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Emrys

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4. Given how many of the Tories have been at it* and it seems like the floodgates might have finally opened

Reply to T_i_B (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2023, 10:02 PM

Dec 2023

in getting at least a little bit of accountability going, I'm reminded of the (untrue) legend of Labour MP Dennis Skinner standing up in the Commons and declaring, "Mr Speaker, half the Tories opposite are crooks."

The speaker told him to sit down and insisted he withdraw the remark.

"OK," he said, standing up, "half the Tories opposite aren't crooks."

* Whatever it is, I'm against it. - G. Marx

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My local Tory MP is in hot water! [View all] T_i_B Dec 2023 OP

Torygraph suggests it might be lockdown-party-related muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #1

I was thinking it might have been something elae T_i_B Dec 2023 #2

She seems to be a horrible person LeftishBrit Dec 2023 #3

She's never been personally horrible to me T_i_B Dec 2023 #5

I wasn't thinking that she'd been personally horrible to constituents.... LeftishBrit Jan 2024 #8

Given how many of the Tories have been at it* and it seems like the floodgates might have finally opened Emrys Dec 2023 #4

My MP is pretty forgettable... róisín_dubh Dec 2023 #6

Yeah, she's getting increasingly loonier the longer she stays in Westminster T_i_B Jan 2024 #7