Seems Liz Truss means business - no sleaze on her watch.

Petera

Why did she appoint someone who was sacked only two years ago after investigation by the standards committee?

This is more to the point.

He wasn't "clean" to appoint in the first place.

Apparently, he was a bit handsy with another bloke. He said it was consensual. He should be allowed his say before being sacked.

Rumours are that he was drunk and offensive around the fringe LBTQ+ conservatives meeting. Involving calling men fa&&ots . Nice. Allegedly.

There seems to be some doubt (see today's Times) as to whether the alleged act complained of by a 'witness' (but not the 'victim') was consensual. But Truss is clearly anxious to be seen as having a government whiter than white. Given Kwarteng's monumental mess up of a mini-budget I think she should sack him.

HousePlantQueen

Rumours are that he was drunk and offensive around the fringe LBTQ+ conservatives meeting. Involving calling men fa&&ots . Nice. Allegedly.

That's odd. Conor Burns is gay.

More sleaze

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growstuff

HousePlantQueen

Rumours are that he was drunk and offensive around the fringe LBTQ+ conservatives meeting. Involving calling men fa&&ots . Nice. Allegedly.

That's odd. Conor Burns is gay.

curiouser and curiouser. Mind you, being heterosexual didn't stop other sex offenders.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteFr70k0VE

father ray lyons. tory mp

lemsip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteFr70k0VE

father ray lyons. tory mp

That's the one I saw on twitter the other dy. Posted a link.

What on earth is he doing in the tory party? He even understands how a national economy works...

Callistemon21

^Ladyripple wasn't, by any dictionary definition, being rude^

It depends which dictionary.
Definitions may vary.

rude adjective (NOT POLITE)
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rude

The poster made a comment about Truss's extra marital affair. There was nothing even impolite about mentioning it, let alone rude.

If anyone was rude it was Joseanne for telling her off about it.

lemsip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteFr70k0VE

father ray lyons. tory mp

He's not an MP.

MaizieD

Callistemon21

Ladyripple wasn't, by any dictionary definition, being rude

It depends which dictionary.
Definitions may vary.

rude adjective (NOT POLITE)
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rude

The poster made a comment about Truss's extra marital affair. There was nothing even impolite about mentioning it, let alone rude.

If anyone was rude it was Joseanne for telling her off about it.

Excuse me. When was using the verb "to object to" a rude comment please?
I have copied from my Oxford Dictionary .... tovexpress disapproval or opposition.
A lot of far worse telling off goes on on GN. Why single this out?

Here

Here again

A lot of far worse telling off goes on on GN.
You can say that again, Joseanne!

A lot of far worse telling off goes on on GN.

HousePlantQueen

growstuff

HousePlantQueen

Rumours are that he was drunk and offensive around the fringe LBTQ+ conservatives meeting. Involving calling men fa&&ots . Nice. Allegedly.

That's odd. Conor Burns is gay.

curiouser and curiouser. Mind you, being heterosexual didn't stop other sex offenders.

I agree, but it's strange for a gay man to call another gay man a fa&&ot.

I prefer Oxford or Cambridge dictionaries to the Merriam Webster dictionary, simply because meanings of words may differ slightly in different English-speaking countries.

well i'd never heard of him, nor seen his picture, and knew nothing about him.
when this was announced last night i correctly guessed what it was all about.
so predictable.
feeling only moderately smug.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/08/mel-b-tweets-sacked-tory-minister-conor-burns-about-lift-incident

here's some more tidbits.

Liz Truss had the Fizz with Liz event which I thought was being looked into as she had used undeclared funds for it - thousands of pounds worth of "fizz" etc. Not declared.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-fizz-champagne-dinner-donations-investigation-b2138193.html%3famp

I will try to find out what happened thete.

And then there was all the Foreign Office spending on Football stuff...
Where did those questions go??

www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-foreign-office-spending-emily-thornberry-b2174306.html%3famp

Callistemon21

I prefer Oxford or Cambridge dictionaries to the Merriam Webster dictionary, simply because meanings of words may differ slightly in different English-speaking countries.

So do I - my go-to is Oxford but I will use Cambridge (if I must) ?

I just happened to grab the Oxford one for the definition because it was lying on my telling off desk, ie. where I do a bit of weekend homework with DGD!