This Wretched Hive Of Scum And Villainy

[afleitch]

They are really digging in on the 'cat' thing.

https://twitter.com/KemiBadenoch/status/1672336213489885184

[TheTide]

Why wouldn't she? As in the mid-1990s for the Tories and late-2000s for Labour, the next leadership election has already effectively begun.

[YL]

And note that reports from those who actually appear to have looked into the matter indicate that no pupil at Rye College identifies as a cat.

[CumbrianLefty]

Cats are yesterday's news, holograms are where its at now

[Torrain]

A former TV producer, Daisy Goodwin, has accused one of the Conservative candidates for London Mayor of groping her in 10 Downing Street.

The alleged event happened back when Daniel Korski was a special advisor to David Cameron, and Goodwin had been invited to a meeting to discuss collaboration on a TV project. 

She’s written up an editorial in the Times naming him.

[Torrain]

Two more Conservative MPs are standing down in 2024.

Chris Clarkson is standing down as MP for Heywood and Middleton, citing boundary changes. He’s only got a majority of 663, so possible he’s been offered the chance to run elsewhere. Interesting seat - it’s the closest UKIP seem to have come to winning a by-election against Labour, back in 2014, but it was only in 2019 that Labour finally lost the constituency - after having held it since it’s creation in 1983.

Greg Knight is standing down as MP for East Yorkshire. Majority of 22k, so no fear of losing the seat here. Knight is 74, so presumably he’s just decided to call it a day? Slightly odd career in the Commons - everything seemed to revolve around cars: opposing low-emission zones, speedbumps, and park-and-ride schemes, changing the law to exclude vintage cars from MOTs, getting embroiled in the expense scandal for spending taxpayer cash to repair the driveway up to the garage he keeps his car collection in. Knight is also a member of MP4, a band made up of a cross-party group of MPs from Labour, the Tories, and the SNP.

That all pales in comparison, however, to his magnum opus, this campaign video:

[Torrain]

Daniel Korski has withdrawn from the race to be Tory candidate for Mayor of London.

Unclear if the party will appoint a new candidate to fill out what was supposed to be a three-man shortlist, or if it’ll be a head-to-head between the two remaining candidates.

Potential for some sniping here, given the frontrunner (MP Paul Scully) was left off the shortlist.

[CumbrianLefty]

Daniel Korski has withdrawn from the race to be Tory candidate for Mayor of London.

Unclear if the party will appoint a new candidate to fill out what was supposed to be a three-man shortlist, or if it’ll be a head-to-head between the two remaining candidates.

Potential for some sniping here, given the frontrunner (MP Paul Scully) was left off the shortlist.

Something that our intrepid truth-seeking media doesn't seem terribly interested in pursuing.

[JimJamUK]

Yet another new Conservative group launched today, this time called the ‘New Conservatives’. Focused on significantly reducing immigration, with the suggested policies and rhetoric giving a vibe of ‘something must be done’ rather than an attempt to come up with a plan to reduce immigration that is electorally and economically ‘feasible’.

[CumbrianLefty]

New Conservatives, same old rubbish then

[Battista Minola 1616]

New Conservatives, same old rubbish then

New Conservatives, New Dangervatives?

[CumbrianLefty]

Sunak contriving to avoid PMQs both this week and next. Not hard to read things into that.

[Torrain]

Sunak contriving to avoid PMQs both this week and next. Not hard to read things into that.

Aye - I saw several journalists point out that he’s now on track to have the poorest PMQs attendance in modern times:

[Cassius]

Sunak contriving to avoid PMQs both this week and next. Not hard to read things into that.

Aye - I saw several journalists point out that he’s now on track to have the poorest PMQs attendance in modern times:

Liz Truss was the Sam Allardyce of PMQs.

[Blair]

Would pay good money to see big Sam at PMQs. A solid Labour man if I recall too.

[Cassius]

Would pay good money to see big Sam at PMQs. A solid Labour man if I recall too.

I think Allardyce has voted for both parties, plus he’s had warm words for leaving the EU and Donald Trump in the past. It would be good to see him as Chancellor, as then we’d also get to see the legendary pint of wine at the despatch box on the budget day.

[Blair]

Read some grumbling re Sir Shut up and go Away getting reselected for a much safer seat.

I was surprised he was restanding as he seems like the type who only thrives when he’s in power and when the Government are- perhaps he wants to rebuild his political image?

[Cassius]

Read some grumbling re Sir Shut up and go Away getting reselected for a much safer seat.

I was surprised he was restanding as he seems like the type who only thrives when he’s in power and when the Government are- perhaps he wants to rebuild his political image?

I think the appropriate question would be what does Sir Falsetto have to offer in any role other than that of parliamentarian? He’ll have plenty of fodder for scheming and rat******* whilst in opposition so I’m sure that prospect suits him just fine.

[Torrain]

I think the appropriate question would be what does Sir Falsetto have to offer in any role other than that of parliamentarian? He’ll have plenty of fodder for scheming and rat******* whilst in opposition so I’m sure that prospect suits him just fine.

I hear he sells a mean fireplace.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

So. Emails. About weddings. Emails.

[CumbrianLefty]

Ed Balls has been asked for comment.

[YL]

So. Emails. About weddings. Emails.

I suppose this is something we can't talk about at the moment.

[Torrain]

[afleitch]

As much as it pains me to restrict discussion, I have deleted a post (without infraction etc) because unfortunately we've been slapped before.

[Zinneke]

This has David Cameron's fingerprints all over it