no political party at present in Britain that represents exactly what I think'
https://x.com/ConHome/status/2069662005305209102