Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister

[tobyjugg2]

Somebody need to sanction the British Virgin Islands ...

That'll probably REALLY hit Putin and his cronies, with the added bonus of likely hitting tax and authorities evaders across the world.

 

Now if the UK moved in and confiscated all the 'proceeds of crime and corruption' there, the Uk could almost certainly clear all its debts and build a few Nuclear, Wave and hydrogen power stations with infrastructure ..

... with more than enough change to feed hungry UK kids, although we'd need a change of government for that last bit at least.

 

[honeybee13]

You'd think she had enough on her plate already, but the Times is saying that La Truss wants the PM to invoke Article 16 soon. Cynics think this is timed to appease the Tory base in NI.

[tobyjugg2]

Possibly, but she just playing for time as likely wont be England's direct problem for long after the upcoming Irish elections ..,

Or at least the DUP now 'inconvenient irritations' be irrelevant

[honeybee13]

You do wonder if the Tories have read the room wrong, TJ. That or they're only listening to their allies.

 

I've read plenty of articles that say that NI business are happy with having the best of both worlds by remaining in the SM and CU. I suppose we'll find out in May how popular the current arrangement is.

[honeybee13]

So Biden is in Brussels next week for the European Council.

 

The PM wants to meet Biden and says he's open to an invite to the Council meeting/s. But they haven't issued one yet...

[tobyjugg2]

Back to the 'institutionally corrupt' metropolitan police and the Sarah Everard vigil they forced to be cancelled 'under Covid regulations' ..

 

The same force who allowed Whitehall party breaches under their eyes, are appealing the decision the courts have made that they breached the rights of those organising and planning a peaceful and safe vigil for the woman murdered by a serving police officer whos 'nickname' in the force was 'the rapist'

 

The Met are appealing ...

... the entire leadership, and many of the officers are a ****ing disgrace and need prosecuting, and the Met police force disbanding with the leadership fired and banned from serving.

 

and why hasn't cress gone yet, most certainly without any golden parachute, when this is the continuing offensive result of her 'leadership'

 

and where teh heck is the partygate investigation results which are being used to hold up all sorts of things..

No doubt like the mets investigations into its own officers it will go on for years until everyone involved has retired or died

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[tobyjugg2]

BREXIT WOES: It is uncertain whether Brexit free trade agreements negotiated by Boris Johnson’s government will provide “any actual economic benefits”, an influential committee of MPs has warned. In a scathing report released on Friday the Public Accounts Committee said the department of international trade had been too secretive and not kept parliament properly informed about what it was doing. Jon Stone, our policy correspondent, writes: “It’s clear the UK’s Brexit trade deals are about political – not economic – gain.”

 

- Inde newsletter

 

Brexit trade deals may not deliver any ‘actual economic benefits’, MPs warn

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Scathing report by Public Accounts Committee criticises government’s approach

 

 

"Tory MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, who deputy chairs the committee, said the department for international trade was "really struggling to point to tangible wins for British business, consumers or our own agriculture sector" from its programme of negotiations.

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[tobyjugg2]

 

 

Putin could use women refugees from Ukraine for terror attack on UK, Patel warns

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‘A very small number of people can wreak utter havoc’: Home secretary insists security checks needed on those seeking sanctuary

 

I mean, Look at the horrendous results of letting just me in she argued ... and few could contradict

[honeybee13]

After 'that' speech in Blackpool, I'll be very surprised if Johnson is invited to the European Council next week for the meeting Biden's attending.

 

The PM keeps saying that he's already in Brussels for NATO and is open to an invite.

 

Fury greets Johnson’s claim Ukraine fight is like Brexit | Boris Johnson | The Guardian

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Prime minister says vote is ‘famous recent example’ of ‘instinct of the people … to choose freedom’

 

[tobyjugg2]

and all these 'astonished and angered' ministers, including Shapps and Johnson apparently knew all about the P&O plans to sack all the staff

 

"The newspaper said it was “widely shared across Government” and recipients included the Prime Minister’s private office while Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is understood to have received a copy." - as did the PMs' office.

 

"“They knew people’s livelihoods were on the line and they knew P&O was attempting to use exploitative fire and rehire practices. But they sat back and did nothing."

 

Last year, Dubai based parent company DP World’s revenue soared by more than 20% to more than 4.9 billion dollars (£3.7 billion). Its profit increased by nearly 300 million dollars to 732 million before tax - and paid out £270 million worth of dividends after P&O received £10 million funded by the UK taxpayer in the furlough of 1,100 staff.

 

The sum saved (£100M) by the fire and rehire cheaper exercise is apparently around the same amount as the parent company is spending sponsoring a golf tournament.

 

Ministers ‘knew of P&O Ferries’ plans to slash jobs’

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The Sunday Times newspaper said it received a leaked memo written by a Whitehall official.

 

 

[unclebulgaria67]

Appears very few Brexit dividends will be tangible at the next election, which is speculated to be held May or June 2023.

 

Yesterday had my Council Tax bill in the post and it has gone up again by about 3% and that includes £150 discount the Government have applied.

[tobyjugg2]

54 minutes ago, unclebulgaria67 said:

Appears very few Brexit dividends will be tangible at the next election, which is speculated to be held May or June 2023.

 

 

There will be nothing left for ordinary people by then. It will all be in the hands of a few abroad or in nominally 'British' tax havens

[honeybee13]

Here are Will Hutton's thoughts on Sunak's statement on Wednesday.

 

For brazen cynicism, I have seen nothing like Sunak’s plan in 40 years | Will Hutton | The Guardian

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Justified hostility to his spring statement revealed the extent of Sunak’s miscalculation

 

[unclebulgaria67]

The budget did not land very well outside of Parliament. Media was mostly critical and most people contributing to debates had negative views. 

 

Once any party has been in Government for more than 10 years it becomes more difficult to stay in power. 

 

I am hoping Labour and Lib Dems form a full election pact, where they help each other around the  UK to win seats where one of them has a chance of winning. So they need to agree a set of common policy principles.

[honeybee13]

The view seems to be that Sunak was taken aback by the reaction in the papers the next day and the interviewers' questions on the morning media round.

 

He may also have a problem that he's looking like an out of touch millionaire with no clue of how normal people live. He doesn't seem to care either, as long as the party faithful are happy.

[honeybee13]

This was posted on Twitter yesterday by Rajiv Sharma, about a case involving the Home Office. It says a lot about the current Home Office.

 

'Counsel for the Home Office says in Court: My instructions are that the SSHD has received no paperwork in this case since October 2021. I know that this is incorrect because I have evidence from after that date [provided by the SSHD] but those are my instructions.'

[honeybee13]

Paul Brand of ITV's take on today on Twitter.

 

Big day in Westminster.

- As many as 20 fines due to be issued over partygate

- We don’t know if this first tranche includes PM

- Comes as relatives mark 2 years of the Covid memorial wall opposite Parliament

- Then PM woos MPs at a huge dinner tonight

[tobyjugg2]

Its unlikely to include Boris the liar as he will be denying everything, despite others at the same parties being fined (no doubt) HB.

 

 

Sunack:

5p off a liter of fuel - after a roughly 55p increase on a liter of fuel (including 57.95p (over 11x that amount) in fuel duty PLUS the 20% VAT)

- Hes making more than that in extra VAT on the higher prices .. Hes' given us NOTHING - quite the reverse.

 

National debt is now £2.3trn which is bigger than the entire UK economy.

In the next financial year, we’re forecast to spend £83bn on debt interest – the highest on record.

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Russia:

Waaaay past time 'British and 'Panamanian Tax Havens were sanctioned ..

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[honeybee13]

There's more on Russia here, TJ. All the Citizens and five MPs are going to the European court over the Russia report and lack of investigation by HMG.

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

UK gov did nothing

.. err the ones who benefited from the interference ...

 

If you think that the Russkies interfered (allegedly) on Johnsons, Farages and Trumps  behalf's .. wanting them in power ..

.. those would seem to be exactly the people we most definitely dont want in power

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[tobyjugg2]

“millions of families will have been desperately trying to figure out how they can possibly afford the £700 energy price hike ... (while)  Tory MPs were gathering across the street for a champagne bash in the Park Plaza”

 

- Ian Blackford

 

Was interesting to watch them all walk past into the Party and ignore those people outside who were protesting their loved ones dying alone ... while Tories partied

 

While united kingdom citizens die alone ..

The Tories Party

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The Tory Parties

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[tobyjugg2]

he had been telling the truth “to the best of his ability”

.. Dominic Raab denying that Boris 'The Liar'Johnson deliberately misled parliament over government gatherings.

 

But yer 'oner (on his 27th court appearance for burglary)

I was being 'not a burglar' to the best of my ability when I was caught leaving someone else's house with their goods ..

 

I think Raab needs to check up on his definitions .. unless he's claiming that Johnson is a diagnosed compulsive liar, rather than just a liar of habit and convenience.

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[honeybee13]

It's surreal, isn't it?

 

Meanwhile, No10 is saying that the PM hasn't accepted yet that he broke the law.

[tobyjugg2]

He never ever will .. it will always be 'others ,mistaken opinion

.. in his mouth if not mind

[tobyjugg2]

While energy companies make record profits from peoples personal crises:

 

Water companies have admitted to discharging raw sewage into England’s rivers, estuaries and seas around 1,000 times a day during the last year, according to government data.

 

It revealed discharges from storm overflows - which releases untreated sewage and rainwater into the environment to ease pressure on the system- happened more than 372,000 times in 2021.

 

There were more than 2.6 million hours of spills last year

 

Water firms admit pumping raw sewage into UK rivers and seashores 1,000 times a day

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Current situation is ‘simply not good enough’, Environment Agency chief executive says

 

 

Bet their dividends and bonuses this year are equally eye watering

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