Westminstenders: The Tory Party Spectacular

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A row over parliamentary language and conduct and how MPs are afraid of extremists has over shadowed talk of Brexit.

Cummings has said if you don't want to leave without a deal, vote for a deal.

Yet there isn't a Johnson approved one in front of the Commons and the EU are utterly despairing of Johnson's blank non papers and his full on Trump bullshit.

Then there's the threats to the rule of law.

Apparently there are five known suggestions to bypass the Benn Act and refuse to ask for an extension.
See Twitter Thread Here

This weekend sees the start of the Tory Party Conference. With a parliamentary vote to block a recess, its rather scuppered plans for the rest of the conference. Johnson's planned speech at the conference clashes with PMQ so he may well not attend the Commons.

Expect the conference to be.... Er... Inflammatory...

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His unpopularity among women

This is where I think a focus on Operation Yellowhammer needs to come into play.

A focus on what No Deal means for the household. For social care. For the cost of living on day to day essentials. For what it means for the family unit.

Stoke on Trent was one of the biggest Leave supporting areas. Interestingly, it is also the place with the highest level of personal insolvencies in the country. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-49648109

I wonder how much of that is linked. The effect of austerity, wanting something to change?

Matt Hancock has just told Channel 4 News, that he knows and believes the woman who’s accused Johnson of groping her thigh.

”I know Charlotte well and I entirely trust what she has to say” Matt Hancock on #C4news tonight”

Amber Rudd has agreed with Matt.

So a member of the cabinet has said the PM is a liar.

Sadly Trump has been accused of sexual harassment - and he vigorously denies it. It then seems to go nowhere.

Choma
Boris is very unpopular with women
but at least he admits that people with testicles are not women
unlike the Libdems and Labour

I am one of those who feels disenfranchised in a million ways at the moment
-Brexit

• Feminism
• protecting children
• austerity
• climate change

there is NO PARTY that meets more than half of my needs and I am not alone

Thanks for answers re Duncan Smith.

Does sovereignty actually mean anything anyway?

"Johnson is still more popular than Corbyn. It can only be his fixtation with Brexit that excuses so much."

No, I think it's the right-wing press's successful demonization of Corbyn as a Communist terrorist sympathiser. (I'm in no way a Corbyn fan but think he's significantly less dangerous than Johnson.)

Johnson's personal ambition is what makes him dangerous of course. I don't think Corbyn is personally ambitious.

Fits in with the very broad idea that Tories are "what's in it for me?" versus socialists "what's in it for everyone" as basic philosophies.

Does sovereignty actually mean anything anyway?

I hope so 17.4 M were voting to get it back so we are told.

Well exactly Basil.

Maybe they were conned? 🤔

Huh ?
Theo Usherwood@theousherwood (LBC)

New: our engineers tell me they’ve been told that Conservative Manchester conference keeps getting hit by a cyber attack every hour.

That’s why the internet keeps going down.

This was from Thursday:

Theo Usherwood@theousherwood (LBC)

Update from opposition leaders’ meeting

• agreement language used by PM unacceptable.
• priority to stop No Deal Brexit.
• Once No Deal avoided on 31/10 then election.
• Ominously, meet Monday (during Tory conference) to see what else can be done to stop No Deal.

Sounds like a good excuse to cancel it...

inews.co.uk/news/uk/queen-sought-advice-sacking-prime-minister-638320

Has this been posted?
I'm just catching up - I've been out all day at the Manchester march. Pretty good turn out, especially considering the weather.

James Felton@JimMFelton

In a serious story of the PM potentially committing a criminal offence of misconduct in public office

it would be nice if your main headline wasn't "this is politically motivated"
without at least making space for the fairly fucking critical words "says government"

pretzels I hope you enjoyed the march/protest.

I wanted to go but was - as usual - too disorganised to book travel.

It looked great, and well done braving the rain. 🙂

That's quite a story, Pretzels. I wonder why it's being leaked? Damage limitation for Palace? Warning to .Johnson? A signal to conservative Conservatives that Johnson is going.too.far?

I suspect it's Cummings or Farty putting Queenie in a bad light.

BCF, we complained about that as soon as we saw this on the webpage. Filled out an online complaint form and everything.
It needed as a by which said, "says government minister "
There was plenty of space.
BBC was mixing fact and opinions, leading to bias the pumpkin household reckoned.

I hope you stayed dry, pretzels

Very interesting from your HMQ link:

Looks like HMQ was worried BJ wouldn't resign if a VoNC replaced him and hence wanted to know if she could remove him if need be.

'A House of Commons select committee established in 2003 that
these powers also include a right for the sovereign in a “grave constitutional crisis” to act contrary to, or even without, ministerial advice.

Constitutional experts are indeed divided on the exact circumstances - if any - in which the Queen could remove a sitting prime minister.'

Jay Rayner is spot on. Better to try to heal our divisions without a collapsed economy, shortages and the far right given free reign to slash all our employee/ maternity/environmental etc protections!

Well done, PumpkinHousehold
That's very diligent 🤛🏼

It's the frequent repetition of such BBC "carelessness" that lead to some accusations of bias on here

Matt Hancock has just told Channel 4 News, that he knows and believes the woman who’s accused Johnson of groping her thigh.

Wow Lizzie, Hancock’s decided to be honest... be interesting if more Cabinet members turn against BJ.

I think this is the same Charlotte Edwardes who’s in a relationship with Robert Peston?

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2019/09/29/boris-johnson-denies-squeezing-journalists-thigh-under-table-10829571/amp/