Tories Leak Letter Telling Them to Stop Leaking
Dear colleagues,
Earlier this year you elected me to serve on the Executive of the 1922 Committee. One of the reasons I decided to stand was my frustration, shared by a large number of colleagues, about the frequent leaks from 1922 Committee meetings.
These leaks, once unheard of, have now appeared to become the norm. However, I have been prompted to send this email after last night’s meeting which was addressed by the Prime Minister. Details of this meeting weren’t just leaked. It is clear that somebody was live leaking a minute by minute account of proceedings as they happened to journalists who then posted on Twitter whilst the meeting was still taking place.
Only Conservative MPs are allowed to attend 1922 Committee meetings. This means that one of our own is betraying the entire parliamentary party just to ingratiate him/herself with certain journalists.
These leaks must stop.
The 1922 Committee exists to provide a forum where backbench MPs can, in confidence, be frank with Ministers and vice versa. It has long been the cornerstone of a successful and united parliamentary party.
These leaks are not just undermining the 1922 Committee. They threaten to make it completely redundant.
How many backbenchers now feel unable to ask certain questions to Ministers as they know their name will appear on ConservativeHome within the hour? How many Ministers feel they need to be guarded in what they tell us because of these leaks?
In the long run, this can only have a negative impact on the party.
I urge whoever is behind these leaks to consider the consequences of their actions and stop.
Kind regards,
Graham Evans MP
Cheeky…
Once again the UK Army has been deployed without adequate equipment.
In a moment reminiscent of the one eyed bunglers time in power up to 3,500 troops have been deployed to a foreign occupied area with less than one ticket machine per 5 soldiers.
An MOD spokesman said earlier “That’ll be £28.99 for a family ticket mate”
Did you miss me? I’m making a come-back for the olympic committee on modernisation and developmental goals in a globalised world. Cash in advance, obviously. Might throw in a speech if they can find another £100, 000 in used bank notes. Have to keep Cherie happy.
After that I’ll probably be PM again. It’s easy. Start a few wars, tell a few lies, make a few connections in the city and bang, I’ll leave and make another £50m.
£289.90 more like
The £28.99 was for a family portion of McFries
Two alligators are living in the river Thames – they meet on the embankment just by the Houses of Parliament one night, and one is shocked to see how painfully, painfully thin his friend is.
“Have you not been eating enough?” he says
“I’ve been eating loads, but it doesn’t seem to fill me” is the reply.
“What HAVE you been eating?” comes the intelligent question!
“MP’s” his friend replies, with admirable brevity.
“How do you bring them down?”
“I drag them down the bank and into the water, shake the shit out of them, drown them, then eat them when they are tenderised after a day or two”
“Well, there’s your problem! You’re not getting ANY calories! After you’ve shaken the shit out of any modern MP, all your left with is a greasy handshake and a fake smile!
Erm…won’t they be working, Tom?
lol Can you imagine the security cock up if they followed TW’s advice? All 3,500 extra security guards watching the games. They could get Abu Qatada in to watch their backs.
Democracy as we know it can only function if MPs are able to make decisions and do actions in secret without the electorate finding out about it.
Its an affront to the current system when these leaks happen.
He said he stood for election because of his frustration with leaks. How does that stop the leaks, exactly?
Seeing as he hasn’t stopped the leaks, does that mean he’s no good and should consider his position? No, I thought not.
Everyone should check Guido’s quote of the day and follow the link – an outstanding article and good to see some in the media reject the Guardian’s attempt to censor all criticism.
But leaking to the press has been goverment policy no matter who is in power for years
cc: The MSM
I’ve got a wee leaky
A leader in waiting, would scare the shit out of the millitwat
Anne Marie Morris for PMT
THAT Anne Marie Morris does a bloody good impression of my first wife – at any time, over anything.
Just wish I could remember where I buried the bitch.
Quentin over at the D M – gets my vote “A battleaxe is born”.
It wasn’t me.
‘These leaks are not just undermining the 1922 Committee. They threaten to make it completely redundant.’
Just like Joe Public then.
mmm source Huff_Poo !!!
Beaten again by Mehdi, tut tut
EUREKA! A Final Solution?
Allocate HOUSE #1 for Labour Representatives who will govern those parts of the country that voted for them. Allocate HOUSE #2 [soon coming on the market] for Conservative Representatives who will govern those parts of the country that voted for them.
And finally, allocate the toilets to LibDem Representatives which is where they belong.
Everybody is HAPPY!
Can we have the glass top coffee tables in there as well, please!
Sorry – they can’t be ordered in such small quantities.
Oh no – I like large quantities when it comes to glass topped coffee tables.
Weren’t these MPs elected to serve their constituencies, not to engage in conspiracies in secret?
Who leaked this letter?
Incontinence problems can be very embarrassing. Rubber pants might help.
A leaked letter telling them to stop leaks – doesnt get much better!
Bercow wants your respect.
It was that dickhead Francis Maude who selected a bunch of self-aggrandising egomaniacs as Conservative Party candidates in the last election. Not content with losing three elections to Labour due to his scheming and plotting , he’s arranged to lose the next three after this brief hiatus. Gordon Brown’s “unexploded bombs” are nothing compared to the unexploded morons sitting on the Tory backbenches.
So the leaking bucket of shit has more holes than a cheese grater. There certainly is something of a huge ‘stench’ coming out of the whole of Parliament, Central Communist Party HQ – ditto Labour & the LibDems. When are we going to have a good old military coup and lock up all the infiltrators?
The UK Spring, bring it on
When does the limpdix finish? There’ll be a few thou spare lads and lassies with nowt to do. Better get a few phone numbers in.
it was leeked!!!!