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Kier next.......?

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Ablondiebutagoody · 05/09/2025 13:38

Angela Rayner, Labour Housing minister caught fiddling her stamp duty by £40K.

Tulip Saddiq, Labour anti corruption minister suspended for corruption.

Rushanara Ali, Labour Homelessness minster resigns after evicting tenants, upping the rent and re-letting the house.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour Health minister gone after saying he hoped pensioner would die.

Louise Haige resigned after fraud conviction.

Likely super injunction regarding those three young men firebombing property linked to Kier Starmer.

Keir next to go? Yes = not unreasonable

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simplesimoneatspie · 05/09/2025 21:32

The next best thing that could happen to this country is...a General Election

OhShesSweetButAPsycho · 05/09/2025 21:41

Oh, I do hope Kier Starmer is next to go. 🙏

KhakiTiger · 05/09/2025 21:47

BurntBroccoli · 05/09/2025 14:20

There’s been a lot more Tory scandals over the years!

2012

: Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell resigned after allegedly calling police officers “plebs” outside Downing Street, sparking a major political and public controversy.

Cash-for-access (Cruddas affair): Treasurer Peter Cruddas resigned when a sting revealed he offered access to the Prime Minister in exchange for donations of £250,000.

Phone-hacking fallout: The broader scandal involving the News of the World, the press, police, and politicians—including David Cameron’s communications with Rebekah Brooks—continued to roil Westminster.

2013–2014

Patrick Mercer lobbying scandal: Mercer resigned the Conservative whip in May 2013, caught on camera accepting money for lobbying. He later resigned his seat in April 2014 after a Standards Committee report recommended a six-month ban.

2015 election spending investigation: The Electoral Commission launched an investigation into Tory spending during the 2014 by-elections and the 2015 general election, citing potential underreporting of local campaign funds such as “battlebuses.”

2020–2021 (Pandemic era and beyond)

Dominic Cummings lockdown breach: The PM’s strategist broke COVID lockdown rules, leading to national outrage and damaging public trust.

lobbying (David Cameron): Cameron faced criticism for lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital during the pandemic, though found not to have violated laws.

Matt Hancock scandal: Leaked footage showed Hancock breaching social distancing rules by embracing an aide. He resigned the next day.

Partygate: A series of gatherings at Downing Street during COVID lockdowns; Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, and others received fines, and Johnson was later found to have misled Parliament.

Pandemic cronyism: Revelations of Tory-linked firms receiving government contracts at inflated prices or via VIP channels raised major ethical concerns.

2021

Owen Paterson lobbying scandal: Found to have breached paid advocacy rules by lobbying for companies that paid him. A government attempt to block his suspension triggered public outrage; he eventually resigned.

2022

Neil Parish (Tractorgate): Parish resigned after admitting to watching pornography in Commons after supposedly misclicking on tractor images.

Chris Pincher scandal: Accused of groping two men; revelations that Johnson knew of earlier complaints intensified the crisis. The episode triggered mass resignations and ultimately led to Johnson’s resignation.

2023

Cash/corruption controversies (under Sunak):

Nadhim Zahawi tax row: Zahawi was fined £5 million over undeclared tax on YouGov shares; he was eventually sacked.

Bullying allegations: Gavin Williamson resigned over bullying claims; Dominic Raab faced multiple formal complaints.

2024

Betting scandal around election date: Police and party staff were investigated for placing bets on the 2024 general election date; Conservative figures including Tony Lee and Nick Mason were implicated.

Frank Hester comments: National press donor and largest-ever Tory donor was reported to have made deeply racist remarks, creating uproar.

I think you missed the bit where Tories got kicked out of power. Welcome back from hibernation.

KhakiTiger · 05/09/2025 21:47

Two Tier and Rachel from accounts should have gone already.

General election. Now.

Zov · 05/09/2025 21:49

Hopefully, bloody LABOUR are gone next! (New election please!) 🙏

Absentmindedsmile · 05/09/2025 21:55

LordEmsworth · 05/09/2025 17:07

You forgot: another MP walking in on PM Boris Johnson in his office getting sucked off by his girlfriend, who he was trying to give a £100k job to, while his wife was in hospital; and then Downing Street "asked" the Times not to print the story (and the Times obeyed). Happy to remind you about that one.

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scalt · 05/09/2025 22:01

Let’s talk about some Tory politicians going to prison first, after robbing the country to the tune of billions.

And Blair and Johnson being behind bars for massive lies to Queen and country, when people with much less responsibility than them can be jailed for lying about who was driving a speeding car,

And Farage having his head chopped off for conning a gullible public that he is a knight in shining armour who is going to work more miracles than Jesus.

Then we can talk about this Labour government.

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