The Politics Thread

[sirdennis]

Hmmm. Someone is telling porkies

Hopes that firms could receive major packages of support to weather the energy crisis this winter faded as the Treasury flatly denied having been in talks with the Business Department.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng indicated on Sunday that struggling manufacturers and energy firms will not get much more support but said he is working closely with Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help industry.

https://www.independent.co.uk/busin...tary-over-energy-crisis-support-b1935635.html

 

[Thomas Holte]

The last time the UK was in such a mess was back in 1973 just before joining the Common Market

 

[Pangloss]

Strange one to block, surely everyone wants women to be safe? Showing his true colours, despite the talk of reform and wanting to be a liberal tory

Boris Johnson has infuriated the home secretary by overruling attempts to make public sexual harassment a crime. This has prompted concern at the Home Office that the prime minister views the issue as mere “wolf whistling”, rather than the aggressive targeting of women and girls going about their daily lives.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-sexual-harassment-law-home-office-pm-offence

Probably blocked it as it would result in a lot of pals being locked up.

 

[wittonite]

The last time the UK was in such a mess was back in 1973 just before joining the Common Market

The Common Market was a good thing, even though we were lied to to get us in. It's just a pity they didn't leave it like it was.

 

[mike_field]

Tory MP James Gray has been asked to step back from activities with a charity, after reports he mixed up two ethnic minority ministers at an event, saying "they all look the same to me".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58882238

Erm...

 

[Pangloss]

Tory MP James Gray has been asked to step back from activities with a charity, after reports he mixed up two ethnic minority ministers at an event, saying "they all look the same to me".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58882238

Erm...

Sounds like he's sharpening up to be the opening act at the Roy Chubby Brown Show.

 

[colavfc]

I give up with any kind of hope with UK politics. There is no hope.
There is absolutely zero opposition. Labour are literally just the monster raving loony party. Completely off their bloody heads. Cuckoo cuckoo.
And front bench Tories are not much better.
I've lost all hope. It just makes me want to get the hell out of here even more.
Everytime the politics thread gets highlighted I just think, 'oh god, what's the lunatic asylum done now'.
All bonkers and off their god dam heads. All of them.

 

[wittonite]

The last time the UK was in such a mess was back in 1973 just before joining the Common Market

Think 1978 might have slipped your memory.

 

[Thomas Holte]

Think 1978 might have slipped your memory.

I was living in the nurse's hostel Boscombe, Bournemouth in 1978 with far too much shagging and generally having a great time to indeed remember mate

 

[wittonite]

I was living in the nurse's hostel Boscombe, Bournemouth in 1978 with far too much shagging and generally having a great time to indeed remember mate

Sounds like a fantastic way to spend a winter of discontent.

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

Sounds like a fantastic way to spend a winter of discontent.

Sounds like a Carry On film

 

[mike_field]

I was about to say euphemism but you explained the rest lol

 

[BringbakMON]

let the poor fella have another go.........

https://twitter.com/x/status/1447935940371128327

 

[BodyButter]

let the poor fella have another go.........

https://twitter.com/x/status/1447935940371128327

I guess he has decided that Bojo style stunts are the future.

 

[danvilla2]

let the poor fella have another go.........

https://twitter.com/x/status/1447935940371128327

Watch the Tory boys try and get out of the lorry driver crisis by handing out a load of HGV licences to people worse than that

 

[Pangloss]

I guess he has decided that Bojo style stunts are the future.

"Is this the man you want driving the economy?". He has gifted the Tories a nice political ad here.

 

[sirdennis]

To be fair anyone driving a HGV for the first time would find it difficult I would imagine.

 

[mike_field]

Oh this is a nice political story for a change, the entitled children have learnt to share when ripping off the taxpayer.

Liz Truss and Dominic Raab are to share the grace-and-favour Chevening House mansion, ending a row between them over who should have access to it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58901220

 

[BodyButter]

To be fair anyone driving a HGV for the first time would find it difficult I would imagine.

I'm sure I'd probably be worse than Starmer but these political stunts are just stupid, like when the twats put on a high vis vest and a helmet.

 

[sirdennis]

I'm sure I'd probably be worse than Starmer but these political stunts are just stupid, like when the twats put on a high vis vest and a helmet.

Men/women of the people though aren't they !!