prussianblue 792 Posted April 18, 2023 Party treasurer Colin Beattie is the latest SNP bigwig to get the police treatment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65309791 He's my MSP. Wonder if he'll mention this in the next constituency newsletter? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, prussianblue said: Party treasurer Colin Beattie is the latest SNP bigwig to get the police treatment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65309791 He's my MSP. Wonder if he'll mention this in the next constituency newsletter? I also wonder how EastEnders are gonna write Phil Mitchell out of the soap. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 21, 2023 Justice Secretary and Deputy PM Dominic Raab has resigned from the government over the bullying report. Obviously it’s all the lefty lawyers’ fault that Raab was found to have been a 28-carat arsehole to his colleagues. Sunak was handed the report before midday yesterday and, despite his pledge to lead a government of integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level, was as usual too weak to act upon the findings, instead letting Raab get away with an apology-free resignation that hits out at the report. Can’t wait to sack this shower of shit at the next GE. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted April 21, 2023 Esteemed statesman Dominic Raab jumps before he's pushed resigns. Such a tragic loss of talent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted April 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, TQR said: Justice Secretary and Deputy PM Dominic Raab has resigned from the government after the bullying report. Obviously it’s all the lefty lawyers’ fault that Raab was found to have been a 28-carat arsehole to his colleagues. Sunak was handed the report before midday yesterday and, despite his pledge to lead a government of integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level, was as usual too weak to act upon the findings, instead letting Raab get away with an apology-free resignation that hits out at the report. Can’t wait to sack this shower of shit at the next GE. Goes with extremely poor grace like Boris before him. Unfortunately it makes Sunak look weak or a poor judge of character either way 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted April 21, 2023 Great minds, @TQR 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, Bibliogryphon said: Goes with extremely poor grace like Boris before him. Unfortunately it makes Sunak look weak or a poor judge of character either way Raab's presence in the cabinet at all, let alone for several years and in high office, suggests poor judgement of character is widespread. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Goes with extremely poor grace like Boris before him. Unfortunately it makes Sunak look weak or a poor judge of character either way Well, this is the man who re-hired Leaky Sue just a week after she was handed her sandwiches in a road map by Liz Truss of all people. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, prussianblue said: Raab's presence in the cabinet at all, let alone for several years and in high office, suggests poor judgement of character is widespread. In Johnson's cabinet he clearly didn't want anyone more charismatic or competent than him which explained the presence of Nadine Dorries but Sunak is clearly trying to hold the disparate wings of the party together 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,099 Posted April 21, 2023 Lest we forget... Raab was a do nothing interim leader while Johnson allegedly laid in intensive care, frightened to take any big decisions for fear of angering the blonde blob, contributing to delays in implementing COVID preventative measures. Raab was the Foreign Secretary who sat on his arse on holiday while Afghanistan fell, for which he was sacked. He responds to allegations of bullying just as you would expect from a bully - everyone else is wrong and he is right. Now we expect yet another reshuffle among this bunch of self-entitled millionaires, using the levers of power to line their own pockets or the pockets of their wives or local pub landlords. Could they get any worse than Major's sleaze ridden administration? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 2,694 Posted April 21, 2023 At least Major had competent people (relatively speaking) in the cabinet like Ken Clarke, Heseltine and Hurd 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 21, 2023 New Justice Secretary I’m seeing is going to be Alex Chalk KC, who’s in No.10 with Rishi Noknackers right now. No idea who Alex Chalk is, but I’m sure some cunt will come up with a pun or two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted April 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, TQR said: New Justice Secretary I’m seeing is going to be Alex Chalk KC, who’s in No.10 with Rishi Noknackers right now. No idea who Alex Chalk is, but I’m sure some cunt will come up with a pun or two. He's MP for Cheltenham, the Lib Dems 5th biggest target. They need a swing of less than 0.9% to win it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 2,694 Posted April 21, 2023 Silent Majority Alert 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 21, 2023 19 minutes ago, msc said: He's MP for Cheltenham, the Lib Dems 5th biggest target. They need a swing of less than 0.9% to win it. Raab’s been projected to lose Esher to the Lib Dems for a while too. It was close even in 2019. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,180 Posted April 21, 2023 Oh, and this balloon is our new DPM. Dowden. Deputy fucking Prime Minister. We’re down to the last cruddy driblets of moisture underneath the bottom of the barrel now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 2,694 Posted April 21, 2023 Daubney saying the quiet part loud 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted April 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, TQR said: Raab’s been projected to lose Esher to the Lib Dems for a while too. It was close even in 2019. Aye, Esher's 9th on that list (and tbh it'll go imo, once you prove something is possible to voters they tend to vote for it). Just for context, the super marginal Lib Dem perennial targets/swing seats of St Ives and Eastbourne are actually more marginal than Esher or Cheltenham. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted April 21, 2023 35 minutes ago, msc said: He's MP for Cheltenham, the Lib Dems 5th biggest target. They need a swing of less than 0.9% to win it. I live in Cheltenham when it fell to the Lib Dems in 92 after the local long serving Tory MP retired. It is natural LD territory, they had run the council before that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 3,478 Posted April 21, 2023 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Lest we forget... Raab was a do nothing interim leader while Johnson allegedly laid in intensive care, frightened to take any big decisions for fear of angering the blonde blob, contributing to delays in implementing COVID preventative measures. Raab was the Foreign Secretary who sat on his arse on holiday while Afghanistan fell, for which he was sacked. He responds to allegations of bullying just as you would expect from a bully - everyone else is wrong and he is right. Now we expect yet another reshuffle among this bunch of self-entitled millionaires, using the levers of power to line their own pockets or the pockets of their wives or local pub landlords. Could they get any worse than Major's sleaze ridden administration? You forgot his stint as Brexit Secretary where he revealed he didn't realise the UK was so reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 616 Posted April 21, 2023 Dominic Raab must take the cake as just about the worst, most incompetent holder of high office in the history of UK cabinet government. A total plank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted April 21, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said: Dominic Raab must take the cake as just about the worst, most incompetent holder of high office in the history of UK cabinet government. A total plank. Have people forgotten Sir (sic) Gavin Williamson CBE (sic) already? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
