Tories are lying *******s (warning may contain traces of Tory)

[Jones28]

That’s 2 ministers in a row refused to apologise for breaking the law.

[hibsbollah]

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...1uetUpkjB69zow

[Kato]

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https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...1uetUpkjB69zow

"Britain has long been a chumocracy"

....then goes on to describe exclusively Conservative Party chums as examples. (The BBC one at the end doesn't even fit.)

[Future17]

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"Britain has long been a chumocracy"

....then goes on to describe exclusively Conservative Party chums as examples. (The BBC one at the end doesn't even fit.)

The BBC part is referring to how difficult it is for certain organisations to appoint outwith type, even if there is a stated desire to do so.

[JeMeSouviens]

I know we have a few Marina Hyde fans on here, this week's is a peach: https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ter-spad-no-10

[lapsedhibee]

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I know we have a few Marina Hyde fans on here, this week's is a peach: https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ter-spad-no-10

Been a few upliftingly savage pieces from her since the New Year.

[Kato]

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The BBC part is referring to how difficult it is for certain organisations to appoint outwith type, even if there is a stated desire to do so.

Yes, but the article speaks about "Britain" and the only "chums" mentioned are the Tory Party's pals. I thought she would expand into other areas that showed the UK to be rife with nepotism/cronyism but it failed to do that. The BBC segment seemed like an out of place afterthought.

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[hibsbollah]

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"Britain has long been a chumocracy"

....then goes on to describe exclusively Conservative Party chums as examples. (The BBC one at the end doesn't even fit.)

Yes, Toynbee is a loyal cheerleader for the centrist Labour Party (she seemed to hate the Labour Left more than the Tories in recent years), and so it’s a takedown of the Tories exclusively, but quite effective for that.

[hibsbollah]

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I know we have a few Marina Hyde fans on here, this week's is a peach: https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ter-spad-no-10

She’s doing some surrealism riffing there, I like the Boris in dog body swap elephant foot humping.

[Kato]

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She’s doing some surrealism riffing there, I like the Boris in dog body swap elephant foot humping.

Some skillful juxtapositions too.


"trophy pouffe, or Dominic Cummings"

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[JeMeSouviens]

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Yes, Toynbee is a loyal cheerleader for the centrist Labour Party (she seemed to hate the Labour Left more than the Tories in recent years), and so it’s a takedown of the Tories exclusively, but quite effective for that.

Not just recent years, she was a candidate for the SDP I think, so presumably split from Labour then.

[cabbageandribs1875]

[hibsbollah]

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Not just recent years, she was a candidate for the SDP I think, so presumably split from Labour then.

I remember my dad liking her articles in The Guardian as far back as the early 80s, far too centrist for my taste but she’s always been consistent in her views and is big on increased public spending and higher taxes.

[lapsedhibee]

There are plenty of times when the government acts unlawfully, the justice secretary has admitted, but “getting something wrong is not the same as deliberately flouting the law”.

What mattered, said Robert Buckland, was that the government did not break the same law twice.

= rotational fouling.

[Keith_M]

Lest we forget...

[cabbageandribs1875]

vile corrupt tory hancock will be getting mentioned in court again

‘Benefiting NHS Patients or Big Tech?’: Matt Hancock Faces New Legal Challenge Over NHS Palantir Contract – Byline Times



Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock is to face a new legal challenge over the awarding of a £23 million contract to Palantir Technologies – giving its Donald Trump-supporting American billionaire owner Peter Thiel enormous access to data held by the NHS and Whitehall.



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[JimBHibees]

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vile corrupt tory hancock will be getting mentioned in court again

‘Benefiting NHS Patients or Big Tech?’: Matt Hancock Faces New Legal Challenge Over NHS Palantir Contract – Byline Times



Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock is to face a new legal challenge over the awarding of a £23 million contract to Palantir Technologies – giving its Donald Trump-supporting American billionaire owner Peter Thiel enormous access to data held by the NHS and Whitehall.



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BBC will be all over this

[Lendo]

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BBC will be all over this

There could be another 9/11 happening right now and the BBC would still dedicate more column inches to Salmond and Sturgeon on the website.

[Hibrandenburg]

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There could be another 9/11 happening right now and the BBC would still dedicate more column inches to Salmond and Sturgeon on the website.

I was actually surprised at the lack of front page reporting on this, it's almost as if they realise it's a damp squib.

[Jack]

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There could be another 9/11 happening right now and the BBC would still dedicate more column inches to Salmond and Sturgeon on the website.

I noticed yesterday that despite their prominent position of the story on their website it only ranked 3rd in the most read bit. Its not even in that now.

[Mr Grieves]

Is it normal for governments to pay for positive news articles in newspapers?

https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1...814347777?s=19

[hibsbollah]

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BBC will be all over this

If you search for Hancock on the bbc news the first ten articles seem to be about his role in Britain being #1 for genome sequencing, telling the public to behave themselves, and reporting his updates in a neutral way. You wouldn’t have a clue he’d just broken the law, been censured by two separate committees and awarded contracts to his mates and Tory donors.

There is no way this is an accident or an oversight on the bbcs part. We have zero justification for mocking Fox News, it’s the same level of deception practiced in a more subtle way. And some folk think the bbc is of the left

[Hibrandenburg]

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If you search for Hancock on the bbc news the first ten articles seem to be about his role in Britain being #1 for genome sequencing, telling the public to behave themselves, and reporting his updates in a neutral way. You wouldn’t have a clue he’d just broken the law, been censured by two separate committees and awarded contracts to his mates and Tory donors.

There is no way this is an accident or an oversight on the bbcs part. We have zero justification for mocking Fox News, it’s the same level of deception practiced in a more subtle way. And some folk think the bbc is of the left

From the outside looking in, I agree 100% with you.

[Bostonhibby]

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If you search for Hancock on the bbc news the first ten articles seem to be about his role in Britain being #1 for genome sequencing, telling the public to behave themselves, and reporting his updates in a neutral way. You wouldn’t have a clue he’d just broken the law, been censured by two separate committees and awarded contracts to his mates and Tory donors.

There is no way this is an accident or an oversight on the bbcs part. We have zero justification for mocking Fox News, it’s the same level of deception practiced in a more subtle way. And some folk think the bbc is of the left

You might laugh but I know quite a few (let's call them staunch) Tory supporters down here who say the BBC are left wing and biased towards labour.

Always thought Bozo's pet interviewer Keunsberg was a Marxist just biding her time.

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[cabbageandribs1875]

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BBC will be all over this

just the day after that court decision the BBC didn't have one article about it anywhere on their front page, not one article


it's almost as if it didn't happen

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/rachael_swindon/...629923331?s=21


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[cabbageandribs1875]

meanwhile...

Watchdog criticises how UK government appointed Covid ‘tsars’ | Civil service | The Guardian


Criticism of how four Covid-19 “tsars” were put in place has been voiced by an independent watchdog, as a new spotlight also fell on appointments of as many as 19 Tory-linked figures over the past 12 months.
“Greater clarity” about the terms on which the four were appointed in areas such as PPE and vaccine procurement “might have helped”, said the head of the public appointments watchdog, who recently expressed concern that the government was presiding over a new wave of political cronyism.


'kin stinks and it wont stop

[Peevemor]

Meanwhile Nicolas Sarkozy, our favourite French tory, has been jailed for a year with another 2 suspended.

[Bostonhibby]

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Meanwhile Nicolas Sarkozy, our favourite French tory, has been jailed for a year with another 2 suspended.

At least in France it looks like they could teach us a thing or two about jailing corrupt politicians.

Seems harsh, It's not as if he's given the owner of his local Barre a £30m contract for supplying PPE of unknown value

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[Ozyhibby]

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Meanwhile Nicolas Sarkozy, our favourite French tory, has been jailed for a year with another 2 suspended.

Does that mean that France is a failed state like Scotland? Seems to be the new line taken by unionists these days.


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