hackey lad   3,827 #3193 Posted November 26, 2021 2 hours ago, alchresearch said: Two Tory local election gains. Surprising considering the low level of support for them at the moment.   Labour lost 2 seats in Midlands local council elections yesterday. https://www.politics.co.uk/news-in-brief/labour-lose-2-seats-in-midlands-local-council-elections/ Didn’t see that on the news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   194 #3194 Posted November 26, 2021 3 hours ago, alchresearch said: Two Tory local election gains. Surprising considering the low level of support for them at the moment.  There is always a national influence, maybe it was down to local issues? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,365 #3195 Posted November 26, 2021 4 hours ago, steve68 said: seriously ? yeah why have facts when random dog s....t will do **** I was responding to El Cid's post and he was joking, so was I. What's the emoji for sarcasm?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,575 #3196 Posted November 28, 2021 On 18/11/2021 at 13:27, Carbuncle said: If this reasoning held water then we could improve on Dacre by appointing half a red cabbage as head of Ofcom. It would be cheaper, the optics would be better and half a red cabbage would be just as good at carrying out the 'executive function' as envisaged by @Tony .  Now moving on: Stanley Johnson, wtf or as the Red Tops would put it "Sexual Assault: Johnson Exposed".  A No 10 spokesman has declined to comment describing Stanley Johnson as a private citizen. Curiously, both alleged assaults occurred at Conservative Party conferences and Stanley Johnson was a Conservative parliamentary candidate at the time of the first alleged assault so 'private citizen' seems disingenuous. I see that the dim Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has rejected claims made by fellow Tory MP Caroline Nokes that Stanley Johnson slapped her on the backside. She bases this on the fact that she has known Stanley Johnson for many years, and has never made any sexual advances towards her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Carbuncle   0 #3197 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Mister M said: I see that the dim Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has rejected claims made by fellow Tory MP Caroline Nokes that Stanley Johnson slapped her on the backside. She bases this on the fact that she has known Stanley Johnson for many years, and has never made any sexual advances towards her.  A small correction: Nadine Dorries' quote (at least according to the BBC) was actually ambiguous:  "I have known Stanley for 15 years. He is a gentleman. It never happened to me. Maybe there is something wrong with me."  In reference to the last sentence: (1) Is she ruing the fact that a possible sex pest in her circle may not find her attractive: or (2) Deciding Stanley Johnson cannot be a sex pest because he didn't assault her; or (3) Accepting in a rare moment of self-awareness that her powers of logical deduction may have failed during the first three sentences of the quote.  Ms Dorries certainly delivered good value with this particular quote.    Edited November 28, 2021 by Carbuncle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,575 #3198 Posted November 28, 2021 14 minutes ago, West 77 said: Nadine Dorries certainly isn't dim. The lady is quite entitled to defend Stanley Johnson. Nadine Dorries is certainly more qualified to judge Stanley Johnson than you are. On the basis of what she's said she certainly makes a good job of appearing dim. She certainly is more qualified to judge Johnson than me; though not as qualified as Caroline Nokes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   515 #3199 Posted November 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Mister M said: On the basis of what she's said she certainly makes a good job of appearing dim. She certainly is more qualified to judge Johnson than me; though not as qualified as Caroline Nokes. Or Ailbhe Rea, a journalist who also claims to have been groped by Johnson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister Gee   798 #3200 Posted November 28, 2021 35 minutes ago, West 77 said: Nadine Dorries certainly isn't dim. The lady is quite entitled to defend Stanley Johnson. Nadine Dorries is certainly more qualified to judge Stanley Johnson than you are. She's the female version of Gavin Williamson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Carbuncle   0 #3201 Posted November 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, Mister Gee said: She's the female version of Gavin Williamson. Are you trying to say Stanley Johnson has never assaulted Williamson and Williamson is prepared to make unwarranted inferences from this fact? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
harvey19 Â Â 541 #3202 Posted November 28, 2021 Doesn't this relate to an alleged incident in 2003. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister Gee   798 #3203 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Carbuncle said: Are you trying to say Stanley Johnson has never assaulted Williamson and Williamson is prepared to make unwarranted inferences from this fact? I’ve not got you weighed up yet pal but I do get the feeling Dorries is the ultimate Tory apologist. If she was married to a Tory MP who was caught red handed full on at it in a dungeon sex club she would only be too willing to stand by her husband as she tells the media outside their huge gaff that it was all a misunderstanding and he was simply having his trousers tailored by a kind stranger. Edited November 28, 2021 by Mister Gee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
harvey19 Â Â 541 #3204 Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) Â Seems to me Nadine Dorries was just giving an opinion on what behaviour she would expect from someone she had known for a long time. Edited November 28, 2021 by harvey19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...