Weihrauch17 Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 (edited) Corrupt and taking us back to the Seventies. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/18/cabinet-ministers-accepted-480000-unions-striking-pay-deals/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1937535/Lisa-Nandy-union-expense Edited August 18 by Weihrauch17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.357shooter Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 be carefull saying anything about the gov you can now be done for anti establishment comments online.what has happened to this country?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 I'm afraid there is nothing new in this. Many senior (and junior) Labour MPs have received union sponsorship over the years and it still goes on. Historical : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_MPs_sponsored_by_trade_unions It has always been accused of the Tories that they take money from big business. The reality is that Labour and LibDems also take money - a LOT of money. https://news.sky.com/story/westminster-accounts-the-biggest-donors-to-mps-since-the-last-election-12767944 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armsid Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 Many of us knew this would happen This Gov. is not what a lot of younger people have experianced lots more to come i reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 never mind that lot ...its Sue Gray you really need to worry about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 The Stasi will be round.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 47 minutes ago, matone said: The Stasi will be round.... Be careful what you wish for. Sue Gray has a reputation for 'secret state' mentality. From the Wikipedia entry about her; "she was "notorious… for her determination not to leave a document trail", had advised special advisers how to destroy emails through "double-deletion" and made at least six interventions "to tell departments to fight disclosures under the Freedom of Information Act". I kid you not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 You can call me cynical but I can see no reason why anyone who has entered Labour Politics did so except to line their own pockets from the trough. Not necessarily true of the Conservative Politicians. Many of whom were already incredibly wealthy 《 Rishi Sunak, Jacob Rees Mogg etc) for whom public service probably cost them money. Others were very well educated and qualified, even if they lacked the common touch. But Labour has a load of poorly qualified chancers, Angela Raynor for example. Not even one GCSE to her name. Now Deputy Prime Minister. She can't ever speak in sentences and her protective circle of minders won't let her be interviewed on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Vince Green said: You can call me cynical but I can see no reason why anyone who has entered Labour Politics did so except to line their own pockets from the trough. Not necessarily true of the Conservative Politicians. Many of whom were already incredibly wealthy 《 Rishi Sunak, Jacob Rees Mogg etc) for whom public service probably cost them money. Others were very well educated and qualified, even if they lacked the common touch. But Labour has a load of poorly qualified chancers, Angela Raynor for example. Not even one GCSE to her name. Now Deputy Prime Minister. She can't ever speak in sentences and her protective circle of minders won't let her be interviewed on TV. Just shows how totally warped the system is that the deputy PM can get the job without a single qualification and have the inability to string together a sentence. She will be in the top job in time when the far left get shut of Ten Tier Kier. Edited August 18 by Weihrauch17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 13 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said: Just shows how totally warped the system is that the deputy PM can get the job without a single qualification and have the inability to string together a sentence. She will be in the top job in time when the far left get shut of Ten Tier Kier. But Labour has always been quite close to Soviet style nepotism even though they have taken great pains to hide behind a rather more respectable cloak of respectability. How Raynor got to the top will alway be the subject of "you may suspect but I couldn't possibly comment " The truth is she has the support of the hard left and that is always going to be a worry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 2 minutes ago, Vince Green said: But Labour has always been quite close to Soviet style nepotism even though they have taken great pains to hide behind a rather more respectable cloak of respectability. How Raynor got to the top will alway be the subject of "you may suspect but I couldn't possibly comment " The truth is she has the support of the hard left and that is always going to be a worry Yep totally agree, she will lead the party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 213 Labour MPs trousered £1.8M of Union money since the election was called (allegedly); https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13755613/Labour-accused-thumb-trade-union-paymasters-half-Keir-Starmers-MPs-took-donations.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robden Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 13 hours ago, .357shooter said: be carefull saying anything about the gov you can now be done for anti establishment comments online.what has happened to this country?. Get them while they're young and gullible. Young kids to be taught at school how to recognise "fake news etc". In other words, "Only believe what the government says." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 Hello, A fair proportion of Labour MPs had money from Unions to fight their campaign to become a MP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 (edited) 10 hours ago, Vince Green said: You can call me cynical but I can see no reason why anyone who has entered Labour Politics did so except to line their own pockets from the trough. Not necessarily true of the Conservative Politicians. Many of whom were already incredibly wealthy 《 Rishi Sunak, Jacob Rees Mogg etc) for whom public service probably cost them money. Others were very well educated and qualified, even if they lacked the common touch. But Labour has a load of poorly qualified chancers, Angela Raynor for example. Not even one GCSE to her name. Now Deputy Prime Minister. She can't ever speak in sentences and her protective circle of minders won't let her be interviewed on TV. Steady on Vince, relating GCSE's to intelligence and common sense? ? ? Oops? Politicians are probably the same as escorts, they will take every advantage? Edited August 19 by old man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 36 minutes ago, old man said: Politicians are probably the same as escorts, they will take every advantage? does the same go for Cortinas,Fiestas and Anglias🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 1 minute ago, Zoli 12 guage said: does the same go for Cortinas,Fiestas and Anglias🤔 A few 'Avengers' might not go amiss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 Just now, Zoli 12 guage said: does the same go for Cortinas,Fiestas and Anglias🤔 All are much more useful and cheaper to service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 5 hours ago, JohnfromUK said: A few 'Avengers' might not go amiss! 😁😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 6 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, A fair proportion of Labour MPs had money from Unions to fight their campaign to become a MP Not only to fight the election. Once they are MPs they are 'sponsored' by a union to represent their interests I fail to see how if 'cash for questions" is illegal being sponsored isnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 3 minutes ago, Vince Green said: Not only to fight the election. Once they are MPs they are 'sponsored' by a union to represent their interests I fail to see how if 'cash for questions" is illegal being sponsored isnt Hello, Ah I remember the Brown envelope MP 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 Old hat? Electronic transfer offshore maybe easier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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