Current Affairs 2023

[Mervyn and Trish]

I'm innocent of everything.

[paultheagle]

It's always somebody else's fault.

[towny44]

I get blamed even when I don't post.

[Mervyn and Trish]

Seems fair enough.. .

[Stephen]

I’ll second that…..what are we talking about.

[Ray B]

Apparently towny gets blamed when I don't post.

[Stephen]

Someone has to.

[oldbluefox]

That's what happens when you're not there.

[Ray Scully]

Bojo supporters where are you all?
Given the ongoing support for him on this forum,and his robust reaction to the Privilege Committee's report. I was expecting a vigorous response to a perceived injustice

[barney]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back with the Reform Party and rips the backside out of the Tories at the next election.
Part of the reason he won such a huge majority in 2019 was because Farage stood his candidates down.
He’s now out for total revenge.
Loving watching posh people getting in a tiz.
At least five years of Labour, maybe ten.

[towny44]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back with the Reform Party and rips the backside out of the Tories at the next election.
Part of the reason he won such a huge majority in 2019 was because Farage stood his candidates down.
He’s now out for total revenge.
Loving watching posh people getting in a tiz.
At least five years of Labour, MAYHEM.

Just done a minor correction to your post Barney, to add a touch of realism.

[barney]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back with the Reform Party and rips the backside out of the Tories at the next election.
Part of the reason he won such a huge majority in 2019 was because Farage stood his candidates down.
He’s now out for total revenge.
Loving watching posh people getting in a tiz.
At least five years of Labour, MAYHEM.

Just done a minor correction to your post Barney, to add a touch of realism.

[Mervyn and Trish]

The reality of British politics is the pendulum swings every ten years or so. So a Labour victory is odds on. Then in another ten it'll swing back.

As for Bojo, the only injustice is that the earlier PM who told far more serious lies that took us into an illegal war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives, mostly of innocent civilians, got a knighthood.

[Ray Scully]

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[oldbluefox]

I'm not sure where the left wing Boris Bashers get the idea that Boris has been defended on this forum. If he was guilty of wrongdoing then so be it but believing any on this forum tried to defend the indefensible is living in cloud cuckoo land. Bit pathetic really.
What I do find hypocritical was the silence around Stephen Kinnock breaking lockdown rules by travelling to visit his father on his birthday or Tahir Ali MP travelling to a funeral attended by a large gathering.
Everybody breaking the rules, especially MPs should be treated the same.

If Labour do get in power, as seems likely, I hope they make a better fist of it than the last time but don't hold your breath. Personally I don't have much faith in any of them.

[oldbluefox]

Rather than poring over the outcome of the inquiry, which was pretty much a foregone conclusion anyway, I would be much more interested in the doling out of honours by an outgoing PM or the extent of allowances ex PMs receive, and these are pretty extensive no matter how long you have been in office.

[Stephen]

I wouldn’t trust any of them as far as I could throw’m.

[oldbluefox]

Me neither. Take everything they say with a huge pinch of salt because what they say and what their true meaning is are not one and the same.

[Mervyn and Trish]

Surely you're not suggesting that lovely Sir Keir and his sweet Deputy are not to be trusted either?

[Ray B]

The TV and papers plus Sir Hindsights party have got very excited over Boris telling fibs about a party, which at the end of the day, did not physically hurt anyone.
Where as a ex director general of the independent office for police conduct, Michael Lockwood, has been charged with nine counts of sexual misconduct.
As it is an active case, nothing more can be said of the allegations.
The thing is, will Boris get the a lot more coverage where as the ex IOPC whilst more serious just get a bit of news time.
Different types of doing wrong, but what will the bill be for the Boris case, just seems like money no object for some enquiries.

[Mervyn and Trish]

Now this party at Tory HQ, and the Mirror's impartial video coverage.

No-one would deny those involved were pillocks and it was unacceptable. Bit more than sharing a birthday cake going on there.

However

1. It's old news, we already knew about it.

2. The police have already investigated it.

3. Some of those present have already been disciplined.

So what is the point? For Sir H to make hay of course. But if I were him I'd be extremely cautious about going into full on affronted mode.

Does anyone seriously believe no one in the Labour Party broke the rules? There were plenty on social media saying the Government couldn't tell them what to do. It only needs one party involving Labour to emerge for him to be left with serious egg on face.

My advice would be Boris had gone. Grow up and move on.

[Stephen]

It does make you wonder if anyone is actually running the country.

[towny44]

It does make you wonder if anyone is actually running the country.

These were employees of the Tory party working in Tory HQ, who have very little to do with running the country, which happens in Downing street and all the various govt departments.

[Ray B]

As far as all the Christmas parties go, I agree we must move on. Boris has gone and thousands have been spent, our money, on investigating and enquires, it's becoming rather wearisome.
We have difficulty finding money to build roads but always seem to have enough money for a good o'l enquiry.

[Stephen]

It does make you wonder if anyone is actually running the country.

These were employees of the Tory party working in Tory HQ, who have very little to do with running the country, which happens in Downing street and all the various govt departments.

I’m sure they were John, but I made no mention of it in my remark which was aimed at the government as a whole.