scottsdad Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: 100 of Patel’s friends and fellow Tories saying she’s a good person. That’s me convinced then... Wid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 It looks like she is getting the Gavin Williamson treatment and various establishment types are trying to force her out. To be fair she is 100% a sociopath so on this occasion Mon the Deep State. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 4 hours ago, scottsdad said: Wid Priti or Granny? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 YaaaaaaaasssssssNoooooooohttps://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/2055536/exclusive-jo-swinson-mulling-over-holyrood-run-amid-rumours-willie-rennie-stepping-down-as-scottish-lib-dem-leader/?utm_source=twitter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Using the holocaust to score pointsIs great if you’re playing countdown 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 14 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: Is great if you’re playing countdown 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 05/03/2020 at 22:14, NotThePars said: I’d rather sing Welcome to the Black Parade tbh. I don't mind Flower of Scotland but Banned from the Roxy by Crass would be my choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Sign of the times... Brexit, Coronavirus whatever... fat people fighting over bog roll. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 So if someone gets elected who fails the background check then it would be an offence for them to meet with some of their constituents? Sounds great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Just now, MixuFixit said: I suppose the expectation is that they'd stand down. A state veto on who is electable. Sounds great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, MixuFixit said: A 'state veto' on who gets to teach children already exists and we all (maybe not you?) think that's fine. I see no issue with this as party vetting clearly misses things. Teaching isn't democracy. MPs and MSPs aren't employed they are representatives. They don't need oversight the fact of being elected is enough. Set something up like this and before you know it supporting BDS or having a criminal record will be reason to exclude someone from Holyrood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I think you'll find people just don't like her because she's a woman.That’s being generous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Teaching isn't democracy. MPs and MSPs aren't employed they are representatives. They don't need oversight the fact of being elected is enough. Set something up like this and before you know it supporting BDS or having a criminal record will be reason to exclude someone from Holyrood.So youre ok with elected Tory councillors with links to far right extremist groups? Background checks for any public sector worker should be mandatory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: So youre ok with elected Tory councillors with links to far right extremist groups? Background checks for any public sector worker should be mandatory. I don't vote for them but if they get the votes then they are entitled to do their job as a councillor. If you start excluding people from public office then eventually the criteria will widen. I'm making a distinction between elected representatives and public sector employees. Obviously there should be some background checks for public sector workers dependent on their roles but we also need to be aware that all the architecture already exists to provide employers with all the data that Google, Facebook and all the other surveillance corporations hold on us. It's a dangerous path. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, Detournement said: So if someone gets elected who fails the background check then it would be an offence for them to meet with some of their constituents? Sounds great. It doesn't say that at all. It would be an offence for them to meet a child or a vulnerable person alone. There would be no bar on them meeting people in those categories as long someone that had passed a PVG check was also present. Personally, if I was an elected official in today's poisonous climate, I would want to have a witness present when I met my constituents! (and yes, before you ask, I have to have a PVG for work) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Got to believe background checks are a necessary first step to all political decisions being taken by a central committee or some form of workers council. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Is Detournement really David Steel? Surely not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Sunak delivering his budget speech: "The NHS can have whatever it needs to cope with covid-19.,"That'll be a time machine and a decades worth of proper funding, then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Mind bogglinghm. i wonder what the confounding factor could be in associating cheaper instant coffees with lower life expectancy compared to ground coffee https://t.co/80xWpcBrbI— worm (@SzMarsupial) March 10, 2020 Probably mixing it with vodka. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 06/03/2020 at 18:07, Suspect Device said: Priti or Granny? To clarify - Priti Patel is a wid, in the full knowledge the the entire time she would be berating me for my poor performance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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