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

Another by election incoming? Pensions minister Paul Maynard found guilty of expenses breaches after inquiry by IPSA following Sunday Times investigation

https://twitter.com/Gabriel_Pogrund/status/1791080850831868299?t=cSKibhb2oOStrAcVUoWtrg&s=19

Imagine what this cunt would have said if someone unwittingly claimed an extra £5 in benefits.

He must really love his printer

£106,000 on printing in 14 years, that is more per year than Rayner's presumed tax

He will pay back £1,376.00

This is more serious

As well as committing breaches, Maynard belittled and ignored a whistle-blower. His chief of staff has bullied her for months for coming forward.

Sorry, but what does the age of the asb neighbour have to do with anything? Why mention it and then cross out?

Here is another thread with share links to articles

https://x.com/domhauschild/status/1791083479385448781

...and of course Rayner wasn't an MP either, nor are HMRC coming after her for tax evasion.

Do GMP investigate burglaries that happened 15 years ago, for long as they ve been investigating Rayner election fraud when that offence is time limited to 12months and Burglaries are not......

Because the points specifically mention youth asb

Oh, duh. Sorry. Was being very thick there!

What was he using for printer ink, liquid gold?

Ah, the 70s. No problems then. My lovely convent-schooled 22 year old neighbour told me she'd said 'yes' to proposal from husband as she'd been to the cinema with him a couple of times and they'd held hands. So she thought they'd better get married soon before the baby came. 2 children further on she'd got it straight. Innocence has a lot to answer for.

I agree with pp 💯

It's up to parents to talk to their kids about puberty/sex/safe sex

Sadly, many many parents think "it's the schools job" (along with toilet training, using a knife and fork, basic hygiene....)

I've known many parents who simply refuse to speak to their kids about sex

My own - Irish Catholic - mother never told me about periods, so when I started when I was 10, I was hysterical. I thought I had some sort of forbidden disease of the bottom! 😪

The only "advice" she ever gave me was "remember its not a carrot you're playing with." 😬

1980s

My grandma got called into my mum's school by the nuns because she had told her about periods and puberty, this was the 1950s

She also was called in because my mum had been spotted on the back of a boy's bike (her brother)

I return to my ongoing grumble that no government project ever has a defined success metric. Meaning we can never decide if it was a success or not.

That's not true.

I worked in the CS from Thatcher through to Blair. There were "success" metrics all the way, be they budgetary, societal or developmental.

So hard she doesn't understand what use *dictionaries and definitions of words are?

The good thing is that Gillian Keegan understands the importance of kicking the can down the road. If only we can keep a lid on it for 2 years she said about the RAAK problem. A couple of years ago.🙈

Evening
Can't believe I missed almost 2 threads! I was reading the election ones and wishing I could join in!
Things seem a bit calmer now?

Welcome back @AdamRyan !

I’m really pissed off for the people of Blackpool. Hope they get someone decent for North. I thought Maynard might be the ok kind of Tory, but sadly not.

Nice to have you back AdamRyan

The sex Ed stuff is doing my head in. The children whose parents are most bothered about this, are the ones who most need the education, because they aren't getting it at home.
Its so totally ridiculous. Can't believe its going to be any form of vote winner

I've also branched out from TRiP into Electoral Dysfunction with Ruth Davidson, Jess Phillips and Beth Rigby. It's also very good. Love JP ❤️

Welcome back @AdamRyan

Now where's that Jess gone? MIA again.

It is true. And it's on you to provide the rebuttal you claim exists, given my claim is on non existence.

Oh welcome back AdamRyan hope you are ok💐

I was just wondering the same

I worked in management in the NHS in the early 90s (a pilot scheme bringing successful managers from the private sector and exposing them to an accelerated introduction to the NHS there is a whole other story as to why the pilot failed ). The Health of the Nation Report came out and iirc, amongst the key issues identified (alongside the impact of poor housing and diet on health outcomes) was mental health

This was 30. Years. Ago.

Iirc, there was a lot of discussion as to what an appropriate metric would be, to demonstrate success in addressing mental health issue, and the sad conclusion was that a reduction in suicides would be the "best" one

I'm fine - just a little spell on the naughty step. It probably did me good