He seemed to be calling up the spirit of MLK's 'I have a dream' speech in support of his own theory about the use of 'BAME'. King's daughter told him the speech was about racism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...et-b77732.html
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Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Wow, how could anybody be so unaware of how inappropriate that is?
Dross isn't anti Scottish enough for her. 😁Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/20...mpression=true
This has been a common theme throughout the pandemic were awarding of government contracts is dependent on links to the tory party rather than capability and experience. Dodgy as ****.
When the rush to award contracts (and therefore public funds) to their pals and beyond was challenged, Rees Mogg was quick to justify the use of emergency powers for expiditing stuff through parliament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Grieves
https://www.parliament.uk/business/l...the-executive/
We now know that emergency powers means they will stretch the boundaries and do what they want, the public sector and those who aren't amongst the very rich minority are going to bear the brunt of this latest wealth transfer.
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Wrong to characterise all Tory ministers as having been dodgy with public Coronavirus money. Honest Bob Jenrick, for example, has been dodgy without going anywhere near the pandemic for an excuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Grieves
I don't think he was even wearing a mask, or a horizontal stripy jumper or carrying a bag with swag on it when he agreed to help one of their pals avoid paying in excess of £100m to the public purse.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
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Just as with trump and the republicans all the tories want is power. They don’t care how devastated the uk will be by brexit,how devastated by the horrendous handling of covid and they don’t care that they are wasting tens of million. on contracts for their mates who are obviously totally unable to deliver track and trace.The bullying of Patel is just a mere annoyance and of course the expenses scandals still continue. I too detested tbw but she seems like someone who did what she said she would do unlike the ****bags who change tack every other week. Youngsters coming up to 18 must wonder wtf is going on and is there any point voting if they get away with the totally corruption and ineptitude of Johnson and his goons. They actually make politics seems totally devoid of any moral fibre the same as trumps republicans. They are and always will be the self serving nasty party. Oh that it was heseltine or Clarke in charge.Quote:
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Don't we have some resident Tory party members/voters that feel the need to defend the Government and their friends?
I'd really be interested in their point of view on the current goings-on mentioned in recent comments on this thread.
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Originally Posted by Keith_M
Very few I'd imagine, particularly with the present crew in charge. It's probably worth posting a 'Tories baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad' however just for balance with the nationalist chums on other issues. :wink:
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Originally Posted by One Day Soon
My current political viewpoint is that they're all bad, but to varying levels.
Never trust a politician
Well I certainly wouldn't have either set of the buffoons currently in charge In Westminster or Holyrood during a pandemic if I had a choice. But then what are you to do when you get governments forced upon you that you didn't vote for in both the UK and Scotland?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
At Westminster, your number 1 priority should be electoral reform. At least force the Tories to build a tent for the most *******-ish 50% rather than the most *******-ish 40%.Quote:
Originally Posted by One Day Soon
Doesn't really answer my point though does it?Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
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Originally Posted by One Day Soon
How do you mean 'forced' on you?
Weren't each of those governments fairly voted in under our current electoral systems?
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Originally Posted by Keith_M
Yes they were. Which underlines the point that it doesn't matter how much subdivision we do, people are not all going to get the government they vote for.
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Originally Posted by One Day Soon
Ah, OK, I get your point now.
That's democracy for you. Maybe we should go the Chinese route
North Korean for me, oddly dressed fat guy who cuts his hair with garden shears, multiple children and partners, isolationist policy as he blames his neighbours for his own shortcomings and makes it all up as he goes along because he can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Can't see anyone voting for that sort of leadership though.
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The wife is swimming in cash. Richer than The Windsor Firm. We are going down the oligarch route with this crew.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
This is funny!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
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Originally Posted by Glory Lurker
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Horrible, horrible memories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
Zahawi has been announced as being responsible for the vaccine rollout. It’s like they want it to fail.
I see he's off to a flyer having already been contradicted by Gove on vaccine "passports".Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Hancock and Rees-Mogg falsely attributing the speed of vaccine approval to Brexit. In the latter's case, he seems to have invented a law change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/55163730
But surely the vaccine was approved by an entirely independent body, as in a body that is, and hopefully always was independent of any political or other nefarious interference or influence?Quote:
Originally Posted by Future17
That's what the experts were telling us just today.
Politicians lying? Surely not. Wasn't even written on the side of a bus.
Applying the same logic, why are they bothering turning chunks of Kent into a lorry park?
Surely the freight will whizz seamlessly through the ports, especially now Gove's in control.
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/...an-all-of-them
How in God's name is this guy in a job at all? And Education Minister!? A genuine national embarrassment. I actually ventured onto the Daily Mail to see the comments and even they overwhelmingly think he's a idiot.
Is he part of a levelling-up agenda? Every now and again, allow a non-Eton educated moron to rise to the top so you can point at him when anyone suggests that government is nothing but a public-school old boys' network.Quote:
Originally Posted by neil7908
You might be onto something there, they might even have filled the Chris Grayling role as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
Ticks so many boxes for the Nasty party, probably a future leader unless Patel puts something in his tea.[emoji16]
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...i3tv7q&cf=1
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