Maybot’s lack of self belief, alarms Tory members

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/02/tory-run-council-runs-out-of-money-to-meet-obligations

I bet the Tories didn't expect this, a Tory council running out of money.
I bet they find that moneytree again, but they wouldn't if it was a Labour council.

Watching the Kuensburg interview, the perfectly normal questions one would ask, and Maybots inability to answer anything, I am now beginning to understand how the tiny minority of headbangers are getting such a handle on things. They have learned to go in hard and Maybot caves in.

Anyone see Mays media advisor prod Kuensburg in the back to wind up the interview?

I wondered what that was, whitewave. I thought it was someone wanting to butt in and being gently guided away.
Another week, and Laura will be so fed up she will turn round and bop him/her one.

At least we got words from the horse's mouth, instead of a No. 10 spokesperson.

Suddenly.....so many fans of Laura Kuensburg on here!
Not long ago there were comments to the effect that she was a right wing stooge?
I have always thought that she is even handed when it comes to politicians and treats them all in the same way ie. as if they are vastly inferior to her own great intellect and thinks the public are more interested in her comments than either the PM or Leader Of The Opposition etc.

neweconomics.org/2018/02/miatta-fahnbulleh-bbc-question-time/?_sft_latest=coverage

I wondered who she was, on Question Time. She needs to stand for parliament.

This is going to be very interesting.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42926819

McMafia is real.
Do you think there will be a big rush of mansions on the market?
I presume it's British ones as well, those who hide their money in tax havens. She can't just be seen to be going after Russian oligarchs.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0032018-criminal-finances-act-unexplained-wealth-orders

Yes I was reading that a couple of days ago. It seems that there is no body you can trust now.

Dirty money has always been a major issue, but I think really it is out of control.

It would have helped if in the past government’s were willing to put in sufficient resources to allow their civil servants and police to track and stop dirty money, but resources have always been a major issue.
To my mind for whatever reason it didn’t suit governments to do so.

This present government has cut the number of staff working in HMRC, so obviously not bothered.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018/02/03/why-local-authorities-can-go-bust-and-the-uks-central-government-never-can/

Someone just gave me a lovely vision of Maybot.

Weeble Maybot. Wobbly weeble who keeps being knocked down but boings back up again.

On Monday Grayling will gift Branson a rail contract for the West Coast.

No tendering has taken place whatsoever.

Mogg has bare faced lied over the claim that the treasury is doctoring the figures put out in the recent impact assessment. He is willing to destroy trust in our civil service just to get what he wants.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018/02/03/the-tories-have-ceased-to-seek-for-the-sane-majority-even-in-their-own-paryt/

Matthew Parris's article.

I usually agree with your posts, whitewave but please stop mentioning Jacob Rees Mogg. He gets far too much publicity, especially on the BBC, where in the last year he has taken over from the equally repulsive Nigel Farage as the BBC's favourite politician.

Kuensberg - Künsberg even.

Yes, she has gone up in my estimation recently as she has been asking very hard and direct questions- and repeated, quite strongly, if interviewee deflects and refuses to answer- making it very clear that that is the case ...

Any thoughts about whether she should go over the cliff?

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/michael-white-on-tory-infighting-and-soft-marxist-opposition-1-5378190

jura she’s been on a course “how to avoid biased reporting”



Sorry varian but his Weimar type messsages have to called out for what they are. I’ll find another code name for him

Keir Starmer

First the judges are seen as “enemies of the people” then the civil service is seen as “traitors”

This hard right with fascist tendencies has to be stopped.

The Fail was supportive of this sort of politictics pre£war, it is simply reverting back to type with politicians who will support it.

You're right ww. Balaclavas and violence have no place in politics. Luckily those papers didn't incite any violent behaviour - perhaps the demographic of their readership isn't prone to lashing out and throwing punches.
You do need to tailor the message to the audience in politics. A lesson for everyone, I think.

Astounding the BBC totally ignored the 10s of thousands who marched for the NHS this weekend in the bitter cold.

German television had it as their third item

A bit puzzled as to which of ww's posts you are responding to, Primrose. Can you clarify?

ww. There's a bit about the 'rally' on the BBC website if you search hard enough

It's in the RH side bar on the Politics page, entitled "Nursing profession being killed" So pretty obvious not that that links to the London demo, isn't it? [eye roll ]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-42933543/rally-in-london-calls-for-action-on-nhs-crisis

Thanks for that maize

Whitewave, it was on the BBC news channel last night. I didn't see it on the BBC that most people watch, but there were only a few thousand people there, and more thousands in other parts of the country. Not enough for proper BBC news.

I see the Eurosceptic Tory MPs are pushing to overthrow May and install their "Brexit Dream Team" (Boris, Gove and JRM).
More like my idea of a Nightmare team.