Do you want to discuss boring politics? (23 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Pete]

What's really odd is that this was an open goal for the Tories.

Either
Throw Paterson to the wolves and claim they are the party of law and order and fairness, move on and let it be forgotten in a week or so.

Or
Change the rules to allow him to evade a 30 day suspension (It's not exactly Jonathon Aitken levels of naughty is it)? and end up looking like a tribe of shysters.

Smacks of hubris.

They have nothing to worry about. We are selfish narcissistic nation

 

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[oakey]

Look closely and you will see the Mail say "MPs" so they tar them all with the same brush. Mail and the Telegraph do this a lot. If they are criticising they say "MPs" or "Parliament" instead of "Tories" or "the government".
This reinforces the public perception that, "They're all the same".
This is a calculated undermining of our democratic processes.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Interest rates going up today.....probably just a warning shot of 0.25% for now....

 

[Frostie]

But all the public care about is the latest John Lewis ad controversy.

 

[Sick Boy]

But all the public care about is the latest John Lewis ad controversy.

Fucking hell.

 

[wingy]

I guess the question now is does a typical hr system of governance apply to an institution like the commons?

 

[Sick Boy]

So they’ve u-turned already then

 

[JAM See]

Interest rates going up today.....probably just a warning shot of 0.25% for now....

False alarm. No change.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

So they’ve u-turned already then

If it gets overturned it'll be the right decision but it just highlights how this government is totally corrupt and self-serving.

If they genuinely believed changing these rules was the right thing to do they'd have pressed on. It shows the only reason they put this forward was to save one of their own and make it so others in the future could get away with it.

How can people not yet have worked out that the Tories are completely untrustworthy?

 

[SomersetSB]

The bloke needs to go I’m afraid, if I’m ever in court I’ll get my mates to stop the court and change the rules to suit.

 

[PVA]

Alexa, show me Boris Johnson's premiership in gif form

 

[CCFCSteve]

So they’ve u-turned already then

All sorted, nothing to see here. Maybe the express knew it was a non story, hence them avoiding putting it on front page

 

[oakey]

Now Owen Paterson MP has resigned.

Owen Paterson quits as MP over lobbying row 'nightmare'

The Tory MP is at the centre of a bitter row after he was found to have made "egregious" rule breaches.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[skybluetony176]

Now Owen Paterson MP has resigned.

Presumably not as a matter of principle.

 

[oakey]

Presumably not as a matter of principle.

Wonder how long they'll wait until giving him a seat in the House of Lords?

 

[chiefdave]

Must be a nightmare being a Conservative supporter. You put all that effort into defending the indefensible time and time again only for them to u-turn and make you look an idiot.

 

[shmmeee]

Must be a nightmare being a Conservative supporter. You put all that effort into defending the indefensible time and time again only for them to u-turn and make you look an idiot.

That’s their secret: they always look like idiots.

 

[Ian1779]

Now Owen Paterson MP has resigned.

Owen Paterson quits as MP over lobbying row 'nightmare'

The Tory MP is at the centre of a bitter row after he was found to have made "egregious" rule breaches.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wonder what will happen to his side gigs now he’s lost his influence.

 

[Marty]

Funny how nobody has mentioned Claudia Webbe.

 

[Ian1779]

Funny how nobody has mentioned Claudia Webbe.

No one was trying to excuse her behaviour that’s why.

 

[clint van damme]

Funny how nobody has mentioned Claudia Webbe.

There's a lot of things don't get mentioned on here when it suits.

 

[clint van damme]

Wonder what will happen to his side gigs now he’s lost his influence.

Not often I agree with Starmer but he was bang on the money today.
As for Patterson, what Vile, toady, corrupt c**t he is.

 

[chiefdave]

There's a lot of things don't get mentioned on here when it suits.

It did get posted, everyone agreed it was a disgusting thing to do and the thread moved on.

 

[Marty]

No one was trying to excuse her behaviour that’s why.

swept under the carpet more like. Silence is violence iirc.

 

[Ian1779]

swept under the carpet more like. Silence is violence iirc.

Are you for real? Literally no one has swept it under the carpet at all… she’s been sentenced and expelled and there will probably be a trigger ballot activated (subject to appeal of course)

Stop looking for deflection with some shitty whataboutery that isn’t there.

 

[skybluetony176]

Caroline Lucas pulling no punches

What’s his latest investigation about? Is it the Caribbean holiday, the flat refurbished or something else?

 

[clint van damme]

Caroline Lucas pulling no punches

What’s his latest investigation about? Is it the Caribbean holiday, the flat refurbished or something else?

The flat refurbishment

 

[skybluetony176]

swept under the carpet more like. Silence is violence iirc.

Is she the one that labour immediately suspended by withdrawing the whip, then expelled from the party when she was found guilty and didn’t then retrospectively try to rewrite the rules to get her of the hook?

Yeah, exactly the same. No wait, opposite.

 

[David O'Day]

Are you for real? Literally no one has swept it under the carpet at all… she’s been sentenced and expelled and there will probably be a trigger ballot activated (subject to appeal of course)

Stop looking for deflection with some shitty whataboutery that isn’t there.

We even spoke about how lucky we are n as she was the other main candidate for selection in Cov South

 

[PVA]

Funny how nobody has mentioned Claudia Webbe.

Oh someone in particular mentioned her alright

 

[Skybluefaz]

swept under the carpet more like. Silence is violence iirc.

She's been prosecuted.

 

[David O'Day]

She's been prosecuted.

expelled from the party as well

 

[skybluetony176]

expelled from the party as well

#laboursleeze

 

[Grendel]

No one was trying to excuse her behaviour that’s why.

Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott had character references read out in court didn’t they?

 

[Grendel]

She's been prosecuted.

As she’s a criminal which this person isn’t