The Starmer Years - Can The New Broom Sweep Clean?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

5 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

Of course she had no questions about how he could afford the 2 new cars and the motorhome. Not fir a second did she wonder how he could afford them. ( Because she bloody well knew ! )

Just a couple of dates and figures...

Murrell married Sturgeon on July 16th 2010. The offences in the investigation began on August 10th 2010.

The £666k that the SNP raised from 2017, by saying it was for a second referendum campaign, has not been located. Instead it seems to have been spent on "other activities"

Sturgeon briefing her colleagues, who had been deliberately shut off from finances, was in March 2021. Finances had never been stronger, she told them.

In June 2021 Peter Murrell loaned the skint SNP just over £100k. Now, since he's just been found to have embezzled £400k, what was the source of the loan funds.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

A follow up to Murrell and Sturgeon. From the blog that reported it in the first place, leading to today's news. No doubt, more will follow.

https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-final-robbery/

[Gloucester Saint]

First poll in Makersfield showing Burnham narrowly ahead on 43%, although the Greens have polled 3% and their candidate has withdrawn for anti-semitism so those votes may go to Burnham.

Robert Kenyon, Reform’s candidate is on 40%. The same person who has a long history of anti-semitism, other racism, very blatant sexism and clear links to UK Neo Nazi groups.

Lowe’s party is on 7% and growing, Lib Dem’s 4% (pull out FFS) and Tories on 2%. 

Not a fan of Burnham’s but no disputing he’s a far better human being than Robert Kenyon. The Greens got a plumber elected in a nearby by-election and she didn’t have social media like 1930s Germany so it’s hardly as if white working class has to = fascist. 

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[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Gloucester Saint said:

First poll in Makersfield showing Burnham narrowly ahead on 43%, although the Greens have polled 3% and their candidate has withdrawn for anti-semitism so those votes may go to Burnham.

Robert Kenyon, Reform’s candidate is on 40%. The same person who has a long history of anti-semitism, other racism, very blatant sexism and clear links to UK Neo Nazi groups.

Lowe’s party is on 7% and growing, Lib Dem’s 4% (pull out FFS) and Tories on 2%. 

Not a fan of Burnham’s but no disputing he’s a far better human being than Robert Kenyon. The Greens got a plumber elected in a nearby by-election and she didn’t have social media like 1930s Germany so it’s hardly as if white working class has to = fascist. 

No wonder the Green candidate pulled out (oooh er). Just anti semitism? Look at the breadth of hatred and intolerance a seasoned bigot like Kenyon brings to the table.

[Gloucester Saint]

6 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

No wonder the Green candidate pulled out (oooh er). Just anti semitism? Look at the breadth of hatred and intolerance a seasoned bigot like Kenyon brings to the table.

Bear trap for Lab/Lib or Cons after the next GE because it’ll almost certainly be a coalition of some kind with the vote going 5 ways and either Green if the Remain bloc wins or Reform if it’s Leave bloc firmly in the mix. Not sure SNP would any better after today either…

Lowe’s party are really picking up support from zilch, Reform at least had UKIP as a forerunner, and with Musk’s endless money can go genuinely national. Rupert is an even worse human being than Farage but he’s far more organised and strategic. And he clearly hates Farage as does Musk.

Dangerous times but he might just blunt Reform further (their polling has been in slow retreat for a few months now). 

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[Holmes_and_Watson]

5 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Bear trap for Lab/Lib or Cons after the next GE because it’ll almost certainly be a coalition of some kind with the vote going 5 ways and either Green if the Remain bloc wins or Reform if it’s Leave bloc firmly in the mix. Not sure SNP would any better after today either…

Lowe’s party are really picking up support for zilch, and with Musk’s endless money can go national. Rupert is an even worse human being than Farage but he’s far more organised and strategic. And he clearly hates Farage as does Musk.

Dangerous times but he might just blunt Reform further (their polling has been in slow retreat for a few months now). 

It was a little sad to see the Libs not even being able to stand on their own in your sentence, never mind as a political party. 🙂

Musk's Starlink and Lowe's world class radio station pioneering is a perfect match. What a shame, if they were to blunt reform a bit.

By the same token, the Greens blunting the left of Labour wouldn't upset me either.

You'd think the parties would just have an online questionnaire for potential candidates. "Are you a Holocaust denier?" alone, would weed out a lot of these loons.

SNP are broke. After today, they were probably straight onto the banks for a loan. I think there are a couple of by elections coming up, as 2 of them have jumped from Westminster into the shortbread tin of McGovernment. They depend on the short money from Westminster (oh, the ironing), so they may become poorer yet.

[Gloucester Saint]

31 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

It was a little sad to see the Libs not even being able to stand on their own in your sentence, never mind as a political party. 🙂

Musk's Starlink and Lowe's world class radio station pioneering is a perfect match. What a shame, if they were to blunt reform a bit.

By the same token, the Greens blunting the left of Labour wouldn't upset me either.

You'd think the parties would just have an online questionnaire for potential candidates. "Are you a Holocaust denier?" alone, would weed out a lot of these loons.

SNP are broke. After today, they were probably straight onto the banks for a loan. I think there are a couple of by elections coming up, as 2 of them have jumped from Westminster into the shortbread tin of McGovernment. They depend on the short money from Westminster (oh, the ironing), so they may become poorer yet.

The whole thing about needing to take sides in the Middle East let alone in such an obvious and quite aggressively racist way is beyond me. We’re almost back to 1930s Nazi cartoons with some of the Green and Reform literature I saw in the local elections. 

Ben Givr is revolting and I’d shed no tears if he gets taken out internally because he’s as bad as any Nazi or Hamas/Hezbollah figure. But it shouldn’t label or tarnish a whole race. 

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[Holmes_and_Watson]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

The whole thing about needing to take sides in the Middle East let alone in such an obvious and quite aggressively racist way is beyond me. We’re almost back to 1930s Nazi cartoons with some of the Green and Reform literature I saw in the local elections. 

Ben Givr is revolting and I’d shed no tears if he gets taken out internally because he’s as bad as any Nazi or Hamas/Hezbollah figure. But it shouldn’t label or tarnish a whole race. 

Glad we just binned all the local election leaflets, then.

Dear Security Mods: When Gloucester mentioned being "taking out internally" it's clear he meant politically replaced, and not from an explosive device in his food, activated by digestives enzymes. 

I mean, who would even read that and think of TumBombs.

 

Oh....me....darn...