James Cleverly….

I’m sorry I didn’t mean to sound stuffy and snooty. I just really hate it when people in high profile jobs, who have the eyes of the whole country on them can’t behave in a professional way. There was so much public furore when Brown’s mask slipped, because such carelessness was not commonplace then, whereas now it would appear that anything goes.

Different standards? Oh dear that does sound stuffy and snooty.
😁
MP’s are human as the rest of us.Brown didn’t go down in my estimation, he just didn’t realise about the mike being on.
If that was the least that MP’s did it would be alright.
When Labour get in next year as I hope they will,there’s bound to be some comment by Angela Raynor that gets picked up on a mike somewhere.

We must have different standards Oreo, because referring to somebody in such derogatory terms is unacceptable to me, whether muttered or not, it was heard. Gordon Brown went down in my estimation when he was overheard on the microphone muttering that somebody was a bigoted woman - and any MP worth his or her salt should have learned from the fallout from that incident. Cleverley’s remark was more offensive. Standards in public life are important.

Well, they’ve been ignoring it for years I expect, I don’t know anyone who is in the least bothered by this storm in a teacup.
What’s changed is that MP’s forget that words get picked up by microphones.
If they were shouting all sorts at each other it would be different, but a mutter is a bit of a non story in my view.
You should hear what some MP’s in other countries do yell at each other.Eye popping.😲

Oreo

Come on people, do you think MP’s of any political party always talk like a radio presenter?
Tbh it isn’t at all clear what he did or didn’t say.They all mutter all sorts of stuff at each other from both sides.
The Stockton MP is bound to get on his high horse about it as he’ll be worried what some of the Stockton people may say about it. With all the stuff going on in the world can anyone here really bother about this sort of stuff.

Cleverley admitted when he made his apology to saying sh…..e, but he said that he was referring to the MP not the place. I’ve never heard that word used for a person before, hole is a place, face is a person in that context. Either way, he showed himself up again in response to a perfectly polite question from an opposition MP, I don’t think that can be disputed. If you seriously think people are going to ignore unnecessarily derogatory, offensive language Oreo you’re wrong - standards of behaviour in parliament need to drastically improve to regain public trust.

You must all have A1 hearing, cos I couldn’t make it properly or who said it.

Come on people, do you think MP’s of any political party always talk like a radio presenter?
Tbh it isn’t at all clear what he did or didn’t say.They all mutter all sorts of stuff at each other from both sides.
The Stockton MP is bound to get on his high horse about it as he’ll be worried what some of the Stockton people may say about it. With all the stuff going on in the world can anyone here really bother about this sort of stuff.

MayBee70

So that’s it then. Cleverly says he wasn’t referring to Stockton on Tees when he said sh*****e although he now admits that he said it after trying to get away with it.
Deputy Speaker says matter is now closed. Speaker (weakest Speaker I’ve ever known) didn’t even have the decency to preside over it. Matter isn’t over as far as I’m concerned.

What are you going to do? 😁

Unkind to snakes!!

No, he apologised for what he "didn't say"

Did he actually apologise?

Of course, the Rwanda policy has been described as "batshit" by him.
Maybe this is just how he talks.

Today in the House of Commons just watching James Cleverly his body language along with his feeble attempt at apologising to “the house”. Then the Deputy Speaker saying the matter is now closed!

Good description urmston

I don’t like him. I think he’s a duplicitous snake.

I don’t see how anyone can believe him. TV and radio ensured we all heard him say it. He’s playing right into the hands of those who say ‘you can’t believe anything they say, they’re all liars ‘

Does anyone believe Cleverly? I certainly don't and what a way for a Home Secretary to conduct himself!

So that’s it then. Cleverly says he wasn’t referring to Stockton on Tees when he said sh*****e although he now admits that he said it after trying to get away with it.
Deputy Speaker says matter is now closed. Speaker (weakest Speaker I’ve ever known) didn’t even have the decency to preside over it. Matter isn’t over as far as I’m concerned.

Someone needs to set up James Cleverly plaques, like the blue plaque ones. There’s a place down the road from us called Shilbottle, the sign to which gets amended on a regular basis.

Grantanow

Set me wondering which UK town would win the James Cleverly Prize.

Braintree, obviously!

😁 Grantanow!

Set me wondering which UK town would win the James Cleverly Prize.

It’ll just get buried. I’m going to write to the Speaker again if it does.

Saddened by this - I read an article written by his wife a while ago and thought he could possibly be one of the good guys. I really hope it becomes clear one way or the other soon as the ongoing suspicion does more damage than the truth.

He seems to be a short tempered fibber with a potty mouth