The fall of the Tory party

Rishi under investigation for an undeclared interest

Well he failed to declare great swathes of family shareholdings and directorships previously, so it's not exactly a new m.o.

I predict there will be nothing to see here......

It’s when they say they are disappointed as a result of their stupidity that gets me.

It's the childcare company shares stuff again, thought it might be something new. I'm guessing that once you have billionaire levels of shareholding it could be hard to find legislation that doesn't affect you in some way.

It's the childcare company

Yeah it purely a coincidence that there changes to childcare were likely to make this company loads of money.

I through it might have been his wife's dodgy health club that claimed loads of furlough payments and was then promptly shut down when they stopped.

Tory eventually becomes sentient

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/17/minorities-join-tories-suella-braverman-boris-johnson

So Sunak has the Raab report - assume the conclusions will be rewritten like Johnson's one? Or they'll ignore it like Patel's?

I'd assume the first way of kicking the can down the road will be to claim Purdah.

Fuck off Raab. Worst resignation no-apology letter ever. Disgusting cunt.

agreed, what a despicable man..

This is the Tories though, so no doubt whenever there's a new cabinet he'll just get slotted back in like a herpes sore re-emerging.

He's highly likely to lose his seat at the next election. His majority, which was above 15,000 when he was first elected, was down to 3,000 last time.

We can but live in hope.

How does a character like Raab get onto the prospective tory candidate list?
How does a local Tory constituency committee select a character like Raab?

Read Ian Dunt's new book to answer these questions...

(How Westminster Works and why it Doesn't)

Raab in extraordinary form in The Telegraph, he’s apparently been targeted by a small number of officials - sounds like the deep state and/or lefty liberal elite have bought down a plucky chap trying to do the right thing for the country.

Maybe Matthew Goodwin is right after all, Raab has been undermined by Lineker and Vorderman cabal

If they want him, hq will offer him a safer seat

How does a local Tory constituency committee select a character like Raab?

He's a nasty, aggressive, cruel, possibly sociopathic, privileged Oxbridge lawyer, who displays nothing but open contempt for little people and utterly despises anyone not exactly like him.

I'd assume every local Tory committee was jizzing its collective pants at the thought of getting him on board, no?

How does a local Tory constituency committee select a character like Raab?

He probably joined the golf club and the chair of the committee is club captain.

!yes!

I had that when the doctors at hospital yanked on my foot to pop it back where it should be. I didn't really feel the foot much, and I quite enjoyed it. It made me cough, a bit like smoking a pipe would.

The doctor described it as the NHS crack pipe

Exactly!

When i find myself reaching for a word to express a powerful group of cohorts in league to serve themselves against the rules or against the common good i choose cartel: it expresses what i mean and makes pleasing reference to criminality. i worry that the word cabal, even if it’s origins are lost to most (kabbalah), invokes an antisemitic meaning that I wouldn’t want to infer

Good point, I hadn't really considered it before and, as you say, not what I intended. That doesn't excuse using a word carelessly but does illustrate how insidiously such words become common use without considering their origins/historical connotations. That said, there are plenty of bad faith actors who will use such words knowing exactly what they mean then feigning surprise when they are called out.

Anyway, I'll get back to rooting for the plucky Raab against the mighty power of Lineker, Vorderman and the elites.