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Dinahmo Wed 15-Dec-21 15:23:04

The Tory MP for Shrewsbury could not afford to pay school fees and has been"grubbing around" (my words) for a job or a consultancy in the Middle East. A link to the full details follows

www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/15/tory-mp-daniel-kawczynski-fixer-job-with-saudi-contacts-school-fees

My heart is bleeding.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Dec-21 19:49:39

Did anyone notice in tonights press conference Johnson suggesting that the Downing Street party was ok because the Tory staffers worked so hard?

Johnson is utterly clueless.

Calistemon Wed 15-Dec-21 19:49:31

GrannyGravy13

In fairness Varian the same logic can be applied to Labour voters or even Liberal Democrats…

Tribalism - often applied to Labour voters, apparently.

Discriminatory again.

Calistemon Wed 15-Dec-21 19:48:05

varian

I do not for a minute suggest that all Tory voter's are inbred.

But in certain constituencies like North Shropshire which have always registered huge Tory majorities there are quite a lot of families who, generation after generation, vote Tory automatically because they are from a Tory family and woukd never even consider voting any other way.

Do you know that for a fact varian?

It is rather a controversial thing to claim.

These rather nasty innuendos were often used as jokes about the Irish, the Newfoundlanders, the Tasmanians, people from the Forest of Dean etc.
Now people from North Shropshire.

Jeremy Corbyn lived in rural Shropshire, I know that because his mother taught at my school.

Discriminatory and quite nasty.

Josianne Wed 15-Dec-21 19:46:49

Actually it is interesting how when the discussion is placed under Chat it only gets two comments, yet in New & Politics it gets so far 32 posts.

Josianne Wed 15-Dec-21 19:44:35

Dinahmo

eazybee

There is already a post about this, and if you are going to raise accusations of sleaze will you at least spell it correctly.

Perhaps you could point me in the direction of the other post. I looked in N & P and didn't see one. Given the ongoing discussion it could only be in this forum.

Snouts in trough - Tory MP needs help with paying school fees.
It only really jumped out at me because of the school fees comment.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 15-Dec-21 19:38:25

In fairness Varian the same logic can be applied to Labour voters or even Liberal Democrats…

varian Wed 15-Dec-21 19:33:04

I do not for a minute suggest that all Tory voter's are inbred.

But in certain constituencies like North Shropshire which have always registered huge Tory majorities there are quite a lot of families who, generation after generation, vote Tory automatically because they are from a Tory family and woukd never even consider voting any other way.

Visgir1 Wed 15-Dec-21 19:21:03

Inbred Tory Voters! , rather offensive to a large part of the population varian.

Dinahmo Wed 15-Dec-21 18:33:04

eazybee

There is already a post about this, and if you are going to raise accusations of sleaze will you at least spell it correctly.

Perhaps you could point me in the direction of the other post. I looked in N & P and didn't see one. Given the ongoing discussion it could only be in this forum.

Dinahmo Wed 15-Dec-21 18:27:46

Whitewavemark2

I thought the OP would be talking about this latest photo to hit social media.

They even had the nerve to employ outside caterers!

I can't spell yet, either. I'm surprised that there aren't more typos given that my keyboard has lost most of its letters.

Shinamae Wed 15-Dec-21 18:24:52

These inbred Tory voters are almost impossible to shift.

Wow!!!!

GrannyGravy13 Wed 15-Dec-21 18:19:50

These inbred Tory voters ?

Neither funny or clever varian

How many do you actually know? Most of my Conservative voting friends are troubled by the current parliamentary situation.

Calistemon Wed 15-Dec-21 17:54:36

MaizieD

Do you think that this is what was photoshopped out hmm

Who ate all the pies?

varian Wed 15-Dec-21 17:53:07

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MaizieD Wed 15-Dec-21 17:50:15

Do you think that this is what was photoshopped out hmm

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Dec-21 17:46:33

varian

Do you think this will make any difference to the habitual Tory voters in North Shropshire?

God knows! We can only hope and pray. They might sit on their hands, but I can’t see them voting for another party.

varian Wed 15-Dec-21 17:44:36

Do you think this will make any difference to the habitual Tory voters in North Shropshire?

Visgir1 Wed 15-Dec-21 17:36:13

Whitewavemark2

I thought the OP would be talking about this latest photo to hit social media.

They even had the nerve to employ outside caterers!

I would ask for my money back.. Catering looked rubbish.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Dec-21 17:25:12

MaizieD

^It’s Adrian Dunbar the star of Line of Duty,^

I'd never watched it but I've read plenty about it. I had a suspicion that there could well be a connection.. It was about police corruption, wasn't it?

Yes. So apt.

MaizieD Wed 15-Dec-21 17:18:31

It’s Adrian Dunbar the star of Line of Duty,

I'd never watched it but I've read plenty about it. I had a suspicion that there could well be a connection.. It was about police corruption, wasn't it?

Lucca Wed 15-Dec-21 17:13:57

MaizieD

Whitewavemark2

The Led By Donkeys outside Scotland Yard is excellent!

Here's the video

twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1471125380228653060

Is the narrator a significant choice? Has he played a cop in a drama?

It’s Adrian Dunbar the star of Line of Duty, or at any rate someone who sounds just like him
Brilliant and very hard hitting.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Dec-21 17:04:25

MaizieD

Whitewavemark2

The Led By Donkeys outside Scotland Yard is excellent!

Here's the video

twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1471125380228653060

Is the narrator a significant choice? Has he played a cop in a drama?

Don’t you watch Line of Duty?

Josianne Wed 15-Dec-21 16:46:07

Whitewavemark2

I thought the OP would be talking about this latest photo to hit social media.

They even had the nerve to employ outside caterers!

I see no cheese?

MaizieD Wed 15-Dec-21 16:42:24

Whitewavemark2

The Led By Donkeys outside Scotland Yard is excellent!

Here's the video

twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1471125380228653060

Is the narrator a significant choice? Has he played a cop in a drama?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 15-Dec-21 16:12:07

The Led By Donkeys outside Scotland Yard is excellent!