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[steviewevie]

Hunt/Sunak will probably widen the windfall tax thing in autumn statement later this month.

[Guest]

40 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Just think of the money that could have been coming into the countries bank account if that company was owned by the state. 
 

Oh it was. I wonder which idiots sold it off. 

We have to protect investment, I for one am excited to see the results of all this investment in the North Sea.
 

Looks like the Tories were proved correct on this as well. 

[Guest]

I’m sure this was part of the investment strategy all along and this is easily explained. 

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

Parliament will be sitting for a portion of the show, why is Hancock allowed to go to another country to do this?

[steviewevie]

10 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Parliament will be sitting for a portion of the show, why is Hancock allowed to go to another country to do this?

yeah, true...but I still want to see him eat a Kangaroo anus.

[Punksnotdead]

13 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, true...but I still want to see him eat a Kangaroo anus.

He'll be voted to do all the nasty tasks hopefully! He's a Tory MP though, so he's used to being surrounded by rats and maggots! 😃

[steviewevie]

 

[Guest]

Good on them. They did the same with Nadine Dorries as well. 

[Crazyfool01]

which is better getting him voted out early or making him do shit tasks ? 

[Guest]

Boris Johnson continues to trot around the globe while parliament is in session without hindrance, I wonder why he gets away with it. 

[pink_triangle]

23 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

She’s off the far end of the right scale .. appeases 1922 knobs … but not sure she can hang on now … so it’s gonna cause plenty of disruption 

The 1922 rigged the election to ensure the moderate candidate won. I wouldn't call them far right,more establishment.

[pink_triangle]

2 hours ago, Ozanne said:

Parliament will be sitting for a portion of the show, why is Hancock allowed to go to another country to do this?

There is no obligation for an mp to attend parliament. Sinn Fein MPs don't attend.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, pink_triangle said:

There is no obligation for an mp to attend parliament. Sinn Fein MPs don't attend.

He clearly wouldn’t be doing constituency work. I want my MP to be working on my behalf not jetting off around the world on holidays or vanity projects.

[Neil]

I've just seen that the hard right are in the rise in Israel, so I wonder if they hate Jews. 

[pink_triangle]

21 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

He clearly wouldn’t be doing constituency work. I want my MP to be working on my behalf not jetting off around the world on holidays or vanity projects.

You may want that, but it's not how our system works. If you aren't happy with MP attendance you vote out in a general election. There is no recall system in place for constituent dissatisfaction.

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

You may want that, but it's not how our system works. If you aren't happy with MP attendance you vote out in a general election. There is no recall system in place for constituent dissatisfaction.

I know how our system works. I was merely pointing out how it’s a joke that MPs can swan off on holiday instead of going to Parliament when it’s sitting. Silly me for thinking that wouldn’t be such an outrageous thought. 

[fraybentos1]

3 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I know how our system works. I was merely pointing out how it’s a joke that MPs can swan off on holiday instead of going to Parliament when it’s sitting. Silly me for thinking that wouldn’t be such an outrageous thought. 

Sir Keir Starmer visits Berlin Wall on trip to Germany | The Independent

You ignored this one though?? 🤣

[steviewevie]

32 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I know how our system works. I was merely pointing out how it’s a joke that MPs can swan off on holiday instead of going to Parliament when it’s sitting. Silly me for thinking that wouldn’t be such an outrageous thought. 

yeah, it is a bit shit...they get loads of time off in summer too.

[Zoo Music Girl]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

He is my friend's MP haha

[squirrelarmy]

The next Tory scandal is brewing nicely. It’s rumour that Braverman didn’t have the required security clearances for doing her job and could be why she thought it was ok to send sensitive information on a non secure server. 

[pink_triangle]

4 hours ago, Ozanne said:

I know how our system works. I was merely pointing out how it’s a joke that MPs can swan off on holiday instead of going to Parliament when it’s sitting. Silly me for thinking that wouldn’t be such an outrageous thought. 

I agree. I think there should be a proper recall system in place, but Turkeys don't vote for Christmas. The current system allows an MP to win an election and get paid the full amount even if they don't do anything.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, squirrelarmy said:

The next Tory scandal is brewing nicely. It’s rumour that Braverman didn’t have the required security clearances for doing her job and could be why she thought it was ok to send sensitive information on a non secure server. 

Where you seen this?

[squirrelarmy]

13 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

Where you seen this?

People talking about it on Reddit.

Back to the HandonCock kerfuffle. If the Labour party want to use this as a campaign image they are welcome to.

[steviewevie]