HalamaK
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Which Tories did attend the Queens funeral?
I want the full list
I want the full list
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Which Tories did attend the Queens funeral?
I want the full list
* Liz Truss, Prime Minister
* Thérèse Coffey, Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
* Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer
* James Cleverly, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
* Suella Braverman, Secretary of State for the Home Department
* Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence
* Brandon Lewis, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Secretary of State for Justice
* Nadhim Zahawi, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Minister for Equalities
* Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, Lord President of the Council
* The Lord True, Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
* Jake Berry, Chairman of the Conservative Party
* Alok Sharma, President for COP26, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
* Jacob Rees-Mogg, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
* Kemi Badenoch, Secretary of State for International Trade
* Chloe Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
* Kit Malthouse, Secretary of State for Education
* Ranil Jayawardena, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
* Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Secretary of State for Transport
* Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
* Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
* Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland
* Robert Buckland, Secretary of State for Wales
* Sir John Major
* Lady Norma Major
* David Cameron
* Samantha Cameron
* Theresa May
* Sir Philip May
* Boris Johnson
* Carrie Johnson
* Hugh O’Leary
* Baroness Williams of Trafford
* The Earl of Courtown
* The Lord de Mauley
* The Marquess of Salisbury
* Baron Sterling of Plaistow
* Andrew RT Davies MS
Probably more secret Tories
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ButterTart
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Arise, Ebeneezer Raspberry-Swyrl, Duchess of Mopsington.
VoR
Take it or leave it
As far as I can tell, it mainly means they can attend Cabinet meetings even though they don't really do anything.
VoR
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Most likely it's a vanity position to keep Williamson on side? Similar to how he re-hired Suella to stop the ERG from causing him trouble.
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I HATE THEM.
Honestly, how do we get rid of them? How are they STILL doing this even after Johnson and Truss? Sunak is supposed to be better but has just as little backbone. It should have been: 'I'm a man of integrity, I've seen the texts, he is fired'. DONE. It's fucking SIMPLE.
Honestly, how do we get rid of them? How are they STILL doing this even after Johnson and Truss? Sunak is supposed to be better but has just as little backbone. It should have been: 'I'm a man of integrity, I've seen the texts, he is fired'. DONE. It's fucking SIMPLE.
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AGinAg (37)
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BRING BACK THE IRA!
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It seems really odd that Williamson grew up and went to comprehensive school in Scarborough.
There's some proper twats in Scarborough, but they're not typically of the entitled Tory posh boy type.
There's some proper twats in Scarborough, but they're not typically of the entitled Tory posh boy type.
Iguana
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Wikipedia shows it's quite a common concept internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio?wprov=sfla1
In the UK it's existed since the 18th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio_(United_Kingdom)?wprov=sfla1
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COB
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The first high-profile Minister Without Portfolio I remember was Peter Mandelson.
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There's a reason that I block the whole forum.
cwej
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There appears to be a slight difference between Nadhim and Gavin's roles:
Minister of State without Portfolio is Gavin's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_State_without_Portfolio
Created in 2010.
Iguana
Like beautiful robots dancing alone
I see what you mean! So they made a pointless adjacent position to an already pointless position!
HalamaK
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They're killing him
HalamaK
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Mr Sunak ultimately decided to appoint Sir Gavin - one of his close allies who helped rally MPs during his leadership campaign - as Minister of State without Portfolio.
“The PM was told about it and advised that he should not appoint Williamson without checking the complaint,” a source familiar with the discussion said. “The formal complaint came in later that day. Williamson was appointed the following day. He may not have seen [the messages] but the fact that he chose not to is on him.”
A second former Cabinet minister said: “Parliament has for too long let too many people get away with acting in a way you never would in any other workplace.
“If you are a big name in politics or you have a big following, no one likes to call you out, so people get away with stuff. Wendy is not unique - she is not the only person out there who has had a bad experience.”
Another senior backbench MP claimed that colleagues had been complaining about Mr Williamson’s conduct for “some time”, adding: “I can honestly say that there are a whole bunch of people in Government who just wonder what the hell was Sunak doing putting him in? It just shows bad judgment."
“Putting him in the Cabinet Office is a disaster. This is the man who couldn’t run education, who leaked national security secrets in defence - he has screwed up almost every department he has ever been in.”
They disclosed that nicknames for Sir Gavin among Tory backbenchers include “Mr Bean” and “Frank Spencer” on the basis that he is a “rather pathetic individual who gets everything wrong”.
Sir Gavin said: “I, of course, regret getting frustrated about the way colleagues and I felt we were being treated. I am happy to speak with Wendy and I hope to work positively with her in the future as I have in the past.”
“The PM was told about it and advised that he should not appoint Williamson without checking the complaint,” a source familiar with the discussion said. “The formal complaint came in later that day. Williamson was appointed the following day. He may not have seen [the messages] but the fact that he chose not to is on him.”
A second former Cabinet minister said: “Parliament has for too long let too many people get away with acting in a way you never would in any other workplace.
“If you are a big name in politics or you have a big following, no one likes to call you out, so people get away with stuff. Wendy is not unique - she is not the only person out there who has had a bad experience.”
Another senior backbench MP claimed that colleagues had been complaining about Mr Williamson’s conduct for “some time”, adding: “I can honestly say that there are a whole bunch of people in Government who just wonder what the hell was Sunak doing putting him in? It just shows bad judgment."
“Putting him in the Cabinet Office is a disaster. This is the man who couldn’t run education, who leaked national security secrets in defence - he has screwed up almost every department he has ever been in.”
They disclosed that nicknames for Sir Gavin among Tory backbenchers include “Mr Bean” and “Frank Spencer” on the basis that he is a “rather pathetic individual who gets everything wrong”.
Sir Gavin said: “I, of course, regret getting frustrated about the way colleagues and I felt we were being treated. I am happy to speak with Wendy and I hope to work positively with her in the future as I have in the past.”
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GRUESOME GAVIN!
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OK, I'll pay for access.
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Actually no, it's giving me horny step dad fucks step son.
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Maybe he had a growth spurt and his mum couldn't afford new trousers.
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We'll see how it looks in a few days once Starmer's awful remarks from yesterday morning filter in.
ButterTart
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I love that these were the only pollsters who recorded a bounce last week and even then the Tories stacked it again pretty much straight away
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It's like a weird mirror image. I don't know how I feel about it.