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Pross said:
I find it a bit dispiriting watching Newswatch on BBC Breakfast and seeing people complaining that the BBC keep talking about the number 10 refurbishment, the alleged 'let bodies pile up' and Dyson. When people don't think it's worth bothering chasing these stories it's a bit concerning. That said, the criticism of Keunssberg using the Coronavirus briefing to ask questions about the refurbishment feel justified
That's the party line (The Telegraph is full of it this morning): attack Cummings as being bitter and an unreliable witness, and say that nobody cares that the prime minister is proven liar and soliciting bribes. It's pure Trumpism.0 -
Latest polling suggests otherwise 🍿1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Times and Mail have abandoned shipbriantrumpet said:Pross said:I find it a bit dispiriting watching Newswatch on BBC Breakfast and seeing people complaining that the BBC keep talking about the number 10 refurbishment, the alleged 'let bodies pile up' and Dyson. When people don't think it's worth bothering chasing these stories it's a bit concerning. That said, the criticism of Keunssberg using the Coronavirus briefing to ask questions about the refurbishment feel justified
That's the party line (The Telegraph is full of it this morning): attack Cummings as being bitter and an unreliable witness, and say that nobody cares that the prime minister is proven liar and soliciting bribes. It's pure Trumpism.0 -
Who agrees to publish this absolute dross?0 -
rick_chasey said:
Who agrees to publish this absolute dross?
Maybe this is the Johnson equivalent messaging to Trump's 'not taking the presidential salary' whilst simultaneously bleeding every coffer dry that he could.0 -
Maybe they're still the best of the available options for a lot of people?tailwindhome said:Conservative 45% (+1)
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
It seems like he's used to spending more than he has, then knocking off a column to cover it in an afternoon or letting someone else sort it out.0
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What a difference a few days make 🙂Stevo_666 said:
Maybe they're still the best of the available options for a lot of people?tailwindhome said:Conservative 45% (+1)
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Diddums. Pet peeve is that the rest of the population outside MPs cannot claim legitimate expenses past 24 months, far less find loopholes.rick_chasey said:
Who agrees to publish this absolute dross?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Is that Council Tax the going rate for a property of that value in Westminster? It's not much more than I pay for a 3 bed semi. Seems good value!0
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It's the top rate. About half what it is here.Pross said:Is that Council Tax the going rate for a property of that value in Westminster? It's not much more than I pay for a 3 bed semi. Seems good value!
I think every property in Westminster is in the top band though.0 -
I seem to recall that council tax in Westminster is surprisingly low.Pross said:Is that Council Tax the going rate for a property of that value in Westminster? It's not much more than I pay for a 3 bed semi. Seems good value!
Which in itself doesn't really surprise me.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
pblakeney said:
I seem to recall that council tax in Westminster is surprisingly low.Pross said:Is that Council Tax the going rate for a property of that value in Westminster? It's not much more than I pay for a 3 bed semi. Seems good value!
Which in itself doesn't really surprise me.
Doesn't that go right back to Thatcher's days and Shirley Porter making it out as the epitome of what a Conservative council is all about?0 -
So the context is BoJo is reported to have said he needs a minimum of £300k a year to “keep his head above water”0
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Not surprising coming from someone who considers 250k to be chicken feed.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Boris got about £25k in book royalties last year. Carrie is also on £70k per year, so he shouldn't have to cover her expenses
Boris also owns 2 £1m houses, albeit one with a mortgage of over £1m.
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All this Boris hating makes me laugh. We pay around 200k for low skilled council leaders that can't arrange a bin collection yet charge me 2k a year for the privilege. So when a PM thinks he should be living off 300k you think he is dillusional.0
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That's not what we're saying. We're saying he knew what he was signing up for, he's going to be riding the gravy train once he leaves office and if you "only" earn £150k you don't spend £200k on decorating and furniture and you can probably manage with the £30k per annum allowance for this.john80 said:All this Boris hating makes me laugh. We pay around 200k for low skilled council leaders that can't arrange a bin collection yet charge me 2k a year for the privilege. So when a PM thinks he should be living off 300k you think he is dillusional.
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Tory donors approached to pay for Boris Johnson’s nanny and personal trainer, reports say
‘I resent being asked to pay to literally wipe the prime minister’s baby’s bottom’ a supporter allegedly responded
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-nanny-flat-loan-b1840805.html
Someone like Starmer needs to be pushing on what exactly this 'donor' is getting in return for paying 'a friend of a friend's' salary. Further, why does Johnson think it's so normal to get money from other people to cover his own decisions?
You can't argue that they're paying to make benefit the Tory Party if it's going into the bank account of a lucky 24yr old hot girl (who probably votes green)We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Word on ConservativeHome is that donors are not impressed that their money is being used by CCHQ for the PM's decorating rather than, say, funding a credible campaign for London mayor, especially with the polls swinging away from them.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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To who?rjsterry said:
What a difference a few days make 🙂Stevo_666 said:
Maybe they're still the best of the available options for a lot of people?tailwindhome said:Conservative 45% (+1)
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
There’s a good argument to pay your politicians more and I’ve made that argument on here.john80 said:All this Boris hating makes me laugh. We pay around 200k for low skilled council leaders that can't arrange a bin collection yet charge me 2k a year for the privilege. So when a PM thinks he should be living off 300k you think he is dillusional.
He knew the pay of the role so why is this news to him and what does it say about him that he’s pleading poverty on six figures and a free flat?
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The saying that a week is a long time in politics springs to mind.rjsterry said:"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I reckon this is as good an admission of it being true as any...
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He should have done that job then maybe.john80 said:All this Boris hating makes me laugh. We pay around 200k for low skilled council leaders that can't arrange a bin collection yet charge me 2k a year for the privilege. So when a PM thinks he should be living off 300k you think he is dillusional.
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So an interesting local political dynamic here where I live.
The local railway bridge separates two parts of the high street.
It was recently shut to cars as part of the national gov’t drive to reduce traffic in neighbourhoods. The same one that put all those flower pots down in London which annoyed car drivers.
This has created the predictable local politics flashpoint.
However we have local elections on Thursday and the local Tory is campaigning mainly on re-opening the bridge, and the local labour and Lib Dem’s are saying they will keep it.
Seems odd to me the local Tory is trying to launch a campaign to reverse the Tory national policy.
As ever it’s about where you stand in the culture wars (the bridge closure has become a proxy argument about gentrification, with the old working class residents railing against their old manky shops being replaced with coffee shops and bike shops and the middle class cyclist lobby) and not about actual policy.0 -
Are the 2 ends of the high street as nice as each other or is there a naff end?0
