Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

Beltgate :D

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

It’s not his fault - he was ambushed by a seatbelt!

or

"all guidance was followed completely by No 10"

or

"I have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no seatbelt and that no seatbelt rules were broken.”

or

"I believed implicitly that I was wearing a seatbelt, but with hindsight, I should have sat back down and made sure"

or

"Nobody told me that what I was doing was against the rules"

or

"I was not wearing the seatbelt for less than 10 minutes"

or

get Jacob Rees-Mogg to say it was important to consider whether seatbelt rules and regulations were “too hard on people”."

Just getting them out there before OB does… ;)

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

I don't care about the seatbelt. Did it, bit stupid, got fined.

Zahawi is a lot worse.

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

I do care about the seatbelt. Regardless of the severity of the crime, it says 'I'm above the law, and can even get away with filming myself doing it. '
The law is only for plebs.

And yes Zahawi is worse, but par for the course with this lot.

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

Lester Piggott and Boris Becker went to jail for tax evasion. Zahawi needs to show that he was not trying to evade tax.

Or is it one law for those in higher places and one law for us little people.

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Seat belt likely just a mistake.

Zahawi apparently paid back millions. The statements he's made and the very specific nature of them are not encouraging.
https://news.sky.com/story/nadhim-za...laims-12790822

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Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

They evaded less than Zahawi to and lets not forget at the time he made the rules he broke.

Why you angry, you can't honestly expect anything less from them

Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

HMRC now in profit with this account,what's the problem.:shrug:

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if he had any sense he would self identify as a pregnant woman,and not need a belt;)

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Honestly, the huge machinery of motoring law enforcement is ridiculous. The bitching about petty little things is what “keeps us all in our place” whilst Rome burns.

I never wear a seatbelt when cycling :angel:. FGS let the PM do his job.

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Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister
 

But he is doing his job. He is rogering the general public whilst at the same time enabling obscene wealth for his Tory donors and supporters.

If you are interested in the backstory on the tax dodger, here it is: https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi_story/

One of the smoking guns:

Written by the journalist who broke the story. Not pretty reading for Tory supporters.

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Some of them might say "Good on you mate. I'd have tried that too too if I was in your shoes. Well done for all those jobs and creating a successful British company."

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If only the Conservative party membership would get behind him...

I am on about the seatbelt thing; the tax thing, on the face of it, is reprehensible.