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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham

Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!"

Tbh im not a fan of the tories....but thats bad there going back all that time...but i suppose you reap what you sow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

check again ... new allegations have emerged .... from his friends ... he thought while the allegations were historic he could worm his way out of the sleaze with an apology ... but then these allegations which are from recent times and he's chucked the towel in which he should've done in the first place ... all well and good resigning from the cabinet .... but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as MP and fight the bi-election again .... grasping tory ... same as it ever was

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By *icklybitMan
over a year ago

Ayrshire

A knee jerk reaction, personally I considered him a safe pair of hands.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"A knee jerk reaction, personally I considered him a safe pair of hands. "

unless your a female .... then allegedly he's mostly just 'handsy'

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford


"A knee jerk reaction, personally I considered him a safe pair of hands. "

Well that notion will come back to haunt him...

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"check again ... new allegations have emerged .... from his friends ... he thought while the allegations were historic he could worm his way out of the sleaze with an apology ... but then these allegations which are from recent times and he's chucked the towel in which he should've done in the first place ... all well and good resigning from the cabinet .... but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as MP and fight the bi-election again .... grasping tory ... same as it ever was"

And recently disgraced Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Jared O'Mara,..... all well and good resigning from the women and equalities committee.....but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as an MP and fight the by-election again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So the haters come out to play....nothing more than i expected

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!"

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I very much doubt he's resigned over that allegation?.

My instinct tells me he's quitting before the bigger ones come along

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent


"My instinct tells me he's quitting before the bigger ones come along "

and what with them both being married an all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He’s resigned, methinks, because more, bigger stuff is waiting to roll out.

The hand on knee thing, 15 years ago, when the journalist in question didn’t complain herself and says at no time did she feel under any duress, cannot be the reason he has gone.

To be fair to him, as a minister, he was one of the few decent ones, on either side, in many a long year!

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple

Sexual misconduct from any gender is not acceptable. I do not believe people do not know boundaries, and if they don't best not to touch or say anything sexual - its really not difficult. I hope many perpetrators are fearful of being exposed.

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham

Hoping to see Penny Mordaunt put into post as Defence Secretary.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"He’s resigned, methinks, because more, bigger stuff is waiting to roll out.

The hand on knee thing, 15 years ago, when the journalist in question didn’t complain herself and says at no time did she feel under any duress, cannot be the reason he has gone.

To be fair to him, as a minister, he was one of the few decent ones, on either side, in many a long year!"

From the BBC:

"Ms Hartley-Brewer, a former political editor of the Sunday Express and regular political commentator, told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight: "If he has gone because he touched my knee 15 years ago, that is genuinely the most absurd reason for anyone to have lost their job in the history of the universe, so I hope it is not because of that."

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Hoping to see Penny Mordaunt put into post as Defence Secretary."

Maybe Tobias Ellwood will get a bump up, already a defence minister, ex-Royal Green Jackets, gave first aid during the Westminster terrorist attack.

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"Hoping to see Penny Mordaunt put into post as Defence Secretary.

Maybe Tobias Ellwood will get a bump up, already a defence minister, ex-Royal Green Jackets, gave first aid during the Westminster terrorist attack."

Could well be. Just needs NOT to be an older grey man in a grey suit!

Penny Mordaunt is a RN officer reservist.

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!.

I very much doubt he's resigned over that allegation?.

My instinct tells me he's quitting before the bigger ones come along "

I agree with you on this he's quit before the real shit hits the fan more to come on this I'd bet

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"check again ... new allegations have emerged .... from his friends ... he thought while the allegations were historic he could worm his way out of the sleaze with an apology ... but then these allegations which are from recent times and he's chucked the towel in which he should've done in the first place ... all well and good resigning from the cabinet .... but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as MP and fight the bi-election again .... grasping tory ... same as it ever was

And recently disgraced Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Jared O'Mara,..... all well and good resigning from the women and equalities committee.....but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as an MP and fight the by-election again. "

oh how i love you centaur......

so lets run with your proposal!

okay... jared o mara on one side....... lets put stephen crabb on the other! i think that would be a fair equivilant at the moment!

and the other 40 tory mp's on the guido fawkes list.... what should happen to them (yes i have seen the unblanked out list, yes there are some big names on there)....

if that list is true, and i have no reason to believe it isn't, then what should happen to them, should all of them run by-elections?

bearing in mind that your beloved majority is only 11..... it would only take 6 of the blue to flip to red and jeremy corbyn becomes your pm, and takes over your beloved brexit process....

do you really think the tories are in any fit state to have to in effect run a mini general election at this point???

oooh... a corbyn led brexit would make your skin crawl.....

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!"

more coming........ much more coming!

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!"

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent


"and the other 40 tory mp's on the guido fawkes list.... what should happen to them (yes i have seen the unblanked out list, yes there are some big names on there)....

if that list is true, and i have no reason to believe it isn't, then what should happen to them, should all of them run by-elections?"

30+ of the allegations on the Tory list are not a problem, certainly not illegal (though wouldn't go down well in the shires) consensual affairs and weird (but legal) sexual kicks, black maily but nothing to resign over. The remainder are much more than 'being a bit handsy' and should induce a good few sleepless nights. What's puzzling me is why the list has surfaced now

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

"

I agree that Fallon should not have resigned over the Hartley-Brewer thing and its likely other incidents will be made public..

given that already there has been one accusation of r*pe i am not sure 'tittle tattle' is appropriate..

this looks like a moment when following Weinstein that the inherent issue's of sexual misconduct / harassment within many organisations may well start to be addressed by those who have been victims..

bit of a wake up moment..

the PM is in a tenuous position without losing Fallon and possibly Grieve also going will cause her position to be weaker within her party..

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

I agree that Fallon should not have resigned over the Hartley-Brewer thing and its likely other incidents will be made public..

given that already there has been one accusation of r*pe i am not sure 'tittle tattle' is appropriate..

this looks like a moment when following Weinstein that the inherent issue's of sexual misconduct / harassment within many organisations may well start to be addressed by those who have been victims..

bit of a wake up moment..

the PM is in a tenuous position without losing Fallon and possibly Grieve also going will cause her position to be weaker within her party.."

I was talking about seperating the stupid from the illegal.

I'm hoping to see the police called in over the most serious accusations. Accusations that have no party bias, and are not limited to the political world.

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham

Gavin Williamson named as new Defence Secretary.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Hoping to see Penny Mordaunt put into post as Defence Secretary.

Maybe Tobias Ellwood will get a bump up, already a defence minister, ex-Royal Green Jackets, gave first aid during the Westminster terrorist attack.

Could well be. Just needs NOT to be an older grey man in a grey suit!

Penny Mordaunt is a RN officer reservist."

Although the experience is extremely valuable, I think it could cause issues having a serving officer as Defence Secretary.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"check again ... new allegations have emerged .... from his friends ... he thought while the allegations were historic he could worm his way out of the sleaze with an apology ... but then these allegations which are from recent times and he's chucked the towel in which he should've done in the first place ... all well and good resigning from the cabinet .... but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as MP and fight the bi-election again .... grasping tory ... same as it ever was

And recently disgraced Sheffield Hallam Labour MP Jared O'Mara,..... all well and good resigning from the women and equalities committee.....but if he was a decent human being he would resign his post as an MP and fight the by-election again.

oh how i love you centaur......

so lets run with your proposal!

okay... jared o mara on one side....... lets put stephen crabb on the other! i think that would be a fair equivilant at the moment!

and the other 40 tory mp's on the guido fawkes list.... what should happen to them (yes i have seen the unblanked out list, yes there are some big names on there)....

if that list is true, and i have no reason to believe it isn't, then what should happen to them, should all of them run by-elections?

bearing in mind that your beloved majority is only 11..... it would only take 6 of the blue to flip to red and jeremy corbyn becomes your pm, and takes over your beloved brexit process....

do you really think the tories are in any fit state to have to in effect run a mini general election at this point???

oooh... a corbyn led brexit would make your skin crawl..... "

I think the politics forum regulars respect Centaur as a man of his convictions, and are confident that if these same allegations were leveled at David Davis, or Farage, Centaur would also be calling for them to step down.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

"

There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think he should be stripped of his knighthood and hung out to dry.A good first scalp.They'll be much squirming and sweaty palms of the sexual predators in parliament .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"and the other 40 tory mp's on the guido fawkes list.... what should happen to them (yes i have seen the unblanked out list, yes there are some big names on there)....

if that list is true, and i have no reason to believe it isn't, then what should happen to them, should all of them run by-elections?

30+ of the allegations on the Tory list are not a problem, certainly not illegal (though wouldn't go down well in the shires) consensual affairs and weird (but legal) sexual kicks, black maily but nothing to resign over. The remainder are much more than 'being a bit handsy' and should induce a good few sleepless nights. What's puzzling me is why the list has surfaced now

"

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I long ago stopped believing in media driven coincidences... Politics is power and those with deep agendas seek to have grip on it for various reasons, sadly usually for their own ends

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I was him I would just go on a nice holiday somewhere nice n warm and let everyone get on with the finger pointing

After all it’s not as if he’s is not financially sorted

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

Considering how hard-faced the present crop of Tory MP's (and the government) is when it comes toughing it out when faced with scandal I find myself wondering why Fallon has jumped ship so quickly. I expect that there will be packs of investigative journalist bloodhounds sifting through his past and household waste to find the source of stink that is his resignation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Considering how hard-faced the present crop of Tory MP's (and the government) is when it comes toughing it out when faced with scandal I find myself wondering why Fallon has jumped ship so quickly. I expect that there will be packs of investigative journalist bloodhounds sifting through his past and household waste to find the source of stink that is his resignation.

"

Maybe he just thought fuck it if they going to hound me anyways I might as well just quit now because he would not be able to do his job anyways because the same old boring questions would just keep being asked

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston


"Maybe he just thought fuck it if they going to hound me anyways I might as well just quit now because he would not be able to do his job anyways because the same old boring questions would just keep being asked

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"

Nah...

Remember plebgate?

Remember the 2010 General Election expenses scandal

Remember the 2015 General Election expenses scandal?

Remember there are now more police investigations into Tory election expenses this time again!

Remember the Tory MP claiming expenses for a moat and a duck house on an island and all the rest.

This bag of Tory shite do not do embarrassment or resignation when there is no proof of serious criminal wrongdoing. In fact this bag of Tory shite are quite willing to parade their criminal malfeasance in front of all of us and then tell us they are the only ones fit to run the country, when in fact they are nothing but a well organised, funded and connected gang of fraudsters and worse by the looks of it.

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of."

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent


"I long ago stopped believing in media driven coincidences... Politics is power and those with deep agendas seek to have grip on it for various reasons, sadly usually for their own ends"

Exactly, so who on that list is being given a warning by what's happening to Fallon, it's a pretty nuclear option to leak it.

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you"

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok."

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along.

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By *utandbigMan
over a year ago

Bournemouth


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along. "

Omg I’ve heard it all now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along.

Omg I’ve heard it all now "

Congratulations and Celebrations

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

"

He thought his conduct was fine UNTIL being exposed! Not beforehand!!

Ive also no sympathy for people like that, tories or anyone that thinks it's fine until being caught out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along. "

Hes just about admits it. Saying his conduct is below par.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along.

Omg I’ve heard it all now

Congratulations and Celebrations "

Lol.. a high ranking tory bites the dust.

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple

Do some people really think its ok to use your position or power to get what you want sexually?

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along.

Hes just about admits it. Saying his conduct is below par.

"

I assume you are referring to Michael Fallon? The comment I was replying to was referring to Michael Fabricant who was on the BBC Radio 2 show about this earlier this week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There is a question whether some of these allegations are true or even happened in the first place? Lichfield Tory MP Michael Fabricant was on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show yesterday about this and said he'd been named on the list but he couldn't even recall or remember the incident that he is accused of.

Well you wouldn't wanna share a taxi with him would you

Just because he cannot remember either means he has done it so much he sees it as trivial or, he thinks by saying he cannot remember somehow makes it ok.

Or it could mean that the accusations are false and never happened in the first place. Just because someone is accused of something doesn't make it true, remember not so long ago Cliff Richard was accused of all sorts of vile stuff and had a vigilante mob on here acting like Judge, Jury and executioner, 'no smoke without fire' and all that nonsense, turned out in the end he was innocent all along.

Hes just about admits it. Saying his conduct is below par.

I assume you are referring to Michael Fallon? The comment I was replying to was referring to Michael Fabricant who was on the BBC Radio 2 show about this earlier this week. "

Woops.. Sozz

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By *inkyHnSCouple
over a year ago

The Council of Elrond

I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It’s not just Tory mos though is it? Cyril Smith! Liberal

Just saying

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup"

As usual, you miss the fact that abuse and harassment have no Party boundaries.

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By *uxinteriorMan
over a year ago

south west , continental

This sort of stuff is in all political parties, those that want to, will. No labels. Just because your in public office doesn't make them all super human and moralistic demi gods. I bet when the doors are closed a lot more goes on than would raise more than few eyebrows! I make no excuses for the weasels either! Let's not blanket label this, in appropriate behaviour is everywhere if your a Tory, Socialist, liberal, nationalist what ever!

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By *anrteeCouple
over a year ago

London


"I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup"

canny? possibly but more likely just a greedy [curse word] with a truckload of shamelessness. Expenses anyone?

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By *inkyHnSCouple
over a year ago

The Council of Elrond


"I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup

As usual, you miss the fact that abuse and harassment have no Party boundaries. "

No i didnt

Yes i know abuse shouldnt happen in any party

But this a therad on Fallon and am pointing out he still thinks its ok ro pick up a wage from being an MP

I mean come on do you think he should remain an MP ? He knows he has done wrong that much he quit his post as Defence Secretary but still thinks its ok to be an mp

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By *anrteeCouple
over a year ago

London


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I mean come on do you think he should remain an MP ? He knows he has done wrong that much he quit his post as Defence Secretary but still thinks its ok to be an mp

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Not addressed to me but if I may add something here. You make a very serious point here - his conduct raises questions about his judgement and fitness to be an MP.

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup

As usual, you miss the fact that abuse and harassment have no Party boundaries.

No i didnt

Yes i know abuse shouldnt happen in any party

But this a therad on Fallon and am pointing out he still thinks its ok ro pick up a wage from being an MP

I mean come on do you think he should remain an MP ? He knows he has done wrong that much he quit his post as Defence Secretary but still thinks its ok to be an mp

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Persuade me he shouldn't be an MP. It's not as if MPs do stupid things from time to time. The important thing is seperating the stupid from the illegal.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

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at least we know in the fallon case what the "more coming" now was..... apparently an "incident" when an mp complained about his conduct in her presence... and this was relied on no.10 this week.....

the person who apparently made the complaint... leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsome!

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By *ercury OP   Man
over a year ago

Grantham


"Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has resigned, saying his conduct is below what is expected of the military.

As no new accusations have been cited, this must stem from his hand on the journalist's knee, some fifteen years ago!

more coming........ much more coming!

No new headlines in the papers this morning. Are they holding fire until Sunday?

Will the public switch off from all this, if it's just heresay and tittle tattle from years ago?

at least we know in the fallon case what the "more coming" now was..... apparently an "incident" when an mp complained about his conduct in her presence... and this was relied on no.10 this week.....

the person who apparently made the complaint... leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsome! "

Andrea Leadsom has played it cute here. Already demoted once, she has fire-proofed herself against another expected demotion.

After all, firing a whistleblower looks bad.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"It’s not just Tory mos though is it? Cyril Smith! Liberal

Just saying "

Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins was also suspended last night following allegations of sexual harassment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It’s not just Tory mos though is it? Cyril Smith! Liberal

Just saying

Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins was also suspended last night following allegations of sexual harassment. "

And it looks like Labour is yet again taking the lead....as there the only party at the moment to suspend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I see Fallon thinks he should resign as the defence secretary because his actions were deemed way short yet funny think is he still thinks he should pick up his pay packet as an MP the Tories have no shame

Oh canny have resigning as an MP or anyone else incase they lose their wee thin ass majority that are helped with the Dup

As usual, you miss the fact that abuse and harassment have no Party boundaries.

No i didnt

Yes i know abuse shouldnt happen in any party

But this a therad on Fallon and am pointing out he still thinks its ok ro pick up a wage from being an MP

I mean come on do you think he should remain an MP ? He knows he has done wrong that much he quit his post as Defence Secretary but still thinks its ok to be an mp

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Good point. Also notice he thought it was ok to continue in this position UNTIL being caught out.

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By *anrteeCouple
over a year ago

London

As for his fitness to be an MP - would you seriously hire someone who has a propensity to do stupid things? MP's are elected by us to represent us, we shouldn't have tolerate idiots and he is one.

It is not alleged that he just touched someone accidentally - he admitted what he did and that he had "fallen below" the standards expected of him.

So he knew exactly what he was doing and it was wrong; that is not making a mistake that demonstrates piss poor judgement especially given his position.

He is a public figure so he should have the intelligence to realise that engaging in such conduct could compromise him and could potentially embarrass the government, bring his office into disrepute and potentially expose him to being "John Profumoed".

The forum has banned words????

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

The Telegraph are reporting that Fallon was trying to get Leadsome thrown out of the cabinet, and that's why she has released the story about him warming his hands. They say now she has "victim status" and is unsackable.

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