Derfel Cadarn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Braverman gone from the cabinet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 Sebastian Fox, Michael Green and Corinne Stockheath will all be appointed as special advisers to the new Home Secretary and will all draw a substantial salary. Derfel Cadarn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Didn’t this happen back in July with Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Didn’t this happen back in July with Johnson? Nah, they were leaving of their own accord; this is just (the start of) Hunt's reshuffle. ETA Edited October 19, 2022 by Which Tyler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Apparently at least one of the reasons was because she shared sensitive information on a private phone https://news.sky.com/story/suella-braverman-set-to-depart-as-home-secretary-12724671 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Nuclear warhead maintenance sraff are to ‘vote on strikes’. Unfortunate wording … https://news.sky.com/story/uk-nuclear-warhead-maintenance-staff-to-vote-on-strikes-12724534 Wade1865 and ants 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 To lose one of the great offices of state is unfortunate. To lose two looks like carelessness. Mindwalker and maarsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) So... she leaked a document on immigration to a backbencher and the backbencher grassed her up? Got to love the dig at protestors as 'selfish'. The stunning lack of insight there. Protestors by definition put themselves to severe inconvenience and risk on behalf of others. They are not 'selfish' because it means your taxi driver had to take a ten minute detour. If only people would protest in ways that don't cause anybody any trouble, maybe by sitting at home in their own living room and tutting, but not too loud in case it upsets the neighbours? ETA - also, it can't be coincidence that the day Truss stands up in Parliament and says 'I made mistakes', this resignation letter says 'I have made a mistake: I accept responsibility: I resign'. Edited October 19, 2022 by mormont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSumm Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Is it me or is it weird to write a letter with both “I fucked up and I resign” and also “I have concerns about the government”? It’s hardly a bold move if you were leaving anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, mormont said: So... she leaked a document on immigration to a backbencher and the backbencher grassed her up? Got to love the dig at protestors as 'selfish'. The stunning lack of insight there. Protestors by definition put themselves to severe inconvenience and risk on behalf of others. They are not 'selfish' because it means your taxi driver had to take a ten minute detour. If only people would protest in ways that don't cause anybody any trouble, maybe by sitting at home in their own living room and tutting, but not too loud in case it upsets the neighbours? Reads like she’s basically jumping, and telling Truss to jump too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, DaveSumm said: Is it me or is it weird to write a letter with both “I fucked up and I resign” and also “I have concerns about the government”? It’s hardly a bold move if you were leaving anyway. It makes total sense if you're an idiot who got caught in a stupid mistake and want to try to pretend this is a principled resignation so you can stand for leader again. DaveSumm and ants 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 No, not Cruella. If we continue at this rate, we might eventually run out of crazies. J/k this Tory party isn't short of crazy. ants, Derfel Cadarn and Which Tyler 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said: Reads like she’s basically jumping, and telling Truss to jump too. Truss, but also probably Coffey, who is still in the job despite the antibiotics thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Three Tory MP’s have indicates they will defy the whips on the fracking vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 So Jerry C. (the C does not stand for conservative) is trying to purge the crazies from the cabinet, will he be able to remove Lord Pencilneck, or would the ERG rise to defend its mascot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 This is turning into an utterly ridiculous shitshow. I've never seen anything remotely like this, and I can't recall any comparable period from British political history, or almost any country which is supposed to be a functioning democracy. The Conservatives have to get their shit together with some kind of vague coalition of the not-completely-and-totally incompetent (and Hunt and even Schapps are probably in that bracket, and maybe Mordaunt on a very good day), or they have to just give up and call a general election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Fox Cauthon Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Would accepting the short-term collapse of the Tory party in a GE and rebuilding as an opposition party really be the worst thing for the Tories to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 The idea that the Tories have the ability to restore any level of credibility in the next two years is pure fantasy. I’m sure there are a lot of Tories out there just want it all to be over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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