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Although Paula Vennells seems to be at the forefront of the investigation into what people knew,there is another familiar name implicated as well.Who? why none other than Alan Cook ,he of the botched...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-60382854
...what plonker thought it was a good idea to put this low life in an open prison in the first place?...
It didn’t take long for Mogg to continue his lies in his new role - as predicted in my post last week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60407234...
https://news.sky.com/story/what-is-a-sting-jet-and-how-could-it-make-storm-eunice-deadly-12544077 Not heard the expression or terminology before Hope everyone is safe after Storm Dudley and remains so...
The latest polls show the Tory party approval rating is sinking even lower. With 65% of voters saying they will not vote Tory. Mostly blaming the Owen Paterson scandal and holding Boris directly...
The Tories have asked the Met Police. Not to publish any Partygate investigation photographs. ...... And why not !. Is this another case of one law for Boris and his Cronies and another law for...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/60384450 A likely excuse ! Lol So has she been taking the old fellas dodgy Sanatogens ? Something iffy in the Russian Werthers ? Not even an explanation as...
Bercow had labelled Johnson a narcissist. Fancy that ! Pot/Kettle springs to mind.https://uk.news.yahoo.com/john-bercows-stunning-boris-johnson-094638823.html...
https://news.sky.com/story/paul-robson-a-danger-to-women-and-children-police-searching-for-sex-offender-who-escaped-from-prison-12541654 ...surely he must be in a secure prison not some open holiday...
Much as I dislike having to agree with a labour person :-) he makes some very good points. Will she come out of it smelling of roses or the other stuff. Comments (please no name calling etc) from our...
4 policemen to "arrest" a cat and remove him from caring home to God knows what traumatic experience. But they're not rich footballers so get they away with it without a media storm....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60374182 It just beggars belief that anyone could have been prosecuted, surely all they had to do was produce a list of transactions and do the arithmetic...
Trudeau getting tough with the anti-vax loonies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60383385 I doubt Boris (or Keir for that matter) would be so bold. Although it would be a useful smokescreen...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60375845 The Met Police Federation has declared it has "no faith" in Sadiq Khan after the "very public ousting" of Dame Cressida Dick as commissioner. She...