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by RogerOThornhill
Thu 29 Jun, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 29th June 2023
Replies: 30
Views: 1981

Re: Thursday 29th June 2023

Good morning. Privileges Committee report...part 2. “This matter is made more difficult because two of the Members mounting the most vicious attacks on the Committee did so from the platform of their own hosted TV shows” Can't imagine that Ofcom will take any action though. https://twitter.com/Polit...
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 28 Jun, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 1284

Re: Wednesday 28th June 2023

Good morning.

Interesting bit of focus group stuff regarding which groups are going with which party.

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 27 Jun, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1025

Re: Tuesday 27th June 2023

There seems to be something missing here...I'm loathe to go all Rolf on you but can you see what it is yet?

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 27 Jun, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1025

Re: Tuesday 27th June 2023

The most disturbing thing about this is that I agree with Lord Pickles...

by RogerOThornhill
Mon 26 Jun, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 26th June 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 1173

Re: Monday 26th June 2023

Good to see more people realising that using 'in effect' or 'effectively' = 'I'm making this up.'

by RogerOThornhill
Mon 26 Jun, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 26th June 2023
Replies: 15
Views: 1173

Re: Monday 26th June 2023

Good afternoon.

Cates is a menace. I have no doubt the law of unintended consequences will come out of this at some stage.

About time the DfE stuck up for schools and told her to pipe down.

by RogerOThornhill
Sun 25 Jun, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
Replies: 52
Views: 4586

Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023

A Reform UK party advisor writes...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 24 Jun, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
Replies: 52
Views: 4586

Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023

Pretty good on the history of Wagner and the links with the Russian state.

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 24 Jun, 2023 11:16 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023
Replies: 52
Views: 4586

Re: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June 2023

Good morning. How it started. BORIS JOHNSON: Lefties sneer. But those brave souls on the submarine died in a cause - pushing out the frontiers of human knowledge - that's typically British and that fills me with pride How it's going Stephen, Lancs, 18 hours ago How is gawking at the wreck of the Tit...
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 23 Jun, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 23rd June 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 780

Re: Friday 23rd June 2023

Sounds like it's all kicking off in Russia... Russia accuses Wagner chief of urging 'armed mutiny' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66005256 The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group is being investigated for inciting mutiny after accusing the Russian military of a launching a deadly missil...
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 23 Jun, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 23rd June 2023
Replies: 12
Views: 780

Re: Friday 23rd June 2023

Good morning.

re the above - I note that the BBC has the entire series of Red Dwarf on iplayer - the early ones are just so good.
by RogerOThornhill
Thu 22 Jun, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Replies: 27
Views: 1504

Re: Thursday 22nd June 2023

Interesting that ben Habib is shown as a "Businessman" rather than "former Brexit party MEP and now member of the Reform Party." Re the identifying as a whatever, I wouldn't mind betting that the pupils are loving all of this free publicity for this. And of course Britain's Stric...
by RogerOThornhill
Thu 22 Jun, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Replies: 27
Views: 1504

Re: Thursday 22nd June 2023

Good morning. Well 'er indoors was tired of laying in a hospital bed in that there hospital and decided to come home and lie in the own in our living room. 6 weeks out of the last 7 in hospital...it's been a bit trying. Tempted to watch QT tonight given that John Redwood is on. Might provide some un...
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 21 Jun, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Replies: 8
Views: 604

Re: Wednesday 21st June 2023

Good afternoon.

The people who said that Gordon Brown 'bankrupt the country' when the debt to GDP ratio was about 70% seem to have gone very quiet.
by RogerOThornhill
Tue 20 Jun, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 20th June 2023
Replies: 19
Views: 2309

Re: Tuesday 20th June 2023

Glorious.

They're all trying to wriggle out of what they said only a week ago...

by RogerOThornhill
Mon 19 Jun, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 19th June 2023
Replies: 17
Views: 898

Re: Monday 19th June 2023

Oh dear, time for that peerage to be handed back I think... Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, has given a strong hint that the Met will take action against Tories involved in the lockdown party organised by Shaun Bailey’s mayoral campaign team. In an interview with the News Agen...
by RogerOThornhill
Sun 18 Jun, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 1495

Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020

Not a good look...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 17 Jun, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020
Replies: 24
Views: 1495

Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2020

Oops. Another one gone.

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 16 Jun, 2023 9:13 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 16th June 2023
Replies: 17
Views: 1640

Re: Friday 16th June 2023

Good morning.

No prizes to guess where the disgraced former-PM and former MP is going next...I saw the front page last night.

Wonder how long that one has been agreed.
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 14 Jun, 2023 10:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Replies: 31
Views: 2049

Re: Wednesday 14th June 2023

In which, and I would have deemed this extremely difficult, Nadine is making things so much worse...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 10 Jun, 2023 3:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June
Replies: 35
Views: 2534

Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th June

Good afternoon.

And yes, there is another one...

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 09 Jun, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 9th June 2023
Replies: 31
Views: 2003

Re: Friday 9th June 2023

Blimey, all happening today!

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 09 Jun, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 9th June 2023
Replies: 31
Views: 2003

Re: Friday 9th June 2023

:lol:

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 09 Jun, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 9th June 2023
Replies: 31
Views: 2003

Re: Friday 9th June 2023

And Shaun Bailey?

So what has he ever done to warrant a peerage?

Given that Kulveer Ranger is there as well, a bit surprised that Andrew Gilligan didn't get one.
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 09 Jun, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 9th June 2023
Replies: 31
Views: 2003

Re: Friday 9th June 2023

Diddums.

Oh and 'er indoors is back inside that there hospital as of yesterday. Sigh.

by RogerOThornhill
Sun 04 Jun, 2023 8:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June 2023
Replies: 23
Views: 1038

Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June 2023

Good evening.

Apologies for not being around but 'er indoors finally decided to come home again on Friday after nigh on four weeks in that there hospital. Coronation Day seems a awfully long time ago now...
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 24 May, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Replies: 22
Views: 1392

Re: Wednesday 24th May 2023

Good morning.

I know Tice is an utter moron and only doing this to try and gain support but this would be great to see.

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 23 May, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1204

Re: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

And that teacher who was barred from teaching for, if you believe the usual suspects, mis-gendering a pupil? Well, he has a website... https://www.joshuasutcliffe.com/abominations I have an earnest desire to see the church understand the thought systems of the world and for the non-believer to under...
by RogerOThornhill
Tue 23 May, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1204

Re: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

I need a laugh right now and this did the trick...

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 23 May, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1204

Re: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

And even better...

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 23 May, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Replies: 18
Views: 1204

Re: Tuesday 23rd May 2023

It looks as though we might get value for money out of paying BJ's legal fees after all...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 20 May, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2023
Replies: 35
Views: 2971

Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2023

Blimey, Martin Amis?
by RogerOThornhill
Sat 20 May, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2023
Replies: 35
Views: 2971

Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2023

How many lives has this one got I wonder?

Good to see that civil servants and the course provider have some integrity left at least.

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 19 May, 2023 9:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 19th May 2023
Replies: 14
Views: 1156

Re: Friday 19th May 2023

Good morning. 'Er indoors is still in hospital getting sorted out. Seen this? Helen Lewis' take on the crackpots in London earlier this week. Looking at the program, I noticed that one panel had two men named Sebastian and no women. The audience in the hall was perhaps four-fifths male. Both of thes...
by RogerOThornhill
Tue 16 May, 2023 10:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1739

Re: Tuesday 16th May 2023

Oops.

As someone said, there is always a tweet...

by RogerOThornhill
Tue 16 May, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1739

Re: Tuesday 16th May 2023

Good morning. 'Mucked up' is an interesting way to describe two World Wars and the Holocaust. Incidentally, I wonder whether La Birbalsingh had to obtain permission from her Chair of Governors to attend an overtly political conference in school time. I would be very unhappy of our HT did that no mat...
by RogerOThornhill
Mon 15 May, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th May 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 996

Re: Monday 15th May 2023

Talking of that conference, this is basically just barking...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 13 May, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023
Replies: 37
Views: 2904

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th May 2023

Andrew Neil rather inadvertently admitting that the majority of voters are on the left...



I did like this reply.

Marina Purkiss
@MarinaPurkiss
Don’t threaten me with a good time…
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 12 May, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th May 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1228

Re: Friday 12th May 2023

Thing is, I can just imagine Henry Bolton doing this...typical "and I'll tell you something else" pub bore.

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 12 May, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th May 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 1228

Re: Friday 12th May 2023

Good afternoon. I seem to remember the Telegraph posting up a risible column from one of their stars complaining that Labour were going to going to make use of something the ONS have been doing for years - a full Government Balance Sheet - by claiming that nationalisation didn't actually cost anythi...
by RogerOThornhill
Thu 11 May, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th May 2023
Replies: 23
Views: 1542

Re: Thursday 11th May 2023

Sparrow on Badenoch. As well as Badenoch’s new-found Brexit pragmatism, the other stand-out feature of her performance during her urgent question today was her astonishing rudeness. Badenoch has always been abrasive, and in the past her blunt, scornful, no-nonsense response to critcism from oppositi...
by RogerOThornhill
Thu 11 May, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th May 2023
Replies: 23
Views: 1542

Re: Thursday 11th May 2023

Ooh!

by RogerOThornhill
Thu 11 May, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th May 2023
Replies: 23
Views: 1542

Re: Thursday 11th May 2023

refitman wrote: Thu 11 May, 2023 7:24 am
So had that been in force 50 years ago, that would have included every book that Jan Morris wrote after 1972?

Hmm...
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 10 May, 2023 9:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 1046

Re: Wednesday 10th May 2023

Interesting. There's a Miriam Cates parody Twitter account (yeah, I know she really doesn't need one...) which picked up on this new company formed only last week called The New Conservatives Ltd. Directors are cates and Danny Kruger https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company...
by RogerOThornhill
Wed 10 May, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Replies: 11
Views: 1046

Re: Wednesday 10th May 2023

Good evening.

So crank MP joins crank Party.

And has refused a by-election after he told Ann Soubry that she should do exactly that a few years ago. Shocked etc.
by RogerOThornhill
Sat 06 May, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Kinda Bank Holiday Weekend 6th, 7th & 8th May 2023
Replies: 63
Views: 4120

Re: Kinda Bank Holiday Weekend 6th, 7th & 8th May 2023

Oh dear, someone doesn't understand the difference between an Epistle and a Gospel. Or know what 'heathen' means...

by RogerOThornhill
Sat 06 May, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Kinda Bank Holiday Weekend 6th, 7th & 8th May 2023
Replies: 63
Views: 4120

Re: Kinda Bank Holiday Weekend 6th, 7th & 8th May 2023

Good afternoon. An...interesting day today. 'Er indoors felt lousy this morning - dizzy, high temperature, extreme tiredness - so after talking to the nurse phoned 999...and they turned up really quickly. Anyway, they've kept her in hospital overnight, so got the bus home and await for news. Coronat...
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 05 May, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th May 2023
Replies: 32
Views: 1661

Re: Friday 5th May 2023

Excellent news.

by RogerOThornhill
Fri 05 May, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th May 2023
Replies: 32
Views: 1661

Re: Friday 5th May 2023

This is hilarious. Fury as 'arrogant' BBC threatens Coronation TV BLACKOUT - 'Deeply concerning behaviour' https://www.gbnews.com/royal/bbc-coronation-tv-blackout The BBC has sparked outrage by threatening a TV blackout of King Charles III's Coronation. With just hours to go until the historic cerem...
by RogerOThornhill
Fri 05 May, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th May 2023
Replies: 32
Views: 1661

Re: Friday 5th May 2023

Yes, Tories down 1,031 according to the BBC.