The Politics Thread 3.0

[Garth]

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[Return_of_the_STAR]

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As soon as you see them say ‘some’ then you know that there’s going to be later admission of ‘oh sorry yeah we knew about that meeting, we thought you meant a different one’.

[satriales]

What's to stop Sky scrapping the news channel to get the takeover deal done, and then bringing it back afterwards?

[Garth]

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[Garth]

Stephen Pollard, editor of the Jewish Chronicle, has just told Sky News that he stands by his story about Theresa May knowing more about Priti Patel’s Israel meetings than Number 10 says, despite the strong denial from Downing Street. (See 12.33pm.) He said his two sources were “very reliable” and that they had never tried to spin him in the past. He went on:

Number 10 are going to deny it, aren’t the? As Mandy Rice-Davies put it, they would say that, wouldn’t they? All I know is what I’ve been told by two extremely senior, reliable sources.

Pollard made the point that Alistair Burt, a joint Foreign Office/DfID minister, was in Israel in the summer at the same time Patel was there on holiday. He said that Burt had an official meeting with someone from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, office and that at that meeting Burt was told Netanyahu had met Patel hours before. “So the idea that they didn’t know about the meeting, that no one knew about this meeting, is simply nonsense,” he said.

Theresa May urged to make statement clarifying exactly what she knew and when about Patel's Israel meetings

With Number 10 and the Jewish Chronicle at loggerheads over various questions of the classic “who know what, when?” variety (see 12.33am and 1.23pm), opposition parties are saying Theresa May now needs to make a full statement to clear everything up.

Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, said in a statement:

If [the Jewish Chronicle allegations] are correct this goes straight to the prime minister’s door and calls into question the integrity of the prime minister herself, who must now make clear what she knew, what Downing Street knew and when, and she must do so today.

This is a humiliating set of circumstances - not just for Priti Patel but Theresa May and her entire government.

And Jonathan Bartley, the co leader of the Green party, said:

If true, today’s revelations show that the lies in government go right to the top. The prime minister should make a public statement detailing exactly what was known and when. And if Number 10 knew about Priti Patel’s additional meetings in Israel and lied about it, the prime minister should clearly consider her position.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/li ... itics-live

[Rex Kramer]

I wonder how much leverage this now gives Patel. In other news, Anna Soubry seems intent on destroying any chance she's got of ever seeing a cabinet position again. It's pretty amusing how full on rebel she's gone in recent weeks.

[Squinty]

It's getting harder to keep up with all the lies and nonsense from government.

They have four separate massive issues at the moment. Brexit papers debacle, Boris Johnson's big mouth, the lewd chronicles and Priti Patel's how much did they know scandal.

This is the perfect storm for a collapse in government. Or they'll just get media outlets to focus on one of those things and forget about the rest.

[Errkal]

It's getting harder to keep up with all the lies and nonsense from government.

They have four separate massive issues at the moment. Brexit papers debacle, Boris Johnson's big mouth, the lewd chronicles and Priti Patel's how much did they know scandal.

This is the perfect storm for a collapse in government.

There is also the Paradise Papers that will impact too as it is more tax avoidance no doubt they are part of and not doing gooseberry fool to stop.

[Moggy]

It's getting harder to keep up with all the lies and nonsense from government.

They have four separate massive issues at the moment. Brexit papers debacle, Boris Johnson's big mouth, the lewd chronicles and Priti Patel's how much did they know scandal.

This is the perfect storm for a collapse in government. Or they'll just get media outlets to focus on one of those things and forget about the rest.

May will need to call an election to strengthen her hand.

[BID0]

I wonder how much leverage this now gives Patel. In other news, Anna Soubry seems intent on destroying any chance she's got of ever seeing a cabinet position again. It's pretty amusing how full on rebel she's gone in recent weeks.

She was pretty pissed off right after the general election after narrowly keeping her job. I don’t think she cares about a cabinet position somehow.

[Lex-Man]

This might lead to May resigning that would be amusing.

[Garth]

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[Rex Kramer]

You can imagine someone in the background of all this just going full Tucker on everyone involved.

[Moggy]

You can imagine someone in the background of all this just going full Tucker on everyone involved.

I think that the main problem is that they don’t have a Tucker in the background going mental at them. The front bench are a useless bunch of bastards and in the background they only have a bunch of useless bastards.

[Squinty]

[Garth]

Looks like she's getting the sack:

Priti Patel: Staff in minister's department told to expect new boss

Civil servants at Priti Patel's Department for International Development have been told to expect a new minister, The Independent understands.

Staff are already preparing to welcome a new secretary of state, with Ms Patel expected to be sacked in the next few hours.

The cabinet minister is set to lose her job after holding a series of meetings with top Israeli politicians - including the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - without informing Downing Street.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 44261.html

[Memento Mori]

Looks like she's getting the sack:

Priti Patel: Staff in minister's department told to expect new boss

Civil servants at Priti Patel's Department for International Development have been told to expect a new minister, The Independent understands.

Staff are already preparing to welcome a new secretary of state, with Ms Patel expected to be sacked in the next few hours.

The cabinet minister is set to lose her job after holding a series of meetings with top Israeli politicians - including the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - without informing Downing Street.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 44261.html

Is this the longest firing in history?

[Garth]

http://www.haspritipatelbeensackedyet.com/

[Garth]

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[Moggy]

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AKA “Like strawberry float will I let that weak twat May sack me!”