Michael W Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 There are a lot of rats very quietly resigning and fleeing the sinking ship today, making sure they are nice and clear of their "cooling off" period to secure their future employment once the electorate sends them their jotters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Hands punted as tory party chairman...30p lee next 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 minute ago, doulikefish said: Hands punted as tory party chairman...30p lee next That at least shows continuity and progression of ideas, from Hands to Dick Holden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 I honestly don’t know if calling her “Vicky” or the weird Fabrizio Romano impression is more embarrassing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Hands punted as tory party chairman...30p lee next No. Anderson getting appointed Equalities Minister; Boris Johnson getting a seat in the Lords and appointed deputy PM; and Liz Truss getting a job as assistant to Larry the cat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 51 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Nicky Morgan was also an unelected peer after resigning as an MP. De peffel appointed her as Culture Secretary after making her a life peer. Nicky Morgan, the Equalities minister who famously didn't believe in equality and voted against the introduction of same sex marriage, and when quizzed about this tried to palm it off as having voted in accordance with what she thought her constituents would want. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 If the pigs think Cruella did them a dis-service, wait until they find out what Cameron will do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Brother Blades said: Therese Coffey away apparently. As if anyone will notice............ And let's not forget the lingering stench of grift / corruption that follows 'Call Me Dave' wherever he goes. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/13/greensill-scandal-david-cameron-cabinet Edited November 13, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) 59 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I honestly don’t know if calling her “Vicky” or the weird Fabrizio Romano impression is more embarrassing. That pic just screams 'Nicola Murray - from bean to cup, you fvck up......' Edited November 13, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 58 minutes ago, RH33 said: Yeah I called my dad to have a chat about it as Cameron isn't even in Lords. He explained back in the 19th century (off top of his head @virginton being our resident historian can maybe save googling) a prime minister who wasn't an MP was installed. Thing is a shambles, and burying news of forcing more disabled people into work, conviently. Alec Douglas-Home wasn't an MP when he became leader of the Tories and thus Prime Minister in 1963. He was an Earl and had to resign from that. Until he won the Kinross and West Perthshire by-election, we had 24 days without a Prime Minister in either the Commons or the Lords. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Campaigners says it's 'shambolic' UK about to get its 16th housing minister since 2010 The sacking of Rachel Maclean (see 2.01pm) means the UK is about to get its 16th housing minister since 2010. Housing campaigners are appalled, saying the government is failing to tackle problems in the sector because ministers change too frequently. This is from Polly Neate, chief executive of the housing charity Shelter. The revolving door of housing ministers over the past decade, and in particular the last 18 months, proves the government’s failure to grasp the scale and urgency of the housing emergency. Rents are rocketing, evictions are soaring and homelessness is at a record high, yet we haven’t had a minister stay in the job long enough to get to grips with the problem. The 16th housing minister since 2010 has to hit the ground running and the first thing on their to do list must be to pass a watertight renters (reform) bill and scrap no fault evictions. And this is from Tom Darling, campaign manager at the Renters’ Reform Coalition. Rachel Maclean attended our events and, though we don’t believe the government are going far enough on rental reform, she was always willing to engage with us – we wish her well for the future. It is frankly shambolic that we will now be on to our 16th housing minister since 2010, and incredibly 9 just since the government promised to end no-fault evictions. Now, just before the first day of the important committee stage, which involves poring over the detail of the bill, she is sacked – it makes a mockery of government and shows a shocking lack of respect for England’s 11 million private renters. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/nov/13/suella-braverman-rishi-sunak-cabinet-reshuffle-conservatives-uk-politics-latest?page=with:block-65522f8a8f080565011b4801#block-65522f8a8f080565011b4801 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 George sums it up best..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Being an MP is a daft qualification for being a minister if you think about it for any longer than 20 seconds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Being an MP is a daft qualification for being a minister if you think about it for any longer than 20 seconds Been fielding questions about that all this morning, as it’s incredible to a Yank that a person could be expected to perform a top level role AND represent a constituency. I do wonder how much more of the bottom of the barrel is left to scrape now, and surely this zombified Government can’t stagger on until a January 2025 election. It would be truly epic to see Sue-Ellen sally forth to lead the Tories in the future, as the reality of the insidious racist nature of the Tory support would likely then ensure a scalping of monumental proportions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 hour ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I honestly don’t know if calling her “Vicky” or the weird Fabrizio Romano impression is more embarrassing. It's the Romano stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) I've not posted on politics for a long time but some really hopeless ministers gone like Coffey, McLean and more hopeless ones promoted. What a shower. Edited November 13, 2023 by Chapelhall chap Spelling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Twelve Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 If James Cleverly is the answer, then the question being asked was obviously "What's the opposite of nominative determinism?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 34 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: It's the Romano stuff. Having seen this, agreed. The Romano stuff is hugely grating when Romano does it himself, but announcing that a fucking cretin is getting power to destroy more lives in that way? Not for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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