Anyone know when this is updated? Sunak's on 63% disapproval: for sihts and giggles De Pfeffel was on 65% when he finally 'left'.
I think James O'Brien summed up a lot of "moderate" people's thinking about Sunak when he finally took over from Truss/Johnson: https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1620012941285249027?t=IdzJiF9-e_eyypYBPnyXjA&s=19 Basically he thought that Sunak would mark the end of the period of Johnson sleaze and we would have a decent (if still bonkers) government. Braverman/Raab/Zahawi (+ the behaviour of back benchers like Gullis) shows us that nothing has changed. And the only hope the Tories had, imho, was a strong decisive leader who was willing to break away completely from the era of Johnson sleaze. They have absolutely no chance of that with Sunak.
The illusion his team would like to spin is that Sunak’s Government is something new. But Sunak was present through all the excesses of Johnson and Cummings, the culture war Government waged, the PPE , standards and sewage scandals etc etc. Everyone can see that and the amusing thing is that the anti-expert, xenophobic distrust that they encouraged now has large sections of its bizarre nationalist, anti-vaccine base denouncing him as a WEF puppet. Reap and sow.
In case anyone had forgotten what an odious little tu rd Matt Hancock is, here's something to remind you. Well worth watching
Everyone can see that, and most people can remember that Johnson's government was actually (relatively) quite popular. Those things you rant on about are not the things that got Johnson out. So a normal person may wonder why you are making a case FOR Sunak. Just saying.
Mods. Please can you move this to the flat earth thread Anti expert as an insult? Yeah. Like when did an expert ever make a mistake or get something wrong? Don't slide off the edge anyone...
Crime's out of control under the Tories. Treason convictions have reached a decades-long high: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-64500638 I assume his early guilty plea while earn him 30% less hanging, drawing and quartering? Maybe his entrails will simply be lightly singed rather than burned in front of him?
I'm hearing that due to government cut backs there's not even an official 'angman anymore. Although that job title is not inclusive at all.
So a 4000 word essay from Truss explaining why she was right and all the experts, financial markets and even her own party were wrong. They are all "lefties" apparently. An apology to the nation for costing the economy billions and increasing ordinary people's mortgage payments would have been nice, but no. Her shambolic economic "strategy" would have worked, according to her, given time.... despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64527252
Staggering really. The Tory Party is quite mad and there will be plenty of hairy ears ready to give her a sympathetic listen. Keir Starmer will be very happy this morning.
Interesting thread noting how Liz Truss often dresses as a bin. https://twitter.com/garethwild/status/1564889645791444993?s=46&t=SINatjR7lR-Ci9AiCDZdtw
Blaming the 'leftwing economic establishment' shows how stark-raving-crazy ultra-right her 'economic policy' and other ideas are.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mps-housekeeper-says-treated-29135306 What a lovely bloke my MP and his wife are. You never see him in the constituency, you never hear him debate anything in the Commons, he doesn't bother holding constituency surgeries. It's quite obvious that he's in Parliament to make contacts and to further his own business interests. In short, the standard Tory arseh0le. Quite tellingly, a new search term has now turned up for him on a standard Google search of his name.
Energy prices set for a big rise in April when wholesale prices have lowered? Can anyone explain this, other than theft and corruption sanctioned and supported by the Government? Gotta love that sweet, sweet sovereignty.
This slipped under my radar: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mps-housekeeper-says-treated-29135306 The woman, who we are not naming, worked in an identical role as housekeeper in the spring and summer of 2021. After the judgment last June, she was awarded £3,148 in unauthorised wage deductions, overtime and annual leave. Ms Silk had denied unlawful deductions and any holiday pay shortfall. The judgment said the housekeeper had to follow detailed orders. These dictated “the rotation of avocados between the fruit bowl and the fridge”, “counting cutlery”, “how to carry items from the coffee table to the sink”, and “how to clean stools”, it was said. Instructions for how to do laundry ran to a page-and-a-half, including “setting alarms and sending texts about collection of dirty clothes”. The woman was described as “an impressive witness” by the judge. After leaving her job at the Djanogly home she sought help from the modern slavery support unit at the Salvation Army. She quit her job after being off sick for four days and was offered emergency accommodation by the charity. Case paperwork says the woman had only £80 to her name when she took the job at the Djanogly home. In her case, the judgment says that “unknown to the claimant, the respondent was monitoring her work on CCTV”. The housekeeper was required to be home at 11pm on any night before she had work the next day. It was also understood that she would be within 15 minutes’ walk of the Djanogly home at other times. The judge said: “The whole picture is of the respondent retaining a very substantial degree of control over the claimant.” The judge concluded there were £2,203 of unauthorised deductions, plus £481 of holiday pay and £463 breach of contract overtime due. Mr Djanogly – son of textiles tycoon and art collector Sir Harry Djanogly – did not respond to a request for comment and yesterday there was no answer at his home in West London. The Conservative Party declined to comment. ****ensian working conditions imposed at MP Jonathan Djanogly’s home are outlined in written instructions revealed by Hazel. Orders running to more than 100 words addressed the ripeness of avocados. They said: “Check the avocados in the bowl & put any that are slightly soft into the fridge. “Check to see if there are 8 soft avocados in the fridge... if not add up the missing number of soft avocados and put this number of hard avocados into the fruit bowl. “So if there are 2 soft avocados in the fridge put 6 hard into the bowl. Or if there are no soft avocados in the fridge put 8 into the bowl. If we have less than 8 avocados in total put on shopping list. Now review soft avocados – If there are any that you... will not eat today and that are unlikely to last till tomorrow then let RD [Rebecca Djanogly] know by WA [WhatsApp].” Housekeepers also had a “morning priority items” list instructing: “PLEASE DO TASKS IN ORDER SHOWN.” The housekeeper was instructed to clean the bottom of her shoes “with kitchen roll if there are solids... but just a damp blue cloth if no solids and dry the bottom with a dry cloth”. Of hand-washing, the order read: “Don’t turn on the tap till you have finished cleaning hands with the liquid soap.” Another note said: “The idea of the chart is so you know if I’m happy. If the chart is done then I’m happy. It’s [sic] a big house and you cant [sic] remember everything so please stick with the chart and take it round with you... don’t tick before you’ve completed line on the chart. Let me repeat… don’t tick before you’ve completed the line on the chart.”
I feel I have to step in here. C'est qu'une histoire. "Juste" means correct, appropriate. As in "le mot juste". De rien.
Do you have a contact for The Druid In Chief? I'll put him right. Do you remember when David Cameron misused "envie" and accidentally said he fancied the French PM?
Now we’ve left the EU, there is no requirement on indie bands to have French versions of their songs. Another Brexit win.
