Tory Cabinet Thread

[Gnasher]

9 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

I find the criticism/piss taking of both Davey and Blackford odd. 
 

Every single MP should call for the cunt to resign every time they speak in the HoC. 

Same, I think both Davey and Blackford have been on the button throughout the whole mess.

[lifetime fan]

15 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Nobody is criticising Davey 

Hence why I said ‘criticism/piss taking’. 
 

Every single MP should be calling for his head anytime they ever get to speak. 

[Bjornebye]

3 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Hence why I said ‘criticism/piss taking’. 
 

Every single MP should be calling for his head anytime they ever get to speak. 

I agree fully. I like Ed. I also like head. 

[Vincent Vega]

On 11/01/2022 at 16:57, Bjornebye said:

This cunt

 

 

 

 

 

[Vincent Vega]

Does anyone know if The Secret Tory on Twitter is legit? I’ve seen a few people speculate that it’s Johnny Mercer but I can’t see it as he never seemed to me as someone capable of being as witty as this account. 

[Anubis]

13 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

I find the criticism/piss taking of both Davey and Blackford odd. 

It was a mild joke based on three consecutive posts with his tweets. 

[lifetime fan]

8 minutes ago, Anubis said:

It was a mild joke based on three consecutive posts with his tweets. 

Wasn’t having a go mate. 
 

I just want to see every single MP including his own demand the cunt go. 

[Strontium]

1 hour ago, Vincent Vega said:

Does anyone know if The Secret Tory on Twitter is legit? I’ve seen a few people speculate that it’s Johnny Mercer but I can’t see it as he never seemed to me as someone capable of being as witty as this account. 

 

I don't think so. I've been following that account since it was Mark Ne Francois Pas, then it became Michael Govern Ready and now it's The Secret Tory. Never thought it was an actual insider. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a professional comedian running it.

[lifetime fan]

2 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

Does anyone know if The Secret Tory on Twitter is legit? I’ve seen a few people speculate that it’s Johnny Mercer but I can’t see it as he never seemed to me as someone capable of being as witty as this account. 

I highly doubt it’s that cunt, it doesn’t mention NI every 30 seconds. 
 

Rumours here he fancies a tilt at the leadership if the current cunt is forced out though. 

[Vincent Vega]

48 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

I don't think so. I've been following that account since it was Mark Ne Francois Pas, then it became Michael Govern Ready and now it's The Secret Tory. Never thought it was an actual insider. Wouldn't be surprised if it's a professional comedian running it.

I didn’t realise it was the same person behind both the Mark Francois and Gove parody accounts. I followed both of them, the Mark Francois parody was especially brilliant. It was a shame it disappeared once he was under investigation by the police for rape.

[Bruce Spanner]

Rees-Mogg doing the ground work on the next evolution of the excuse...

 

Effectively 'It's OK he broke the rules because the rules he wrote we're too strict.

 

You couldn't make it up, blame the scientists now and let revisionism seep in to distract from the actual offence which occured at the time the rules were as they were as mandated by the government.

[Marko121]

So it’s the fault of the rules now if he broke them? This from the people who made the rules, put them into law, told us to follow them and didn’t do it themselves. 
 

there are no depths they will not sink to 

[Barrington Womble]

8 minutes ago, Marko121 said:

So it’s the fault of the rules now if he broke them? This from the people who made the rules, put them into law, told us to follow them and didn’t do it themselves. 
 

there are no depths they will not sink to 

and remember priti patel, our home secretary, told us she would grass on anyone breaking the laws. 

[Mike D]

 

[Bruce Spanner]

Levling up norf...

 

 

[Arniepie]

3 hours ago, Bruce Spanner said:

Levling up norf...

 

 

I genuinely think I'd never tire of smashing his face with a cricket bat.

[No2]

1 hour ago, Arniepie said:

I genuinely think I'd never tire of smashing his face with a cricket bat.

What goes through the mind of a voter that ticks his box? Imagine thinking this is the guy I'd like to represent me. He openly looks down his nose on all bar the top 0.001%.

[mars]

[Arniepie]

12 hours ago, No2 said:

What goes through the mind of a voter that ticks his box? Imagine thinking this is the guy I'd like to represent me. He openly looks down his nose on all bar the top 0.001%.

God knows.

He hasn't a massive majority aswell doesnt he?

[Spy Bee]

 

[Kepler-186]

From a certain point of view…

 

John Lubbock

@jwsal
*|Saturday 15 January|*

 

Welcome to the first newsletter from our Right Watch project, where we will be recapping the developments in right wing politics over the past week. I’m going to try to keep it as entertaining as possible, so please excuse the frequent use of sarcasm and irony as a coping mechanism.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the first cabinet meeting of 2022, 5 January, via 10 Downing Street. 
 

This week we were treated to Boris Johnson’s parliamentary apology for attending a party with 30 guests in the 10 Downing Street garden which he claimed he thought was a work event. Thankfully the Political Editor from the government’s in house ‘zine, the Telegraph, was there to back him up by saying that this was ‘technically’ true.

The core of Boris Johnson’s defence was in that apology - he thought May 20 was a work event, technically it was, Downing St garden an extension of the government office.

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) January 12, 2022

 

Of course the investigation into the Downing Street parties by Second Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office Sue Gray is not independent, as some have pointed out, since she’s investigating her own boss, Simon Case.

The credibility of Johnson’s buffoon impression seems to be wearing thin with the British public, with one poll suggesting that 66% of voters think he should resign. YouGov put the figure at 56%.

painful poll for Boris Johnson from ⁦@SavantaComRes⁩ after latest party-gate revelations pic.twitter.com/1Ch5lOgeJY

 

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) January 11, 2022

Unfortunately, the PM’s weakness means that vultures on the right of his party are also gathering to feed on the scraps. To buy them off and shore up his support, it seems that he may be giving in to pressure groups like Net Zero Watch (one of many TUFTON Street groups) who are advocating cuts to green subsidies.

Another group funded by corporate interests which I looked at this week is a UK offshoot of Young Voices, a CHARLES KOCH funded PR agency which supports young ‘classical liberal’ talking heads in the mould of Tom Harwood or Darren Grimes. 

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg was sent out to bat for the PM on Newsnight, where he called the leader of the Scottish Tories a ‘lightweight’, and said that politicians should not be subject to censure by civil servants like Sue Gray because they are “subject to elections”.

Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests civil servant heads could roll in Sue Gray report while the PM keeps job

"Politicians are subject to elections. Civil servants are subject to HR. HR does not apply to ministers because they have to retain confidence of the British people"

— Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) January 12, 2022

Earlier in the week I subjected myself to Conservative Home’s fortnightly ‘Moggcast’ to hear what insights he had for the faithful this week, which you can read about here.

I also listened to London Calling, a podcast where James Delingpole and Toby Young ‘explain British and European politics and culture for their American audience’, and wooo boy, it was a wild ride.

The right wing press was so troubled by the constant bad press that they attempted to resurrect a story about a Chinese spy (so undercover that she worked as an official legal advisor to the Chinese embassy) who had donated lots of money to Barry Gardiner MP. The story had previously been reported by the Daily Mail in 2020, and by the Times five years ago.

The Times @oliver_wright revealed this FIVE years ago on the front page of the Timeshttps://t.co/w06jKbyVPN

Only today… https://t.co/TP9EWk3IjF

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) January 13, 2022

 

By Thursday night however, with the Telegraph reporting another two lockdown garden parties hosted at Number 10, things were looking bad for Johnson. While some pundits started floating the idea that it might be wise to replace him with Rishi Sunak, others clung onto the dear leader, with GB News’ Mark Dolan rallying the pro-Boris faithful with the stirring cry, “Boris Johnson is a prize numpty, but he's our numpty and we've got to get behind this guy”

The Spectator, meanwhile, went with the most unhinged take, suggesting that ‘partygate’ was ‘a Remainer plot’.

 

Speaking of Brexit, this week the journalist Carole Cadwalladr (full disclosure, I have worked for The Citizens, an investigative journalism organisation she helped found) was back in court to defend herself against a libel claim by Brexit funder Arron Banks, who gave an £8 million loan to the Leave.EU campaign he helped set up.

 

According to OpenDemocracy, “If she loses, Cadwalladr faces legal costs of up to £1m plus damages. Reporters Without Borders have called the case an “abusive” attempt to “silence public interest reporting”.”

Once again, the right loves to whine about how free speech is under threat because you can’t call sweets ‘midget gems’ anymore or something asinine like that, while journalists who cover the influence of dark money in UK politics get taken to court in what sixteen media rights organisations have described as a ‘strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP)’.

 

2022 is certainly off to an interesting start, and things aren’t looking great for the government. It’s anyone’s guess whether Johnson will cling on, or whether MPs will decide to replace him with Chancellor Rishi Sunak or Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. I for one just can’t wait to find out!

 

 

[Gnasher]

 

 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/government-branded-disgrace-after-bid-to-strengthen-sarah-everard-inquiry-voted-down-at-12-30am/

 

Edit; her mothers victim statement in heart rendering. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58742568

[Gnasher]

James Slack, from the Mail to Downing St and onto the Scum... that's the wrong un of the year award sorted.

 

 

 

[Arniepie]

2 hours ago, Gnasher said:

 

 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/government-branded-disgrace-after-bid-to-strengthen-sarah-everard-inquiry-voted-down-at-12-30am/

 

Edit; her mothers victim statement in heart rendering. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58742568

That's a fuckimg disgrace

[Skidfingers McGonical]