MikeO Posted June 11, 2022 Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 Canvassed by the Tories earlier, they were mob handed in my street; times like this I miss a voice, hand gesture and derisory sneer had to suffice. Lived in the constituency for around eighteen years now and this is the first I've seen of them, always taken for granted they were going to win.....they're worried. Apparently Johnson came down yesterday but just had a private "tea" with their candidate and a few farmers, not got the bottle to face the voters obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 All different shades of brown... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/immoral-rwanda-policy-shames-britain-say-archbishops-bg55d7gm0 The entire senior leadership of the Church of England has denounced plans to deport migrants to Rwanda as an “immoral policy that shames Britain”. The archbishops of Canterbury and York and the other 23 bishops that sit as Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords have written an excoriating letter to The Times to be published tomorrow, when the first flight is scheduled to leave for Rwanda. The letter says: “Whether or not the first deportation flight leaves Britain today for Rwanda, this policy should shame us as a nation.” It adds: “The shame is our own, because our Christian heritage should inspire us to treat asylum seekers with compassion, fairness and justice, as we have for centuries.” The letter, signed by the Most Rev Justin Welby and the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, as archbishops of Canterbury and York, and also by the bishops of London, Durham, Exeter, Birmingham and Manchester, warns that those being deported have not had a chance to appeal or to see family in Britain. No attempt has been made to understand their predicament, it adds. “They are the vulnerable that the Old Testament calls us to value,” it adds, explaining that “evil trafficking” must be combatted by providing safe routes to the UK to “reduce dangerous journeys”. “Deportations, and the potential forced return of asylum seekers to their home countries, are not the way,” it adds. “This immoral policy shames Britain.” The policy has faced strong criticism from many quarters, including from the Prince of Wales, who is said to have privately described the plan as “appalling”. Welby faced a backlash from the government after condemning the policy in his Easter sermon, saying that it could not “stand the judgment of God”. Priti Patel, the home secretary, and Boris Johnson both criticised the archbishop for his intervention, but he told The Times last month: “The idea that I shouldn’t be political . . . is a nonsense. Everyone is political. People like Boris Johnson know that perfectly well.” Johnson was said to have told Tory MPs that the church had been more critical of the Rwanda policy than it had been of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, described by a church spokesman as a “disgraceful slur” on Welby. There are 26 seats reserved for Church of England bishops in the House of Lords, filled by the most senior male and female bishops. One is vacant while a new Bishop of Winchester is sought. The Rwanda policy has also been criticised by the Most Rev Andy John, the Archbishop of Wales and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. Imam Qari Asim, the senior imam at the Makkah Mosque in Leeds and one of the most prominent Muslim clerics in Britain, has said the policy “challenges our human conscience and compels us to speak up for human dignity”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Another nail in the coffin? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61819747 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 22 minutes ago, MikeO said: Another nail in the coffin? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61819747 Hardly. Now he's free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 08/06/2022 at 20:29, Palfy said: Try not to get yourself escorted out the building Mike Just stopped off in the pub on the way home, great fun, Tory was savaged. Reckon she had 25 supporters at most in an audience of 200 ish, she's an ex primary school teacher and behaved like she was talking to a class of six year olds. Very unpleasant woman, condescending in the extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 14 hours ago, MikeO said: Just stopped off in the pub on the way home, great fun, Tory was savaged. Reckon she had 25 supporters at most in an audience of 200 ish, she's an ex primary school teacher and behaved like she was talking to a class of six year olds. Very unpleasant woman, condescending in the extreme. I hope she was getting a hard time, what Tories don’t seem to understand is that there is a bias towards them based on performance and their leadership. Pleased you had an entertaining time and hope the beer was refreshing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 17, 2022 Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Had to laugh at a bit on a leaflet from one of the nutjob minor parties, promising to "cancel HS2 and use the money to reopen Cullompton railway station and build Cullompton relief road." HS2 cost £100 billion, total for station and relief road £30m....no mention of plans for the other £99,970,000,000 Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Polls close in the by-election, everything crossed. Meanwhile Johnson flies into Rwanda, maybe he could stick with the one way flight he suggests is such a great opportunity. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Palfy and Romey 1878 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 23/06/2022 at 22:09, MikeO said: Meanwhile Johnson flies into Rwanda As an illegal immigrant I hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Reality is closing in on Boris Johnson, a narcissist scared of what he has unleashed | Sonia Purnell | The Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62047883 Boris and co flat out lie again? In other news, water confirmed wet by scientists. Romey 1878 and Palfy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Like a rat on a sinking ship, Sajid David has resigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 The very rich numbers guy, that is really terrible with the economy, has also fucked off. I'd love to say they're doing it for the good of the country but we all know they're only doing it for the good of their career's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: The very rich numbers guy, that is really terrible with the economy, has also fucked off. Sunak, that has to be the end for Boris I think, surely. Conflicted because I want him leading them into the next election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, MikeO said: Sunak, that has to be the end for Boris I think, surely. Conflicted because I want him leading them into the next election. I don't think the Tories will recover whoever leads them. Pusillanimous lot should have booted him out before. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 28 minutes ago, MikeO said: Sunak, that has to be the end for Boris I think, surely. Conflicted because I want him leading them into the next election. Oh I know his name, I just despise him more than most of the others so didn't want to use it! MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Final kiss of death? Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Apparently Liz Truss has just attempted to fax her letter of resignation to No 10, and has set fire to the toaster. (Stolen fron Twitter) Romey 1878 and Zoo 2.0 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Oscillating from painful to hilarious watching the clown slowly slipping below the surface today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Dead man walking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 I seriously doubt it. Torys will have to exercise unpopular choices because i highly doubt he'll walk by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, Matt said: I seriously doubt it. Torys will have to exercise unpopular choices because i highly doubt he'll walk by himself. But they now will, 144 voted against him in the last confidence vote, and (as of now) another 35 resignations since yesterday, that's 179 MPs against him out of 358, exactly half. And there's at least one more who's going to resign tomorrow if he doesn't go; 1922 committee elections coming up, they'll change the rules to allow another confidence vote and he'll be out. If he has a single brain cell or an ounce of dignity left (open to debate) he'll take the least messy way out and resign. Personally hope he choses the nuclear option and calls a general election. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, MikeO said: another 35 resignations since yesterday 36 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 30 minutes ago, MikeO said: 36 now. Not long now he will be gone soon, his excuse was he was handed a colossal mandate, he created his own colossal mandate by constantly lying, he lied about Brexit he lied about Covid he’s lied about every poor decision he’s made by blaming others. The man is a complete embarrassment and the damage he has caused to this country is immeasurable. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 51 minutes ago, MikeO said: 36 now. 37. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 14 minutes ago, MikeO said: 37. 38. I'll stop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, MikeO said: 37. 38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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