news & politics:discussion

[Ryan1984]

 

[zahidf]

2 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

Yeah, he's a goner surely?

Imagine the embarrassment of having to admit you've been bullied by Dominic Raab though! 😄

Hes probably got Sunak in a headlock now until he agreed not to fire him

[Neil]

On 4/17/2023 at 2:03 PM, Neil said:

anyone gonna watch the musk rocket spectacular in an hour's time?

i missed it - but it was spectacular.

[Neil]

Just now, Neil said:

i missed it - but it was spectacular.

he's calling it a special disassembly.

[Guest]

I thought Starmer was supposed to be the ‘softie’

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Neil said:

i missed it - but it was spectacular.

oh wow - missed it too! Dammit! 

[Guest]

Sunak is so weak. 

[steviewevie]

confused. Was it supposed to blow up?

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

The impartial GB News.

How the fuck do they get away with it? Ofcom is a joke,

[Punksnotdead]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

I thought Starmer was supposed to be the ‘softie’

Perhaps he's just a slow reader? 😆

[steviewevie]

Tbf to rishi...Raab was loyal to him during leadership election...and he probably doesn't want to kick him out and have a reshuffle so close to local elections...but at same time if it is really damaging he needs to get rid to show he is strongman etc...but more than likely it's not fully clear either way...all these woke lefty remainer blobby civil servants don't like Raab saying stuff they don't like....or maybe he really is the unhinged c**t that he appears to be on tv.

[Guest]

Screw Rishi Sunak, if he isn’t strong enough to sack a Minister for bullying then he isn’t cut out for the job of PM.

[pink_triangle]

32 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Tbf to rishi...Raab was loyal to him during leadership election...and he probably doesn't want to kick him out and have a reshuffle so close to local elections...but at same time if it is really damaging he needs to get rid to show he is strongman etc...but more than likely it's not fully clear either way...all these woke lefty remainer blobby civil servants don't like Raab saying stuff they don't like....or maybe he really is the unhinged c**t that he appears to be on tv.

I think he Rishi can get away with keeping him in post, don’t think this is a story that has really resonated with the public.

[Punksnotdead]

12 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I think he Rishi can get away with keeping him in post, don’t think this is a story that has really resonated with the public.

I'm not sure - it's an open goal for Labour isn't it? :-

'Do you think it's okay for your boss to bully you, belittle you & treat you like shit? - Richie Sunak does!'

[Guest]

I think the public would care about the Deputy PM bullying his staff. 

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Punksnotdead said:

I'm not sure - it's an open goal for Labour isn't it? :-

'Do you think it's okay for your boss to bully you, belittle you & treat you like shit? - Richie Sunak does!'

Yeah if bad enough he has to go, not sure whether it resonates with public or not matters...but maybe I'm naive. Thing is we don't actually know how damming the report is.

[Punksnotdead]

8 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

'Do you think it's okay for your boss to bully you, belittle you & treat you like shit? - Richie Sunak does!'

By the way Labour - you can have that ad on me - I won't charge you for it! 😉

[pink_triangle]

14 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I think the public would care about the Deputy PM bullying his staff. 

I suspect the vast majority of the country don’t know who the deputy PM is, nor do they know what a civil servant does. Rishi will balance the negativity from getting rid of him with the negativity of keeping him. My guess is he will gamble that the story will blow over and I suspect he will be right.

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, pink_triangle said:

I suspect the vast majority of the country don’t know who the deputy PM is, nor do they know what a civil servant does. Rishi will balance the negativity from getting rid of him with the negativity of keeping him. My guess is he will gamble that the story will blow over and I suspect he will be right.

Like partygate

[pink_triangle]

17 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yeah if bad enough he has to go, not sure whether it resonates with public or not matters...but maybe I'm naive. Thing is we don't actually know how damming the report is.

The fact he hasn’t got rid of him today suggests to me he thinks it’s not damming enough. He got rid of Zahawi really quickly.

[pink_triangle]

Just now, steviewevie said:

Like partygate

Partygate was different because of the sacrifices everyone made and Boris is way better known than Raab. I think this is a story that probably doesn’t move the electoral needle at all, but need to see what’s in the report to make a better judgement.

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

I suspect the vast majority of the country don’t know who the deputy PM is, nor do they know what a civil servant does. Rishi will balance the negativity from getting rid of him with the negativity of keeping him. My guess is he will gamble that the story will blow over and I suspect he will be right.

Of course the public know who Dominic Raab is. More people know about him than Owen Paterson and look at the public uproar when Johnson tried to let him get away with it. 

[pink_triangle]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Of course the public know who Dominic Raab is. More people know about him than Owen Paterson and look at the public uproar when Johnson tried to let him get away with it. 

I said people don’t know who the deputy pm is not who Raab is. However I suspect Raab name recognition is far less than you think. I saw some polling once and name recognition for high profile politicians was really low.

I think a better comparison would be Patel who was found to be a bully. Lots of anger on twitter, but the story faded away. My guess is the same happens, but will need to see what the report says.

[steviewevie]

18 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

The fact he hasn’t got rid of him today suggests to me he thinks it’s not damming enough. He got rid of Zahawi really quickly.

Zahawi was a boris c**t. Raab is a rishi c**t.

Maybe public doesn't care, but no one likes a bully.