Tory Leadership contest 2022

[two sheds]

They'd be arrested under the new legislation wouldn't they?

 

[Petcha]

That rishi thing is astonishing. I mean we could blame such gaffes from Boris on being pissed most of the time but this guy is pleased to remind us he's teetotal. That's it for him then.

 

[Pickman's model]

That rishi thing is astonishing. I mean we could blame such gaffes from Boris on being pissed most of the time but this guy is pleased to remind us he's teetotal. That's it for him then.

he'll turn to drink after the reaction to his gaffe

 

[Jeff Robinson]

If Labour had any sense they'd be loading that admission of Tory mendacity onto a projector and sound system to blast out in every former red wall town centre in the country for the next two years. Starmer on the other hand will no doubt be telling Andrew Marr "well the old formula was a bit unfair" in short order.

"What do you think of Sunak's admission of robbing from the poor to give to the rich?"

"Well Andrew I want to make it absolutely clear that under my leadership Labour remains resolute in its commitment to the UK's membership of NATO and will be a friend of business, working together to get the economy going again."

 

[eatmorecheese]

Saying the quiet part out loud

This is the first bit of honesty from any of this shower for ages.

I know he was playing to Blue Kent, but didn't he think a microphone might be around?

Candid, frank and spectacularly suicidal

 

[magneze]

This is the first bit of honesty from any of this shower for ages.

I know he was playing to Blue Kent, but didn't he think a microphone might be around?

Candid, frank and spectacularly suicidal

He was holding the microphone

 

[donkyboy]

Saying the quiet part out loud

Oh dear. Things going from bad to worse for Dishy Rishi.

 

[Rob Ray]

I suppose he should be called Redistri-rishi now.

 

[magneze]

He's finished now. Entirely, as a politician, I'd have thought.

 

[Artaxerxes]

He's finished now. Entirely, as a politician, I'd have thought.

Tempting but given that we’ve had the dregs of dregs bumbling around cabinet for 10 years and Boris as PM I’m not sure there’s anywhere low enough that’ll sink British politicians forever

 

[Pickman's model]

Tempting but given that we’ve had the dregs of dregs bumbling around cabinet for 10 years and Boris as PM I’m not sure there’s anywhere low enough that’ll sink British politicians forever

Raise the titanic, install the current mps and Lords, and let it sink back down again

 

[SpookyFrank]

Show me someone who has the same views a 19 and 49.

How about someone who has different views at breakfast and teatime? How about someone who just says things entirely at random because they're a halfwit capable of little else?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Saying the quiet part out loud

He's even lying about having 'started that work'. Osbourne started it. Austerity was always calibrated to hit deprived cities hardest and leave shire towns relatively unscathed.

 

[agricola]

Saying the quiet part out loud

There are very few things that show the spinelessness of the British media better than this. I mean its not as if that was blatantly obvious from watching what they were actually doing over the past few years.

 

[SpookyFrank]

There are very few things that show the spinelessness of the British media better than this. I mean its not as if that was blatantly obvious from watching what they were actually doing over the past few years.

Not like the level of government funding for local authorities is something you can just look up in five minutes though is it?

Oh wait no, it's exactly like that.

 

[agricola]

Not like the level of government funding for local authorities is something you can just look up in five minutes though is it?

Oh wait no, it's exactly like that.

they even threatened rebel Tory MPs that the Towns Fund money would be taken off them late last year

 

[SpookyFrank]

they even threatened rebel Tory MPs that the Towns Fund money would be taken off them late last year

Why even pretend not to be corrupt when there are no consequences for corruption?

What Johnson actually got nobbled for in the end seems like such an arbitrary thing considering all the stuff he shrugged off. The Pincher thing wasn't really a lapse of standards at all, because there were never any standards in the first place.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Show me someone who has the same views a 19 and 49.

* raises hand *

The details might have changed a little, but they're still basically the same. I hated the tories then, and I hate the tories now.

 

[stavros]

That rishi thing is astonishing. I mean we could blame such gaffes from Boris on being pissed most of the time but this guy is pleased to remind us he's teetotal.

Donald Trump is also teetotal.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Donald Trump is also teetotal.

And Putin.

I'll tell you who liked a drink though. Jesus. Blood alcohol so high he could pass the stuff off as wine.

 

[marty21]

This leadership campaign is endless it seems to have moved into a phase of both candidates saying how shit it has been under the Tories (ignoring their contributions to the shit) & asking Tories to vote for more of the shit.

 

[Supine]

This leadership campaign is endless it seems to have moved into a phase of both candidates saying how shit it has been under the Tories (ignoring their contributions to the shit) & asking Tories to vote for more of the shit.

Tbf - they do have different ideas about how to make it shitter

 

[stavros]

This leadership campaign is endless it seems to have moved into a phase of both candidates saying how shit it has been under the Tories (ignoring their contributions to the shit) & asking Tories to vote for more of the shit.

It's also not a new idea. Johnson only ever cited December 2019 as the start of Tory rule, ignoring everything else since 2010, including when he was a front bencher.

 

[stdP]

Funding disproportionately goes to wealthy tory councils anyway

Not sure why they're trying to keep this a secret - shouldn't they be shouting from the rooftops that they'll give local authorities more money as long as they vote Tory? Seems like a sure-fire vote winner to me - vote for blue, more money four you!

TBH it would make things far more efficient if opposition parties were outlawed, then all this petty squabbling could end and everywhere would be able to have the money distributed fairly. All these meanness-testing can't come cheap regardless of whom it's outsourced to.

 

[magneze]

Tempting but given that we’ve had the dregs of dregs bumbling around cabinet for 10 years and Boris as PM I’m not sure there’s anywhere low enough that’ll sink British politicians forever

Nah. He's toast. Ironically for telling the truth.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Nah. He's toast. Ironically for telling the truth.

Is he, though? It's only 0.3 per cent of the electorate that he's playing to, and he thought it was a good idea to say this to the ones at the event. Why not let the whole lot know via the BBC?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Not sure why they're trying to keep this a secret - shouldn't they be shouting from the rooftops that they'll give local authorities more money as long as they vote Tory?

I mean, I know this is a joke but, what's stopping them? Is there a law against pork-barrelling, or just a gentleman's agreement not to get caught doing it?

 

[Artaxerxes]

I mean, I know this is a joke but, what's stopping them? Is there a law against pork-barrelling, or just a gentleman's agreement not to get caught doing it?

Supposedly there are parliamentary standards and rules against it but it does boil down to pinky swear you’ll not favour anyone or discriminate

 

[SpookyFrank]

Is he, though? It's only 0.3 per cent of the electorate that he's playing to, and he thought it was a good idea to say this to the ones at the event. Why not let the whole lot know via the BBC?

Yeah the same people who picked Johnson. If anything it might win Sunak a couple of points. Right up until Truss regains tory hearts and minds by biting a kitten's throat out on live TV.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Supposedly there are parliamentary standards and rules against it but it does boil down to pinky swear you’ll not favour anyone or discriminate

Things like the ministerial code that Johnson recently tossed in the shredder?