Theresa "MAY" not build a better Britain.

[Anubis]

Allegedly the only pork market Liz has opened up is with one of her parliamentary employees.

[Anubis]

A Twitter thread wherein monumental fuckwit and Tory MP, Gavin Williamson, raises a petition effectively against himself....

 

https://twitter.com/GavinWilliamson/status/971430148565356544?s=19

[magicrat]

A Twitter thread wherein monumental fuckwit and Tory MP, Gavin Williamson, raises a petition effectively against himself....

 

https://twitter.com/GavinWilliamson/status/971430148565356544?s=19

 

Private Pike knows

[Denny Crane]

I see a big fat order has gone in from the Saudis for some typhoons jets. Everyone seems to get their hands greased to turn a blind eye. The Times and the Guardian and FT even took a small fortune in advertising revenue from them.

 

 

 

Mohammed Bin Salman: The Truth Behind The Reformist Facade

craig murray

23 hours ago

There was a revealing coincidence of timing yesterday. Philip Hammond made a speech in which he pleaded with the EU to allow the UK continued free access to their financial services markets, on the basis of mutually recognised standards. At the same time, Theresa May met the Saudi Crown Prince in Downing Street and discussed specific legal reductions of those standards in the City of London, to allow for the stock exchange flotation of part of Saudi state oil giant Aramco.

 

It is symbolic because the toxic addiction of the ruling classes to Saudi cash has been lowering British standards of basic decency for generations. The most blatant example was when Tony Blair as Prime Minister intervened directly in the justice system to prevent the pursuit of corruption charges against the stench-ridden arms dealers of BAE, on grounds of “national security”. The myths about the impartiality of British justice have seldom been so comprehensively exposed. Where there is really dirty money, Blair is seldom far away.

 

The use of British supplied weapons by the Saudis to maim and kill children in Yemen on an industrial scale has penetrated public consciousness despite the best efforts of mainstream media to sideline it, and Jeremy Corbyn was absolutely right to highlight the involvement not just of arms manufacturers but of the British military. The government and royal fawning has been accompanied by an extraordinary deluge of pro-Saudi propaganda from the mainstream media this last two days for Saudi Arabia and its “reforming” Crown Prince.

 

There is no doubt that Mohammed Bin Salman has shown a ruthless genius in internal power consolidation in Saudi Arabia, with rivals arrested, shaken down or dying by accident. That he is seeking to end corruption appears less probable than that he is seeking to monopolise its proceeds and thus concentrate power, but time will give a clearer picture. There is no evidence whatsoever that Saudi Arabia is stopping its funding of Wahabbist jihadism across the Middle East and South Asia; indeed it has been stepped up by him, as has the bombing of Yemen.

 

Bin Salman may have a slightly different take on religion to those previously controlling Saudi Arabia, but in fact he is a much more dangerous fanatic. He is an extreme Sunni sectarian, driven by a visceral hatred of Shia Muslims. This is expressed in an aggressive foreign policy, causing a further destabilisation of the Middle East which threatens to tip over into catastrophe, as Bin Salman seeks to turn up the heat against Iran in proxy conflict in Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere. That he is doing so in active and functional alliance with Israel is the world’s worst kept diplomatic secret. Saudi/Israeli cooperation in Lebanon and Syria is to my mind the most dangerous global flashpoint at present.

 

But despite his fawning reception in London, Bin Salman is not having it all his own way. I returned from Doha two weeks ago and in Qatar, Bin Salman has seriously overreached. Angry at Doha’s lack of hostility to Iran, including revenue sharing agreement on cross-border fields, Saudi Arabia has blockaded the small Emirate of Qatar for six months now. The excuse given to the West – that Qatar funds jihadist terrorism – is perhaps the worst example of the pot calling the kettle black in History. But the Saudi demands, including the permanent closure of Al Jazeera, expulsion of Arab dissidents and removal of a Turkish military base, reveal an altogether different agenda.

 

Qatar has proved much more resilient than anybody expected. The blockade has caused some economic damage but it has been survivable, and the effect has been entirely counter-productive for Bin Salman. Qatar has become closer economically to Iran and has developed new port facilities which reduce import reliance on Saudi Arabia and its satraps. The Saudis had massed troops on the border and threatened invasion, but the Qataris vowed to fight.

 

Then something remarkable happened which the world mainstream media has almost entirely ignored. Despite Saudi sponsored adverts all over US media portraying named senior Qataris as terrorist sponsors, and despite strong Israeli pro-Saudi lobbying, Donald Trump suddenly called Bin Salman to heel. With Saudi troops massed on the Qatari border, on 30 January the United States signed an agreement with Qatar “to deter and confront any threat to Qatar’s territorial integrity”. This was a massive slap in the face to Bin Salman from Donald Trump, and a result of Tillerson recognising the real threat to the world from Bin Salman’s extreme ambition.

 

I can only conjecture this received none of the publicity it deserved from the corporate media because it went against the prevailing narrative that Trump can never, in any circumstance, do anything strikingly good, and because it was a blow to Israel. The uber-hawk Clinton would certainly not have crossed Saudi Arabia and Israel in this way. It is an important sign that there is more to Tillerson’s Middle Eastern diplomacy than the stupid decision, motivated by US domestic politics, to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

 

The elite loves Saudi money all around the world. But the UK is unique in allowing that to blind them absolutely to human rights abuses, the appalling bombing of Yemen, and the extreme dangers posed by Bin Salman’s hyperactive regional aggression towards Shia Muslims. We should be used to seeing Tories kowtowing to money by now. But this week makes me still more sick than usual

[Denny Crane]

In a statement to HuffPost UK, Lucas said: “It really is shocking to see these adverts pop up on news sites like the Guardian. They are promoting a man whose country has caused devastation in Yemen, and been accused of committing war crimes.

 

“For newspapers and advertising sites to allow his face to be plastered all over the place is truly shameful - they shouldn’t be facilitating his attempted rebrand.”

 

A spokesperson from the Guardian said the acceptance of advertising and sponsorship “in no way affects our editorial position”.

 

“We are free to, and often do, challenge the activities of companies and organisations that are also our advertisers and sponsors,” they said.

 

 

 

http://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/caroline-lucas-saudi_uk_5a9fdc21e4b0d4f5b66c1478?lp

[Denny Crane]

Even some torys not happy about taking money from Russian donors. Taking money from the world's new bogeyman after spending ages kicking Corbyn as a traitor and arming and being apologists for the Saudi war criminals is the ultimate in irony.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Denny Crane]

Give Putin his money back Tories.. FFS we even have a Foreign Secretary called Boris, the clue is in the name.

 

Kevin Maguire

@Kevin_Maguire

Imagine if Labour not the Tories took £3m from Russian oligarchs & lobbyists, including £160k to play tennis with a PM + £30k for dinner with the Defence Secretary. I spy a Conservative scandal

[magicrat]

Rees Mogg was sucking up to this cunt in London a few months back, Unsurprisingly very little was reported

 

.Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon has appeared alongside French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, telling her supporters to wear assertions they are "racist" as a "badge of honour".

To roaring applause, the former White House chief strategist told Front National supporters "history is on our side".

He told the party congress: "Let them call you racist. Let them call you xenophobes. Let them call you nativists. Wear it as a badge of honour."

Mr Bannon was speaking in Lille as part of a Europe-wide tour.

[Denny Crane]

Theresa May Protects DUP From Free School Meal Cuts Set To Hit England's Universal Credit Claimants

 

 

In legislation due before MPs on Tuesday, English families on universal credit will see the income threshold for free school meals slashed to £7,400 a year.

 

But in Northern Ireland, where the Government has just taken direct control of spending budgets, the same threshold for eligibility will be nearly double that rate, at £14,000.

 

May already faces claims that she has “bought” the Democratic Unionist Party’s support with a pledge of £1bn in extra funds for Northern Ireland, at a time when the rest of the UK continues to suffer from Tory austerity.

 

http://m.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tory-dup-alliance-under-fire-as-theresa-may-protects-northern-ireland-from-free-school-meal-cuts-set-to-hit-england-universal-credit-angela-rayner-vote_uk_5aa3f347e4b086698a9e1f30#click=https://t.co/cZmE6V89FW

[Lee909]

More than 7 grand and no free school meals. That is a fucking joke. How many sick kids and soon to be adults will be vitamin deficient because of this. They really are cunts. Bet most MPs claim more than 7 grand in meal expenses

[Bobby Hundreds]

How can we be going so backwards.

[Section_31]

Just voted through cuts to school meals except for in, drumroll...............

 

Northern Ireland. 

 

I feel like I'm having my prostate examined by Captain Hook with this utterly relentless, heinous shit. 

[Lee909]

Isn't the earning limit something like under £7,500 to get free school meals now?

 

All the while the houses of parliament and house of lords have a subsidised restaurant and bar

[Anubis]

Angela Reyner was estimating it will hit 220,000 low income families and mean 700,000 kids will lose their free school dinner. Meanwhile the DUP were given extra money to ensure kids in Northern Ireland are covered (not that I begrudge the kids in NI being covered).

[Gym Beglin]

Check this out

 

https://twitter.com/essexcanning/status/943541948513701888

[Strontium]

https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-labour-arent-telling-the-full-story-about-free-school-meals

[sir roger]

If it's a shiny improvement , you wonder why NI has been exempted. The DUP aren't going to be happy with the Tories are they ?

[Section_31]

If it's a shiny improvement , you wonder why NI has been exempted. The DUP aren't going to be happy with the Tories are they ?

 

One thing that always baffles me when it comes to debates on the Tories and austerity etc, is why people don't just use their eyes instead of stats?

 

Ask a copper, a nurse, a teacher, a firefighter or pretty much any public sector profession whether their lives have gotten easier or harder in the last 10 years and see what they say.

[Anubis]

I don't know if Susan Sarandon is in a play in London or anything, but she's been really promoting the work of Streets Kitchen in London on her Twitter feed.

 

They feed the homeless, but recently took over an unused building at 204 Portland Street and got over 100 homeless off the street in the bad weather. Unfortunately they lost eviction proceedings today, but she's been supplying food, sleeping mats and sleeping bags and encouraging donations.

 

Fair play to her.

[Denny Crane]

Tories deselection. If this was Labour something tells me it would receive national coverage beyond its relevance.

 

Jon Stone

@joncstone

·

8h

For all the fuss over hypothetical Labour deselections, the Tories just deselected away their majority on a London borough council

Joe Watts

@JoeWatts_

Tories lose control of Barnet council weeks before local elections have even begun (link: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/local-elections-conservatives-lose-control-barnet-council-resigns-a8258066.html) independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

[Jairzinho]

I don't know if Susan Sarandon is in a play in London or anything, but she's been really promoting the work of Streets Kitchen in London on her Twitter feed.

 

They feed the homeless, but recently took over an unused building at 204 Portland Street and got over 100 homeless off the street in the bad weather. Unfortunately they lost eviction proceedings today, but she's been supplying food, sleeping mats and sleeping bags and encouraging donations.

 

Fair play to her.

 

I remember her being quite prominent during the Democrat leadership campaign between Sanders and Clinton.

[Stickman]

Nice to see the walking stick insect isn't politicising the chemical attack 

 

Hopefully May got to A&E to have that creep taking the selfie removed from her colon

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69WjGQ7PJw

[magicrat]

God she is a fucking disgrace and the idiots that lap up a bit of rhetorical bollocks about Russian thinking it’s strong leadership are the same fucking morons pushing us over the Brexit cliff

[Gym Beglin]

I saw that clip earlier on and thought the same thing. I thought she was going to Salisbury to assess the damage, walk the battlefield so to speak. Instead she make it clear the whole thing is a fucking PR stunt.

 

Did she accept flowers, smile and pose for selfies when visiting Grenfell?

 

You’re a fucking knob if you vote Tory.

[magicrat]

Nice to see the walking stick insect isn't politicising the chemical attack 

 

Hopefully May got to A&E to have that creep taking the selfie removed from her colon

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w69WjGQ7PJw

 

Apparently these arseholes were party members,  The hypocritical cunts accuse Corbyn of playing party political games