Brad252

Unless that "failing significantly" means going in the next month, sounds like a return for next year and much higher up. My favourite of his many Queen's speech quips was "Any Tory moles at the Palace?" in 2008, as the outgoing Black Rod then said "I'm going to miss you Dennis."

The talk I've heard is Sunak wants to get an India trade deal over the line to enrich his wife further. If that happens he'll have nothing to lose, but until then any sign of breakdown and he might be wary.

Robert Jenrick is MP for Newark, which is an anagram of his nickname.

"What's the difference between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump??" "Nixon had a problem with Kissinger; Trump had a problem with Grabbing-her."

This could well be another of those JFK, C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley days.

How about Sir Frederick Barclay? 89, lost his twin brother nearly 3 years ago and the state of The Telegraph financially can't have helped with stress.

Gone for Carter.

https://www.threads.net/@tobyontv/post/CzmOv7qMxeZ "Good evening from Downing Street. Rishi Sunak's green credentials have been under attack recently, but today he proved his commitment to recycling...David Cameron's back." - Krishnan Guru-Murthy

"Useless fuckpig!"

Turns out Johnson's scruffy hair was caused by misuse of a hairdryer, by trying to blow it up one's nose to kill covid: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67287003

In a year's time, if GB News is still running, they better be prepared for a big recruitment drive for all the maternity cover I can imagine being necessary.

If I've got the same person they are standing down at the next election anyway, so if found guilty they won't be behind bars before the General Election (given how close it is and how long it will take to get to trial and pass sentence if guilty), and they'd have to resign before then for a by-election to occur.

"Never believe anything in politics till it has been officially denied": https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-rejects-speculation-that-putin-is-ill-uses-body-doubles-2023-10-24/ "Kremlin says Putin is healthy, laughs off body double rumours"

He's the second MP whose surname gives away their misconduct, after Chris Pincher.

I missed this 'spectacle':

Failing Grayling standing down, citing a prostate cancer diagnosis: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-67034851

The perfect metaphor for this result:

Here's another one (although the link does still show when viewing on a different site):

Someone having fun with the new X/Twitter feature where the headline is removed when a link is shared:

And as if that's not enough, both Fox and Calvin Robinson have now been sacked from GB News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67009045

Laurence Fox arrested on suspicion of conspiring to damage ULEZ cameras, after live streaming police searching his home: https://news.sky.com/story/laurence-fox-says-his-home-has-been-searched-by-police-in-social-media-video-12976589

The Met police announced an investigation in Wootton, and while a number of outlets reported this, many of their articles have since been taken down after legal threats. There is speculation he has some significant dirt he can use to blackmail with.