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Just how awful is this government? June 2020 edition
- Thread starter Machiavelli
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nicko31
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HS2 to Leeds scrapped
How many more broken promises?
How many more broken promises?
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Terms such as dictatorship, fascism, end of democracy when this government acts incompetently or does something people don't like just shows the levels of idiocy surrounding political debate in this country.
nicko31
Well-known member
I prefer corruption, lack of accountability and crypto-fascism; lets face it the are a fair in the current Tory party that don't hide their admiration of Trump and his political model
Randy McNob
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 4,892
it's other Tories saying this....
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
- 8,394
just out of interest, what did you award the one for?
rogersix
Well-known member
- Jan 18, 2014
- 8,394
you've got uncle kenny down as an idiot?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Out of sympathy.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
A second example in one day of not being able to read. Ken Clarke used the word dictatorship.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
So, Johnson runs away again. He enjoyed hospitality in the Windsor suite at Heathrow before flying back out to his mate’s freebie villa in Marbella.
rogersix
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- Jan 18, 2014
- 8,394
well he's obviously spending his valuable time to drill down into the detail, so moving forward our great nation achieves prosperity levels hitherto unknown........... duhr
Randy McNob
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 4,892
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
Tories don't say idiotic things then ....
rogersix
Well-known member
- Jan 18, 2014
- 8,394
so YOU think ken clarke is an idiot then?
Maybe the new cohort of tory MPs will fatally undermine the established corrupt crew; one can only hope.....
https://www.ft.com/content/63fb5fbe-90a4-4f4e-80fb-19d5dab028c7
Two Tory tribes have gone to war this week, as the “sleaze” scandal engulfing the UK government descended into public bickering between old and young Conservative MPs over second jobs and what it means to be a parliamentarian.
“Do our constituents not deserve for us to focus on actually delivering those promises we made to them and things that matter to them?” Alicia Kearns, elected to parliament in 2019, asked in the House of Commons. The veteran backbencher Sir Christopher Chope responded that she had not “applied her mind” to the principle of debate.
The testy exchange over the government’s initial support for Owen Paterson over lobbying allegations and the wider row over reforming outside interests for MPs has exposed a new generational fault line in the Conservative party. It pits “the old and bold” long-serving backbenchers against the up and coming 2019 intake of 107 MPs. One seasoned Tory described the split as “the red wall versus red corduroy”.
The rise of the younger intake is likely to gradually push the Tories in a different policy*direction, with a focus on more interventionist economics, a liberal approach to planning reform plus a more pugnacious style of campaigning.
The 2019 intake is more diverse in sex, ethnicity and political outlook than older Conservative MPs, and represents the first generation of millennial Tories: Kearns was not even born when Chope first entered the Commons in 1983.
While many older Tories have racked up thousands in outside earnings, long after their ministerial careers have finished, the newest intake are primarily focused on their constituencies and getting into government. Although prime minister Boris Johnson’s first instinct was to back the old guard on second jobs, he backtracked and ultimately sided with the new intake, who view parliament as their sole employment.
https://www.ft.com/content/63fb5fbe-90a4-4f4e-80fb-19d5dab028c7
Two Tory tribes have gone to war this week, as the “sleaze” scandal engulfing the UK government descended into public bickering between old and young Conservative MPs over second jobs and what it means to be a parliamentarian.
“Do our constituents not deserve for us to focus on actually delivering those promises we made to them and things that matter to them?” Alicia Kearns, elected to parliament in 2019, asked in the House of Commons. The veteran backbencher Sir Christopher Chope responded that she had not “applied her mind” to the principle of debate.
The testy exchange over the government’s initial support for Owen Paterson over lobbying allegations and the wider row over reforming outside interests for MPs has exposed a new generational fault line in the Conservative party. It pits “the old and bold” long-serving backbenchers against the up and coming 2019 intake of 107 MPs. One seasoned Tory described the split as “the red wall versus red corduroy”.
The rise of the younger intake is likely to gradually push the Tories in a different policy*direction, with a focus on more interventionist economics, a liberal approach to planning reform plus a more pugnacious style of campaigning.
The 2019 intake is more diverse in sex, ethnicity and political outlook than older Conservative MPs, and represents the first generation of millennial Tories: Kearns was not even born when Chope first entered the Commons in 1983.
While many older Tories have racked up thousands in outside earnings, long after their ministerial careers have finished, the newest intake are primarily focused on their constituencies and getting into government. Although prime minister Boris Johnson’s first instinct was to back the old guard on second jobs, he backtracked and ultimately sided with the new intake, who view parliament as their sole employment.
nicko31
Well-known member
I'm a bit torn which group is worse, some of the red wall intake are of incredibly low standard it was never intended they would become MP's
Randy McNob
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- Jun 13, 2020
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Clarke, Major, Hesseltine are real dimwits.
Johnson, Raab, Patel, JRM, Gavin Williamson et al, they are the great minds of our time.....
nicko31
Well-known member
Add Nadine "explain the customs union to me" Dorries to the list
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59305080
Latest from her... apparently social media has been hijacked by lefties....
JC Footy Genius
Bringer of TRUTH
- Jun 9, 2015
- 10,568
I think anyone using the terms previously described is making an idiotic comment. That doesn't necessarily mean they are an idiot, for instance, you occasionally make idiotic comments but I still hold out hope that you are not an idiot.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Nadine Dorries is finding out the hard way, that tweeting abuse, and then deleting it, doesn't get rid of the tweets. There is an app that shows up deleted tweets, and people have also taken screenshots of her abuse to others.