Interesting Links for 21-01-2022

[andrewducker]

Tory whips threatened to cancel new school if I didn't vote the right way, says MP

(tags:politics corruption conservatives )

Archaeologists Unearth 4,000-Year-Old Stone Board Game in Oman

(tags:games boardgames archeology middle_east )

Fraggle Rock on Apple TV+ is the Muppet series Disney+ wishes it had

(tags:muppets apple tv review )

Glasgow Clyde Metro set for go-ahead as headline project in SNP strategy for transport in Scotland

(tags:scotland transport glasgow viaDanielDWilliam )

Reports from the Indiana Jones cleanup team

(tags:archeology video funny indianajones )

Comments

[cmcmck]

On the topic of 'blackmailgate'........

[andrewducker]

Hah!

[penta]

The thing that gets me is this sounds like normal, if hardball, politics as practiced by party whips. Literally, this is why they exist and always has been, in both the UK and US.

[andrewducker]

It is. But it seems that many people were not aware, that they frown upon it, and that it may well be illegal.

[dewline]

In Canada, as in the UK? Dare I hope? Or should I fear it being so instead?