Cont: General UK politics [2]

[Andy_Ross]

Best for Britain tweeted

@BestForBritain
And the Oscar goes to...
Nadine Dorries, for getting all choked up about the bravery of impartial BBC journalists, just now in the Commons. Last month she was complaining of their bias and wanted to obliterate their funding.

 

[jimbob]

White, blue and red, surely?

Oh, well done

 

[Carrot Flower King]

I have definitely started to suffer auditory hallucinations: I swear I just heard Evan Davies on PM say that Gavin Williamson is to get a knighthood...

Off to the GP tomorrow and seek a referral to the local Early Intervention in Psychosis team.

ETA I've got visuals too: I've just read the same thing on The Guardian.

Man, I'm not well...

 

[Lothian]

I have definitely started to suffer auditory hallucinations: I swear I just heard Evan Davies on PM say that Gavin Williamson is to get a knighthood...

Off to the GP tomorrow and seek a referral to the local Early Intervention in Psychosis team.

ETA I've got visuals too: I've just read the same thing on The Guardian.

Man, I'm not well...

The wife has long been convinced his career is built on the dirt he collected as chief whip. It is hard to think of any other explaination.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Bloomberg
JUST IN: The U.K could take months to potentially sanction Roman Abramovich and other wealthy Russians because officials have been unable to build a case against them

This is laughable. The EU is seizing assets and we can’t ‘build a case’

 

[Andy_Ross]

The wife has long been convinced his career is built on the dirt he collected as chief whip. It is hard to think of any other explaination.

Jostling at the trough. Looks more and more like a tired, 3rd rate touring production of a crap play set in Ruritania.

 

[Vixen]

I think that would violate biological warfare statutes.

[Checks Notes]

My mistake, nothing biological about that abomination.

Or it's wig.

To be on the safe side, should you see that brassy weave thing running towards you, shoot it on sight.

 

[Vixen]

Bloomberg
JUST IN: The U.K could take months to potentially sanction Roman Abramovich and other wealthy Russians because officials have been unable to build a case against them

This is laughable. The EU is seizing assets and we can’t ‘build a case’

To add to the ridiculous 'the asylum seekers might be Russian spies in disguise' argument and the 'just because they are Russian we must not be racist towards the oligarchs who donated millions', a new argument was put forth today by Dominic Cummings. He claims that this is what happens when you support the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights): it means one has to uphold the human right of Tory Russian oligarchs to have up to eighteen months to deal with their British assets. Dom did try to tell us all about the perils of human rights.

 

[jimbob]

Bloomberg
JUST IN: The U.K could take months to potentially sanction Roman Abramovich and other wealthy Russians because officials have been unable to build a case against them

This is laughable. The EU is seizing assets and we can’t ‘build a case’

I thought there were Unexplained Wealth Orders?

 

[Vixen]

White, blue and red, surely?

Tory Party Choir, led by Boris Johnson, 'Hurray, for the white, blue and red!'

 

[Vixen]

I thought there were Unexplained Wealth Orders?

Johnson: 'Don't go there...'

 

[Vixen]

I almost forgot: Ludicrous Excuse #101 regarding the UK government's delay in doing anything at all. 'It's not a competition' Damian Hinds, Security (!) Minister.

John Grace of the GUARDIAN as usual sums it up perfectly:

We were definitely a global leader in imposing the toughest penalties, which is why it made sense for us to be always a bit behind everyone else.

In any case, it wasn’t a competition, he went on. And if we were to tell everyone what we were going to do before we did it then they would find ways to get round them. The BBC’s Simon Jack couldn’t believe his ears. He was dealing with a halfwit. Er … But you’ve already told everyone what you’re planning to do anyway, so any oligarch who hasn’t been hit with sanctions yet will be using the time to squirrel the money out of the UK. Hinds couldn’t quite cope with the logic and said nothing.

“What about unexplained wealth orders?” said Jack. What about them, Hinds replied defensively. How many had the government put in place in the last year? The minister didn’t have a clue. Jack helped him out by informing him that the answer was a big fat zero. Hinds was triumphant. That proved how well they were working. There was currently no one in the UK with any unexplained wealth.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

The wife has long been convinced his career is built on the dirt he collected as chief whip. It is hard to think of any other explaination.

Indeed: Carrot Flower Queen is/was of the same opinion.

Either that or he got BlowJob a good deal on fireplaces as part of the Downing Street refurb.

Or he threatened BlowJob with his tarantula (it was Williamson who tried to look hard by keeping one on his desk, wasn't it?).

Unless there is a new category of "Services to Incompetence in Government". In which case, Grayling must be miffed.

 

[Vixen]

Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who is being sued for libel by Arron Banks (so she might have an axe to grind) believes the knighthood is for Gavin Williamson's services when he was the Defence Minister:

Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwalla
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13h
NEW: Boris Johnson awards Gavin Williamson a knighthood.

Why *now*? In middle of Russian crisis?

He was appointed defence secretary in Nov 2017 at exact moment, FBI revealed its Trump-Russia investigation began in London.

Is this relevant?

Williamson was appointed Sec for Defence on Nov 2 2017. Days after FBI revealed it was investigating suspected Russian assets/agents operating in London. Some of these had met Foreign Office officials. These including Johnson, then Foreign Secretary

I wrote about the Russian connections to Brexit & Conservative party which unleashed a world of trouble.

Meanwhile, Isabel Oakeshott had a tip off. A person "high up in govt" with intelligence connections rang Richard Tice who passed it on to her.

This call prompted Isabel Oakeshott to go back into the Banks emails. And make a shock discovery.

This statement has not previously been published.

In it, she says: "I have no doubt that Banks & Wigmore have been acting as agents of influence of the Russian state"

<snip>

On Nov 14, 2017, Theresa May called out Putin in strongest possible terms. A landmark moment. First time, UK govt acknowledged Russia's attack on our democracy.

But what else was happening inside the cabinet?

<snip>

Williamson - it's claimed - tipped off Tice & Oakeshott.

May made her speech.

And Johnson? He said he'd seen "not a sausage"

UK connections to Mueller investigation were buried.

So. Is it curious Johnson gives knighthood to Williamson now? Aren't there bigger things going on in world?

I don't know. But I can't publish in Observer because it involves Banks. News International involved. Indie & Standard owned by son of KGB spy.

Twitter


Cadwalladr seems to be claiming that Williamson is either being paid for his silence or being rewarded for his services in shutting down the Mueller FBI investigation in the UK regarding Russian infiltration of the government.

It is all very strange. New Year is a long way off to announce honours.

 

[Andy_Ross]

There’s an article in the Times that says Abromovich wants victims of both side to share the money from sale of Chelsea!
What are the Government doing, how is he even being allowed to sell Chelsea let alone give half of it back to Russia?

 

[Andy_Ross]

There’s a column in The Times suggesting that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if the world had paid less attention to Greta Thunberg.

It'sthe latest loony trend among the plastic patriots of the far right. That everything that's wrong is down to "wokery" and not at all due to them having been in charge for 12 years and their shameless taste for easy Russian money.

Net Zero is going to be the new Brexit with the shady groups that pushed Brexit pushing out anti-Net Zero messages while not disclosing who funds them.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Priti Patel tweets
@pritipatel
Today marks four years since Russia inflicted an appalling chemical attack on British soil in the city of Salisbury. It shook our whole country and united our allies in condemnation.

My thoughts remain with the people of Salisbury and of Amesbury, who lost one of their own.
The response of our emergency services, intelligence agencies, armed forces, & law enforcement staff was exemplary.

We will do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.
Today we stand united with the people of Ukraine, just as they stood with us then


(Just as long as we don't have to give the Russians their money back or let any refugees in)

 

[Carrot Flower King]

It is all very strange. New Year is a long way off to announce honours.

Birthday Honours List?

 

[jimbob]

There’s a column in The Times suggesting that Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if the world had paid less attention to Greta Thunberg.

It'sthe latest loony trend among the plastic patriots of the far right. That everything that's wrong is down to "wokery" and not at all due to them having been in charge for 12 years and their shameless taste for easy Russian money.

Net Zero is going to be the new Brexit with the shady groups that pushed Brexit pushing out anti-Net Zero messages while not disclosing who funds them.

And here's a thread tying these together (including Williamson's knighthood "for services to incompetence" )

https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1499482828207267840

 

[Andy_Ross]

Boris Johnson tweeted
@BorisJohnson
United Kingdom government official

The UK has led the way with our toughest ever sanctions package against Putin’s regime and we’re bolstering this with new powers in our arsenal to go further and faster.
We will ramp up pressure on criminal elites trying to launder money on UK soil & close the net on corruption.

Quote Tweet

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
@FCDOGovUK
United Kingdom government organization

NEWS: Emergency legislation will be introduced in Parliament next week to allow the government to move faster and harder in sanctioning oligarchs and businesses associated with the Putin regime.