General UK politics

[P.J. Denyer]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Scott Benton MP tweets
@ScottBentonMP
Nov 26
I’ve made this point in Parliament 3 times during the last week. The only way we can fully take back control of our immigration & asylum policy is by scrapping the ridiculous Human Rights Act.

In a sane country the newspapers would have jumped on this & he'd soon be 'spending more time with his family', in this country the papers have such a twisted sense of values I'm surprised they're not calling for him to be PM.

[Captain_Swoop]

I think you would be surprised at how many agree with him.
Human Rights Act is seen as an imposition by the EU

[Darat]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

I think you would be surprised at how many agree with him.
Human Rights Act is seen as an imposition by the EU

It’s all the fault of that liberal do-gooder Churchill!

[Captain_Swoop]

They never say which parts of the Human Rights Act they want to get rid of and why.

Here is a typical 'anti' comment

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Remove the word * human*, because its dishonest.
it means all you need is to be human and in the UK to be entitled to food and a housing and free medical care.
1,500 million would come tomorrow if they could .
Human rights for British Citizens Act = job done @BorisJohnson

[Captain_Swoop]

Some more

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No country can offer rights to anybody anywhere in the world.
3 billion want a better life in UK.
Our human rights Act grants rights the second someone sets foot on UK soil lawyers spring into action.
be practicing! daft head

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The human rights act. UK
The Eitopean conversation on human rights.
its a joke & usless & yes I have studied it.
Russia & Turkey are signed up to the European convention on human rights.
1, asylum protection from torture, no torture in France
2. can't deport back to France

There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what it is and says.

[Darat]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Some more





There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of what it is and says.

No, there is no misunderstanding, they know exactly what they are campaigning against. That is why they lie so much.

[Captain_Swoop]

If you need a laugh to brighten your day, Liz Truss has apparently just given Vladimir Putin a 'stern warning'.

[jimbob]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

If you need a laugh to brighten your day, Liz Truss has apparently just given Vladimir Putin a 'stern warning'.

She's probably threatening him with an export ban on cheddar to the USSR*

*yes.

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

If you need a laugh to brighten your day, Liz Truss has apparently just given Vladimir Putin a 'stern warning'.

Doubtless it will be as well received and as well adhered to as the stern warnings I give Timmy when he jumps up on the kitchen counters.

[The Don]

Boris Johnson demonstrating once again that it's one rule for him and his mates and another for the hoi polloi

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According to the Mirror, the official No 10 staff Christmas party was cancelled last year, but an unofficial party, which the PM did not attend, took place on 18 December.

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London was placed under Tier 3 lockdown restrictions on 14 December, after which time it was illegal to mix indoors with anyone outside your household or support bubble.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59491568

[sphenisc]

Originally Posted by The Don

Boris Johnson demonstrating once again that it's one rule for him and his mates and another for the hoi polloi





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59491568

How is the PM not attending it and example of that?

[The Don]

Originally Posted by sphenisc

How is the PM not attending it and example of that?

A party held for the Prime Minister's staff.

Unless he had no knowledge of it either before it happened, or afterwards and none of the attendees could be classified as mates then I think "one rule for him and his mates and another for the hoi polloi" is an adequate description.

[Darat]

Originally Posted by sphenisc

How is the PM not attending it and example of that?

It isn’t but that wasn’t your point was it?

[Darat]

Originally Posted by The Don

A party held for the Prime Minister's staff.

Unless he had no knowledge of it either before it happened, or afterwards and none of the attendees could be classified as mates then I think "one rule for him and his mates and another for the hoi polloi" is an adequate description.

And it really couldn’t be clearer that they did indeed breach the very rules they were telling us we had to follow:

Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) Tweeted:
How Boris Johnson’s spokespeople answered questions today about whether the Prime Minister broke Covid rules by having parties in Downing Street during lockdown. https://t.co/5nknYjs5hO

ETA: And no I haven’t accidentally linked you to the script for a new version of Yes Minister, that is indeed how the office of the PM still acts.

[Carrot Flower King]

BlowJob, however, WAS at a do at Downing Street in November last, under supposed lockdown - https://www.theguardian.com/politics...last-christmas - and something similar has just been reported on PM on R4.

Whichever way you look at it, he's head of government, making those rules, and in the buildings forming the heart of our government, i.e. Downing Street, he and his underlings were pissing all over those lockdown rules. Even if he wasn't actually present at one or other of these dos (and who knows what to believe of the official statements, made by professional liars about and on behalf of a congenital liar), he's still responsible as their boss.

[GlennB]

From the BBC :

"After @PippaCrerar
and @danbloom1
scoop this morning, we're told by an attendee of drinks in No 10 on Dec 18th that there were 'several dozen' people there, with food, drink and games which went on past midnight... https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59491568 - No 10's said all rules were followed"

[sphenisc]

Originally Posted by Darat

It isn’t but that wasn’t your point was it?

Yes it was..

[Darat]

Of course it was…

[Captain_Swoop]

51 weeks in Prison for protesting.

[Carrot Flower King]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but, in this - https://www.theguardian.com/politics...claims-rubbish - piece is Matt Hancock not telling what everyone else would describe as a lie?

He told the House of Commons that the DoH did not control sub-contracting and yet the Guardian has a copy of a contract signed by the DoH on his behalf specifying that his mate's firm should be the only sub-contractor...

When is a lie not a lie?

[Darat]

Originally Posted by Carrot Flower King

….snip…

When is a lie not a lie?

When it profits a mate!

[Captain_Swoop]

Please remember to vote Conservative in the by-election today if you enjoy seeing toffs getting pissed up at crowded Christmas parties while your relatives die alone.

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Please remember to vote Conservative in the by-election today if you enjoy seeing toffs getting pissed up at crowded Christmas parties while your relatives die alone.

Don't worry, people will

[GlennB]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Please remember to vote Conservative in the by-election today if you enjoy seeing toffs getting pissed up at crowded Christmas parties while your relatives die alone.

At the 2019 election CON took Old Bexley and Sidcup with 64.5% of the vote.

I'm guessing that will be reduced a little to around 60%, and can only dream things will go a lot worse for them.

[Carrot Flower King]

Originally Posted by GlennB

At the 2019 election CON took Old Bexley and Sidcup with 64.5% of the vote.

I'm guessing that will be reduced a little to around 60%, and can only dream things will go a lot worse for them.

51.5% on a 34% turnout and a swing of 10% to Labour.

[Captain_Swoop]

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL tweeted
@campbellclaret
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43m
The Johnson cheerleading right wing rags lead on him promising to ‘leave no stone unturned’ to ensure no more little Arthurs failed by the system. These will be the stones he found when ‘moving heaven and earth’ to free Nazanin and get Afghans who helped the UK to safety

[Carrot Flower King]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL tweeted
@campbellclaret
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43m
The Johnson cheerleading right wing rags lead on him promising to ‘leave no stone unturned’ to ensure no more little Arthurs failed by the system. These will be the stones he found when ‘moving heaven and earth’ to free Nazanin and get Afghans who helped the UK to safety

Well, if his party and governments of which he was part had not hacked social services spending to ribbons since 2010, had not hacked school nursing services (I don't know why articles about this case are talking about health visitors, as the bairn was of an age to be under school nursing not health visiting) to ribbons, not reduced the spending on other allied services and all the rest, then I just might listen to a word he says. But he was , so I won't.

Just to repeat things I've said before: my service, from which I retired in 2013, was in the same building as the local Children's Services team (we sub-let to them), so I saw and heard on a daily basis about their reductions in budgets, reduced staffing, inability to do anything but statutory investigations, and even those were backed up, and the consequent high staff turn over and loss of the more experienced staff. The same was happening down the road with educational welfare and educational psychology and other in-school support services. It was also happening in local health services, as school nursing was cut and we, the local CAMHS, were also cut. Grants were withdrawn from charitable sector organisations, who provided some excellent specialist support, which no-one else was in a position to replicate to the same level, as there was no slack left anywhere and we were well beyond running to stand still. BlowJob and his mates were responsible for this.

We've all read and understood the reports into Victoria Climbie, Baby P, Jasmine Beckford and all the rest; we all know the provisions of the Children Act and other relevant legislation; I've taken part in child death (for other reasons) investigations and thus been party to making local recommendations; loads of folk know what needs to be done, but if the resources are not provided (yes, central government, that's your responsibiliy) then all that knowledge and experience is useless...

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by GlennB

At the 2019 election CON took Old Bexley and Sidcup with 64.5% of the vote.

I'm guessing that will be reduced a little to around 60%, and can only dream things will go a lot worse for them.

Edward Heath’s old constituency, pretty safely Tory.

[Carrot Flower King]

Right, there are still several thousand households without leccy up here, mostly in Co Durham but some in Northumberland...

The gubbmint have somehow worked out where Penshaw is and sent Kwasi Kwarteng up here to spout some bollocks.

They're all trotting out the same line that the North East is not being treated differently to how the South East would be (I reckon there are a lot of people who will take a huuuuuuuge amount of convincing), as there are problems with remoteness and hills and stuff.

OK, this would be true for some of the places who were off for some time - St John's Chapel up Weardale, Langdon Beck (where my cousins used to live) up Teesdale, the top of the Coquet Valley, ther far side of Cheviot - however, this does not apply to Dissington, which is around 3 km from Darras Hall and Ponteland (Darras Hall is one of the wealthiest parts of the North East, where footballists live) or Waterhouses, the village about 10km west of Durham City which my mum and her dad before her were born in.

I'm afraid, Kwasi, BlowJob and the rest of you that some better excuses are required as these ones sound like, at best, ignorant bollocks or, more likely, wilfully ignorant lies.

[Captain_Swoop]

Parliament drug use claims to be raised with police this week

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has promised to raise allegations of drug use in Parliament with the Metropolitan Police this week.
He described a report in the Sunday Times that traces of cocaine had been found in several lavatory areas as "deeply concerning".
Sir Lindsay told the BBC that those who "flout the law" should face punishment.

The Sunday Time reports all but one of 12 lavatory areas in Parliament that were tested showed traces of cocaine, adding the House of Commons Commission - responsible for the running of the Palace of Westminster - was considering allowing the use of sniffer dogs to detect users.

Sir Lindsay told the BBC: "The accounts of drug misuse in Parliament given to the Sunday Times are deeply concerning, and I will be raising them as a priority with the Metropolitan Police next week. I expect to see full and effective enforcement of the law.
"While Parliament provides extensive support services for any staff or Members who may need help with drug misuse - and I would encourage anyone struggling with such issues to take up such help - for those who choose to flout the law and bring the institution into disrepute the sanctions are serious."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59539589

Nothing will come of it, both Raab and the Met have said that the Police can't investigate things that happened in the past.

[Nessie]

Originally Posted by GlennB

From the BBC :

"After @PippaCrerar
and @danbloom1
scoop this morning, we're told by an attendee of drinks in No 10 on Dec 18th that there were 'several dozen' people there, with food, drink and games which went on past midnight... https://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59491568 - No 10's said all rules were followed"

People who work together, who stay on and have a party, is not the same as, or as risky as, people who are not normally together, gathering somewhere for a party. But, the principle was no parties at that time.

The claim by Raab that the police don't normally investigate after a year is false, according to the London Standard, the Met have investigated other parties back from that time.

I do not know how big Downing St is, but is it possible to party when the police are outside, as they are 24/7, and they not know? Otherwise, are those police officers not in neglect of duty for not acting when they knew a crime was being committed.

[Nessie]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Parliament drug use claims to be raised with police this week

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has promised to raise allegations of drug use in Parliament with the Metropolitan Police this week.
He described a report in the Sunday Times that traces of cocaine had been found in several lavatory areas as "deeply concerning".
Sir Lindsay told the BBC that those who "flout the law" should face punishment.

The Sunday Time reports all but one of 12 lavatory areas in Parliament that were tested showed traces of cocaine, adding the House of Commons Commission - responsible for the running of the Palace of Westminster - was considering allowing the use of sniffer dogs to detect users.

Sir Lindsay told the BBC: "The accounts of drug misuse in Parliament given to the Sunday Times are deeply concerning, and I will be raising them as a priority with the Metropolitan Police next week. I expect to see full and effective enforcement of the law.
"While Parliament provides extensive support services for any staff or Members who may need help with drug misuse - and I would encourage anyone struggling with such issues to take up such help - for those who choose to flout the law and bring the institution into disrepute the sanctions are serious."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59539589

Nothing will come of it, both Raab and the Met have said that the Police can't investigate things that happened in the past.

Since banknotes are regularly used for cocaine use, at one time or another, you could have tested positive for cocaine. You could have also picked up traces of cocaine from using a public toilet. Someone snorts cocaine, wipes their nose, does not wash their hand, uses the toilet door lock and you enter next.

This could be all down to one unhygienic member of staff.

[Darat]

Originally Posted by Nessie

Since banknotes are regularly used for cocaine use, at one time or another, you could have tested positive for cocaine. You could have also picked up traces of cocaine from using a public toilet. Someone snorts cocaine, wipes their nose, does not wash their hand, uses the toilet door lock and you enter next.

This could be all down to one unhygienic member of staff.

And we now know the police have a policy of not investigating potential crimes that happened in the past.

[Captain_Swoop]

Boris Johnson is planning to let ministers throw out legal rulings they disagree with, according to a report which has increased fears that the government is determined to weaken judicial scrutiny after a series of defeats in court.

An ally of the prime minister told the Times that the judicial review and courts bill going through parliament “doesn’t go far enough” for the prime minister, who is considering an option, drawn up by the lord chancellor, Dominic Raab, and the attorney general, Suella Braverman, which would enable it to strike out findings from judicial reviews with which the government does not agree.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-disagree-with

Then there will be no law.
On the threshold of full-blown dictatorship.

[Captain_Swoop]

No 10 confirms the Government’s flagship ‘levelling up’ white paper has been delayed again to January 2022.

Boris Johnson is “absolutely not” bored of the idea, his official spokesman says.

I suppose the lie has served it's purpose.

File under 40 new hospitals.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Boris Johnson is planning to let ministers throw out legal rulings they disagree with, according to a report which has increased fears that the government is determined to weaken judicial scrutiny after a series of defeats in court.

An ally of the prime minister told the Times that the judicial review and courts bill going through parliament “doesn’t go far enough” for the prime minister, who is considering an option, drawn up by the lord chancellor, Dominic Raab, and the attorney general, Suella Braverman, which would enable it to strike out findings from judicial reviews with which the government does not agree.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-disagree-with

Then there will be no law.
On the threshold of full-blown dictatorship.

Also from that story:

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In the wake of the Mail on Sunday’s failed appeal over its publication of a letter written by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to her estranged father, Raab said he wanted to rectify “the drift towards continental-style privacy laws, innovated in the courtroom, not by elected lawmakers in the House of Commons”.

Great. We have a Lord Chancellor who doesn’t know how our common law legal system works.

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Also from that story:


Great. We have a Lord Chancellor who doesn’t know how our common law legal system works.

To be fair, he didn't know that a lot of the UK's trade came through Dover so it'll probably take him a while to become familiar with the common law legal system.

[3point14]

Meanwhile the UK government is promising to attack successful middle class drug users and to take away their passports (so they can't go on expensive holidays any more) and their driving licenses (So they can't drive the cars they're paying for).

They're doing this because doing drugs will ruin your life...

[Filippo Lippi]

Talking about what Raab does know is going to save us a hell of a lot of time

[Captain_Swoop]

Does anyone remember when Conservative Governments supported the Rule of Law?