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« Reply #2225 on: October 25, 2022, 11:52:48 AM »
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« Reply #2226 on: October 25, 2022, 11:53:35 AM »
Quote from: Cassius on October 25, 2022, 11:52:18 AM
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:32:24 AM


Isn't that exactly how House of Cards begins?

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand Francis Urquhart was a respected Chief Whip, lecturer in Italian renaissance politics and former Guards officer, whilst Penny Mordaunt is an ex-PR hack and magician’s assistant.

With no more than 20 butthurt supporters at best.
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« Reply #2227 on: October 25, 2022, 11:56:01 AM »
The Boris caretaker Cabinet is back, huh?
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« Reply #2228 on: October 25, 2022, 11:56:42 AM »
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:53:35 AM
Quote from: Cassius on October 25, 2022, 11:52:18 AM
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:32:24 AM


Isn't that exactly how House of Cards begins?

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand Francis Urquhart was a respected Chief Whip, lecturer in Italian renaissance politics and former Guards officer, whilst Penny Mordaunt is an ex-PR hack and magician’s assistant.

With no more than 20 butthurt supporters at best.

I like Mordaunt a lot, but that's partly because I have a soft spot for powerful women who are also cringe and fail.
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« Reply #2229 on: October 25, 2022, 11:57:39 AM »
Quote from: Ed Miliband Revenge Tour on October 25, 2022, 11:56:42 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:53:35 AM
Quote from: Cassius on October 25, 2022, 11:52:18 AM
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:32:24 AM


Isn't that exactly how House of Cards begins?

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand Francis Urquhart was a respected Chief Whip, lecturer in Italian renaissance politics and former Guards officer, whilst Penny Mordaunt is an ex-PR hack and magician’s assistant.

With no more than 20 butthurt supporters at best.

I like Mordaunt a lot, but that's partly because I have a soft spot for powerful women who are also cringe and fail.

I’m with her Purple heart
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« Reply #2230 on: October 25, 2022, 11:58:31 AM »
Quote from: Cassius on October 25, 2022, 11:52:18 AM
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:32:24 AM


Isn't that exactly how House of Cards begins?

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand Francis Urquhart was a respected Chief Whip, lecturer in Italian renaissance politics and former Guards officer (and of course, a fictional character), whilst Penny Mordaunt is an ex-PR hack and magician’s assistant.

I admit I'm a bit partial toward her because I feel like she was unfairly shafted back in September, and she does strike me as proposing something a bit more interesting for the party than "BoJo is our Lord and Savior and can do no wrong!!" or "back to business chaps!". But that said, yeah, she didn't exactly cover herself in glory lately.
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« Reply #2231 on: October 25, 2022, 12:00:22 PM »
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:58:31 AM
Quote from: Cassius on October 25, 2022, 11:52:18 AM
Quote from: NUPES Enjoyer on October 25, 2022, 11:47:20 AM
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 11:32:24 AM


Isn't that exactly how House of Cards begins?

On the one hand yes, but on the other hand Francis Urquhart was a respected Chief Whip, lecturer in Italian renaissance politics and former Guards officer (and of course, a fictional character), whilst Penny Mordaunt is an ex-PR hack and magician’s assistant.

I admit I'm a bit partial toward her because I feel like she was unfairly shafted back in September, and she does strike me as proposing something a bit more interesting for the party than "BoJo is our Lord and Savior and can do no wrong!!" or "back to business chaps!". But that said, yeah, she didn't exactly cover herself in glory lately.

Yes, that's what I just said.
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« Reply #2232 on: October 25, 2022, 12:05:28 PM »
HE'S BACK, BABY:
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« Reply #2233 on: October 25, 2022, 12:06:58 PM »
Goodbye Comrade Truss
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« Reply #2234 on: October 25, 2022, 12:09:03 PM »
Ah, some equilibrium has been restored. A Conservative cabinet just doesn’t feel right without Gove sitting in the corner, sharpening his knives, and preparing to be fired.
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« Reply #2235 on: October 25, 2022, 12:10:40 PM »
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HE'S BACK, BABY:
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« Reply #2236 on: October 25, 2022, 12:17:10 PM »
No promotion for Kemi but she gets Equalities added on to her pile:
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« Reply #2237 on: October 25, 2022, 12:22:14 PM »
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« Reply #2238 on: October 25, 2022, 12:26:15 PM »
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« Reply #2239 on: October 25, 2022, 12:28:36 PM »
Quote from: brucejoel99 on October 25, 2022, 12:22:14 PM

Would it be correct to assume Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is one of the least important and influential cabinet positions?
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« Reply #2240 on: October 25, 2022, 12:33:36 PM »
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Would it be correct to assume Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is one of the least important and influential cabinet positions?
Unless we’re holding an Olympics, (or the office is being held by Nadine Dorries) it stays pretty low-key. It does have some oversight over things like broadband infrastructure, but it’s not exactly a high office. It’s sometimes used as a proving ground - it’s basically where Jeremy Hunt, Matt Hancock and Sajid Javid’s cabinet careers started.
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« Reply #2241 on: October 25, 2022, 12:34:39 PM »
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« Reply #2242 on: October 25, 2022, 12:45:33 PM »
Buckland pays the price:
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« Reply #2243 on: October 25, 2022, 12:51:15 PM »
« Edited: October 25, 2022, 01:54:28 PM by Ed Miliband Revenge Tour »
Quote from: Torrain on October 25, 2022, 12:09:03 PM
Ah, some equilibrium has been restored. A Conservative cabinet just doesn’t feel right without Gove sitting in the corner, sharpening his knives, and preparing to be fired.

Gove is the Draco Malfoy of the Conservative Party, but specifically the Malfoy from Harry Potter fanfiction, the sexy-adjacent picaro of perpetually unclear loyalties who's always just there, sulking, somewhere in the background.

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Would it be correct to assume Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is one of the least important and influential cabinet positions?
Unless we’re holding an Olympics, (or the office is being held by Nadine Dorries) it stays pretty low-key. It does have some oversight over things like broadband infrastructure, but it’s not exactly a high office. It’s sometimes used as a proving ground - it’s basically where Jeremy Hunt, Matt Hancock and Sajid Javid’s cabinet careers started.

And what does that last part tell us?
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« Reply #2244 on: October 25, 2022, 12:56:09 PM »
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« Reply #2245 on: October 25, 2022, 12:57:36 PM »

Added indignity of being replaced by a certifiable moron.
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« Reply #2246 on: October 25, 2022, 12:58:36 PM »
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How do we know this is true?
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« Reply #2247 on: October 25, 2022, 01:01:45 PM »

I know it's hard to believe, but it's True!
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« Reply #2248 on: October 25, 2022, 01:17:37 PM »
Quote from: Filuwaúrdjan on October 25, 2022, 12:57:36 PM

Added indignity of being replaced by a certifiable moron.

Was going to say - he’s the kind of backbench total crazy I’d lump in with the likes of Philip Davies, Christopher Chope, and Philip Hollobone, not anyone who should ever be remotely near a cabinet post.
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« Reply #2249 on: October 25, 2022, 01:31:22 PM »
"Theresa May loyalist-turned-Rory Stewart supporter" inclusion:
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