Thread 44 Sunak: Hung parliament and Rishful thinking.

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prevoius thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5066068-thread-43-sunak-seriously-scapegoating?page=40&reply=135107360

An old acquaintance made A LOT of money out of PPE during covid - hundreds of £m. We don't mix in quite the same circles now but we are both still involved in the hobby where I met her. There's a lot of very conspicuous very high value consumption going on. Every time I see she's spent another several £000k+ I think "that's NHS money there, how many ops would that have paid for"

The reaction to last vote last night's vote from the Tories. "Absolute shitshow".
https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mps-share-despair-at-pms-top-team-over-commons-vote-in-leaked-whatsapps-13135829

Mr Brereton saying: "We're all going to be banned from the estate now…" and Ms Cates saying, "Watch the vexatious complaints roll in…"

A vexatious complaint does not normally end in arrest. Isn't Cates still under investigation?

The entitlement of these people is astounding.

My aching sides.

No wonder the Rish! friendly media buried his codswallop so quickly yesterday.

Dirk sued Stig, Nasty, and Barry; Barry sued Dirk, Nasty, and Stig; Nasty sued Barry, Dirk, and Stig; and Stig sued himself accidentally.

Mr Brereton saying: "We're all going to be banned from the estate now…" and Ms Cates saying, "Watch the vexatious complaints roll in…"

Oh, the irony! For a party who love to set the police on the Opposition they certainly 'don't like it up 'em', do they?

I wonder how many ordinary people have lost jobs after being arrested - even if they were never charged ?

I'm not 100% sure (never having been in the situation ) but I think in Scotland, they can't interview you unless you've been arrested

The charge can come later, once the investigation is completed and even then, you might not be prosecuted as the Fiscal then gets sent the evidence and will decide if there is enough evidence

That could lead to some interesting discrepancies between England and Scotland

I have often thought M Cates is on MN. Some stuff that appears on various threads sounds like her.

MPs aren't going to be excluded from HoC if they've been arrested for a violent or sexual offence AND if an internal panel considers them to be a risk.

Which is exactly what the House of Commons Commission recommended!

They'll still be able to vote via proxy.

Odd that the Conservatives are so desperate to water it down.

Ha that should read MPs will only be excluded... etc.

All this blarney about ancient rights from Mogg. He forgot all about that during prorogation.

Also the whole fucking point of parliament is that it has the power to override ancient rights.

As the supremely stupid Kate Hoey and her gang found out when a judge confirmed her brilliant observation that the Brexit Bill contravened the 1801 Act of Union. I believe his summing up acrostically said "And your fucking point is ?"

You would have thought someone of the intelligence and corrupt soul of JRM would have known that.

Mogg knows. It's an attempt to stir up feelings against 'modernity'. Change is bad. Conservatives against change.

Bloody woke employment protections - people (women) don't deserve it.

(Yes I know they are self employed but there's nothing to stop them following best practices)

Might be time to advance search "vexatious" as I can't imagine it's used too frequently 🤔Although trying to search for people never seems to work for me!

Looks like Brexit is bringing us closer to Saudi Arabia, huzzah. We share "vital economic and national security interests" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-69005977
He was quoted as saying that "Britain doesn't just endorse Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, we want to be a part of it".
Not sure anyone can blame me for mis-reading that line as ..."Saudi Arabia's version of 2030..."

Tories know what a woman is and are keen supporters of other countries that do too, it seems.

I'm saying nowt but vexatious is definitely your clue.

https://x.com/NatashaC/status/1790406351136453112

NEW:

Joint statement from the Labour Party and TULO after today's meeting:

“Labour and the affiliated unions had a constructive discussion today.

"Together we have reiterated Labour's full commitment to the New Deal for Working People as agreed in July.

"We will continue to work together at pace on how a Labour Government would implement it in legislation.”

They are all going to be banned? That’s quite an admission. I don’t think most innocent people spend time worrying that they are going to be banned from work for getting arrested.

And I was very impressed when the R4 interviewer then asked him if they were the same 6 ships they promised 2 years ago

During the war, the US were launching 3 ships a week, and increasing production towards 1945.

#Dontimpressmemuch

equestrian hobby per chance?

Mordaunt has re-registered her leadership campaign website.

I see the minister for common sense has declared war on lanyards.

Can't think what makes you think that 🤣

I saw photos of the launch of the new facilities with all the Celebs last week or so and was so tempted to ask have they thanked the taxpayer for funding it.

Along with all the "supporting grass roots riders" bollocks.

Cost of living crisis
Global climate crisis
10s of thousands of people dying in Palestine
NHS on its' knees
Schools disintegrating
War in Ukraine
1 in 5 people in the UK living in poverty
Increasing rates of child poverty in the UK

Minister for Common Sense - "Let's ban lanyards".

Only rainbow ones apparently.