news & politics:discussion

[steviewevie]

51 minutes ago, Neil said:

when i heard the story this morning that the treasury wouldn't sign off the nhs rescue plan, i said to the wife that it sounded like a spaffer-planted anti-sunak story and i'm even more convinced of that right now. spaffer is worried about a confidence vote.

 

[zahidf]

Lol wtf?

 

[Homer]

 

"I walked in, I gave him a salute and said ‘Prime Minister, Guto Harri reporting for duty’ and he stood up from behind his desk and started to salute but then said ‘What am I doing, I should take the knee for you."

[Guest]

Johnson’s gonna get away with this, isn’t he?

[steviewevie]

42 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Johnson’s gonna get away with this, isn’t he?

maybe...maybe not. Police inquiry to come, local elections, cost of living crisis, and a lot more people think he's a lying twat than they did before.

[steviewevie]

and we don't know how much long term damage this is doing to the reputation of this government and the tory party. The longer he stays the worse it gets for them? So...long may he reign (but actually I want him gone, the prick).

[steviewevie]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/07/government-fantasy-reality-tories-boris-johnson-lies-conservative

[maelzoid]

I wonder if the reluctance of other Tories to challenge BJ for the leadership is due to them having party-shaped skeletons in their closets. When the photos do get released, it may well be Rishi cheersing along with Spaffer.

Edited February 7, 2022 by maelzoid
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[Neil]

5 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

I wonder if the reluctance of other Tories to challenge BJ for the leadership is due to them having party-shaped skeletons in their closets. When the photos do get released, it may well be Rishi cheersing along with Spaffer.

i think they all know they won't do as well as spaffer did in 2019.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Well late to the party but just started watching that BBC Blair and Brown doc today. Fascinating stuff - I didn't realise they'd secured interviews with all the main players. 

I was 14 when Blair came to power so while I do remember it, the early days stuff is much newer to me. I feel like the latter days of that Labour government are burned on my brain though as I was quite politicised by then so will be interesting to see how much I remember.

[Ryan1984]

https://twitter.com/sensiblehuman96/status/1490695260053377030?s=21

[steviewevie]

17 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Well late to the party but just started watching that BBC Blair and Brown doc today. Fascinating stuff - I didn't realise they'd secured interviews with all the main players. 

I was 14 when Blair came to power so while I do remember it, the early days stuff is much newer to me. I feel like the latter days of that Labour government are burned on my brain though as I was quite politicised by then so will be interesting to see how much I remember.

yeah, it's a good doc. I think made by same people who made a similar Thatcher doc...and think they're doing Cameron next.

[steviewevie]

32 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Well late to the party but just started watching that BBC Blair and Brown doc today. Fascinating stuff - I didn't realise they'd secured interviews with all the main players. 

I was 14 when Blair came to power so while I do remember it, the early days stuff is much newer to me. I feel like the latter days of that Labour government are burned on my brain though as I was quite politicised by then so will be interesting to see how much I remember.

this good too...all the important people interviewed...like Steve Bannon and Jeremy Corbyn and some bloke who sounds like  Barry Shitpeas from Charlie Brooker's screenwipe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0013xch/the-decade-the-rich-won

[Guest]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

maybe...maybe not. Police inquiry to come, local elections, cost of living crisis, and a lot more people think he's a lying twat than they did before.

It feels like the wind is out of the sails to kick Johnson out for some reason, maybe it’s these new firings but I reckon that’ll be enough for the Tories. 

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

It feels like the wind is out of the sails to kick Johnson out for some reason, maybe it’s these new firings but I reckon that’ll be enough for the Tories. 

yeah, think Johnson and co have done a good job of managing to stretch this out...and maybe the danger for them has now passed...I wonder how many letters have gone in? we may never know.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, think Johnson and co have done a good job of managing to stretch this out...and maybe the danger for them has now passed...I wonder how many letters have gone in? we may never know.

I can’t shake the feeling that these new appointments will be enough for the Tories. Cue some big story this evening that makes me look silly but it seems to be very quiet now. 

[Justiceforcedave]

It's outrageous... if you get caught just lie. Then keep lying and lying and lying and eventually the heat dies down.

[not worthy]

A bit bold of the new Director of Communications to effectively call Johnson an incomplete clown.....on day one

[fatyeti24]

I wouldn't bet against there being another scandal.  It's got to be odds on with this fuckwit, right?

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, it's a good doc. I think made by same people who made a similar Thatcher doc...and think they're doing Cameron next.

Cheers, might check that out too. I love this kind of thing.

[Guest]

10 point lead, 10!

[squirrelarmy]

Am I imagining things but did Cassetteboy do an I will survive mix of Spaffer?

[steviewevie]

46 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

It's outrageous... if you get caught just lie. Then keep lying and lying and lying and eventually the heat dies down.

yeah, it's a strategy...deny, kick into long grass, ride it out...

[steviewevie]

Starmer has been attacked.

[steviewevie]