Boris's Brain is missing

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Jdsk
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Just to save time: Eton and Oxford.

Whether that was about Magnus or Shawcross...

Jonathan
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If you ever thought this country isn't on the slide into corruption at the highest level,I ask you to listen to this man's testimony:- https://youtu.be/bNalCyXzCY0
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Jdsk wrote: 21 Jan 2023, 2:37pm
Jdsk wrote: 20 Jan 2023, 1:39pm
Best explainer yet:

"Nadhim Zahawi – the whole story":
https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi_story/
Zahawi has issued a statement:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... deliberate

We'll see.
Dismissed.

Jonathan

Letter from the "Independent" Adviser on Ministers' Interests:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ry-2023--2
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Dismissed
One down and a whole government still to go.....
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reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 11:08am
Dismissed
One down and a whole government still to go.....
Wot government? There's only spiv-dealings just now.

"Psst! Want to buy an only slightly used/soiled prime minister, still able to blether ideological claptrap when it's string is pulled? How about a corrupted MP, easily washed down and repurposed for alternative charla-tory"?

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Cugel wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 12:41pm
reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 11:08am
Dismissed
One down and a whole government still to go.....
Wot government? There's only spiv-dealings just now.

"Psst! Want to buy an only slightly used/soiled prime minister, still able to blether ideological claptrap when it's string is pulled? How about a corrupted MP, easily washed down and repurposed for alternative charla-tory"?

Cugel
Will we see any real change with Starmer after the complete and wanton trashing of the country by sed spivs?
One hopes so but like the proverbial oil tanker it'll take a lot of coming about :?
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reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 11:08am
Dismissed
One down and a whole government still to go.....
For the Ministers and other appointees under investigation (and those yet to come) the way this was handled sets a dangerous precedent: it's now going to be much harder to use delay and obstruction.

Jonathan

PS:
""The cost of helping the former prime minister defend himself over claims he misled parliament about law-breaking parties during Covid “could potentially exceed” the current £222,000 budget, a senior civil servant admitted."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... te-defence
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reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 1:01pm
Cugel wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 12:41pm
reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 11:08am
One down and a whole government still to go.....
Wot government? There's only spiv-dealings just now.

"Psst! Want to buy an only slightly used/soiled prime minister, still able to blether ideological claptrap when it's string is pulled? How about a corrupted MP, easily washed down and repurposed for alternative charla-tory"?

Cugel
Will we see any real change with Starmer after the complete and wanton trashing of the country by sed spivs?
One hopes so but like the proverbial oil tanker it'll take a lot of coming about :?
Starmerisation seems unlikely to change many of the fundamental problems with Blighty life. The City and The Bankers and The Big Businesses will still do what they do whilst the serfs may obtain only a few small comfits from the new regime. As the saying goes, though, "Still the red & blue clown show" in which the clowns make their traditional faux-pas, the doors and lights fall of the car and we, the audience, laugh along as terrible forces gather outside the circus tent.

Cugel
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Jdsk wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 2:40pm
reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 11:08am
Dismissed
One down and a whole government still to go.....
For the Ministers and other appointees under investigation (and those yet to come) the way this was handled sets a dangerous precedent: it's now going to be much harder to use delay and obstruction.

Jonathan

PS:
""The cost of helping the former prime minister defend himself over claims he misled parliament about law-breaking parties during Covid “could potentially exceed” the current £222,000 budget, a senior civil servant admitted."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... te-defence
Nothing would surprise me :?
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Cugel wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 3:49pm
reohn2 wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 1:01pm
Cugel wrote: 29 Jan 2023, 12:41pm

Wot government? There's only spiv-dealings just now.

"Psst! Want to buy an only slightly used/soiled prime minister, still able to blether ideological claptrap when it's string is pulled? How about a corrupted MP, easily washed down and repurposed for alternative charla-tory"?

Cugel
Will we see any real change with Starmer after the complete and wanton trashing of the country by sed spivs?
One hopes so but like the proverbial oil tanker it'll take a lot of coming about :?
Starmerisation seems unlikely to change may of the fundamental problems with Blighty life. The City and The Bankers and The Big Businesses will still do what they do whilst the serfs may obtain only a few small comfits from the new regime. As the saying goes, though, "Still the red & blue clown show" in which the clowns make their traditional faux-pas, the doors and lights fall of the car and we, the audience, laugh along as terrible forces gather outside the circus tent.

Cugel
I suspect you're not wrong,I wish I could be more optimistic but sadly I cannot.
We'll see.....
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Jdsk wrote: 23 Jan 2023, 3:57pm
Jdsk wrote: 23 Jan 2023, 11:07am
Jdsk wrote: 23 Jan 2023, 10:55am "Richard Sharp, the BBC chairman, has announced that an internal inquiry will investigate allegations that he did not declare a conflict of interest when he was appointed to the job by Boris Johnson."
Johnson:
"This is a load of complete nonsense, absolute nonsense.
Let me just tell you – Richard Sharp is a good and a wise man. But he knows absolutely nothing about my personal finances, I can tell you that for 100% ding-dang sure.
This is just another example of the BBC disappearing up its own fundament."
Ah... the BBC inquiry will be restricted to what happened after he started work:


Screenshot 2023-01-23 at 15.51.57.png

https://twitter.com/Jake_Kanter/status/ ... 6549856257

So let's have another inquiry at the same time:

"The UK Commissioner for Public Appointments is to review the process behind the appointment of BBC Chair Richard Sharp as the fallout from the Boris Johnson loan scandal continues to be felt."
https://deadline.com/2023/01/boris-john ... 235237095/
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Her Britannic Majesty's Buffoon claims he was facing down Vladimir Putin

Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64397745
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Love all this "recusement" - short-hand for "I'm gonna get my equally dodger croney to do the dirty work, so when it all goes belly-up, I can deny any involvement..."!
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thirdcrank wrote: 30 Jan 2023, 5:48pm Her Britannic Majesty's Buffoon claims he was facing down Vladimir Putin

Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

But rasPutin denies it.
It's difficult, isn't it: which liar to believe?
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Mike Sales wrote: 30 Jan 2023, 6:18pm
thirdcrank wrote: 30 Jan 2023, 5:48pm Her Britannic Majesty's Buffoon claims he was facing down Vladimir Putin

Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

But rasPutin denies it.
It's difficult, isn't it: which liar to believe?
Exactly!
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