VILLAMARV Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Another £50 fine headed his way. I hope he'll be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 minute ago, VILLAMARV said: Another £50 fine headed his way. I hope he'll be ok. Thoughts and prayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 23, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2023 5 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: Another £50 fine headed his way. I hope he'll be ok. Hmmm as I recall, the fines doubled for each recorded offence but the actual level of the fine doesn't matter. The bad publicity for the Tories, however.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Good job he's not a student. I wonder where they get this idea that they are above the Law from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted May 23, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I wonder where they get this idea that they are above the Law from. Their parents and their schools for a lot of them 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 All rules were followed… Nobody told me it was against the rules… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: Their parents and their schools for a lot of them This is absolutely true. A mate of mine got a scholarship to King Edwards, the proper one in Edgbaston. I think they still supply more pupils to Oxford and Cambridge than any other school in the country. I got to know a lot of them fairly well. Half did indeed go to Oxford or Cambridge and half got heavily into drugs and went to live in squats. They absolutely had it drummed into them that they were superior and they should question norms constantly. I'm sure this is why so many ended up in alternative lifestyles. Either way they break the rules either wearing a suit or wearing a Kaftan. I remember being at a party in Bruton Avenue in Solihull - there is some very serious wealth in that road. Some other lads from Solihull School were there and they decided to go down to the shed, get a load of garden forks and spades and go over the road to Solihull School and vandalise the grassy bank at the front of the school that was all landscaped. I would never have dreamed about doing something like that at my Comprehensive school. Another time at a party at my house they were climbing onto the flat roof of the bungalow next door belonging to our elderly neighbour. They were chucking cans and bottles into his garden and when he came out to complain they told him to **** off. I knew this because my comprehensive school mates came and told me what was going on and that I needed to get them to leave. Again no one (in my friendship group and probably almost entirely) at my Comprehensive school would have behaved like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Apologies for the quality. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 21 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Apologies for the quality. I had a look and it sounds like this was made up. They wrote a retraction in the next issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) Yes it seems that a rebuttal was published as apparently the source for the story was Lib Dem activists. Due to its age I can’t look into it too much myself but as Icant find the rebuttal, I will go with this being fact until I do find a record of the rebuttal and then update. I stand corrected. The next edition did indeed have letters from tories saying it wasn’t true. Edited May 24, 2023 by Seat68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ml1dch Posted May 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2023 YES PLEASE 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2023 Would that be like the way Johnson (and the huge support he definitely has) successfully obstructed Sunak’s brexit deal with Northern Ireland back in March? If so, that is a force to reckoned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 24, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Would that be like the way Johnson (and the huge support he definitely has) successfully obstructed Sunak’s brexit deal with Northern Ireland back in March? If so, that is a force to reckoned with. The only people that really care are Tories, the rest of us will just get the popcorn out and watch the polls slide further. This is shaping up to be a fantastically public uncivil civil war. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ml1dch said: YES PLEASE The galling thing about this is that clearly Bojo believes he has a chance at leading the party again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jareth said: The galling thing about this is that clearly Bojo believes he has a chance at leading the party again He was going to run against Sunak too. Matt Hancock said on I’m a celebrity he flew back from holiday to go for it but he said he contacted him and told Boris that now was not the time. The fact he was on holiday (probably in a Tory donors mansion) makes it even more hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2023 Unsurprisingly Sunak says Braverman didn’t breach the ministerial code on this occasion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: The only people that really care are Tories, the rest of us will just get the popcorn out and watch the polls slide further. This is shaping up to be a fantastically public uncivil civil war. Of course, I’m enjoying it as well. Bring it on. I’m just wondering what Team Boris thinks it has at their disposal that can actually disrupt Sunak’s government. The support to my eyes just isn’t there. Failed return to leadership. Check. Failed vote rebellion against the NI deal. Check. Add in an embarrassing flailing about in front of grown ups trying to convince them he didn’t lie about lockdown breaches. Check. I guess it’s my fault because I’m giving him/them a bit too much credit in the self awareness bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Unsurprisingly Sunak says Braverman didn’t breach the ministerial code on this occasion. The chaos train rumbles on! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 If this was a sitcom it would be criticised for being too over the top. No British government have ever been this bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 1 minute ago, av1 said: If this was a sitcom it would be criticised for being too over the top. No British government have ever been this bad. Corbyn would have been worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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