Suella Braverman's time is up.

[tony.c]

Speculation that Coffey and Barclay will be moved/removed.

 

[belboid]

Lord Mandelson was business sec in 2008.

That counts as relatively minor in my book

 

[Wilf]

Again, how long does that take to arrange?

Because if it's just a quick call to Charlie on a Monday morning, that's... fucked.

Though, tbh, wearing dead stoats and ruling over people without being elected is not exactly non-fucked.

 

[A380]

you get it by being in the Cabinet or potentially being part of it - Corbs got his after being appointed leader of the opposition, IIRC

Plus some civil servants and, apparently, prime ministers from some commonwealth countries. Who knew looking after an outside toilet could be so hard...

 

[DaveCinzano]

Speculation that Coffey and Barclay will be moved/removed.

COFFEY TO GO

 

[Ax^]

looking at the torygraph comment sections it's all a remainer plot to betray our frrereedums

 

[A380]

Though, tbh, wearing dead stoats and ruling over people without being elected is not exactly non-fucked.

Although if they were wearing live stoats the viewing figures for BBC Parliament would probably go up.

 

[tony.c]

Lord Digby-Jones, former head of CBI, was made Minister for Trade and Investment in 2007.

 

[Wilf]

Although if they were wearing live stoats the viewing figures for BBC Parliament would probably go up.

... which takes us back to rat boy.

 

[DaveCinzano]

With all the blue sky bollocksing going on I wouldn't be surprised if some bright spark suggests tapping Tommeh on the shoulder and asking him to raise an Auxiliary Reserve Support Echelon to beef up police numbers

 

[Lord Camomile]

Though, tbh, wearing dead stoats and ruling over people without being elected is not exactly non-fucked.

Ha, again, wouldn't disagree, and almost added as much, but I'm trying to reduce the amount of caveats and add-ons I include in every sentence

But yeah, would argue that the whole nature if the Lords is part of what makes the fact it just takes a phone call so fucked. It's not like I think the standard procedure makes the whole thing legit.

 

[Pickman's model]

With all the blue sky bollocksing going on I wouldn't be surprised if some bright spark suggests tapping Tommeh on the shoulder and asking him to raise an Auxiliary Reserve Support Echelon to beef up police numbers

The r specials

 

[tony.c]

The Black and Tans.
The Carlsberg Specials.

 

[Mezzer]

thank you for your information. but there is NO WAY on god's green earth that the parliamentary conservative party would say let's have the arch-remainer and pig-fucker a) elevated to the house of lords and/or b) made foreign secretary. there'd be uproar in the 1922 committee and the conservative party more generally.

You really do need to eat a little bit of humble pie you know. You should try it occasionally, it is a good look.

 

[PR1Berske]

thank you for your information. but there is NO WAY on god's green earth that the parliamentary conservative party would say let's have the arch-remainer and pig-fucker a) elevated to the house of lords and/or b) made foreign secretary. there'd be uproar in the 1922 committee and the conservative party more generally.

Aaah, you are fallible!

 

[Pickman's model]

You really do need to eat a little bit of humble pie you know. You should try it occasionally, it is a good look.

I don't follow your posts but imagine you speak from experience

 

[Pickman's model]

Aaah, you are fallible!

Yes.

 

[kabbes]

I think it’s a surprisingly adroit move by Sunak. Cameron is the last Tory PM that was actually quite popular with everyday non-membership South-Eastern Tories. Call-me Dave, I’m-socially-liberal-not-nasty — he’s never going to win round Labour voters or retain the Boris voters but he might help Sunak avoid haemorrhaging the Home Counties because he’s the Tory version of the opposite of Braverman (who is hates by the economically conservative but socially liberal South-East).

 

[A380]

The Black and Tans.
The Carlsberg Specials.

Smack and Vanns

 

[YouSir]

I think it’s a surprisingly adroit move by Sunak. Cameron is the last Tory PM that was actually quite popular with everyday non-membership South-Eastern Tories. Call-me Dave, I’m-socially-liberal-not-nasty — he’s never going to win round Labour voters or retain the Boris voters but he might help Sunak avoid haemorrhaging the Home Counties because he’s the Tory version of the opposite of Braverman (who is hates by the economically conservative but socially liberal South-East).

Bit of a stretch calling the Home Counties socially liberal, their main objection to Braverman (or Tommy Robinson for that matter) is that they're both too loud and obvious. You quietly shut down the immigration centre and arrest anyone coming on a boat, you don't burn it down and shoot them.

 

[marty21]

DUN, DUN, DUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!

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(Desperate writers turning to stunt casting to wring the last few coins from a dying series )

I'm disappointed they didn't parachute you into the job.

 

[Mezzer]

I don't follow your posts but imagine you speak from experience

Indeed. When I'm wrong or misguided I've no problem in saying so. I don't follow you particularly, but you're hard to miss as you post constantly. Mostly belligerently. And I tend to agree with you on most things. Even so, a little humility goes a long way.

 

[JimW]

Thank Christ we avoided chaos under Corbyn.

 

[A380]

Thank Christ we avoided chaos under Corbyn.

And are no longer ruled by unelected people.

 

[Pickman's model]

Indeed. When I'm wrong or misguided I've no problem in saying so. I don't follow you particularly, but you're hard to miss as you post constantly. Mostly belligerently. And I tend to agree with you on most things. Even so, a little humility goes a long way.

yeh. i have admitted i didn't see this coming. perhaps you should read my posts to see what i have said before demanding humility

 

[Silas Loom]

I think it’s a surprisingly adroit move by Sunak. Cameron is the last Tory PM that was actually quite popular with everyday non-membership South-Eastern Tories. Call-me Dave, I’m-socially-liberal-not-nasty — he’s never going to win round Labour voters or retain the Boris voters but he might help Sunak avoid haemorrhaging the Home Counties because he’s the Tory version of the opposite of Braverman (who is hates by the economically conservative but socially liberal South-East).

Sunak doesn’t know quite where he will be working in 2025, but it’s likely going to be a job which involves tapping up heads of governments and banks and tech firms for international favours. It’s therefore quite important to have someone at the FCO who can do the basics of diplomatic hobnobbing without pointlessly making enemies and to whom boring meetings with the PM’s counterparts in lesser countries can be delegated without causing offence - more so than worrying about an election which is already lost. So Cameron as an international safe pair of hands with a modicum of star power outweighs Cameron the slightly tainted remainer and Greensill shill.

 

[kabbes]

Bit of a stretch calling the Home Counties socially liberal, their main objection to Braverman (or Tommy Robinson for that matter) is that they're both too loud and obvious. You quietly shut down the immigration centre and arrest anyone coming on a boat, you don't burn it down and shoot them.

Large stretches of the Home Counties can find it within them to to feel sorry for the deserving poor and the hardworking immigrant (“marvellous workers”), and agree with (and even set) Diversity, Equality and Inclusion targets and nod in approval at Pride parades.

They may think that the answer to society’s problems is to reduce government spending and “red tape” and introduce competition and the market to everything, but that isn’t because they actively hate those who aren’t like them. They are just duped by neoliberal discourses.

For these people, seeing the likes of Braverman take over their party generates the same anger as it does for people here seeing Sur Kieth take over Labour.

 

[Mezzer]

yeh. i have admitted i didn't see this coming. perhaps you should read my posts to see what i have said before demanding humility

Didn't demand anything. It was a gentle suggestion. And yes I did read the subsequent posts, but there was nothing resembling a mea culpa.

 

[Pickman's model]

Didn't demand anything. It was a gentle suggestion. And yes I did read the subsequent posts, but there was nothing resembling a mea culpa.

it's a bit much to suggest i'm at fault for anything in this matter. david cameron's time is up again

 

[kabbes]

Massive lol that it looks like somebody is trying to get Pickers to admit that he ever got anything wrong, ever.