Government Watch - 2

This deserves a read as well.

www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/paul-mason-reflections-impartiality

Another example of a government which does not know what it is doing, nor apparently has the faintest idea of what it is supposed to be doing. Of particular interest to me as the Luke Graham MP mentioned is now my MP. He has already been asked to leave the chamber twice when he attempted to speak in England/Wales only debates as he seems to be under the illusion that only SNP MPs are excluded from these debates, rather than all MPs from Scottish seats, even those from the Tory Party. I suppose it is not surprising that he has little or no knowledge of these matters, living as he does in Croyden. Locally he has been campaigning to have at least one of the major banks open/reopen a branch in the County Town, having failed to notice that there ARE 3 bank branches in the town centre. It is some of the smaller rural branches who have closed or gone part-time.

Sorry forgot to add the link:

www.thenational.scot/news/15619386.Theresa_May_gets_it_all_wrong_with_attack_on_Scotland_s_broadband_coverage/?ref=eb#comments-anchor

Brilliant, Granny23.
Isn't it good to have an MP so much on the ball?
I didn't expect May to get it wrong, though.
Maybe you should suggest this on trisher's thread looking for ideas.

I see yesterday JRM announced that in his opinion, a woman who seeks an abortion after being raped is committing a second wrong.

The government are in disarray. They can't agree with each other. They are telling their MPs to boycott Opposition debates. David Davis does not seem to know whether he is coming or going over a vote on the "Final Deal" re Brexit. And they are desperately making "announcements". aka floating ideas for solving problems to make it look like they are doing something about the NHS etc. The AIRBNB for post surgical patients is a gem isn't it. Is there a thread...

Yes, there's a thread about it, Jess.

I think they should carry on ignoring parliament and the people.
Corbyn will win by a landslide - early next year, I think.

I'm not sure that it is only that the government cannot agree with each other. DD appears unable to agree with himself.

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/alastair-campbell-corbyn-speech-1-5252836

This deserves to be read.

Ye Gods Alastair Campbell!

He's changing his tune like many others over his view of Corbyn isn't he.

Funny how easily the smell of success can lead so many it appears to have a change of heart, commonly known as being a hypocrite.

I might be doing him a bit of a disservice in a way because the ' speech' he wrote for Jeremy does have some , shall I say, pointed areas where Campbell is saying this is where you are wrong matey.

If I were Jeremy I would stick with Momentum and ignore Campbell as one will put him on the bus the other will throw him under it ,only if and when it suits of course.

Momentum is not the way to go from what I have seen - it is likely to cause dissention in the ranks like other groups did in the 70s.

Campbell is looking at who is leader NOW - that is who there is to work with whether anyone likes it or not. I think as a speech it is too long and rambling to keep the attention of people - but as very unlikely to be delivered it doesn't matter!

There's a debate tomorrow about PR, 4.30.
Should be interesting to watch.

There seems to be a lot of senior Tory ministers who have behaved “inappropriately” wonder how limp wristed Maybot is going to deal with them?

We now know how the whips deal with them. The whips hold a book with all scandal and use the knowledge to threaten any potential trouble makers to make them vote with the government. How sleazy - how undemocratic!

So now I will wonder rather than if a particular mp has no spine, but instead what he’s been up to.

Bercow in reply to Maybots letter asking what he could do to stop such inappropriate behaviour, said in so many words “get your own house in order”

I presume you have heard Chris Bryant?

No?

Labour’s Chris Bryant says when he was a young vicar a friend told him he had been raped by a senior member of the clergy. The friend was suicidal. The senior clergyman had protection, including from certain members of the royal family. Isn’t the best way to protect people by looking after the victim? And shouldn’t an HR person sit in on interviews?

Leadsom says this case is a terrible one. The Commons should protect all people who come to the Commons to work.

I know he's not in government any more, but he did a lot of damage to the UK when he was.

kittysjones.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/osborne-finally-admits-he-lied-and-that-labour-did-not-cause-the-recession/

Naughty Alistair , but so funny

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/10/30/oxfam-the-heist-no-one-is-talking-about/

This isn't quite so funny.

Fallon resigned from front bench.

Oh dear

How about Damion Green?

Kevin Maguire tweeted "Hoping Michael Fallon hasn’t resigned to take the Sunderland job. Was wanting somebody better" Do you know what that is in reference to?

No? But if they’ve lost the Brexit report vote, will they have to disclose and if they don’t will they be guilty of holding parliament in contempt? Will they be able to redact (sp) any of it?