Cont: General UK Politics V Suella Strikes Back

[P.J. Denyer]

No, his strategists think it might distract a few people for a short while if the Tory party claim that the BBC is biased, that way they won't be asked about the myriad ways in which the country is going to ****.

Not to me tion that it's an implied threat to the BBC not to let any of their journalists ask questions about the myriad ways in which the country is going to ****.

 

[KDLarsen]

Why not both? It's red meat to the gammons and it's a reminder to the BBC, that the tories have the power to seriously screw over the corporation. Various tories have suggested more than once, that they could decriminalize not paying the license fee, which could have a nasty impact on the BBC finances.

 

[Andy_Ross]

The British public will be called up to fight if the UK goes to war because the military is too small, the head of the Army is to warn.

General Sir Patrick Sanders will stress the need for the Government to “mobilise the nation” in the event of war with Russia in a speech on Wednesday.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/23/public-call-up-army-too-small/

 

[Andy_Ross]

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station delayed by up to four more years
The construction of the power station, which will be the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades, could cost as much as £46bn to complete, energy giant EDF has said.

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/hink...ion-delayed-by-up-to-four-more-years-13055060

 

[Andy_Ross]

Royal Mail could save £650m by switching to three-day-a week service, says Ofcom

Royal Mail could save up to £650m if it delivered letters just three days a week and £200m by stopping Saturday deliveries, the communications regulator has said.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...tching-to-three-day-a-week-service-says-ofcom

 

[Darat]

I'm quite lucky living on main road - I do get letters delivered 6 days a week. Lots of my friends who live down the more rural lanes etc. say they are lucky to get a delivery 3 days a week now. According to my regular postie RM are not employing enough postfolk to be able to deliver to all routes 6 days a week. So they are already in effect no longer keeping to their regulated delivery commitments. And as ever it's not how they can do that it's how they can have their cake and dividends.

 

[Pixel42]

Where I live 3 deliveries a week would be an improvement, yes.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Nicola Sturgeon's descriptions of various politicians.

Matt Hancock - "weaker than a Nun's piss"
Liz Truss - "about as much use as a Marzipan Dildo"
Suella Braverman - "◊◊◊◊◊◊◊"
Boris Johnson - "A ******* clown"

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Nicola Sturgeon's descriptions of various politicians.

Matt Hancock - "weaker than a Nun's piss"
Liz Truss - "about as much use as a Marzipan Dildo"
Suella Braverman - "◊◊◊◊◊◊◊"
Boris Johnson - "A ******* clown"

Pretty hard to argue with any of that, unless to suggest it's a little over complimentary.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Bums!

It turns out that it was a post from a satire site.

 

[Wudang]

Bums!

It turns out that it was a post from a satire site.

No shame. Who the hell can tell any more? As Kaganovich said in Death of Stalin: "I've had nightmares that made more sense than this."

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Bums!

It turns out that it was a post from a satire site.

I bet she thought it though.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Bums!

It turns out that it was a post from a satire site.

It's funny 'cos it's true. Sadly though, we're a post-satire society.

 

[jimbob]

Bums!

It turns out that it was a post from a satire site.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68092654

What she actually said

Speaking at the inquiry - which is currently sitting in Edinburgh - she was shown messages from 31 October 2020 between her and Ms Sturgeon on the same evening as Mr Johnson announced a fresh lockdown for England.

Ms Sturgeon said his address to the nation was "(expletive) excruciating" and that the UK government's communications were "awful".

She told Ms Lloyd: "His utter incompetence in every sense is now offending me on behalf of politicians everywhere."

Ms Lloyd then said she was "offended" on behalf of all special advisers to which Ms Sturgeon replied: "He is a (expletive) clown."

 

[catsmate]

Nicola Sturgeon's descriptions of various politicians.

Matt Hancock - "weaker than a Nun's piss"
Liz Truss - "about as much use as a Marzipan Dildo"
Suella Braverman - "◊◊◊◊◊◊◊"
Boris Johnson - "A ******* clown"

I always said she was a good judge of character. Pity it's not real.

 

[zooterkin]

I always said she was a good judge of character. Pity it's not real.

Some of it is. Https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-boris-johnson-a-clown-uk-covid-inquiry-hears

Nicola Sturgeon described Boris Johnson as “a ******* clown” as he broadcast to the nation to announce a second Covid lockdown in October 2020, telling her chief of staff: “His utter incompetence in every sense is now offending me on behalf of politicians everywhere.”

 

[Andy_Ross]

Michelle Mone has had her assets frozen.

 

[Wudang]

Michelle Mone has had her assets frozen.

Her and her husband have had £75 million in assets frozen or subject to restrictions. Call me a cynic but the below suggests larger assets are still available and the phrase "not short of a bob" springs to mind.

The court order was “a result of a consensual process during which negotiations took place with the CPS”, a spokesperson for Mone and Barrowman told the FT.

“It allows the wider businesses and assets of the Barrowman family to operate normally and free from any restrictions or uncertainties.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Rees-Mogg on his show claiming that the 'lax attitude' to cannabis is the reason for crime and all our social ills.

 

[zooterkin]

Rees-Mogg on his show claiming that the 'lax attitude' to cannabis is the reason for crime and all our social ills.

What are his views on cocaine?