Politics

[Jol_BWFC]

45 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Never heard of him. Dominic Cummings is giving it big sticks about it being rife in the commons and Tory benches especially. Not that he can exactly be believed about pretty much anything of course.

This bloke:

He’s also the one that when questioned about scrapping the £20 universal credit uplift, he said some people like getting it but don’t need it. Then a few months later said it would be dangerous to stop MPs having second jobs to top up their £80k salaries, because they are human beings with families and responsibilities.

[Spider]

I see the Thatcher-esque Liz Truss wants the energy companies to invest money rather than pay a windfall tax on profits that are actually just a pisstake. And I’m a capitalist.

In absolutely unrelated news, inflation hit 9% this morning.

[Whitesince63]

Why now though? If these alleged offences were carried out between 2002 and 2007, why have they only just come to light? Not wishing to question their validity but that’s 15 to 20 years ago.

[Spider]

8 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

Why now though? If these alleged offences were carried out between 2002 and 2007, why have they only just come to light? Not wishing to question their validity but that’s 15 to 20 years ago.

Maybe the victims have been to scared to speak out.

Maybe it doesn’t fckin matter.

crimes don’t really have a cut off point for conviction.

 

[Rudy]

11 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

Why now though? If these alleged offences were carried out between 2002 and 2007, why have they only just come to light? Not wishing to question their validity but that’s 15 to 20 years ago.

Why is that always brought up. What Difference does it make. 

[gonzo]

They say the mind processes trauma like that in a similar way to grief or soldiers with PTSD.

Time goes out of the window as the mind processes things and tries to cope.

Things get shoved to the unconscious mind so the body can survive for as long as it needs.

 

[Nowack]

If I was a politician in my 50s I would be making a special effort to be seen on the benches today.

[Farrelli]

4 minutes ago, Nowack said:

If I was a politician in my 50s I would be making a special effort to be seen on the benches today.

Yes, but sitting on them rather than lounging about like some ageing lothario 

[Whitesince63]

1 hour ago, Rudy said:

Why is that always brought up. What Difference does it make. 

It doesn’t make any difference if the claims are valid but it does make it more difficult to investigate and confirm what happened. Of course there may have been genuine reasons it wasn’t revealed earlier but until we know the full facts it’s important not to potentially trash someone’s life by assuming guilt.

[Rudy]

18 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

It doesn’t make any difference if the claims are valid but it does make it more difficult to investigate and confirm what happened. Of course there may have been genuine reasons it wasn’t revealed earlier but until we know the full facts it’s important not to potentially trash someone’s life by assuming guilt.

Who’s assuming guilt ? And they haven’t been named. 

Questioning the length of time only puts off other victims. 

Embarrassed, scared, traumatised there could be a lot of reasons.

Edited May 18, 2022 by Rudy

[Winchester White]

Look at the fucking state of it...

 

[Morizio]

Is it a wig?

[Mounts Kipper]

3 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

Look at the fucking state of it...

 

He was my first thought when the news broke.

 

[Nowack]

4 minutes ago, Morizio said:

Is it a wig?

If I have such a good head of hair in my 70s then I won`t be cutting it either.

[Rudy]

2 hours ago, Nowack said:

If I was a politician in my 50s I would be making a special effort to be seen on the benches today.

I’d be wearing a bright yellow suit and holding up a sign like you see at the darts

‘I AM HERE’

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

It's quite incredible to see the number of people committing libel on social media over this.

They probably won't end up beong sued but why risk it for a few likes?

[Casino]

5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

It's quite incredible to see the number of people committing libel on social media over this.

They probably won't end up beong sued but why risk it for a few likes?

its only libel if its not true

theres a site i looked at last night named the fcuker

'brexit hardman'

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

4 minutes ago, Casino said:

its only libel if its not true

theres a site i looked at last night named the fcuker

'brexit hardman'

Yes, it's only libel if it's not true but a numbers of MPs names were trending last night.

[Winchester White]

It won't take long to come out if an MP that is usually in Parliament a lot suddenly isn't attending anymore.

[mickbrown]

13 hours ago, Jol_BWFC said:

This bloke:

He’s also the one that when questioned about scrapping the £20 universal credit uplift, he said some people like getting it but don’t need it. Then a few months later said it would be dangerous to stop MPs having second jobs to top up their £80k salaries, because they are human beings with families and responsibilities.

He also thinks rapists should be castrated.

[Spider]

It was a Labour government during that period so it's safe to say we can pin this all on them

[Winchester White]

27 minutes ago, Spider said:

It was a Labour government during that period so it's safe to say we can pin this all on them

Well BJ said during PMQs it was Labour's fault we don't have enough nuclear power in the UK so why not?

[Mounts Kipper]

Agree with Starmer on the windfall tax, needs to be taken and distributed, how it’s distributed not sure but feel it’s the right thing to do. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

3 hours ago, Casino said:

its only libel if its not true

theres a site i looked at last night named the fcuker

'brexit hardman'

As more than one person has been named, then someone is.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

43 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Agree with Starmer on the windfall tax, needs to be taken and distributed, how it’s distributed not sure but feel it’s the right thing to do. 

Interesting little bit after pmq.

The amount they want to take in windfall tax, apparently equates to around £100 per household. 

Rachel Reeves confirmed they would get money from other sources, including cutting vat on fuel.

Presumably, she's come around to Brexit then!

Whether all that adds up to £600 per household, who knows.

Something more is clearly needed, though what format is the best, I dunno.