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DUP/Tory deal

tara747
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You couldn't make it up... :rotfl:




http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dup-tory-deal-1-billion-worth-commons-vote-theresa-may-majority-gina-miller-conservatives-a7939991.html
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  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
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    On Top of the billion we may get sometime, the torys had to pay for Arlene's RAF flight back from London .That cost approx £20,000.
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  • qwert_yuiop
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    Old_Git wrote: »
    On Top of the billion we may get sometime, the torys had to pay for Arlene's RAF flight back from London .That cost approx £20,000.

    Did the Tories pay for it, or did it come out of public funds?

    I don't see what difference this money would make to dup voting intentions. They're not going to allow JC to become pm under any circumstances. He did have a surprisingly good general election result, but remember he's still 55 seats behind. Hardly biting at the tories' heels.
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  • saverbuyer
    saverbuyer Posts: 2,556 Forumite
    All this election pact talk is taking it out of me.

    I need a break. A chance to escape it all.

    I was thinking of taking a holiday. Maybe to Sri Lanka. Can someone ask Ian Paisley Jr how much I can expect to pay.
  • qwert_yuiop
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    Do you know of him?
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  • saverbuyer
    saverbuyer Posts: 2,556 Forumite
    qwert_yuiop wrote: »
    Do you know of him?

    I know of him.
  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
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    qwert_yuiop wrote: »

    I don't see what difference this money would make to dup voting intentions. They're not going to allow JC to become pm under any circumstances.


    Exactly! The Tories didn't even need to offer the DUP any money. They could have just said, "fine, don't vote with us. Then JC will be PM and you don't want that any more than we do."

    saverbuyer wrote: »
    All this election pact talk is taking it out of me.

    I need a break. A chance to escape it all.

    I was thinking of taking a holiday. Maybe to Sri Lanka. Can someone ask Ian Paisley Jr how much I can expect to pay.



    :rotfl:
    Get to 119lbs! 1/2/09: 135.6lbs 1/5/11: 145.8lbs 30/3/13 150lbs 22/2/14 137lbs 2/6/14 128lbs 29/8/14 124lbs 2/6/17 126lbs
    Save £180,000 by 31 Dec 2020! 2011: £54,342 * 2012: £62,200 * 2013: £74,127 * 2014: £84,839 * 2015: £95,207 * 2016: £109,122 * 2017: £121,733 * 2018: £136,565 * 2019: £161,957 * 2020: £197,685
    eBay sales - £4,559.89 Cashback - £2,309.73
  • Outsider_83
    Outsider_83 Posts: 166 Forumite
    Looks like the money didn't come.
  • qwert_yuiop
    qwert_yuiop Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    Strange - Ian was telling us weeks ago that the cheque had already been cashed. I always thought "Your cheque is in the post" was the standard lie.
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  • Cherryscone
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    Yawn... I am getting sick off all this c*apnow as I am sure a lot off you are .
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  • qwert_yuiop
    qwert_yuiop Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    Brexit, mostly, in my case. I suspect there's going to be increasingly pointless carry on, until we're told it's not actually going to happen. Sorry, leave voters, just too many snags.

    Have I missed something? What have the UDA been up to?
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