The fall of the Tory party

“The UK’s trade agreement with the EU could be immediately terminated if the British government quits the European convention on human rights (EHCR) over the issue of stopping small boat crossings across the Channel”

O tempora, o mores

Or perhaps ‘oh tossers, oh morons’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/09/lieutenant-for-suella-braverman-my-job

Trying to leave the EHCR has knock on effects on the GFA too.

Fuck me he's thick.

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Designed purely to garner that same response on Twitter. Best just to ignore him. Unfortunately, most won’t (including me).

WAC

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A wonderful acknowledgement that The Times isn't mainstream media. I'd love to know what he thinks is.

Lilt has been subsumed into the Fanta lineup. Bit like Farage's policies and the Conservatives.

#rep

Jonathan Gullis not taking the hint to 'back off the whole Lineker thing lads'

“Let’s be clear, when I talk about upsetting people I’m talking about the Twitterati, the Wokerati of North Islington, those champagne socialists who pontificate all day. Those are the people I don’t care upsetting, because those are the people who want to call people up here racist bigots, Nazis, like Gary Lineker has done.”

The sooner that odious cunt slips back into obscurity, the better.

Of course Lineker didn't call anyone racist bigots so I hope he takes Gullis to the fucking cleaners.

His response so far has been way too restrained. The state of this country…

Tax break for the rich. Who'd have thunk it?

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Impossible to see it coming. It's so unlike them.

This is mostly driven by the medical lobby, to be fair. Tapering means that the LTA is increasingly irrelevant for current high earners.

Not sure if this has been referenced up thread, but Boris is going to be telling his lies to the standards committee next Wednesday at 2pm, it going to be on tv for the lolz

Waffle and bluster and some unknown Greek philosopher that he will quote. Jolly good show old chap.

people up here

where's that?

I think it should be good viewing. From the interim report they seem to have been pretty forensic and as long as the questioning is very specific (which it usually is in the committees) he'll find it hard to bluster through.
I'm hoping that he tries to and the fact that he has already tried to position the report as exonerating him means they'll seek a decent sanction, rather than a token slap on the wrist. But tories probably gonna tory at the end of the day.

We'll get to see what £250k of legal council get us courtesy of Lord Pannick......

I think he's main defence will be I'm really really thick.

Fairly predictable though given the situation with doctors at the moment.

I've got tickets to the semi final and finals of the WST Classic snooker tournament next week in Leicester. I've been looking forward to it.

Its on the Wednesday and starts at 2.30pm.

I'll have to read the live tweet of the privileges committee won't I? Grrr.

Does anyone know how long the committee session is scheduled to last?

I hope the tv tunes in in time to see him being sworn in, not very usual for select committee evidence.

Yep, There is a strike ballot for NHS consultants coming up and it's one way for the government to get them to tick the no box.

The Guardian live blog suggested that ~60% of the cost of the policy was related to senior consultants (but I haven’t seen any backup to that figure).