General UK politics VIII - The Last Tory

[P.J. Denyer]

Reform has suspended its Holyrood candidate in Dundee City West after it emerged he agreed to a seven-year disqualification from acting as a company director over misuse of a taxpayer-backed Covid loan

Reform Holyrood candidate suspended over taxpayer-backed Covid loan misuse

Reform UK has suspended Dundee City West candidate Stuart Niven after it emerged he accepted a seven-year director disqualification over misuse of a…

www.heraldscotland.com

Best people...

 

[Mojo]

Attorney general asks if Kemi Badenoch would object to Jewish public prayer

Exclusive: Richard Hermer, who is Jewish, says Tory leader and shadow minister seem ‘to only have an issue with Muslim events’

www.theguardian.com

Of course not, she doesn't want to look like a Nazi, does she?

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him

Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks

www.theguardian.com

And, in addition to Andy's link, there is, of course, more, including the usual racist tweets and slurs.

Man but this vetting process is good.

 

[Darat]

I'm in Gateshead today and I've seen many religious extremists that are walking around in their religious clobber. Should I be scared?

 

[catsmate]

The trial actually has to demonstrate the truth of this allegation.....

FYI the civil action against Adams has failed.

Adams welcomes 'emphatic' end to High Court damages claim

Gerry Adams has welcomed the "emphatic end" of a High Court damages claim against him by three victims of Provisional IRA bombings and said the case "should never have been brought".

www.rte.ie

Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK that left them injured

www.theguardian.com

Civil case against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings withdrawn

A lawyer for the claimants said on Friday that proceedings would be "discontinued".

www.bbc.com

 

[Wudang]

Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him

Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks

www.theguardian.com

And, in addition to Andy's link, there is, of course, more, including the usual racist tweets and slurs.

Man but this vetting process is good.

It may be a simple misunderstanding of the word "vetting". Perhaps they phone their local vet and ask them "Heard anything bad about <candidate>?"

 

[jimbob]

Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him

Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account as party faces criticism for candidates’ Islamophobic remarks

www.theguardian.com

Utter clown show

 

[jimbob]

Nigel Farage MP
@Nigel_Farage
Our brilliant young minds are being replaced by goat herders from Afghanistan.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2034767173571273213

Hameed Shuja
@hameedshuja
Left: Me and my goats in Afghanistan.

Right: Me after my PhD from one of the UK's top universities.

Conclusion: Farage is an ignorant coward who thrives on hate mongering and racial stereotypes.

 

[LDE1976]

I'm in Gateshead today and I've seen many religious extremists that are walking around in their religious clobber. Should I be scared?

Newcastle United supporters?

 

[Jack by the hedge]

I'm in Gateshead today and I've seen many religious extremists that are walking around in their religious clobber. Should I be scared sacred?

FTFY. Yes, that would probably help.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Newcastle United supporters?

Mebbe, but they will definitely be wearing mostly black (suit and hat) and white shirts.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Whan I was a contractor I used to look after the computers for one of the synagogues in Gateshead, the big one on the corner of Rectory road and Bewick road, by the Talmudic college.
There's quite a large Jewish community in Gateshead.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Members of the Reform-led Kent County Council have awarded themselves a 3.8% increase in wages

Reform-led Kent County Council approves councillor wage rise

It is "bad optics" to "award ourselves a nice little pay rise", a Green Party councillor says.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

I'm in Gateshead today and I've seen many religious extremists that are walking around in their religious clobber. Should I be scared?

If they're penguins or brothers, run like the hounds of hell are chasing after you. And if their brothers keep your bum firmly clamped to the wall at all times too.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

FYI the civil action against Adams has failed.

Adams welcomes 'emphatic' end to High Court damages claim

Gerry Adams has welcomed the "emphatic end" of a High Court damages claim against him by three victims of Provisional IRA bombings and said the case "should never have been brought".

www.rte.ie

Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK that left them injured

www.theguardian.com

Civil case against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings withdrawn

A lawyer for the claimants said on Friday that proceedings would be "discontinued".

www.bbc.com

There never was a case, it should have been struck out long before coming to court.

Even the M15 terrorist handler the plaintiffs got to testify could give nothing better than "my feels".

 

[Norman Alexander]

Reform has suspended its Holyrood candidate in Dundee City West after it emerged he agreed to a seven-year disqualification from acting as a company director over misuse of a taxpayer-backed Covid loan

Reform Holyrood candidate suspended over taxpayer-backed Covid loan misuse

Reform UK has suspended Dundee City West candidate Stuart Niven after it emerged he accepted a seven-year director disqualification over misuse of a…

www.heraldscotland.com

Does Reform understand that "vetting a candidate" does not mean getting them neutered?

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

It may be a simple misunderstanding of the word "vetting". Perhaps they phone their local vet and ask them "Heard anything bad about <candidate>?"

More like "We're running person X as a candidate, has he been deloused? Has he had his worm shots? Has he been dosed with ivermectin?"

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Does Reform understand that "vetting a candidate" does not mean getting them neutered?

I hope not. Speaking for future generations.

 

[junkshop]

Members of the Reform-led Kent County Council have awarded themselves a 3.8% increase in wages

Reform-led Kent County Council approves councillor wage rise

It is "bad optics" to "award ourselves a nice little pay rise", a Green Party councillor says.

www.bbc.co.uk

And they have raised council tax by 4.989%. ◊◊◊◊◊, that is what they are.

 

[catsmate]

The idiocy regarding dual citizenship continues.....

New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say

British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules

www.theguardian.com

Sanity is not prevailing...

More British teenagers stranded abroad as result of new rules on dual nationals

Cases emerge after other people tell of change in Home Office policy on passports that has left people scrambling

www.theguardian.com