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a_unique_person said:
He's gotta paaaarrrrtttyyyyyy.
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I wake up late for PMQs & I don't want to go
I ask Rees-Mogg "Please?" but he still says "No!"
I miss Keir Starmer but not Blackford
& The Speaker wants answers like I'm some kind of nerd

I gotta fight
To retain
My Paaaaarty!

Cos my wife
Was in sight
At my Paaarties!

I mean work meetings, or so I've been assured.. Cressss!!!!!!!!...... (Guitar outro)
 
David Lammy tweeted
@DavidLammy
I have been granted an urgent question on the government’s reported failure to bring the sanctions legislation it promised to the House by today.

Strong rhetoric against Vladimir Putin’s aggression must be matched by the credible threat of sanctions.

UK House of Commons
@HouseofCommons
Also confirmed:
• Urgent question from @DavidLammy: "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on the status of the Russian sanctions legislation the government said would be put in place by 10th February."
 
It's a mystery...

businessinsider.com
14 ministers in Johnson's government and two MPs on the Intelligence & Security committee have had donations from Russians with ties to the Kremlin.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Michael Fabricant tweeted
@Mike_Fabricant
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with personal responsibility for its 7,000 staff and approximately 800,000 prosecutions undertaken by it every year - and for decisions NOT to prosecute.

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Molly Giles
@mollygiles2015
Sorry but this is a game changer. I hadn’t appreciated that, from the dispatch box, Keir has repeatedly used his time at the DPP as evidence of his success and leadership skills. Pointing out the failures is therefore totally fair game. Absolutely no apology is necessary.
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The Prime Minister, by that standard is responsible for EVERYTHING done by government...C'mon Mickey Fab (as Hoggart was wont to call him) when are you holding the PM responsible for EVERYTHING!
 
Thankfully there is a hyphen in the address of the link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/09/cressida-dick-faces-threat-of-public-declaration-of-no-confidence-from-london-mayor


...snip... Dick would be expected to resign as commissioner of the Metropolitan police if she loses the confidence of London’s mayor, Whitehall and City Hall sources said on Wednesday, with the Conservative government making no attempt to save her.

...snip...
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What a surprise, she allows an investigation to start into criminal acts claimed to have taken place in Downing Street and suddenly she loses the support of the Conservatives.
 
Andrea Leadsom MP tweeted
@andrealeadsom
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Unbelievable reporting by @BBCr4today about Scargill and Miners strike. Talk about left wing bias! Scargill obviously one of @bbcnickrobinson ‘s hero. His tone on Margaret Thatcher says it all. BBC neutral? I don’t think so




(Nick Robinson was the president of Oxford University's Conservative Association and Chairman of the National Young Conservatives.)
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Andrea Leadsom MP tweeted
@andrealeadsom
· 3h
Unbelievable reporting by @BBCr4today about Scargill and Miners strike. Talk about left wing bias! Scargill obviously one of @bbcnickrobinson ‘s hero. His tone on Margaret Thatcher says it all. BBC neutral? I don’t think so




(Nick Robinson was the president of Oxford University's Conservative Association and Chairman of the National Young Conservatives.)
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....and by today's standards a Conservative of the late '70s or early '80s would be a raving leftie.

Any opportunity to have a dig at the BBC. The Conservatives won't be happy until all media outlets are in the hands of Tory-supporting billionaires.


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