Creepy Insane Person Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Jazzy Jan said: Good Grief. What is it with UK politicians. The tories will never change anyway. Everything is for business and rich people. Their whole ideology and it will never change while everyone keeps voting for them. But the UK is a beautiful country :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 13 hours ago, Jazzy Jan said: Good Grief. What is it with UK politicians. The tories will never change anyway. Everything is for business and rich people. Their whole ideology and it will never change while everyone keeps voting for them. The NHS (National Health Service) shredded to private pieces - hardly reported on main national media outlets. Forget about Tory BBC or even Channel 4 news. Who do we thank for that? The adorable Scum party and their cretin voters. Where is Bozo aka #WhereIsJohnson regularly trending on Twitter. Bozo seems to be vanishing whenever major issues need to be dealt with - surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 The lovely UK Tory prime minister and his government chums were all having a laugh at us, having parties and get together of all sorts repeatedly during national lockdown while the rest of us were sick with Covid. One rule for them, one rule for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Antivaxxers being abusive at a Test & Trace centre in Milton Keynes - lovely country, huh? No police on sight, heaven forbid they intervene: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Leave it to Eurotunnel to tell it like it is: "... British citizens are now considered 3rd country citizens..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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karbatal Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Gaudet said: Leave it to Eurotunnel to tell it like it is: "... British citizens are now considered 3rd country citizens..." Omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 third country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 12/30/2021 at 12:21 PM, promise to try said: third country? Not part of the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Millions and millions spent to make a tunnel under the channel so people and goods can travel easier only to end up not being able to use it without endless bureaucracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cyber-Raga Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 A Hitler allusion. He won’t like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 @Cyber-Raga He is getting away with everything as usual anyway, nothing bothers him in the slightest, not even the over 150,000 people who died of Covid now under his disgraceful "leadership", completely untouchable, and he knows it: Boris Johnson to escape standards investigation over Downing Street flat makeover Boris Johnson to escape standards investigation over Downing Street flat makeover (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gaudet Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 End of free lateral flow tests as country told to live with Covid New plan could save billions as ministers expect six more years of virus Free lateral flow tests face the axe under plans for living with Covid which Boris Johnson will announce within weeks. More than £6 billion of public money has been spent on mass testing using the devices. End of free lateral flow tests as country told to live with Covid | News | The Sunday Times (thetimes.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gaudet Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Is the NHS overwhelmed? Jake’s last Friday on Earth - Central Bylines June Roche from Nottingham describes how an understaffed and overwhelmed NHS was unable to help her husband. He sat alone, untreated and in pain in A&E for nine hours before being transferred to a cardiology ward. Thirty six hours later, he died. .... A service overwhelmed I am convinced now that I should have live-streamed the events of that night. Maybe a news channel would have picked it up. Ordinary people, maybe even the people in power, could have seen just how bad it was. But you just don’t think about that, do you? All I could think of was how to help Jake. Live streaming wouldn’t have helped him but it would have shown what is really happening. Maybe it would have helped people understand that it’s not just about Covid, how mild or severe it is. It’s not about being brave or afraid or pro- or anti-vaccine. It’s about the sustained cuts to funding and so many unfilled staff vacancies since 2010. Many EU staff left after Brexit and now the brilliant doctors and nurses that remain are unable to cope with the sheer numbers of people needing care during this public health emergency. The NHS in Nottingham was overwhelmed on Friday 11th December and my husband Jake died. He was 48 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jazzy Jan Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 10:10 AM, Gaudet said: He can't answer her questions. He is so pathetic. Infuriating to see such idiotic and uncaring morons as leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 16 hours ago, Jazzy Jan said: He can't answer her questions. He is so pathetic. Infuriating to see such idiotic and uncaring morons as leaders. Not that the alternatives are any better. Look at Liz Truss' track record, (a top favorite to succeed Johnson) her "pork markets" must very happy indeed. If Labor keeps that pointless simmering pot of Starmer (he sounds like a simmering pot), they will basically gift another win for the Tories at the next general election. Starmer is as useless as Corbyn was, just a different body mass index and shitty questionable tactics. Boris Johnson exit: Growing discontent in Tory party as odds on PM's exit soar Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced a myriad of setbacks in recent weeks and the furore is persisting. The so-called "party gate" scandal continues to damage his reputation, and it seems a growing number of MPs within his party want to see him replaced. Here's the latest of the PM's shaky position at Number 10. There is growing discontent with the PM within the Conservative party. Many Tory MPs are frustrated at Mr Johnson's recent handling of the pandemic and are outraged he may have broken his own Covid rules by holding socially distanced drinks in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street last summer. Beth Rigby, Political Editor for Sky News, has tweeted some of the current attitudes held by senior Conservatives. A senior Conservative said: "It's as bad as it gets. [The] Fact Dowden was telling people what they couldn't do from one room & less than hour later this was happening in garden is indefensible." While another Conservative said: "Mood terrible - even those who profess loyalty to him are in despair." The odds of Boris Johnson being outed as PM have leapt in recent days. Political punters at Ladbrokes have now put the odds of Boris Johnson being replaced this year to 5/6. Odds of him leaving his role in 2023 currently stand at 9/2 and this drops to 13/8 from 2024 onwards. Overall, the odds for Mr Johnson continuing to be the leader of the Conservative party at the next General Election stand at 7/4 and the odds for him not being the leader are 2/5. These latest findings come as the PM faces fresh allegations of Covid-rule breaking after ITV has published an email inviting Number 10 staff to after-work drinks. The PM is reported to have attended the event with his wife Carrie in May 2020, even though restrictions in England at the time banned all outdoor gatherings. According to the Sunday Times, three sources have confirmed the PM's principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds, invited staff by email to "bring your own booze" to the garden of Number 10 Downing Street for after-work drinks. These allegations have seriously damaged the PM's credibility and caused deep mistrust within his party. The email leaked to ITV read: "After what has been an incredibly busy period we thought it would be nice to make the most of this lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinking in the No. 10 garden this evening. "Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze!" A witness stated: "There were 40 people in the garden, including Boris and Carrie. There were long tables laden with drink, crisps, sausage rolls and other picnic food. It was a proper booze-up." This incident is currently under investigation by senior civil servant Sue Gary, along with a string of allegations of rule-breaking at Downing Street. Who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister? If Mr Johnson is removed from power, the current odds put Rishi Sunak on top with odds of 9/4. The second most likely candidate is Liz Truss, with odds of 9/2 while Mr Gove has a 16/1 chance. Although these latest scandals have been highly damaging for the party, many still believe it will be a Tory win at the next election. The odds of Labour's leader, Sir Keir Starmer becoming the PM are 5/1. Boris Johnson exit: Growing discontent in Tory party as odds on PM's exit soar (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has faced a myriad of setbacks in recent weeks and the furore is persisting. The so-called "party gate" scandal continues to damage his reputation, and it seems a growing number of MPs within his party want to see him replaced. Here's the latest of the PM's shaky position at Number 10. There is growing discontent with the PM within the Conservative party. Many Tory MPs are frustrated at Mr Johnson's recent handling of the pandemic and are outraged he may have broken his own Covid rules by holding socially distanced drinks in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street last summer. Beth Rigby, Political Editor for Sky News, has tweeted some of the current attitudes held by senior Conservatives. A senior Conservative said: "It's as bad as it gets. [The] Fact Dowden was telling people what they couldn't do from one room & less than hour later this was happening in garden is indefensible." While another Conservative said: "Mood terrible - even those who profess loyalty to him are in despair." The odds of Boris Johnson being outed as PM have leapt in recent days. Political punters at Ladbrokes have now put the odds of Boris Johnson being replaced this year to 5/6. Odds of him leaving his role in 2023 currently stand at 9/2 and this drops to 13/8 from 2024 onwards. Overall, the odds for Mr Johnson continuing to be the leader of the Conservative party at the next General Election stand at 7/4 and the odds for him not being the leader are 2/5. These latest findings come as the PM faces fresh allegations of Covid-rule breaking after ITV has published an email inviting Number 10 staff to after-work drinks. The PM is reported to have attended the event with his wife Carrie in May 2020, even though restrictions in England at the time banned all outdoor gatherings. According to the Sunday Times, three sources have confirmed the PM's principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds, invited staff by email to "bring your own booze" to the garden of Number 10 Downing Street for after-work drinks. These allegations have seriously damaged the PM's credibility and caused deep mistrust within his party. The email leaked to ITV read: "After what has been an incredibly busy period we thought it would be nice to make the most of this lovely weather and have some socially distanced drinking in the No. 10 garden this evening. "Please join us from 6pm and bring your own booze!" A witness stated: "There were 40 people in the garden, including Boris and Carrie. There were long tables laden with drink, crisps, sausage rolls and other picnic food. It was a proper booze-up." This incident is currently under investigation by senior civil servant Sue Gary, along with a string of allegations of rule-breaking at Downing Street. Who could replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister? If Mr Johnson is removed from power, the current odds put Rishi Sunak on top with odds of 9/4. The second most likely candidate is Liz Truss, with odds of 9/2 while Mr Gove has a 16/1 chance. Although these latest scandals have been highly damaging for the party, many still believe it will be a Tory win at the next election. The odds of Labour's leader, Sir Keir Starmer becoming the PM are 5/1.
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Gaudet Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Voices: The Brexit fantasy was never deliverable – voters fell for a confidence trick I am, I understand, a “bemoaner”: one of the lost tribe of British citizens who voted to remain in the European Union and now, resenting our defeat, lose no opportunity to undermine the triumph of our opponents. The case presented to the British people, which secured such a small majority in the referendum, was based on a pack of lies - Getty We are apparently oblivious to the scale of their achievement, blinded by our prejudice, and quite incapable of watching in admiration as the Brexiteers seize the opportunities they foretold and are now grasping. What heady days they were in 2016 when Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox were entrusted with the three leading ministerial posts to turn promise into reality once the referendum was secured. No need to wait for the detailed legislation. This was the moment to do the heavy digging, construct new frameworks, devise a plan. We were free. We had our country back. The dead hand of Brussels was soon to be history. This was the moment to reinvigorate the people’s enterprise with a list of the regulations soon to be consigned to the bonfire. Our own trade deals, suited to our economic circumstances, with countries across the world, in place of those imposed on us by the single market. Borders slammed shut, except miraculously in Northern Ireland, where they wouldn’t exist at all. Britain once again being respected in the corridors of world power. Two years later, the heady rhetoric of nationalism was a central component of the election campaign to get all this “done”. It worked. A massive majority removed any last obstacle between us and the promised land. Or so it seemed. Lord Frost, the man who had masterminded the technical legislation to turn all the phrases into reality, resigned. He was unconvinced by the direction of travel as he sensed it, after such close contact with his fellow Brexiteer ministers. There is another explanation: the case presented to the British people, which secured such a small majority in the referendum, was based on a pack of lies. It was never deliverable. I am the first to recognise that regulations are irksome to businesses seeking new openings. I know that I am responsible for a significant number of such rules, put in place to protect the environment, the countryside, our heritage and our wildlife. The many colleagues with whom I shared ministerial experience would take equal pride in the regulations they introduced to raise standards of safety, promote health, prevent exploitation in the workplace, and achieve a range of other purposes that convert the free-for-all of the jungle into civilised society. The single market was a plan to replace the different standards of each member country of the community with a single set, which would give industrialists much longer production runs and provide citizens with a simplified code of behaviour. Margaret Thatcher was an early convert, and rightly so. We are a trading nation, and the terms on which that trade is conducted are of crucial importance. Virtually all the expert analysis points to countries being poorer outside the community. There is little surprise here, as over 40 per cent of our trade is with our neighbours. We were promised that any dip would be more than compensated for by an enthusiastic world waiting to replace our community-designed deals with bespoke deals tailored to our own economy. There have been some 60 trade deals since we left the community. Virtually all of them are simply rollovers of those said to be so prejudicial to our interests. There is a different one – with Australia – and this is to be phased in over many years, which tells you all you need to know about its threat to British farmers. Of course, every tub-thumping orator knows the potency of the immigrant as a focus for discontent. Brexiteers played the card with ruthless efficiency. A million people got the message and left this country to return to their native homes. They were skilled and talented citizens who contributed significantly to our wealth and wellbeing. Shortages in the labour market, and the vacancies in the health service, hospitality industry and agriculture, are the living evidence of this self-inflicted act. A clear consequence of the communications revolution has been to lay bare the stark contrasts in wealth across the globe. Overwhelmingly, today’s immigrants are young, energetic and skilled. They are attracted by the sort of society we take for granted. They want to contribute to that society and make it a better place for themselves and their families. And while we cannot realistically welcome all those who would like to come, we won’t solve this ethical and economic challenge by pulling up the drawbridge. It is our moral duty – and in our enlightened self-interest – to provide investment and support to developing countries around the world. We should join our neighbours in a determined and concerted effort to create wealth in those countries from which immigration originates. Only by working together across Europe can we resolve conflict and end abuses of human rights, so that everyone can have access to opportunities where they are born. We must prioritise this if we are to end the desperation of entire families uprooting and travelling perilously across the world for a life without fear, threat or poverty. But it is absurd to pretend that migration can be dealt with by any one country alone. The crisis we see across Europe is still in its infancy, and global warming, with its floods and scorching, will accelerate it. This country should be encouraging our European neighbours to devise policies akin to the Marshall Plan after the Second World War. The next 12 months are going to be very difficult. Inflation and rising taxes will lead to falling living standards. In its attempt to deflect criticism, we can be sure that this government will do its utmost to shift responsibility onto our European neighbours, with no justification. The European Movement will be resilient in challenging such tactics. We are committed to restoring this country’s place at the heart of Europe. It will take time, but there is no excuse for delaying that process by a day longer than necessary. Already the polls are showing clear evidence that the British people know and resent the confidence trick pulled on them. Our task is to articulate our people’s real interests, and restore the next generation’s confidence so that they will one day fill the empty seat in Europe that we bequeathed them. Voices: The Brexit fantasy was never deliverable – voters fell for a confidence trick (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 This video is trending in Spain because we don't know if this person is real or a parody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 "let the bodies pile up high..." , "I didn't know it was a party..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Gaudet said: "let the bodies pile up high..." , "I didn't know it was a party..." Why didn’t she use the light saber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, karbatal said: Why didn’t she use the light saber? Everyone knows Bozo is like Teflon: nothing sticks to him. Someone must have told her by the same logic that he is also light saber proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudet Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 UK police say no investigation yet into lockdown parties at PM's house LONDON (Reuters) - British police will not investigate gatherings held in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's residence during a coronavirus lockdown unless an internal government inquiry finds evidence of potential criminal offences, the Metropolitan Police said. Johnson's leadership is in the balance as he faces calls to resign from some in his party over Wednesday's admission that he attended staff drinks during the May 2020 lockdown. He apologised for the error and said he though it was a work event. A senior government official is conducting an inquiry into that gathering and several others reported by media to establish the facts. "The Met has ongoing contact with the Cabinet Office in relation to this inquiry. If the inquiry identifies evidence of behaviour that is potentially a criminal offence it will be passed to the Met for further consideration," the statement said. Any police investigation would heap pressure on Johnson, who is already facing questions over his judgement on a number of different issues that have contributed to a dramatic slide in his Conservative Party's poll ratings. Political opponents reacted with dismay to the police decision. "The police don’t need the government’s permission to investigate a crime, and they mustn’t turn a blind eye to criminality just because it is committed by Boris Johnson," said Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats party. Conservative lawmakers have the power to force a leadership contest if enough of them submit a formal letter of no confidence in Johnson. But so far most senior figures have offered their leader qualified support, saying he was right to apologise awaiting the results of the inquiry. "We can't pre-empt things right now. We really can't," interior minister Priti Patel told reporters when asked about the police statement. UK police say no investigation yet into lockdown parties at PM's house (msn.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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