Tory Death Spiral

[Don Troooomp]

Do you not see a contradiction in wanting May to govern forever because she's "totally fucking up the Tories"?

Not govern, just lead the tories will be fine.

 

[Kaka Tim]

There was a young man from eton
Whose bottom was frequently beaten
He stood for pm
Got beaten again
And jailed for lyin' and cheatin'

prime minsiterial

 

[Don Troooomp]

There was a young man from eton
Whose bottom was frequently beaten
He stood for pm
Got beaten again
And jailed for lyin' and cheatin'

There was a old chap called Johnson
Who was a cunt

Easier to type

 

[Pickman's model]

There was a old chap called Johnson
Who was a cunt

Easier to type

There was an auld chap called johnson
Who was forever poncin'
Beers and wine
And lager and twine
And lighters made by ronson

 

[treelover]

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Surely that is so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid?

 

[andysays]

Surely that is so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid?

He clearly doesn't think so, and none of his fellow leadership contenders have suggested it should be.

Why do you think it's "so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid"?

 

[mx wcfc]

He clearly doesn't think so, and none of his fellow leadership contenders have suggested it should be.

Why do you think it's "so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid"?

One rule for politicians- one rule for the rest of us. But clearly, that’s been the case for ever.

 

[Badgers]

Surely that is so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid?

It would mean the end of a few of the leadership bids but who is going to enforce that? What recourse do we or the courts have #democracy

 

[agricola]

Surely that is so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid?

TBF that list should have ended his leadership bid before it came out. Banning those guilty of "serious offences involving gambling" from teaching? Did he look at the the spot-fixing scandal in cricket and think "... and what we must do is ensure that Salman Butt cannot be employed teaching French"

 

[Proper Tidy]

You can see that based on what they're saying, Gove is talking about dropping VAT post Brexit (whether this is a good idea is a different argument) whereas BoJo the Clown is back to banging on about going to Brussels and putting Johnny Foreigner in his place.

VAT thing clever - plenty of VAT qualifying business owners in Tory membership plus influential external orgs like CBI etc

 

[Pickman's model]

He clearly doesn't think so, and none of his fellow leadership contenders have suggested it should be.

Why do you think it's "so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid"?

because behind his facade treelover is a staunch conservative

 

[BryanLuc]

VAT thing clever - plenty of VAT qualifying business owners in Tory membership plus influential external orgs like CBI etc

But he's proposing a sales tax instead

 

[Proper Tidy]

But he's proposing a sales tax instead

Yeah. And no meat on bones yet but he's promised simpler, which will be the appeal - no complicated and time consuming quarterly vat returns etc

 

[SpookyFrank]

Surely that is so damning it should be the end of his leadership bid?

Lol no of course not.

 

[Smangus]

All taxes start simple, they only get complicated to prevent avoidance.

 

[Pickman's model]

There was an auld tory named gove
Who was a peculiar cove
He snorted cocaine
Again and again
Till he turned an unusual mauve

 

[Proper Tidy]

All taxes start simple, they only get complicated to prevent avoidance.

Dunno, a lot of the time they get complicated to facilitate avoidance

 

[gosub]

Dunno, a lot of the time they get complicated to facilitate avoidance

Bit of both, the advisors who advise how to change the tax rules then offer consultancy on how to get round said changes

 

[Proper Tidy]

Bit of both, the advisors who advise how to change the tax rules then offer consultancy on how to get round said changes

Aye, although the state also complicates tax rules to allow tax avoidance/mitigation for the wealthy, as a deliberate and considered act - no real reason to 'get around' the rules because the way around the rules is clearly signposted and officially tolerated

 

[ViolentPanda]

TBF that list should have ended his leadership bid before it came out. Banning those guilty of "serious offences involving gambling" from teaching? Did he look at the the spot-fixing scandal in cricket and think "... and what we must do is ensure that Salman Butt cannot be employed teaching French"

TBF, Gove probably thinks Salman Butt is a fillet of fish.

 

[Kaka Tim]

A pob faced cunt called Gove
Kept shoving chang up his nose
But folk in high places
May get off their faces
So up the ranks of the vermin he rose.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Yeah. And no meat on bones yet but he's promised simpler, which will be the appeal - no complicated and time consuming quarterly vat returns etc

They'll be making promises they won't keep

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[Saul Goodman]

Cue the defamation suit.

 

[Pickman's model]

Cue the defamation suit.

bring it on

 

[brogdale]

bring it on

Especially if Gideon were called as a witness.

 

[ruffneck23]

bring it on

yep bring it,indeed

 

[Proper Tidy]

Rowe has made various allegations, including obv the Osborne stuff, yet no defamation suits as far as I know...

 

[brogdale]

Rowe has made various allegations, including obv the Osborne stuff, yet no defamation suits as far as I know...

For one very good reason, I'd imagine.

 

[existentialist]

For one very good reason, I'd imagine.

Two. One for each nostril.