If it smells corrupt

[ninian opinian]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/fifth-of-uk-covid-contracts-raised-red-flags-for-possible-corruption

[Veg1960]

Re: If it smells corrupt

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ble-corruption

Really doesn't matter what they get up to sadly, people are more interested in statues and dinghies.

And whether the pubs are open

[the other bob wilson]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Really doesn't matter what they get up to sadly, people are more interested in statues and dinghies.

And whether the pubs are open

Yep, I'm afraid you're right.

[life on mars]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Really doesn't matter what they get up to sadly, people are more interested in statues and dinghies.

And whether the pubs are open

Are the pubs open ?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Well I never!;-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56863547

Time for the what's in it for me party supporters on here to put their hands over their ears and sing la, la, la very loudly maybe?

[ninian opinian]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Well I never!;-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56863547

Time for the what's in it for me party supporters on here to put their hands over their ears and sing la, la, la very loudly maybe?

I’m shocked

Johnson is a vacuum of integrity https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ing-street-row

[life on mars]

Re: If it smells corrupt

full list ,my favourite is the badger watching one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: If it smells corrupt

full list ,my favourite is the badger watching one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...United_Kingdom

Tory Toff Cameron sticking his dick in a pigs mouth tops that surely

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: If it smells corrupt

I’m shocked

Johnson is a vacuum of integrity https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ing-street-row

Grieve is one of those tories I wish was in a centre left democratic party , he's wasted with the conservatives and all their barrel scraping

[the other bob wilson]

Re: If it smells corrupt

What Johnson wrote when it was found that Peter Mandelson had taken an undisclosed home loan and was sacked from the Cabinet in 1998;-

“In the Ministry of Sound, the tank-topped bum boys blub into their Pils … for Mandy is dead, dead ere his prime!”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9518183/Boriss-despairing-cry-Downing-St-aides-lavish-new-decor.html

[Seabird]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Watched the BBC news channel from 7.00 to 7.15, surprisingly!! no mention of Mr Johnson's flat refurbishment funding or his comment about 'dead bodies piling up ..............rather than another lock-down'.

[Rjk]

Re: If it smells corrupt

I just cannot fathom, how anyone can have a £30,000 A YEAR budget for renovating an apartment and for that to be nowhere near enough.
Just hold off on the wallpaper until next year and you'll get another 30 grand to spend on it.

What do you think Jeremy Corbyn would have spent on it?

[life on mars]

Re: If it smells corrupt

I just cannot fathom, how anyone can have a £30,000 A YEAR budget for renovating an apartment and for that to be nowhere near enough.
Just hold off on the wallpaper until next year and you'll get another 30 grand to spend on it.

What do you think Jeremy Corbyn would have spent on it?

Jezzie wasn't planning on living inside the building where so many Tories had trodden ( including the Labour Lite ones ) he had initially priced checked the large tent range at Millets , along with a blow up double sleeping bag , his canny plan was to utalise the spacious Downing Street rear garden .

[the other bob wilson]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Latest poll shows the what's in it for me party extending their lead by one over Labour to eleven per cent - I had wondered if the Johnson/what's in it for me apologists on here had been totally silent in the two threads about sleaze and corruption because they were finally realising how rotten this Government is, but, no, it would appear that, as I suggested last week, what's in it for me voters are putting their hand's over their ears and shouting la, la, la as loud as they can to ensure they don't take anything of what's being said in.

For me, we're now getting towards a similar situation as America had with Trump, it's gone beyond party politics - the people governing the UK are not fit for purpose and you can only just hope that there will be an Emperor's new clothes moment when the penny drops for those who, unbelievably, still defend Johnson and co.

[cyril evans awaydays]

Re: If it smells corrupt

Latest poll shows the what's in it for me party extending their lead by one over Labour to eleven per cent - I had wondered if the Johnson/what's in it for me apologists on here had been totally silent in the two threads about sleaze and corruption because they were finally realising how rotten this Government is, but, no, it would appear that, as I suggested last week, what's in it for me voters are putting their hand's over their ears and shouting la, la, la as loud as they can to ensure they don't take anything of what's being said in.

For me, we're now getting towards a similar situation as America had with Trump, it's gone beyond party politics - the people governing the UK are not fit for purpose and you can only just hope that there will be an Emperor's new clothes moment when the penny drops for those who, unbelievably, still defend Johnson and co.

I think the difference between here and the US is the dominance of only two parties there and our electoral system. Trump ultimately failed because he could not break out much beyond the 40% or so of people who would support him through thick and thin. 40% core support here is the basis of a political landslide.

On your broader point, covid still rules. The vaccination programme's success is likely to benefit incumbents not just in England but also Wales and Scotland. Thinks like the corrupt self-centred nature of Johnson's government and the impact of Brexit on things like Fish and Finance may not have the immediate impact they would in more normal times.