The fall of the Tory party

“What’s that Nadine? We’re going to VAR?”

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This is interesting. I have a friend who can be great company over a beer or two, but can be difficult to have a proper conversation with. If I make a point, he'll often ignore it and just carry on with what he was saying as if if I hadn't said anything.

I did a bit of research (aka googling) and thought that he might fall into the sociopath category - or even a narcissist. I've lost the sites I looked at, but a v quick search just now brought this up - https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/sociopath-vs-narcissist/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20main%20difference%20between%20sociopathy,but%20isn't%20always%20dangerous.

Here's their summary of characteristics of the two types:

Signs of sociopathy
Lying to and manipulating others for personal gain
Little to no remorse for harmful behaviors
Lack empathy for others
Struggling with social norms
Engaging in harmful — or even illegal — behaviors without considering the consequences
Verbal or physical violence
Impulsive or reckless behavior
Disregard for the safety of others

Narcissistic Traits
An inflated sense of self
Feeling angry or jealous of others’ success
Thinking people are envious of them
An inability to connect or empathize with others
Perceiving themselves as unique and special
Believing they can only relate to others like them (who are also unique and special)
Difficulty handling criticism
Poor mood regulation
Craving validation or admiration from others
Constant fantasizing about becoming more successful and powerful
A pervasive feeling of entitlement

I've no knowledge of this subject beyond a few random internet searches, but some of the behaviours do ring some bells?!

Why does he drive a battered Toyota Previa?

When is Nadine going to find out that Crown appointments are specific exclusions from GDPR?

This guy is just taking the piss now, no?

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Hot Take!

Well she needs to do a subject access request.

And they will most likely edit the shit out of the response based on privacy and gdpr.

There are going to be some excellent hot takes about the report this morning. I'm looking forward to seeing the Olympic level mental gymnastics of johnsonites.

The Liechtenstein of the mental Olympics.

She seems to be conflating SARs - the GDPR mechanism for accessing personal information held by bodies - with FOI, accessing information held by public bodies, and which has a specific exemption relating to honours (Section 37(1)(b), the awarding of honours or dignities by the Crown).

So she can get them to confirm that they have rexords of her name and address.

Good for you, Nadine.

Don't think she even cares if they get denied as it just feeds the headlines that it's a conspiracy against her

How long till we get a referendum on Nadine's peerage ? Let the country decide!

Carrie looking ruff.

WAFC

https://twitter.com/ukiswitheu/status/1541115023170338816

90 day suspension recommended. Ooff.

Where's that?

In the report.

BBC has it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-65876914

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Committee recommends 90 day suspension

The report says if Boris Johnson were still a member of Parliament, "he should be suspended from the service of the House for 90 days for repeated contempts and for seeking to undermine the parliamentary process".
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In the published report.

Even Suarez wasn't suspended that long.

"We recommend that he should not be entitled to a former Member's pass."

Ooh, bitchy.

Ah I was refreshing the Guardian page

Apparently the only change to the report he requested was to add a single full stop - to make it 9.0 days.

Committee recommends 90 day suspension

As I understand given that he's jumped before he was pushed. this will come into effect if he's ever elected as an MP again.

It’s not pulling any punches, absolutely damning in its conclusions.