When HMRC refused to provide cooperation to French authorities who were looking at a case of suspected money laundering that involved one of the main donors to the Tory party it showed that there is a lack of oversight that needs to be addressed. For Philip Hammond to say that they did the right thing … Continue reading Tories: Siding with Poor Decisions
Economy: Tories Continue to Fail
It has been revealed that Tory predictions for the economy have been inflated by 33 to 1. This is a comparison between the predictions in the Spring Statement and the recently released figures. https://skwawkbox.org/2018/04/27/economic-disaster-for-the-tories-as-growth-less-than-1-30th-of-predicted/
Tories: Candidate Suspended for Anti-Semitism
A Conservative candidate for the upcoming local elections has been suspended from the Party after a tweet from 2013 emerged that has prompted an investigation into anti-Semitism. Although George Stoakley has now locked his Twitter account a number of screenshots of other abhorrent language had already been taken. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-suspended-over-sweating-12430816
Brexit: Major Call for 2nd Referendum
The former Tory leader, John Major, has called for a free vote on the question of a second referendum on the final Brexit deal. It's a direct attack on the current handling of the situation and said they had a duty to consider the "well-being of the people". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/28/john-major-calls-for-commons-vote-on-second-referendum
Tories: Bradley Forced to Apologise
This was the big news over the weekend as Twitter users sat and waited, and waited, and waited to see Ben Bradley's unreserved apology to Jeremy Corbyn for slandering him the previous week. It finally arrived at half ten and was quickly followed by a flurry of retweets as though he wanted to hide it … Continue reading Tories: Bradley Forced to Apologise
Brexit: Could it Kill the Tories?
Suffering from deep divisions over Brexit and with leaks aplenty coming out of Tory HQ, is it possible that this (self inflicted situation) could actually mean the end of the Tories as we know it? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-mp-warns-party-11991127
Tories: Losing Confidence?
It has been reported that there are up to 40 letters from Tory MPs calling for a confidence vote in Theresa May - they only need 48 to actually trigger the vote. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2018/01/it-all-over-theresa-may-westminster-sources-say-tory-confidence-vote-nearing
Tories: That £350m Figure Won’t Go Away
Sarah Wollaston has branded Boris Johnson's consistent use of the £350m figure to be "a disgrace" and "a deliberate deception". Honestly, all this infighting, when will they grow up? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-nhs-brexit-claim-deception-tory-conservative-sarah-wollaston-350-million-funding-a8164101.html
Tories: EU Ridicules May
Theresa May has been ridiculed in the European Parliament after her government took credit for two major positive new EU regulations in the space of a week – without mentioning where the laws had come from - the EU! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-theresa-may-ridiculed-european-parliament-plastic-bag-charge-credit-card-fee-ban-eu-a8161541.html
Tories: Corbyn’s Take on the Reshuffle
Jeremy Corbyn has called Theresa May’s reshuffle “a pointless lacklustre PR exercise”. https://labourlist.org/2018/01/corbyn-mays-reshuffle-is-a-pointless-and-lacklustre-pr-exercise/
Adel and Wharfedale Branch 