Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
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With all the Tory MPs giving up it will be entertaining/ depressing to see the quality of candidates that they choose to replace them.
Tim Loughton, Easy Worthing and Shoreham, has given up.
Not one of his constituents so I don't know if he was a 'good' MP at that level.
I am aware of some rather grubby expenses.
However, my impression was that he was less of an utter scumbag than the average Tory of late.
Anyway, off you trot.
Jumped ship as polling has shown his seat will go to Labour at next electionTim Loughton, Easy Worthing and Shoreham, has given up.
Not one of his constituents so I don't know if he was a 'good' MP at that level.
I am aware of some rather grubby expenses.
However, my impression was that he was less of an utter scumbag than the average Tory of late.
Anyway, off you trot.
He was, for an extensive period of time, my MP. Good riddance.
Brave of Tim to run away from a fight he'd already lost. Pollock.
I did like this though.
Try watching Canadian PM Justin Trudeau for the most umms and uhhs from a politician. Makes Racist Cruella look downright eruditeUm, err, um, err, blather, generalisation, um, err, um, err..can a colleague help me..
Kinnell.
Very happy to see him go. Unfortunately his legacy is to have encouraged and championed the over development of Shoreham with unaffordable, ugly, out of place blocks of flats.Tim Loughton, Easy Worthing and Shoreham, has given up.
Not one of his constituents so I don't know if he was a 'good' MP at that level.
I am aware of some rather grubby expenses.
However, my impression was that he was less of an utter scumbag than the average Tory of late.
Anyway, off you trot.
Not strictly an election, but he didn't do so well in 2016 when there was another quite important vote for the country...David Cameron claims Tories deserve to win election and says recovery for party not impossible – UK politics live
Foreign secretary talks up party’s prospects – and his ‘very good boss’ Rishi Sunak – on morning broadcast roundwww.theguardian.com
"When LBC’s Nick Ferrari put it to him that his record as an election winner made him the equivalent of Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson, and asked if he had any advice for Sunak, whom Ferrari described as the team’s Erik ten Hag, Cameron suggested a Tory recovery was possible.
"I prefer to point to the example of Unai Emery for [Aston] Villa yesterday who looked like they were on a losing run against Arsenal and in the last few minutes slotted into two. So anything is possible in football as in politics.""
Yeah: - Up Emery's Super Hammers, eh Dave?
I'm not sure about Ferrari's analogy. I suppose failing to win an overall majority, but sneaking in with a coalition, could be compared to the 1990 FA Cup win with Nick Clegg playing Lee Martin, but I seem to remember Ferguson went on to win 13 League titles, whereas Cameron limped to one overall win before gambling away the nation's future and doing a bunk. I'd suggest a better football manager analogy might be Don Revie.
He was riding the crest of the wave having won two other referenda. What he didn't factor in was that he had the press on his side for those two, whereas he didn't for the one that followed.Not strictly an election, but he didn't do so well in 2016 when there was another quite important vote for the country...
Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman have been at a 'convention' in Belgium, under the guise of National Conservatism, with Viktor Orban due to speak to tomorrow, but the Mayor of Brussels has had enough and sent the police in, after complaints. The place holds 800, and around 250 turned up.But its worse than that, 1 in 5 want more of the same and another 1 in 7 are convinced Farage's latest iteration will somehow be our saviour.
I just really hope its the UK is the first western country to properly bin populism and it isn't just a brief rest bite before another bunch of grifters become the flavour of the month.
It really does feel at times that we are addicted to self harm.
Amusing.Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman have been at a 'convention' in Belgium, under the guise of National Conservatism, with Viktor Orban due to speak to tomorrow, but the Mayor of Brussels has had enough and sent the police in, after complaints. The place holds 800, and around 250 turned up.
National Conservatism Conference: Police told to shut down right-wing Brussels event
Attendees are not being allowed into the National Conservatism Conference after authorities ordered it to close.www.bbc.co.uk
But what about Angela Rayner and her 1500 quid?A Conservative MP has lost the party whip after an investigation was launched following claims that he misused campaign funds.
Mark Menzies, 52, also faced allegations that he made a late-night call to a 78-year-old aide asking for help because he had been locked up by “bad people” demanding thousands of pounds for his release.