SubtleBlade ⚔️Jun 7, 2024

#Sunak's #DDayAbsence: How the PM walked into an election blunder

'One #Conservative source has told the #BBC it just did not occur to anyone at the top of the campaign that it would be a problem, especially with the #G7 summit in Italy next week where the prime minister will see all the same leaders.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn001p1x49ro
#DDay
#ToryBehaviour #ToryArrogance #OutOfTouch #GE2024

Sunak's D-Day absence: how the PM walked into an election blunder

Rishi Sunak and his team were unaware they had made a blunder until it was too late, writes Joe Pike.

BBC News
SubtleBlade ⚔️May 3, 2024

Did we really expect #Tory MPs who fought for #VoterID rules to follow them? Don’t be ridiculous

We seem to have reached the stage where #Sunak’s MPs seek empathy for their inability to comply with their own policies
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/tory-mps-voter-id-rules-rishi-sunak-boris-johnson-local-elections
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Gerrymandering #ToryArrogance

Did we really expect Tory MPs who fought for voter ID rules to follow them? Don’t be ridiculous

We have reached the stage where Sunak’s MPs seek empathy for their inability to comply with their own policies, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Dec 3, 2023

Ministers hiding soaring costs of #Rwanda #deportation plan, says MP

Committee head says report of £15m being paid on top of £140m already spent shows ‘total disregard’ for #ParliamentaryScrutiny
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/03/ministers-hiding-soaring-costs-of-rwanda-deportation-plan-says-mp

#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryWaste #ToryArrogance

Ministers hiding soaring costs of Rwanda deportation plan, says MP

Committee head says report of £15m being paid on top of £140m already spent shows ‘total disregard’ for parliamentary scrutiny

The Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Jun 17, 2023
The #Conservatives face the threat of a new #police probe as an exclusive video shows officials joking about their rule-bending Christmas bash at the party's headquarters in London during #lockdown
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/first-ever-partygate-video-revealed-30259486
#Covid19 #Partygate #ToryArrogance #ToryBehaviour #ToryHypocricy
Tories drink, dance and laugh at Covid rules in first ever Partygate video

The Conservatives face the threat of a new police probe as an exclusive video shows officials joking about their rule-bending Christmas bash at the party's headquarters in London during lockdown

mirror
SubtleBlade ⚔️Jun 16, 2023
#BorisJohnson: questions as #DailyFail confirms former PM as its new columnist -
The advisory committee on business appointments (#Acoba), the body that is supposed to rule on what jobs former minsters and officials can take when they leave office to avoid any conflict of interest, has criticised #Johnson for failing to comply with its rules. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jun/16/boris-johnson-partygate-report-rishi-sunak-damian-green-vote-conservatives-uk-politics-live
#ToryCorruption #PartyGate #ToryArrogance #ToryGreed
Boris Johnson: former PM committed ‘clear breach’ of rules with timing of Daily Mail role, says watchdog – as it happened

Acoba, Whitehall watchdog, says it only received Johnson’s application ‘30 minutes’ before his appointment at newspaper was announced

the Guardian
SubtleBlade ⚔️Jun 5, 2023

#Sunak takes RAF chopper to Dover, just over an hour away by #train

#PrimeMinister shows his fondness for #helicopters again a week after flying in one to his Yorkshire constituency
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/05/sunak-takes-raf-chopper-to-dover-just-over-an-hour-away-by-train
#ClimateCrisis #sustainability #Environment #ToryArrogance

Sunak takes RAF chopper to Dover, just over an hour away by train

Prime minister shows his fondness for helicopters again a week after flying in one to his Yorkshire constituency

The Guardian
StavvyDec 13, 2022

#Treasury ‘warned #KwasiKwarteng dangers of #mini_Budget tax cuts’

Perm Sec J. Bowler insists chancellor was told potential impact of his £45 billion unfunded tax cuts. #toriesout159

They were told but knew better. #ToryMPs & #torythinktanks continue to disparage "treasury orthodoxy" & opaquely funded organisations like #BriefingsForBritain who slag off the #CivilService and lay the blame for #Brexit failures at an independent service's door. #ToryOCG #toryarrogance

https://www.independent.co.uk/business/kwasi-kwarteng-mini-budget-tax-cuts-b2243925.html

Kwasi Kwarteng was warned about dangers of mini-Budget tax cuts, Treasury officials say

Permanent secretary James Bowler insists the then-chancellor was told about the potential impact of his £45 billion package of unfunded tax cuts

The Independent