Thread 7 Starmer : Cats and Conferences

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Maybe she helped Boris with his "laptop".

Didn't he try to make Jennifer Arcuri Queen ?

2dogsandabudgie was echoing comments made by the Private Eye team.

Because I think it's in poor taste to speculate about someone's parentage when there is no proof whatsoever.

Exactly, if she is so great why not celebrate and promote it?

Still avoiding the question

I don't think he'll give him a peerage. 😂

CassieMaddox
Slightly missing my point really

I wasn't missing your point at all.

If I was missing your point you would not have gone on to post this;

How did Charlotte come to go to a private school?

How is this information relevant to her appointment?

Does this work?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/06/nadine-dorries-whatsapp-messages-broke-mothers-heart/

Funny how we still fill these threads with Tory scandals

It would be easy enough to put a stop to any speculation by just making public exactly why Charlotte Owen got the HoL gig.

Because the information in the public domain is that her mother worked for her brothers forklift truck company. That doesn't appear to be a particularly lucrative job, suggesting Charlotte's family has money from elsewhere as she went to private school. There's nothing about her father.

Her subsequent political connections are also unusual for one so young. That raises questions about how and why. And it's impossible to find anything out to answer those questions.

It adds to the general air of weirdness about the whole scenario.

Thanks Blossom.

Jo Johnson was nominated by Jeremy Corbyn apparently.

It is not Jo Johnson's fault that his brother is the worst Prime Minister in UK history and a serial killer in all but name, responsible by neglect for over 20,000 avoidable deaths by his inaction.

You’re welcome.

I hope you were never someone who questioned that for the Duke of Sussex, as many did.

No I didn't, and many times on this site I have pointed out that Princess Diana didn't meet James Hewitt until after Harry was born.

I suppose the issue is that for the vast majority of nominations we can understand why someone might be considered valuable in the HoL (through their particular experience) or their influence (party treasurers and donors for example).

We might disagree with such nominations but it's transparent as to why they have been thanked in such a fashion. It is a huge honour and within the scheme of things very few people ever get such an opportunity to wield such influence.

Add to that it is a lifetime role. We do pay for it.

So whilst Owen may well be highly committed to the job, questions were always going to be asked why her and not another SpAd.

As far as I can see, her published expenses (to March 2024) add up to around £30,000 (over 9 months).

Better Earth was founded by former Tory MP Chris Skidmore -

The former prime minister has announced he will join ex-net zero tsar Chris Skidmore’s company, Better Earth -

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/boris-johnson-chris-skidmore-downing-street-climate-change-committee-british-b2537895.html

Charlotte Owen's Wikipedia page states she worked for Alok Sharma for seven months and I see that she attended COP28 at the end of last year - perhaps Alok Sharma introduced her to Chris Skidmore?

AFAIAC Johnson should be standing trial for treason. He should never have been able to nominate people for the HOL, regardless of their parentage.

Oh my golly good god, what a darling!

CassieMaddox
Because the information in the public domain is that her mother worked for her brothers forklift truck company. That doesn't appear to be a particularly lucrative job, suggesting Charlotte's family has money from elsewhere as she went to private school. There's nothing about her father.

And from that you have deduced that Charlotte Owen must be Boris Johnson's secret love child?

Seven months?

Wowser

Don't forget to add cassie that wiki also says that a lot of her internships they've said she has are in question.

If the information out there on one of our peers is questionable it creates more questions than answers.

I'm with those saying if she's a peer in our public tax paid office we have a right to know what she's done to earn that.

I'm another who questions some appointments - but at least we have info on those people and why they were appointed even if we don't agree.

It's not about not agreeing - it's what the silence says.

There's an annoying buzzing sound in here.

Apparently my babies are doing well at the cattery.