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This is a link post Looks like may's going to lose a cabinet minister today
No not him.

TL:DR Minister goes to Israel on "holiday" and has secret meetings with the Israeli government. Then planned to use humanitarian aid money to fund the Israeli armed forces.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 8:27, Reply)
This is a normal post May reminds me of a school-mates mum standing in as dinner lady for a few days
An embarrassment.
 (roysin, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Wait wait wait
Got a source on that second bit?
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Yesterday’s Independent: Priti Patel discussed giving British foreign aid money to Israeli army, Downing Street confirms
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-israel-army-idf-foreign-aid-money-british-holiday-meetings-netanyahu-international-a8041716.html?amp
 (I helped save b3ta! wakeupandsmellthebacon, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Yup, but after she fessed up to Mau some more secret meetings came to light.
She's flying home now and is pretty much finished.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Christ on a bike
She's toast.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:50, Reply)
This is a normal post And not happy toast at that.
Did you see what I did there?
 (I helped save b3ta! sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:00, Reply)
This is a normal post the cabinet is one of the few places where Priti Patel is not the dumbest person in the room
hope she goes
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:55, Reply)
This is a normal post It takes a special kind of cunt to inquire with her team if she can divert aid money to bank rolling the policing of occupied land.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 9:57, Reply)
This is a normal post which special kind of cunt?

(I helped save b3ta! sock more tea vicar?, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:05, Reply)
This is a normal post One filled with corruption and reeking of putrefaction.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:13, Reply)
This is a normal post that's what
SHE said
 (L E T S G O "Stop buying into and spreading this shit", Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I love it when you talk dirty.
*unzips*
 (I helped save b3ta! sm.pl.crt.rs I don't fucking know, do I?, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 12:21, Reply)
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*fetches telescope.... squints*
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 13:20, Reply)
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n r
 (I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post good summary :)

(I helped save b3ta! sock more tea vicar?, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 12:23, Reply)
This is a normal post It would hardly be the most egregious misuse of tax payers cash by the DFID.
Jussayin.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:04, Reply)
This is a normal post I agree 100%, the rules need changing.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:26, Reply)
This is a normal post I have to declare an interest here
as my wife works in international aid and a lot of their funding comes from DFID. I believe the majority of the projects they're working on are actually completely sensible - the one my wife is on certainly is. However the ones that grab the headlines are clearly in the "what the hell were you thinking" category, and there seems to be a serious problem in some areas in ensuring the aid isn't siphoned off by the regime before it reaches the intended recipients.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:36, Reply)
This is a normal post I also have to declare an interest here
My wife is a civil servant and I've heard stories about massive waste in spending.

Is it true that a lot of the WTF projects are funded because the DFID has a legal target on how much they have to spend?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes.
They are the only government department that are obliged, BY LAW, to spent the entirety of their budget and if they do not they have to make a statement to the House explaining why. You know how councils suddenly become highly concerned about fixing kerbs and paving stones in the run up to April even when they don't need fixing... Their budget is fixed, again BY LAW, at 0.7% of GDP.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:03, Reply)
This is a normal post That's how all government departments work.
Underspend by 10% this year and (rather than a pat on the head for being efficient) you get 10% less than whatever you ask the Treasury for next year.

Fortunately there are plenty of government suppliers who are good at 'helping out' the procurement people and pricing based on what's currently in the pot (which is how you get to the NHS and MOD paying shitloads for spoons and pens and stuff).

But enough of that! Lets get back to decrying celebrities who avoid tax...
 (I helped save b3ta! Prestidigitus will set this 'ere black puddin on you, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:14, Reply)
This is a normal post No. It's not illegal to underspend in any other department, no other department has to give a statement to the house if they underspend, and no other department has their budget set as an elastic percentage of GDP.
Apart from that, it's exactly the same.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:51, Reply)
This is a normal post just correct the grammar
My wife is a civil s e rvant and I've he a rd stories about massive waste in spending
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Bit low mate.

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 12:01, Reply)
This is a normal post for me?
impossible
 (I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 12:38, Reply)
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Down with the faceless, unelected shitty Briteaucrats
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 11:40, Reply)
This is a normal post 0.7% of GDP to be spent by the DFID was a Tory 2010 manifesto pledge.
How exactly is that faceless and unelected?
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 13:16, Reply)
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I was talking about Cerebus' civil servant wife you dumb fuck
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post I've said it before and I'll say it again,
for one so inclined to sanctimony, you're very quick with the offensive language and verbal abuse.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 14:32, Reply)
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And you're still jumping to conclusions and not reading things properly. C'est la vie.
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 14:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I was talking about you calling Cerebus' civil servant wife a "faceless, unelected shitty Briteaucrat" you dumb fuck.
Plus ça change...
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 15:05, Reply)
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When one's entire argument for Brexit is based around magic beans and complaining about imaginary "unelected faceless eurocrats" and your wife is one, I feel entirely fine pointing out the hypocrisy.

You're a genuinely thick shit.
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 15:26, Reply)
This is a normal post Seeing spouses appear to be fair game I would just point out my wife is a staunch remainer.
Carry on.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 15:45, Reply)
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I like your wife, she seems lovely :)
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 15:45, Reply)
This is a normal post See, I'm also a staunch remainer.
I just find myself arguing with many other remainers here when they rely on shitty arguments, or ignore very good arguments from the other side. Similarly, I voted Lib Dem, but I end up finding myself defend Tory ministers because of shitty arguments.

Everyone then assumes I'm on the other side when mainly I'm trying to tidy up the mess on my own side.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 16:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Another insubordinate arsehole in the cabinet?
It’s almost as if the PM is incapable of sacking anyone.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post She's flying back to be sacked.
uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/KQA100

This has got to have been a long flight.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 14:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Bet she stays on after they've landed to watch the end of the movie

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 14:12, Reply)
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I'm sure the taxpayer funded champagne will take the edge off
 (I helped save b3ta! DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 15:45, Reply)