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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Here again

Here

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?

lemsip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteFr70k0VE

father ray lyons. tory mp

He's not an MP.

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

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...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CteFr70k0VE

father ray lyons. tory mp

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.

More sleaze

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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.

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.

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

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

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.

In the absence of guidance from the government, people are sharing their tips on how to deal with the energy crises.

The top tip.

Don’t vote conservative

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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

Not rude, just very unpleasant and judgemental. We

eazybee

Joseanne, I agree with your sentiments, but they will be ignored by the small group of posters from the Miranda Hughes-I care- SO -passionately -about- my- beliefs -that -it- entitles -me- to-be -as- rude- as- I -like- to -anyone -who- doesn't- share -them School of Political Thought.

Ladyripple wasn't, by any dictionary definition, being rude with her initial comment. It might have been tediously repetitive to some, but definitely not 'rude'. Neither was her second comment...

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rude

This was mentioned in the BBC news this morning, Mr Burns has had the party whip removed and been sacked from his job due to inappropriate behaviour at the Conservative Party Conference earlier this week

Good that the PM has acted so quickly,

As for Ms.Truss having an affair years ago, we are not party to why it happened nor do we need to know. As long as it doesn’t effect her ability to do her job it really is nobody’s business other than those involved.

Joseanne, I agree with your sentiments, but they will be ignored by the small group of posters from the Miranda Hughes-I care- SO -passionately -about- my- beliefs -that -it- entitles -me- to-be -as- rude- as- I -like- to -anyone -who- doesn't- share -them School of Political Thought.