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Sportyteacher London 31 Jul 20 6.57pm | |
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Brazen behaviour by The Prime Minister again: Arise Sir Jo Johnson & Sir Evgeny Lebedev (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/25/moscow-on-thames-russia-billionaires-soviet-donors-conservatives)
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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 31 Jul 20 7.02pm | |
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the whole system is corrupt
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ghosteagle 31 Jul 20 7.31pm | |
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Originally posted by Sportyteacher
Brazen behaviour by The Prime Minister again: Arise Sir Jo Johnson & Sir Evgeny Lebedev (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/25/moscow-on-thames-russia-billionaires-soviet-donors-conservatives) Agreed, although i'd replace the word 'reform' with dismantle.
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Hrolf The Ganger 31 Jul 20 7.52pm | |
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Originally posted by ghosteagle
Agreed, although i'd replace the word 'reform' with dismantle. Ah! You must be from the BBS.
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steeleye20 Croydon 31 Jul 20 8.04pm | |
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No surprise to see Johnson and his cronies bleeding the country dry during a national emergency. You won't be finding any of the people we have come to value so much in this parade of pontificating parasites. Over 800 of them, even after Fowler managed to block 30 tory donors from joining the gravy train. Why ever do we put up with it?
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Hrolf The Ganger 31 Jul 20 8.24pm | |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
No surprise to see Johnson and his cronies bleeding the country dry during a national emergency. You won't be finding any of the people we have come to value so much in this parade of pontificating parasites. Over 800 of them, even after Fowler managed to block 30 tory donors from joining the gravy train. Why ever do we put up with it?
Give it a rest Stalin. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (31 Jul 2020 8.24pm)
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Spiderman Horsham 31 Jul 20 8.37pm | |
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Originally posted by Sportyteacher
Brazen behaviour by The Prime Minister again: Arise Sir Jo Johnson & Sir Evgeny Lebedev (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/25/moscow-on-thames-russia-billionaires-soviet-donors-conservatives) As a matter of interest what was your view when Chakrabati was made a Baroness for establishing there was no anti- semitism in the Labour Party
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Badger11 Beckenham 31 Jul 20 8.43pm | |
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Scrap all honours if you don't whatever reforms you put in they will find a way round it. I just noticed that previously Jenni Murray got a Dame hood for services to broadcasting err you mean she got rewarded for doing her job. I don't know the woman and she is probably good at her job but that is not the point most people do their job. It's one big gravy train for the politicians, the party donors, the luvies and the civil servants but don't forget to give the odd cleaner an MBE just to keep the proles happy.
Edited by Badger11 (31 Jul 2020 8.44pm)
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Spiderman Horsham 31 Jul 20 8.52pm | |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Scrap all honours if you don't whatever reforms you put in they will find a way round it. I just noticed that previously Jenni Murray got a Dame hood for services to broadcasting err you mean she got rewarded for doing her job. I don't know the woman and she is probably good at her job but that is not the point most people do their job. It's one big gravy train for the politicians, the party donors, the luvies and the civil servants but don't forget to give the odd cleaner an MBE just to keep the proles happy.
Edited by Badger11 (31 Jul 2020 8.44pm) Having spent 3 years on secondment to Foreign Office, I can confirm that many of their staff get honours just for doing their job
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cryrst The garden of England 31 Jul 20 9.44pm | |
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Tbh how does it really affect any of us. Forget the dough because the amount thrown around recently makes this like a piss in a swimming pool.
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Sportyteacher London 02 Aug 20 8.58am | |
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So Johnson openly encourages Former KGB agent with access to Parliament then. Wonder who Yevgeny will invite with his free guest passes?
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Badger11 Beckenham 02 Aug 20 9.23am | |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Tbh how does it really affect any of us. Forget the dough because the amount thrown around recently makes this like a piss in a swimming pool. There are now 800 peers who are eligible to sit in the House Of Lords the US senate has 100. It's not just the cost to the taxpayer many of the Lords are politicians who were kicked out by the voters so just when you thought you had seen the back of them they pop up again. Then there are people like the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi and leaders from others faiths. If they want to mix politics and religion they should stand for Parliament no other democracy allows this nonsense. We should have an elected upper chamber with fixed numbers probably around 300. They should be based on regions to ensure that all parts of the UK are represented fairly and voted for using PR. It's time to end the gravy train.
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