John Lambies Doos Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Is Harriet Seargant a man? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 40 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Heh! UK govt can't even photoshop Rusian suspects properly! You do know they have several parallel observation gates like that at Gatwick? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 20 hours ago, DublinMagyar said: I'd have thought all political leaders worldwide have a responsibility to put their country first. I'd have thought so too, but it's apparently racist and xenophobic to put your own country first, has been for many years now... unless it's for a pet issue, such as Scottish independence, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 f**k off troll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, DublinMagyar said: f**k off troll Just holding up a mirror, m9. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) I see the Green Party in England and Wales (completely separate to the Scottish Green Party) are experiencing a row after the conviction of LGBT spokesperson Aimee Challenor's father for sex offences. David Challenor was convicted of child rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and taking indecent photographs of a child. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison. The details of the offences are absolutely disgusting and disturbing, even for crimes of this nature. He was arrested in November 2016 but acted as an election agent for Aimee in both local and General elections following that. He was named 'Baloo' Challenor in election literature, a reference to his role as a cub scout leader (Cub scout leaders are named after Jungle Book characters). He also acted as an election agent for his wife Tina Challenor, who was also a Green Party candidate in local elections. Aimee Challenor was a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Greens but withdrew following teh conviction of her father. She claimed she did not know the full details of his offences and that she was not living with her father at the time. She has since resigned from the Green Party, stating she is leaving due to transphobia in the party (Aimee Challenor is transgender) and has claimed she told party officials that her father was facing charges in November 2016. You have to wonder how people within the Greens allowed someone of David Challenor's character to become influential in the party and how someone facing charges of the magnitude he was to act as an election agent for the party. ETA - the house where the offences took place was also the registered HQ for the Green Party in Coventry. Edited September 6, 2018 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 The constant focus on individuals and incidents in UK politics is absolutely tedious. The Salmond case has no bearing on the independence movement as a whole and this is completely irrelevant to compared to the environmental issues the Green Party should be concentrating on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) 49 minutes ago, ICTChris said: I see the Green Party in England and Wales (completely separate to the Scottish Green Party) are experiencing a row after the conviction of LGBT spokesperson Aimee Challenor's father for sex offences. David Challenor was convicted of child rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and taking indecent photographs of a child. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison. The details of the offences are absolutely disgusting and disturbing, even for crimes of this nature. He was arrested in November 2016 but acted as an election agent for Aimee in both local and General elections following that. He was named 'Baloo' Challenor in election literature, a reference to his role as a cub scout leader (Cub scout leaders are named after Jungle Book characters). He also acted as an election agent for his wife Tina Challenor, who was also a Green Party candidate in local elections. Aimee Challenor was a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Greens but withdrew following teh conviction of her father. She claimed she did not know the full details of his offences and that she was not living with her father at the time. She has since resigned from the Green Party, stating she is leaving due to transphobia in the party (Aimee Challenor is transgender) and has claimed she told party officials that her father was facing charges in November 2016. The snake eating its own tail, an entity being hoisted by its own petard - in this instance driven by identity politics, competing victimhood narratives, and scrambling over moral superiority - is always fascinating to predict and watch unfold. The Greens are one of only two parties I've ever voted for, but wouldn't touch the recent incarnation with a bargepole. f**k em, let them implode and start again. Edited September 6, 2018 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 41 minutes ago, Detournement said: The constant focus on individuals and incidents in UK politics is absolutely tedious. The Salmond case has no bearing on the independence movement as a whole and this is completely irrelevant to compared to the environmental issues the Green Party should be concentrating on. I don't think these things are irrelevant. The Green Party of England and Wales is a semi-major party in the UK - they have elected representatives in the UK and European Parliament and Welsh Assembly as well as hundreds of councilors. David Challenor was a delegate to Green party, where alongside Aimee, he sponsored motions on sexual education, on party rules and had influence over policy. Aimee Challenor opposed a motion to disqualify convicted criminals from membership of the Green Party following David's arrest. As above, the HQ of the Green Party was their house, the scene of an extremely serious crime. Other organisations, such as Coventry Pride, were made aware of the charges and made sure he was not accepted as a volunteer or allowed to be engaged with the society. It's pretty clear that David Challenor was a parasitic, perverted and predatory individual and that he was anywhere near any position of political authority is an important story. The follow up to the story and the fallout from it could result in significant leadership changes within the Greens as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 25 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Challenor was a parasitic, perverted and predatory individual and that he was anywhere near any position of political authority is an important story. The follow up to the story and the fallout from it could result in significant leadership changes within the Greens as well. Aye the Green Party need to invest in minority report style pre cognition crime detection.... If people knew he was up on these charges and allowed him to continue then there are obviously questions to be asked. However the idea that political participation requires constant compliance and vetting is a dangerous proposition. Quote Aimee Challenor opposed a motion to disqualify convicted criminals from membership of the Green Party following David's arrest. Anyone who supports disqualifying convicted criminals from membership of political parties is a moron. And should move to one of the horrible states in America that bar convicted felons from voting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 I see the NI Assembly members are going to get their pay docked. That should speed things up in getting them back to work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Gorka on C4 news is always great value. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Gorka on C4 news is always great value.Gorka’s fucking great. That time he phoned a critic to argue with him was sensational patter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Anyone who supports disqualifying convicted criminals from membership of political parties is a moron. And should move to one of the horrible states in America that bar convicted felons from voting.Convicted criminals should be allowed to join political parties, but one would question the suitability of someone involved in child sexual offences being allowed to take a very active part in a political party. I understand that this would render a large number of tories unable to take part in politics, so perhaps this is a good thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 More on the Novichok intrigue.... This thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 What an irrelevant fuckwithttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45445852 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 2 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: What an irrelevant fuckwithttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45445852 What is he going to do, present his own alternative budget? It will be the SNP government budget or no budget. Rennie is an irrelevant wee fanny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 The complete failure of the Lib Dems to capture popular support despite everything that is going on at the moment is one of the few genuinely good things happening in politics right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Most of the remaining Lib Dems just seem to be spending most of their time now essentially admitting how terrible they are at their jobs, and that they need folk from other parties to form a new party so that they can just pack it in once and for all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Surely the SNP will just give concessions to the Greens and get their budget through that way? Making the Lib Dem’s once again pointless. Praying the Lib Dem’s change their leadership elections to allow non-members to stand. We could have John McDonnell manage them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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