Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13710648)

Nusrat Ghani: I was sacked as a minister ‘because I was a Muslim’

A Conservative MP has accused a party whip of telling her she was fired from her ministerial job because her Muslim faith was “making colleagues uncomfortable”.

Nusrat Ghani, 49, was sacked as a transport minister in a mini-reshuffle in February 2020. She claimed she was told by a whip that her “Muslimness was raised as an issue” at a meeting in Downing Street and that her “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/n...slim-p38lmvlvg

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13710714)

Govt source says the accusation made by Nus Ghani that she was told by a whip that she was sacked as a minister because she was a Muslim is "categorically untrue"

A spokesperson on behalf of the Whips Office said:
“These claims are categorically untrue. Ministerial roles are appointed on merit and rewards for hard work. The Conservative Party does not tolerate any form of racism or discrimination.”

Originally Posted by jimbob (Post 13710945)

I know, to make it even better, a later tweet that he deleted then reinstated said.



So we know that she didn't accuse him in any internal investigation

Originally Posted by Lothian (Post 13710931)

It is hard work promoting, supporting and defending the Tories, especially if you have a conscience.

Originally Posted by Lothian (Post 13710950)

Ministerial sackings are not down to whips. That is the prime minister's job. If he doesn't take a dive for Boris he could lose school funding in his constituency.

Originally Posted by Lothian (Post 13710941)

If he never used the words and the accusations are completely false, why does he think it is him and not another whip?

Originally Posted by Darat (Post 13710959)

Did you miss the primer class on "politicians and weasel words".

He only said he didn't use those words i.e. "Muslimness was raised as an issue” and “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

He could have used any other words to say the same thing and he is "technically" telling the truth and as we know technically telling the truth is all that matters.

Originally Posted by Lothian (Post 13710960)

He probably said. "Big dog is concerned you are going to turn up looking like a letterbox"

Originally Posted by P.J. Denyer (Post 13710967)

I wonder if he's had the 'tank top' conversation with Gove yet?

Originally Posted by Lothian (Post 13710931)

It is hard work promoting, supporting and defending the Tories, especially if you have a conscience.

Originally Posted by jimbob (Post 13710964)

There was that too Darat, the second thing that sprang to mind.

Some beautiful replies to people screenshoting it.

https://twitter.com/PSincock/status/...111386624?s=20




https://twitter.com/ecomousey/status...971537923?s=20

Originally Posted by jimbob (Post 13710964)

There was that too Darat, the second thing that sprang to mind.

Some beautiful replies to people screenshoting it.

https://twitter.com/PSincock/status/...111386624?s=20

https://twitter.com/ecomousey/status...971537923?s=20

Originally Posted by GlennB (Post 13710984)

"Dominic Raab refuses to confirm full publication of Sue Gray partygate report

Deputy PM says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public"

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ?

Originally Posted by Stee (Post 13710983)

We didn’t burn him! (Bonus points for knowing where that’s from…)

Originally Posted by GlennB (Post 13710984)

"Dominic Raab refuses to confirm full publication of Sue Gray partygate report

Deputy PM says it is for Boris Johnson to decide how much detail is released to the public"

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ?

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13711011)

Well, he never released the Russia report so why are we expecting him to release this one?

Originally Posted by GlennB (Post 13711085)

Whatever route he takes there will be uproar. Is there even such a thing as a 'best' way for Johnson to handle this? And here I'm referring to reality, rather than the fevered imaginings that go on in his skull.

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13709663)

Here is a link to the most thorough treatment of Stalingrad I have seen.

It starts from 21st of July 1942 to the 2nd of February 1943 and covers the fighting on the Don leading up to the actual seige of the city.

31 videos so far taking it up to the 23rd of October 1942. They are all around 40 to 50 minutes long so around 22 hours so far.
Lots more to come

they are very good, his straight history vids are all good, his economics videos not so much.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...UtBP2pxYdCYiXX

Originally Posted by catsmate (Post 13711826)

Paul Keating (former Australian Prime Minister) described Liz Truss being "demented" wrt her comments on China; suggest she return to her "collapsing, disreputable government".
Also stated Britain "suffers delusions of grandeur and relevance deprivation"
Link.

Originally Posted by ponderingturtle (Post 13711876)

I have been watching the world war two in real time weekly updates and it is just about the end for the germans in stalingrad right now.

Originally Posted by Mr Fied (Post 13712007)

Oh FFS, Boris had a birthday party that broke the rules too.
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-01-24/...ws-understands

Just go man.

Originally Posted by Mojo (Post 13712011)

But Boris can’t be expected to have realised that it was a party:


That happens at every Cabinet meeting, doesn’t it?

Originally Posted by Mr Fied (Post 13712022)

Knowing this lot, most probably.

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop (Post 13712150)

Nadine Dorries tweets
@NadineDorries
· 1h
So, when people in an office buy a cake in the middle of the afternoon for someone else they are working in the office with and stop for ten minutes to sing happy birthday and then go back to their desks, this is now called a party?