The Labour Government

[Don Karleone]

Unsurprisingly ignored.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

See the useless bastards are now ‘pausing’ the northern powerhouse rail. Burnham will be livid, and rightly so.
So much for cancelling HS2 but ring-fencing £12b for that railway upgrade.

Really got no idea what this shower are up-to and can only imagine a few of them have had thousands on Farage being the next PM!

 

[Postman Pep]

Unsurprisingly ignored.

To be fair the 'noticing' of this of this story, that has been in the public domain for at least 18 months, has only just reached the Tory MP/Daily Mail level. Maybe if the lobby hacks start noticing it might filter through in here ...

 

[Don Karleone]

To be fair the 'noticing' of this of this story, that has been in the public domain for at least 18 months, has only just reached the Tory MP/Daily Mail level. Maybe if the lobby hacks start noticing it might filter through in here ...

Yeah I saw some Tory MP talking about it earlier with a shit ton of whataboutery underneath it. It’s another story that has been known about for years but is only now getting leaked.

 

[Postman Pep]

Yeah I saw some Tory MP talking about it earlier with a shit ton of whataboutery underneath it. It’s another story that has been known about for years but is only now getting leaked.

Yep;)

 

[Chippy_boy]

Yeah I saw some Tory MP talking about it earlier with a shit ton of whataboutery underneath it. It’s another story that has been known about for years but is only now getting leaked.

Nope.

When this first came to light, they passed this off as an oversight, a mistake. The electoral commission accepted this and fined them accordingly.

What's now come to light is that this was perhaps not a mistake, but deliberate non-disclosure - a criminal offence in itself. I gather there was correspondence between the allegedly guilty parties and their lawyers advising them that the donations must be disclosed, and on the face of it, this advice was actively ignored. Not an oversight at all.

If this proves to be the case, heads will roll, at least. It's far more serious than we were initially led to believe.

 

[hilts]

Taxi for Starmer
Taxi for Starmer

Think he may have to wait his turn though.:-)

 

[Chippy_boy]

I really do think this latest development may be his undoing. If it's shown that he knowingly failed to disclose £750k to support his leadership aspirations, he's finished. He'll have to step down to save the disgrace of being barred from parliament and an ensuing by-election.

 

[Earlyriser]

The thing that is really going to piss me off if it happens is the abolition of the 2 child benefit cap. Further rewarding the feckless. I know we have a declining birth rate etc but the only people who will really benefit from this are Greggs and McDonalds

 

[Don Karleone]

Nope.

When this first came to light, they passed this off as an oversight, a mistake. The electoral commission accepted this and fined them accordingly.

What's now come to light is that this was perhaps not a mistake, but deliberate non-disclosure - a criminal offence in itself. I gather there was correspondence between the allegedly guilty parties and their lawyers advising them that the donations must be disclosed, and on the face of it, this advice was actively ignored. Not an oversight at all.

If this proves to be the case, heads will roll, at least. It's far more serious than we were initially led to believe.

Some people said this at the time. It isn't new information. What is new is that some people are reporting it. Left-leaning people are right, again.

 

[blueinsa]

Taxi for Starmer
Taxi for Starmer

Think he may have to wait his turn though.:-)

When, not if now and with Andy openly telling the world many want him as leader it’s clear he has lost many in the PLP after spending years dividing the membership.

Only himself and Reeves to blame.

 

[hampshireblue]

The thing that is really going to piss me off if it happens is the abolition of the 2 child benefit cap. Further rewarding the feckless. I know we have a declining birth rate etc but the only people who will really benefit from this are Greggs and McDonalds

There's nothing like compartmentalising people.

 

[Gray]

That sly fucker Burnham has now stepped up to stab his leader in the back.

“Et tu Brute”.

 

[Ohrodneyrodney]

Didn’t take long for the vultures to start circling. Not surprised though, Starmer seems incapable of leading the party, let alone the country.

 

[Jimmieblue]

I really do think this latest development may be his undoing. If it's shown that he knowingly failed to disclose £750k to support his leadership aspirations, he's finished. He'll have to step down to save the disgrace of being barred from parliament and an ensuing by-election.

This fiasco from a lawyer, it has been a disgrace of a Government.

 

[Blue Maverick]

The thing that is really going to piss me off if it happens is the abolition of the 2 child benefit cap. Further rewarding the feckless. I know we have a declining birth rate etc but the only people who will really benefit from this are Greggs and McDonalds

I agree as long as you carried on receiving it before it was stopped for more than two, if you give people notice they won’t receive it then that’s fine you can then decide if you want more and can afford them.

 

[Gray]

There's nothing like compartmentalising people.

But there is some truth in what they say.

 

[Elbow beards]

Politics is fucked, fucking every single one of em with their nose in the trough. This is why the **** Farage will get in, because people are thick and gullible.

 

[Earlyriser]

There's nothing like compartmentalising people.

That's what research is all about

 

[hampshireblue]

But there is some truth in what they say.

i don't want "some truth", I want THE truth. There's probably "some truth" that a City fan somewhere is a wife-beater but that doesn't apply to all-I hope. It's just a lazy comment. It's what we hear more and more from the likes of Farage. Have a listen to what he said in his interview yesterday about Trump's claims about immigrants eating pets. It finished up with him saying "prove they're not". It's complete bollocks and peole are being taken in by it.