More Tory Sleaze

[Canary42]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jenrick-urged-approve-housing-plan-183608816.html

[Zacs-Master]

Only a minimum of 4 years to go Canary.

[fiction-factory]

Nothing substantial to see yet. The approval was withdrawn in May. He has answered questions and is going to publish everything. We'll know more then

[Hopkirk]

He has become a liability. This after he lied about where his main home is

Boris should sack him, along with Cummings.

(I voted Tory, by the way)

[Gromit]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1710294.html

[douglas9401]

As the quality of politician goes down so does the size of the 'donation'.

Bought and paid for some might say.

[jim360]

I simply don't understand why the Tories are being so stubborn about this. It stinks -- at best it's unethical and even that ought to be a resignation offence. As it is, the new Government has burned through all the political goodwill it will have earned in 2019 in the space of six months. In the grand scheme of things this barely registers but then that's half the point. Why is Jenrick's position worth more to him than the reputation of the party?

[naomi24]

//As it is, the new Government has burned through all the political goodwill it will have earned in 2019 in the space of six months. //

That's hardly a fair judgement. Given the current circumstances, it's quite shameful really.

[mushroom25]

the photo at the top of this article showing the hoarding at the Westferry site has got lots of media coverage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/24/robert-jenrick-planning-row-the-key-questions-answered
and was even shown on the BBC breakfast news, complete with its, umm, questionable graffito.

I wonder who sanctioned that for broadcast at 9AM? maybe the chief editor is off with COVID and the juniors are just letting rip...

[youngmafbog]

"the new Government has burned through all the political goodwill it will have earned in 2019 "

Well you would say that wouldnt you given your political leanings.

[Bazile]

This certainly has a whiff about it

[jim360]

Indeed. But it isn't only people like me who think so:

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tory-andrew-mitchell-says-boris-18431116

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/06/why-i-broke-boris-johnson

This isn't about my political bias.

[jim360]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8457201/Stephen-Glover-haughty-reckless-minister-drag-Tories.html

[gulliver1]

What more can you expect ,when you have a Tory Housing Minister sitting next to a property Developer. "Gold Plated Brown Envelopes"

[naomi24]

They're not saying what you said, Jim. Yes ... it is about your political bias. I'm surprised you're not dizzy with all the spinning you do.

[jim360]

I could also point to the opinion polls, to dozens of other articles, tweets, etc etc. Forgive me if I haven't provided *all* the information.

I don't spin. Find something new to say.

[jim360]

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/columnists/boris-johnson-burning-through-political-capital-coronavirus-lockdown-trust-451552

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/05/24/boris-johnson-cannot-bring-dispense-career-psychopath-dominic/

[dannyk13]

jim//I don't spin. Find something new to say.//
Yes, but what you find is usually derogatory to the Government.

[naomi24]

Jim, this government has faced and is still facing an unprecedented situation. No government since the last war has had a task more daunting than theirs. Do you really think it’s fair to say what you’ve said - that it has burned through ALL the political goodwill it will have earned in 2019 in the space of six months? Really?

They haven't burned through my goodwill.

[Gromit]

Richard Desmond has previously donated £100,000 to the Labour Party.

[jim360]

It is unprecedented indeed, and earlier on in the crisis I was making allowances for that. But all else that has gone on includes, but isn't limited to, the decision to stick with Jenrick and Cummings in the face of public and political outrage; the Rashford U-turn (coupled with a strange lie from Johnson that the day he U-turned was the first he'd heard of it); and, yes, a death toll and economic toll from Covid-19 that looks to be worse on most measures than anywhere else in Europe (except Belgium).

I could also point you to New Judge's posts on the same topic:

"Much as I regret to say so, I am rapidly losing confidence in this government and my patience is largely exhausted."

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1711265.html