Scrutable

lpm wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:22 pm
Starmer was stunningly good.

FlammableFlower wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 11:19 pm Johnson's "Trust me, I'll change" plea was that of a serially philandering husband to his betrayed wife, something with which he is very familiar.

Though he knows, or has calculated, that in large part the rest of the Tories' fortunes are tied to his own from his first denials and their support. The longer they cling to him the more they will be marked by that association and I think he's thinking that for their own political survival, they'll not get rid of him.

discovolante wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 8:29 am

Millennie Al wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:51 am Frequently, the legal advice will be to say as little as possible

Where does this come from?

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

Trinucleus wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:51 pm Conclusion - 12 parties being investigated by the Met, so not being commented on. Therefore not appropriate to comment on the other four, as it would "be a detriment to the overall balance of the findings."

jimbob wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:11 pm Interesting interview footage of Dorries today

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1488 ... VGtYBymVQg

She's (literally not metaphorically) swaying all over the place in it.

TAFKAsoveda wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:27 am

jimbob wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:11 pm Interesting interview footage of Dorries today

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1488 ... VGtYBymVQg

She's (literally not metaphorically) swaying all over the place in it.

Is there a history of Huntington’s disease in her family?
Looking at many recent interviews she has some odd movements.

jimbob wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:11 pm Interesting interview footage of Dorries today

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1488 ... VGtYBymVQg

She's (literally not metaphorically) swaying all over the place in it.

Trinucleus wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 4:57 pm True. I also don't think he's got anywhere to go if the police confirm he was at the party on 13th November when he told the House he wasn't. I'm guessing his hope is we'll be at war by then

Bird on a Fire wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:58 pm
f.cking banana republic.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, also told MPs that he was concerned about what was happening to the reputation of parliament. Just after he reprimanded Boris Johnson for his anti-Starmer Jimmy Savile smear (see 12.49pm), Hoyle said people assumed he had a power to police what gets said in the chamber that he does not possess. He told MPs:

"Unfortunately the public out there think I’ve got this magic power. You give me the power. If you’re not happy with the power I’ve got, it’s in your hands to change it."

As Speaker, Hoyle has to enforce Erskine May, the parliamentary rulebook, which bans MPs from using unparliamentary language. Calling another MP a liar is one example.

But the Speaker does not have the power to stop MPs saying things that are untrue. And although ministers who do mislead the Commons are expected to correct the record, the Speaker has no power to compel them to do so.

Bird on a Fire wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:58 pm Of course the institutionally corrupt Met Police has put Sajid David's brother in charge of their "investigation".

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... m-26102172

f.cking banana republic. But at least the bananas are bendy now, not like before. #brexitbenefits

Bird on a Fire wrote: Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:58 pm Of course the institutionally corrupt Met Police has put Sajid David's brother in charge of their "investigation".

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... m-26102172

f.cking banana republic. But at least the bananas are bendy now, not like before. #brexitbenefits

Opti wrote: Tue Jan 25, 2022 11:30 am Remind me. Who is the police commander in charge of Metropolitan Police professional standards?

TopBadger wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:42 am Its funny hearing MP's stating Boris must 'shape up or ship out' or words to that effect... are they delusional? Leopards do not change their spots.

Four aides gone... more letters gone in too?

Grumble wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:44 am Four? There was another this morning. At this rate I’m expecting another when I press submit on this post.

Little waster wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 2:10 pm Frankly I find it baffling that Google search autocompletes the way it does as soon as you type “disgraced fo-“.

Dorries insisted that 97% of Tory MPs back the prime minister

Dorries insisted that “the prime minister has told the truth.

She suggested remainers are plotting against the prime minister.

She said: “There are a small number of voices, whether they are people who were ardent supporters of remain, who see this as their last opportunity to reverse Brexit.”

Little waster wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 5:18 pm Meanwhile observers on the ground say a camera lowered down a deep, dark, slime-filled hole have caught distant sight of Nadine Dorries who was said to be in good spirits and asking for a new spade as the one she had been using had snapped.

The Minister for Culture Wars is thought to have began digging the hole over Christmas and been working on it ever since though her motivations remain baffling.

The MP's grasp of factual, reality-based arguments are legendary and she went on to demonstrate this further.

Dorries insisted that 97% of Tory MPs back the prime minister

The percentage of Tory MPs who have lodged letters of no confidence is thought to be around 10% and the 15% threshold is expected to be reached next week.

Dorries insisted that “the prime minister has told the truth.

In other news it was revealed today that there is a photo of the prime minister drinking a can of beer at one of the parties he said hadn't happened and didn't know about

She suggested remainers are plotting against the prime minister.

She said: “There are a small number of voices, whether they are people who were ardent supporters of remain, who see this as their last opportunity to reverse Brexit.”

MPs who have called on Johnson to go include David Davies, Nick Gibb, Aaron Bell ...