Peter Bone

What kind of message are the tories sending in selecting this man’s partner as their candidate
Is the suggestion that he’s an innocent abroad - it’s weird

Didn’t Bone say he would stand as an independent if his partner isn’t selected?
So probably constituency Tories not good at bluffing it out?

Are his constituency Tories mad or stupid?

I absolutely agree with Urmstongran "Peter Bone what a weirdo" where do they find these people, or maybe having certain sexual peccadillos are a little known pre requisite to enter into certain sections of the political milieu

However, it did occur to me when reading how the upper strata of of the Lib Dems both present and past have been mired in the scandalous Post Office debacle, that party has had more miscreants pro rata! With apologies to my late mother she more often than not voted for them, but then her MP was one of their good guys.

MaizieD got yer

I just thought Corbyn was a lot more interesting than Bone. Maybe a new thread further down the line? Corbyn has the ability to effect some change in the political landscape.

Iam64

What has that to do with Peter Bone?

Sorry, I shouldn't have responded to ronib.

But, OTOH, Bone is old news and, on current polling, I doubt if his 'partner' will win his old seat.

ronib

Well my fly is buzzing to hear about Jeremy Corbyn and his plans to form a new left Labour Party? More information in a few weeks. Not happy about Starmer’s policies on Israel. Can this be true?

? Start a new thread ronib.

I doubt if Corbyn is happy about any of Starmer's policies.

It's been suggested for a long time that he might try to lead a new, socialist party. If he did, I doubt if it would be anything like as successful as his supporters think it would be. No 'new' party in my lifetime has ever been successful, it might gain a few seats in a couple of parliaments but that's all.

What it would do, of course, is split the left of centre vote. This might let the tories back in, though they have their own problems to contend with in the shape of the Reform party, or it could lead to a greatly reduced Labour majority, or even a hung parliament. Which would be interesting...

What has that to do with Peter Bone?

Well my fly is buzzing to hear about Jeremy Corbyn and his plans to form a new left Labour Party? More information in a few weeks. Not happy about Starmer’s policies on Israel. Can this be true?

I do think that the Tory party membership are a weird lot, I would love to be a fly on the wall at their meetings - a source of much merriment I bet!

Urmstongran

From the Guardian just now:

“The Conservative MP Peter Bone repeatedly hit and verbally abused a member of his staff, often asked him for massages and on one occasion put his bare genitals in the other man’s face, according to a report by a Commons regulator.”

What a weirdo.

Sorry, but this made me chuckle. It looks as though the "what a weirdo" comment was made by the Guardian.

On a more serious note, the Conservatives have always had the monopoly on sleaze and corruption. It's their forte. Running the country, not so much.

Good grief - do I hear the sound of a barrel being scraped?

I know. Poor Bolsover ended up with Lee Anderson. The Party sure knows how to pick’em. You’d think his ‘partner’ would be too ashamed to stand.

It’s not, as I understand the t, his wife. It’s his girlfriend, for whom, I think, he left his wife.

The Tories are basically trolling the electorate.

MayBee70

Good grief. Peter Bones wife has been chosen as the Conservative Party representative in the be election caused by him having to stand down.

Ms Harrison is not his wife, she is his partner

Ms Harrison has previously stood as a candidate in Derbyshire.

Good grief. Peter Bones wife has been chosen as the Conservative Party representative in the be election caused by him having to stand down.

I thought he was one of the Johnson followers congregating outside Downing Street when Johnson resigned. There he is behind my MP ( who was in tears…)

Sounds more like a firm of dodgy solicitors 😂

They remind me of characters out of Gormenghast or the old guys in Sesame Street. Which is unfair to both Gormenghast and Sesame Street…

MayBee70

That’s why I get Bone, Chope and Cash mixed up.

Seeing those names together brought a very inappropriate thought to my mind - they sound like a game of Happy Families - Mr Bone the butcher, Mr Chope the hairdresser, and Mr Cash the bank manager!

That’s why I get Bone, Chope and Cash mixed up.

For ILoveCheese -- Bone may have voted against 'upskirting', but the one that deffo did was Sir (SIR??? -- spelt cur?!) Christopher CHOPE, MP for Christchurch for ages. Apparently everyone down there is quite happy for that filth to represent them? He managed to claim over £130K in Commons expenses in one year, including £880 for a sofa. And he got a gong in 2018 for 'political services'. You couldn't, as they say, make it up.

The idea that it is based on party politics is bizarre and dangerous. If anyone wants me to list the incidents within the lib dems I am happy to do that. Oh and as a labour party member the sexism I have witnessed within the party is breathtaking .