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Everything they do should be scrutinized. They work for us. People forget that.
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I feel you have to be able to trust them at some point....otherwise why have someone in that position??
There should be a degree of oversight of course, but not some all-encompassing entity that has to account for everything, at all times.
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The main function of Parliament is to scrutinise the Government .
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D41 wrote:I feel you have to be able to trust them at some point....
Where have you been living for the last 40 years? I wouldn't trust this bunch of crooks with the TV remote!
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Monty wrote:
D41 wrote:I feel you have to be able to trust them at some point....
Where have you been living for the last 40 years? I wouldn't trust this bunch of crooks with the TV remote!
I wouldn't trust them with YOUR TV remote. :D
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Corbyn suspended and had the whip withdrawn.

This will get spicy.
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Monty wrote:
D41 wrote:I feel you have to be able to trust them at some point....
Where have you been living for the last 40 years? I wouldn't trust this bunch of crooks with the TV remote!

You know where I've been living....why would you even ask that?? That makes no sense at all.
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D41 wrote:
Monty wrote:
D41 wrote:I feel you have to be able to trust them at some point....
Where have you been living for the last 40 years? I wouldn't trust this bunch of crooks with the TV remote!

You know where I've been living....why would you even ask that?? That makes no sense at all.
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Kwacky wrote:Corbyn suspended and had the whip withdrawn.

This will get spicy.
:? Wonder if Monty's getting hot under the collar, at the prospect of a "Salem style" purge of any remaining Corbynist infiltrators within this New(est) Labour.?
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No not really, more saddened, just surprised it’s taken him this long
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Well... what else would he write??

Or am I missing something??
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United States now just one particularly cold winter away from first female President
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Monty wrote:
United States now just one particularly cold winter away from first female President
Well, if that does indeed happen, let's just hope she's as good as your first female Prime Minister. :P
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'My Little Crony' :D

Whatever happened to 'Conflict of Interest' regulations?????

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I presume this is genuine but assuming it is, If there was any doubt how the likes of Trump and Johnson and their rhetoric have brough the shit floating to the surface...then here it is. Here in Britain...in 2020.

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That's the tip of the iceberg. The supermarket has been flooded with complaints just because they've shown a black family enjoying Christmas
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:D :D
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(facepalm)
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