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More Tory sleaze

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varian Sat 02-Apr-22 20:54:11

Is this sort of behaviour from Tory MPs just par for the course these days?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10679563/Conservative-MP-David-Warburton-suspended-amid-sex-drugs-allegations.html

DaisyAnne Mon 04-Apr-22 21:30:57

If it all proves to be true it just goes to show the level of the belief, within the Tories, that they are untouchable.

varian Mon 04-Apr-22 21:13:27

He should resign immediately and allow the residents of Somerton and Frome the chance to elect an honourable and reliable MP.³

Iam64 Mon 04-Apr-22 20:40:31

Dodgy, flakey, manipulative and not someone I’d want representing me in Parliament.

DiamondLily Mon 04-Apr-22 15:42:45

He seems to have been involved in a lot of things. Luckily, he booked himself into a private rehab...?which stops any questions.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10683345/Scandal-hit-MP-David-Warburton-took-undeclared-150K-loan-Russian.html

Callistemon21 Mon 04-Apr-22 11:03:58

Whitewavemark2

Both without a doubt.

Did I read that he maintained that it was dandruff!? So he isn’t maintaining that it was photoshopped. Even too think to try that excuse?

Oh yes of course, dandruff; I do hope he's trying out the shampoo I sent for him in his prison bag, sorry hospital bag.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 04-Apr-22 10:39:39

Think =thick.

My computer is getting bossier and bossier.

MissAdventure Mon 04-Apr-22 10:32:39

I think the photo is from one of the many people who have inside info on all the sleaze.

A certain weasel did say, some time ago that these things would come out, and here they are.

Also, I think the first lot of penalties for breaking lockdown rules at the party that never was have just been issued to those lower down the pecking order.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 04-Apr-22 10:24:45

Both without a doubt.

Did I read that he maintained that it was dandruff!? So he isn’t maintaining that it was photoshopped. Even too think to try that excuse?

Callistemon21 Mon 04-Apr-22 10:22:36

I think you're right, Whitewave

Is it stupidity or arrogance?
They think they're above the laws they make

Whitewavemark2 Mon 04-Apr-22 10:21:12

Callistemon21

Regarding that photo I am aware of photo-editing and photo-shopping - would he really be that stupid as to have his photo taken next to lines of cocaine?

It could of course be true and it excuses nothing he is alleged to have done for which there appears to be evidence, but it seems to be extremely stupid to have had his photo taken like that.

Perhaps he is that stupid.

Judging by what I see and hear when listening to government ministers I suspect that he really is that stupid.

Coastpath Mon 04-Apr-22 10:15:29

MissAdventure Now that IS a tune!!

Callistemon21 Mon 04-Apr-22 09:58:58

Regarding that photo I am aware of photo-editing and photo-shopping - would he really be that stupid as to have his photo taken next to lines of cocaine?

It could of course be true and it excuses nothing he is alleged to have done for which there appears to be evidence, but it seems to be extremely stupid to have had his photo taken like that.

Perhaps he is that stupid.

25Avalon Mon 04-Apr-22 09:17:26

According to The Telegraph MI6 are investigating the possibility of a stitch up by a foreign country. I can’t find anything on this anywhere else. He has strongly advocated against drugs in the past and been involved in trying to talk to youngsters about country drug lines. Either he has been stitched up or he’s a big fat liar and a hypocrite. Also he was warned 2 weeks ago this was going to break so plenty of time to check out St. Andrews NHS Centre in Wells for people experiencing mental health problems at work.

volver Mon 04-Apr-22 09:13:53

paddyann54

I humbly beg your pardon Volver it was Stewart Hosie not Pete Wishart ,dont knw where my brain is today.
My apologies to Pete ,who is blameless (as far as I'm aware)

grin I knew about Stewart Hosie.

Poor Pete, falsely maligned!! smile

MissAdventure Mon 04-Apr-22 00:18:01

It's a shame so much weight isn't given to people who are trying to claim benefits to help them with mental health issues, isn't it?
It makes me want to spit!

varian Sun 03-Apr-22 23:41:23

Good excuse isn't it?

He was suffering from a mental illness when he behaved inappropriately towards three different women .

He was suffering from a mental illness when he snorted cocaine - and when he ordered a woman to buy him cocaine.

He was also suffering from a mental illness when he borrowed £100,000 from a very dodgy Russian who had been declared unfit to be involved in the financial servises industry.

Perhaps David Warburton's longstanding mental illness explains his support for Brexit and the Tory Party.

Should we all just sympathise with him because of his mental illness and excuse him and all the other Tory Brexiters who have done such appalling damage to our country because they were all suffering from some mental illness?

MissAdventure Sun 03-Apr-22 23:27:50

Get higher, baby...
Get higher, baby...
Get higher baby...
And don't ever come down!!

youtu.be/mi5U4pX_ZE8

Any excuse for a tune.

GillT57 Sun 03-Apr-22 23:22:10

I’m a Labour voter but I’m entirely equal opportunities when it comes to public servants behaving badly, they face the consequences, just like we do in our work and private lives

well said Iam64. Some things, such as illegal or immoral behaviour or frequently telling lies in the HoC, go beyond party politics, and are about morals and accepted standards to behaviour.

paddyann54 Sun 03-Apr-22 23:20:57

I humbly beg your pardon Volver it was Stewart Hosie not Pete Wishart ,dont knw where my brain is today.
My apologies to Pete ,who is blameless (as far as I'm aware)

Dinahmo Sun 03-Apr-22 23:01:30

You can see the lines made when he was cutting the cocaine. It certainly doesn't look like dandruff. Who's he trying to kid?

Callistemon21 Sun 03-Apr-22 21:48:41

I've just sent him a bottle of that shampoo Claudia Winkelmann uses

Zonne Sun 03-Apr-22 21:29:50

It’s not cocaine, it’s dandruff.

And for anyone who believes that, I have a bridge you may be interested in.

MissAdventure Sun 03-Apr-22 21:12:11

grin

Callistemon21 Sun 03-Apr-22 21:07:27

Curlywhirly

Just why would anyone (especially someone well known) pose for a photo sitting next to lines of coke? And if it wasn't really coke, they must have known that it could be mistaken for it. What on earth was he thinking?

Perhaps he was testing different washing powders for an advert?

Let's not assume anything
hmm

Iam64 Sun 03-Apr-22 21:01:36

Highly likely Miss A. Sounds unlikely he will
Hold his hands up and take responsibility. Be great if he did accept he had choices here and made bad ones