Tag Archives: Tories

Tories Go Full Trump In “London Chaos” Crime Video

Politico Europe reports: In 2015, it was Donald Trump who took aim at the U.K. capital as a place where “police are afraid for their own lives,” sparking national outrage. Now, it’s a homegrown party amping up fear of crime in London. The Conservatives posted a campaign social media video claiming London was “teetering on the brink of chaos … …

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Poll Suggests Election Wipeout For Britain’s Tories

Reuters reports: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is set for an electoral defeat on a par with its heavy loss to the Labour Party in 1997, according to a YouGov opinion poll published in the Telegraph newspaper. Ahead of an election expected later this year, the poll predicted Labour was on course to win 385 seats in parliament …

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Prominent Tory Admits Lying About COVID Contracts

ABC News reports: A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative government contracts to supply protective masks and gowns during the coronavirus pandemic. Underwear tycoon Michelle Mone said that she had made an “error” in denying connections to the company PPE Medpro, and regretted threatening …

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Rishi Sunak “Sorry” About COVID Response By Tories

Reuters reports: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told bereaved families at an official inquiry into the UK’s handling of COVID on Monday that he was “deeply sorry” and he hoped the country could learn lessons from the pandemic. “I just wanted to start by saying how deeply sorry I am to all of those who lost loved ones, family members …

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Tories Unveil Plan To Slash Legal Immigration To UK

Reuters reports: Britain announced plans to slash the number of migrants arriving by legal routes on Monday, raising the minimum salary they must earn in a skilled job by a third, amid pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to tackle record net migration figures. High levels of legal migration have dominated Britain’s political landscape for more than a decade and …

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UK Home Secretary Sacked After Defying Tory PM

The BBC reports: Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary, after she defied No 10 over an article accusing the Metropolitan Police of bias in the policing of protests. Mrs Braverman was accused of stoking tension ahead of protests in London. James Cleverly has been announced as her replacement, with former prime minister David Cameron unexpectedly replacing him as …

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Gay Tory MP Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape Charge

The Telegraph reports: Conservative MP Crispin Blunt has been arrested in connection with an allegation of rape and possession of a controlled substance. Mr Blunt, MP for Reigate since 1997 and a former justice minister, outed himself on social media after reports emerged that a senior politician had been arrested in connection with drug and sex offences. Mr Blunt claimed …

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UK Official: Being LGBTQ Is Not Grounds For Asylum

EuroNews reports: Suella Braverman questioned the United Nations Refugee Convention in a speech in Washington, arguing that “simply being gay, or a woman” should not be by itself grounds for international protection. The British government has made the fight against illegal immigration a priority. With a general election due next year, which the opposition party Labour is widely tipped to …

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Tory MP Resigns After Losing “Groping” Appeal

The BBC reports: Former Tory whip Chris Pincher has resigned his seat after losing his appeal against a proposed Commons suspension for drunkenly groping two men. It means the government will face another by-election. The Parliament’s standards committee found the Tamworth MP groped two men at London’s Carlton Club. It described his “completely inappropriate” behaviour as an “abuse of power”. …

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British PM Rishi Sunak Apologizes To LGBT Veterans

The BBC reports: Rishi Sunak has apologised for the historical treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the military for being gay. The PM called the ban an “appalling failure” of the British state. It was illegal to be gay in the British military until 2000 – with thousands of veterans thought to be affected. A …

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British Ex-PM: Comparing Me To Lettuce Was “Puerile”

Politico Europe reports: Liz Truss isn’t laughing at the lettuce that outlasted her premiership. Asked Monday about the Daily Star’s live stream of a lettuce that eventually outlasted Truss’ chaotic, market-crashing period in Downing Street, the former British prime minister did not see the funny side. “I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile,” Truss told Irish …

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Boris Johnson Resigns As MP: “I’ve Been Forced Out”

The BBC reports: Boris Johnson is to step down as an MP with immediate effect after receiving the Partygate report. That report by the MP-led Privileges Committee looked into whether he misled Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street. Mr Johnson accused the Commons inquiry of attempting to “drive me out”. In a statement he said: “They have still not …

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BBC Chairman Resigns Over $1M Loan To Johnson

CNN Business reports: The embattled chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporaration (BBC), Richard Sharp, resigned on Friday after a report found he failed to disclose his involvement in facilitating a loan of almost $1 million to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Sharp claimed the breach was “inadvertent and not material,” but said he was resigning to “prioritise the interests …

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Tories Expel MP For Comparing Vax To Holocaust

The Telegraph reports: Andrew Bridgen has been expelled from the Conservative Party after he made controversial comments about coronavirus vaccines. Mr Bridgen was stripped of the Tory whip and forced to sit as an independent MP in January after he tweeted claims that Covid vaccines were the “biggest crime against humanity since the Holocaust”. A Conservative Party spokesman confirmed this …

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Tory Deputy PM Resigns After Report On Bullying Staff

The Associated Press reports: U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab grudgingly resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticized the report as “flawed.” Raab’s announcement came the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received the findings of an investigation into eight formal complaints that Raab, who is also justice secretary, had been abusive toward …

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Tory Rep: “All White Men Should Have Black Slaves”

The BBC reports: A councilor accused of saying white men should have black slaves has been suspended by the Conservative Party. Political opponents identified the voice of Andrew Edwards on a recording of someone making racist remarks. Mr Edwards, who represents the Haverfordwest Prendergast ward on Pembrokeshire council, said he could not comment as the case had been referred to …

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Anti-Vax Tory MP To Sue Critic Of Vax/Holocaust Tweet

Leicester Live reports: Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen is to sue Matt Hancock for £100,000 over a row about Covid-19 vaccines. It comes after the former health secretary accused Mr Bridgen of sharing “anti-Semitic, anti-vax, anti-scientific conspiracy theories” in a post on Twitter. Mr Bridgen recently lost the Conservative party whip for “crossing the line” and “causing great offence” when criticising …

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Tory MP Suspended For Comparing Vax To Holocaust

The BBC reports: Andrew Bridgen has been suspended as a Conservative MP for spreading misinformation about Covid vaccination. It comes after the North West Leicestershire MP posted a tweet that compared vaccines to the Holocaust. Tory chief whip Simon Hart said the comments had “crossed a line” and caused great offence. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also condemned the remarks, calling …

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Prominent Tory In £29 Million COVID Supplies Scandal

The Guardian reports: The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her children secretly received £29 million originating from the profits of a PPE business that was awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers, documents seen by the Guardian indicate. Lady Mone’s support helped the company, PPE Medpro, secure a place in a “VIP lane” the government used during …

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British Paper Claims Liz Truss’s Phone Was Hacked

The BBC reports: The government has been urged to open an investigation into claims former prime minister Liz Truss’s phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary. The Mail on Sunday reported private messages between Ms Truss and foreign officials, including about the Ukraine war, fell into foreign hands. The hack was discovered during the summer Tory leadership campaign but …

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