Antlion Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Spoken by our resident champagne socialist. Are you implying that socialism is only allowed to be believed in by a certain class, and that when any human reaches a certain level of earnings they automatically graduate to capitalist thinking? Or are you just trotting out a hackneyed epithet you heard when Adam was a boy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) Lord Gerry Grimstone, then minister for investment, asked the then Premier Leaguechairman, Gary Hoffman, in August 2020 to share the league’s legal advice on “a way forward” for the stalled takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), the documents reveal. Grimstone, a former banker with high-level contacts in Saudi Arabiaand the Gulf, who was appointed by Boris Johnson in March 2020 to attract investment to the UK, told Hoffman: “I can then confirm from the highest levels of the Saudi Government whether this is deliverable and we all will then know where this stands.” Edited September 26, 2022 by Clown Job 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I listened to the full Thick of It glory of the interview this morning at one hour and thirty six minutes into GMS He sounds ill at ease, spectacularly ill at ease, in communicating. It is almost like he was lazily winging it or maybe he is just thick. Either way, it made for full on cringe listening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Hmmm... The Government's assurances about local support for fracking being a pre-condition for it being allowed might be taking a bit of a hit, according to the Independent... Not sure if it's a lie, corruption or hypocrisy but it may be verging on giving reassurances that might not be particularly reassuring.. "Residents living close to one of the UK’s most controversial proposed fracking sites have reacted with astonishment after it emerged fracking companies themselves may be placed in charge of surveying local opinion on whether drilling should go ahead. Government sources have suggested that companies like Cuadrilla – rather than councils or any other independent body – will be mandated to test if the controversial procedure has support." Article at (but there may be a paywall? Dunno. ) - https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/fracking-public-support-lancashire-b2182883.html Nothing to see here, move on, move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) In a non-batshit mental country that should prompt a criminal investigation. Edited September 30, 2022 by GiGi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Clown Job said: Hopefully the Police will be all over this. ..... but somehow I doubt they will be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 3 hours ago, GiGi said: In a non-batshit mental country that should prompt a criminal investigation. Maybe, just maybe he realised what having a total idiot as chancellor would lead to rather than anything underhand taking place. Nah, I don't think so either! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I don't think Kwarteng is stupid in the slightest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jedi Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Tories doing shady backroom deals with spivs and speculators shocker...is there not some rule against Chancellors tipping off their pals on what their budget announcements will be at least? Kwarteng clearly knew the pound would tank once he made his statement, and so gives his pals insider information beforehand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 2 hours ago, GiGi said: I don't think Kwarteng is stupid in the slightest. No, he's not stupid, but I do think think he is going to be in the shit once the truth comes out about his tipping off of folk before the budget. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 16 hours ago, GiGi said: I don't think Kwarteng is stupid in the slightest. In terms of economics he quite clearly is. Or perhaps his announcements were not his and therefore he is both stupid (for delivering policies he doesn't believe in) and self-centred. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 16 hours ago, GiGi said: I don't think Kwarteng is stupid in the slightest. Lots of brains and no common sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, strichener said: In terms of economics he quite clearly is. Or perhaps his announcements were not his and therefore he is both stupid (for delivering policies he doesn't believe in) and self-centred. 55 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Lots of brains and no common sense. This is assuming he's not achieved what he and his dodgy mates wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, GiGi said: This is assuming he's not achieved what he and his dodgy mates wanted. Have you stolen @Detournement's login? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Was there a toast? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 7 hours ago, GiGi said: This is assuming he's not achieved what he and his dodgy mates wanted. Is it not a common for people with spare dosh to do well out of financial situations like the present one, if so then it will indeed be what he and his dodgy mates wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 “Normal” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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