UK Politics Thread part II

[Moonlight]

What is Fishy Rishi going to do?, a full on General Election at this time would see that 80 seat majority disappear and Fishy Rishi would go down with them, he has to wait until next Autumn and hope the economic woes can be fixed in time, it won't save his premiership though as the backbenchers will see him as too much of a liability.

When will the 3 bi-elections take place, my best guess would be somewhere on or near July 13th to July 19th, will Fishy Rishi hold all 3 of them at the same time?, me thinks he will and it needs to be done before the summer recess. Get the pain over all at the same time Fishy, stretch the other parties finances out at the same time and use the "divide and conquer" tactics that the Tories are famed for, you know you have to do it, so get those knives sharpened.

Could we see a Lib-Lab pact where Labour would be free to target Bozo's old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip without any interference from the LibDems, undoubtedly, although they'll both deny it of course. That leaves the LibDems to target Nadines old rural seat of Mid-Bedfordshire without any interference from Labour, politics is a dirty old game and those Tories are masters of it, but this time they're in a room with just one door and the LibDems and Labour are guarding it.
What about the Selby and Ainsty bi-election?, probably all 3 parties will be free to get the knives out in a no holds barred back stabbing knife fight, they will need their best candidates in that bi-election as no party will be holding back. Christ almighty, these politicians have no honour anymore, I expect the Tories to hold this seat but with a reduced majority, as for the other 2 elections, if the above scenario happens then I wouldn't bet on that outcome.

[Jimbuna]

Boris Johnson's resignation honours list

Peerages:

Shaun Bailey - Conservative member of the London Assembly and former London mayoral candidate
Benjamin Gascoigne - Former political secretary and deputy chief of staff
Benjamin Houchen - Tees Valley Mayor
Ross Kempsell - Political director of the Conservative Party and Director of the Conservative Research Department
Charlotte Tranter Owen - Former special adviser
Kulveer Singh Ranger - Formerly Director of Transport for Boris Johnson while Mayor of London
Daniel Rosenfield - Former Downing Street Chief of Staff

Damehoods:

Andrea Jenkyns MP - Former Assistant Whip and Minister for Skills. For political and public service;
Amanda Milling MP - Former Minister without Portfolio. For political and public service;
Priti Patel MP - Former Home Secretary. For political and public service;
Ann Sindall - Personal Assistant to Boris Johnson. For political and public service;
Michelle Williams-Walker - Former Special Adviser and Head of Operations for the Prime Minister. For political and public service.

Knighthoods:

Conor Burns MP - Former Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. For political and public service;
Simon Clarke MP - Former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Chief Secretary to the Treasury. For political and public service;
Benjamin William Elliot - Former Co-Chair of the Conservative Party. For political and public service;
Michael Fabricant MP - Conservative MP for Lichfield. For political and public service;
William John Lewis - Political Adviser to Boris Johnson MP. For political and public service;
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP - Former Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency. For political and public service.

Order of the Bath:

Martin Reynolds - Former Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. For public service.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire:

Guto Harri - Former Director of Communications at Downing Street and London City Hall. For political and public service;
Rosemary Bate-Williams - Former Press Secretary to the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
David Joseph Blair - Former Foreign Affairs Speechwriter to the Prime Minister and Former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. For public service;
Colin Cromarty Bloom - Former Faith Engagement Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
Henry Charles Rixar Cook - Former Special Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
Jack Doyle - Former Downing Street Director of Communications. For political and public service;
Roisha Maria Hughes - Former Principal Private Secretary to the Mayor of London. For public service;
Ray Arthur Lewis - Former Deputy Mayor of London. For political and public service.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire:

David Bruno John Canzini - Former Political Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
Samantha Helen Cohen CVO - Former Director of the Office of the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
Alexander Karczewski Crowley - Former Political Adviser to the Prime Minister. For political and public service;
Rebecca Rose Haggar-Kaikitis - Councillor, London Borough of Hillingdon. For political and public service;
Samantha Geraldine Harrison - Former interim Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Office of the Prime Minister. For public service;
Benjamin Robert Mallet - Former Strategy Director for the General Election and London Campaign Director. For political and public service;
Robert Mark Raymond Oxley - Former Press Secretary at Downing Street. For political and public service;
Daniel James Ritterband - Former Head of the Mayor of London Campaign. For political and public service;
Sarah Elizabeth Rebecca Vaughan-Brown - Former Personal Adviser to Carrie Johnson. For political and public service.
Dr William Gerald Winter Warr - Senior Vice President, Global Health Strategy at BioNTech, former Senior Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Health, Social Care and Life Sciences. For political and public service;
Catherine Grace Rostron OBE - Senior Parliamentary Assistant and Special Adviser to Boris Johnson. For political and public service.

Members of the Order of the British Empire:

Kelly Jo Dodge - Long-time Parliamentary hairdresser. For Parliamentary service;
Andrea Laybourne - Former Parliamentary Secretary to Boris Johnson. For political and public service;
Richard John Mark - Senior Parliamentary Assistant to Boris Johnson. For political and public service;
Gregory Alexander Munro - Senior Assistant and Adviser to Boris Johnson. For political and public service;
Alexander Joseph Bryan Simpson - Former Parliamentary and Constituency Secretary to Boris Johnson. For political and public service;
Lynda Teresa Summers - Former London Borough of Hillingdon. For public service.

[Jimbuna]

How he once mighty has fallen.

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP.

Police confirmed a 52-year-old woman was taken into custody on Sunday and is being questioned by detectives.

[Skybird]

"Der britische Gentleman schweigt und geniesst."

[Jimbuna]

Simply rewarding as many of those as possible who either turned a blind eye or supported him throughout all his wrongdoing over the years.

[MGR1]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

How he once mighty has fallen.

Has now been released without charge:

17:52BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon released from police custody without charge

Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigations after being arrested by police earlier on Sunday.
Police Scotland confirmed that the former first minister had been arrested at 10:09 and then released from custody at 17:42 after being questioned by detectives.
"A report will be sent to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service," said the force in a statement.
"The matter remains active for the purposes of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and the public are therefore advised to exercise caution if discussing it on social media.
"As the investigation is ongoing we are unable to comment further."

We've also been reminded that Contempt of Court is subject to much more draconian conditions under Scottish Law than what applies in England and Wales.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

No pictures?

If so, was she wearing her wedding ring?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Simply rewarding as many of those as possible who either turned a blind eye or supported him throughout all his wrongdoing over the years.

Looks like we might see an amended list soon.

Half of the peerages Boris Johnson submitted in his resignation honours were vetoed by the appointments committee, but Rishi Sunak had no involvement, No10 sources have insisted.

With Mr Sunak facing accusations that he meddled with the list of House of Lords nominations, a Downing Street source told i that all 16 peerages originally proposed by Mr Johnson were passed on to the independent vetting body without any changes made.

The House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) then rejected half of them before one more voluntarily withdrew from nomination.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...22ba2409&ei=10

EDIT: No, I think the list already posted is the definitive one.

[MGR1]

No pictures?

If so, was she wearing her wedding ring?

Probably afraid of legal consequences, even for that.

There's been very little discussion in the Scottish media about all of this.

Looks like the "Scottish Establishment" hasn't been shy about wielding the threat of the legal cudgel to anyone who indulges in speculation.

Mike.

[Jimbuna]

[Moonlight]

Fishy Rishi and his 5 pledges.

Inflation, Growing the economy, National debt falling, Falling NHS waiting lists, Illegal migration.

Ah yes Fishy, but, you're trying to use Legal Migration to grow the economy you stupid currant, as usual you've fallen back to using Tory ploys to keep wages down instead of increasing them, its all been tried before you idiot.
How's the other 4 pledges going then Fishy?, aaaah I see, later this year\early next year, me thinks you're hoping market forces around the world are going to come and rescue your premiership you idiot, dangerous times old boy.
One more thing Fishy, get rid of Jeremy Hunt, he's out of his depth as Chancellor of the Exchequer and he's the thickest man ever to wear a suit as well, his head desperately needs to meet a full bucket of water and the sooner the better.

This Bozo bollocks you political pygmies have caused is going to screw up those bi-elections his resignation has caused, on top of that there's unrest amongst your backbenchers, keep your eyes wide open and your knives sharpened because you don't want a civil war happening at this time.

That Starmer pillock has done nothing since the 2019 GE and he's leading the bloody polls, we could have a new PM next year who's done **** all but still becomes Prime Minister. Hehehe, Starmer thinks some women can have a bleeding penis as well, Jesus ******* Christ my heads hurting, why don't you all **** off and leave us peasants to fix things for you.

[Jimbuna]

It would appear the current PM and former PM are at war with each other.

Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Rishi Sunak has accused Boris Johnson of asking him to "overrule" a panel vetting his resignation list appointments to the House of Lords.

But Mr Johnson has hit back in a fiery statement, accusing Mr Sunak of "talking rubbish".

The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) has confirmed it rejected eight of the former prime minister's nominations.

Earlier, Mr Sunak said Mr Johnson asked him to override their recommendations.

Mr Sunak said he refused, adding it was "something I wasn't prepared to do".

"I didn't think that was right. And if people don't like that, then tough," Mr Sunak told a tech conference in London.

A few hours later, Mr Johnson told the BBC it "was not necessary to overrule HOLAC - but simply to ask them to renew their vetting, which was a mere formality".

The intervention marks a new point in an escalating war of words over Mr Johnson's controversial resignation honours list.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65876723

[Moonlight]

Parliamentary debate on rewriting the equality law.
The purpose of the debate was to determine whether equality laws should be rewritten on the basis of biology rather than gender identity, thus ending the current muddle which allows transgender women to access female-only spaces including hospital wards, prisons and toilets.

About bloody time as well, this should take 3 to 4 hours max, afterwards they can nip into one of Westminsters bars, get pissed as a Lord and slap each other on the back for being such brainy bastards.

Oh My Giddy Aunt.
The debates barely begun and an attention-seeking thick currant called Layla Moran (Lib Dem, Oxford W) intervened to register her protest that the debate was even happening. She claimed it was likely to scare transgender people. Ms Moran, in case you hadn't noticed, is very much on the side of the snowflakes.

WTF, didn't these idiots get the memo from the public to get this sorted out and fast, apparently not.

Its Gonna Be A Long Day.
It wasn't long before tempers began to fray. Miriam Cates (Con, Penistone), who felt the difference between a man and a woman was as obvious as the difference between up and down, told a story about an NHS worker (born a man) who won a case against a hospital after it raised concerns that they had been naked from the waist down in the women's changing room. Hannah Bardell (SNP, Livingston) angrily accused Ms Cates of characterising trans people as predators. Ms Cates remained resolutely unapologetic.

On And On It Went.
Speech of the day went to Rosie Duffield (Lab, Canterbury) who of course has been a brave Parliamentarian voice in advocating the need to protect female-only spaces, much to her own personal cost. She announced she was in favour of the law being amended.'That's not exactly going to surprise people here,' she joked.
Ms Duffield described the gender identity issue as so toxic she actually 'looked back fondly' at the abuse she received during Labour's anti-Semitism saga compared to the 'spite, vitriol, trolling and daily defamation' she received nowadays.
Incidentally, last time Ms Duffield spoke out in favour of women's rights in the Commons, she was heckled aggressively by her own side. When she arrived at yesterday's debate she sat in a different section to her Labour colleagues. Deliberate? You betcha.

I Have No Idea If It Finished Or Not, It Probably Ended Up Going Down Another Government Rabbit Hole As Usual.

Update.

Setback in fight to protect key women's rights as MPs clash over the shake-up of the Equality Act

Ministers last night dashed hopes that equality law will be clarified swiftly to protect women's rights.
A heated Parliamentary debate heard that the Government wants to take its time to consider proposals to rewrite the Equality Act 2010 on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity, which would bar transgender women from female-only spaces.
Women's Minister Maria Caulfield told MPs: 'These issues under discussion today are complex, and we need to be proceeding carefully and respectfully.

All Females Should Throw Their Support Behind This Young Lady, without ladies like Rosie Duffield you would never have had the voices that you have today.
Heroine Status 8.8\10

Labour MP Rosie Duffield, who faced online abuse for standing up for women's rights, said that although the Equality Act was meant to ensure that organisations treat trans people fairly, 'this did not mean requiring other people to pretend they believe that being trans, for example someone who's born male and perhaps changes their name, their clothes, who might take hormones or even have some physical surgery, is the same as being a woman'.

Backbencher Miriam Cates (Con, Penistone) sparked uproar by saying that 'aggressive misogynistic trans activism' meant 'ordinary women are frightened to go to hospital, ordinary men fear for the safety of their daughters in public toilets' and 'ordinary children are subjected to a psychological experiment which they are told they can choose their gender'.

The SNP's Hannah Bardell intervened, saying 'trans people are being characterised as predators'. Fellow SNP MP Kirsty Blackman sparked incredulity when she claimed: 'I have no idea what my chromosomes are. I have an assumption that they are probably XY but I don't know.'

Tory backbencher Nick Fletcher said that trans inclusion could spell the end of women's sport. 'Many girls will see what is happening… and think: what's the point?' he said.

I'm going to hang my head in shame for the rest of the day for being a human being, how we got to this stage I'll probably never know, one thing I do know for a fact is that human beings are "Inherently Stupid".

[Jimbuna]

I'm sorry Nadine but it is not a nailed on certainty that every sycophant of Boris will find themselves being an automatic beneficiary.

Nadine Dorries says sinister forces stopped her peerage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65888166

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Moonlight

Parliamentary debate on rewriting the equality law.
The purpose of the debate was to determine whether equality laws should be rewritten on the basis of biology rather than gender identity, thus ending the current muddle which allows transgender women to access female-only spaces including hospital wards, prisons and toilets.

About bloody time as well, this should take 3 to 4 hours max, afterwards they can nip into one of Westminsters bars, get pissed as a Lord and slap each other on the back for being such brainy bastards.

Oh My Giddy Aunt.
The debates barely begun and an attention-seeking thick currant called Layla Moran (Lib Dem, Oxford W) intervened to register her protest that the debate was even happening. She claimed it was likely to scare transgender people. Ms Moran, in case you hadn't noticed, is very much on the side of the snowflakes.

WTF, didn't these idiots get the memo from the public to get this sorted out and fast, apparently not.

Its Gonna Be A Long Day.
It wasn't long before tempers began to fray. Miriam Cates (Con, Penistone), who felt the difference between a man and a woman was as obvious as the difference between up and down, told a story about an NHS worker (born a man) who won a case against a hospital after it raised concerns that they had been naked from the waist down in the women's changing room. Hannah Bardell (SNP, Livingston) angrily accused Ms Cates of characterising trans people as predators. Ms Cates remained resolutely unapologetic.

On And On It Went.
Speech of the day went to Rosie Duffield (Lab, Canterbury) who of course has been a brave Parliamentarian voice in advocating the need to protect female-only spaces, much to her own personal cost. She announced she was in favour of the law being amended.'That's not exactly going to surprise people here,' she joked.
Ms Duffield described the gender identity issue as so toxic she actually 'looked back fondly' at the abuse she received during Labour's anti-Semitism saga compared to the 'spite, vitriol, trolling and daily defamation' she received nowadays.
Incidentally, last time Ms Duffield spoke out in favour of women's rights in the Commons, she was heckled aggressively by her own side. When she arrived at yesterday's debate she sat in a different section to her Labour colleagues. Deliberate? You betcha.

I Have No Idea If It Finished Or Not, It Probably Ended Up Going Down Another Government Rabbit Hole As Usual.

The author of the follwing essay describes herself as trans-woman and is a biologist. Sane reason what she says, I have no problem with it. The problem are the freaks, as I call them: activists who make noise to please their own narcissism, completely derail any discussion by raising maximum demands beyond the absurd and beyond the scientifically defendable and who think they must piss off everybody by using every opportunity to push their ideoligy down people'S throats and even abuse children still at grammar school to brainwash them and confuse them and sexualise them.

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