{"id":58456,"date":"2017-12-01T06:15:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T11:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T06:15:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T11:15:41","slug":"the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

1. GREEN FINGERED<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Exactly two years ago today, when Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s leadership was in its infancy, one Labour MP summed up his party\u2019s mood with\u00a0this immortal line<\/a>: \u201cEvery day is like opening an advent calendar of shit\u201d. As Theresa May plans her own countdown to Christmas, she faces not just Brexit hurdles but also the threat of yet another Cabinet resignation.<\/p>\n

Yes, today\u2019s political advent calendar contains an unwelcome present: a former police detective claims Damian Green viewed \u201cthousands\u201d of pornographic images on a desktop computer in his Parliamentary office. Neil Lewis, who has not spoken publicly before, told the BBC he had examined the computer during a 2008 inquiry into government leaks and was \u201cin no doubt whatsoever\u201d that Green had accessed legal pornography \u201cextensively\u201d.<\/p>\n

A friend of Green\u2019s told me this morning that he was \u201cgobsmacked\u201d by the new allegations, adding that it was \u201cridiculous\u201d to suggest he had enough spare time on his hands to spend hours viewing porn. Green has put out at statement denying the claims. Andrew Mitchell, who himself had a run-in with the cops over Plebgate, told Today that Green had assured him he was telling the truth \u201cthat\u2019s good enough and I believe him\u201d. Yet ex-cop Lewis said: \u201cIn between browsing pornography, he was sending emails from his account, his personal account, reading documents… it was ridiculous to suggest anybody else could have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Sue Gray, the \u2018Propriety and Ethics\u2019 chief at the Cabinet Office and the lead investigator into claims of Green\u2019s inappropriate conduct, accept his word too?\u00a0The Sun cites sources<\/a>\u00a0saying Gray\u2019s report will be \u2018damning\u2019 and Green will face serious criticism, not least for the way he publicly responded to the claims (fellow MPs were struck by the way he amended his denials). Even today, the Green defence seems an odd one, with allies stressing that the porn\u00a0\u2018legal\u2019.\u00a0It\u2019s unclear if Green broke the ministerial code, yet even if he hasn\u2019t, will Theresa May still stand by her old friend and deputy if he\u2019s not been fully honest? Downing Street keeps telling us the inquiry process is \u201cnot complete\u201d but sources tell me the report is already finished. It\u2019s extraordinary that Gray didn\u2019t contact Lewis to hear his version of events. Surely she has to call<\/a> him in and the report has to make a judgement call<\/a> on whether Green or Lewis is telling the truth? Remember, no criminal burden of proof is needed, just a balance of probabilities.<\/p>\n

The really worrying element in this saga is the suggestion that we won\u2019t get to see Sue Gray\u2019s report, even in redacted form. There appears to be no justification whatsoever for that. Indeed, few in Whitehall see Gray herself as independent, given she is a Cabinet Office official in the very department whose Secretary of State is under investigation. No.10 refuses to say whether the official \u2018independent advisor\u2019 on the ministerial code, Sir Alex Allen, has been involved. May was strong enough to stand up to Trump this week, but is she strong enough to ask her former Oxford friend to quit? If he\u2019s criticised in any way by the Gray report, surely he will have failed Michael Fallon\u2019s test of not meeting the high standards of office expected of a Cabinet minister?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

2. BANKER BASH<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Jeremy Corbyn is certainly in confident mood. Days after a merchant bank suggested he was a bigger threat to UK business than Brexit, the Labour leader put out\u00a0a video hitting back hard<\/a>. \u201cWhen bankers like Morgan Stanley say we\u2019re a threat, they\u2019re right. The next Labour Government is a threat to a damaging and failed system that\u2019s rigged for the few.\u201d The clip, put out by his net-savvy social media team, had lots of shares. It\u2019s a reminder that for many of the public, \u2018bankers\u2019 are the enemy and seen as untouched by the financial crisis that millions are still living with. The FT splashes with the story, showing Team Jez can make an impact in print as well as online.<\/p>\n

And Corbyn\u2019s confidence was further underlined with\u00a0GQ making him their cover star yesterday<\/a>, complete with him wearing a smart suit (an affordable Marks & Spencer one, not Savile Row). \u00a0The transformation from shell-suit wearing pensioner to PM-in-waiting was noted by many. But\u00a0 GQ editor Dylan Jones decided to go on the Today programme to plug his exclusive. He proceeded to claim that Corbyn\u2019s team didn\u2019t know that he would need a cover photo shoot and \u201cwould need to be presentable and he couldn\u2019t just turn up in his anorak.\u201d \u00a0\u201cIt was almost like he was being pushed around like a grandpa for the family Christmas photograph. He wasn\u2019t particularly aware of what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones added that Corbyn refused to be interviewed by Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair\u2019s former press man<\/a> who does GQ\u2019s major political interviews. Instead interviewer Stuart McGork was deployed and went to interview Corbyn as \u201csomething of a fan\u201d but was \u201cquite quickly disillusioned\u201d. Corbyn apparently couldn\u2019t name any business advisors, or a book or film he had read (the middle one is particularly odd as Corbyn is an avid reader). But Jones is himself notorious for having been a fan of David Cameron, even co-authoring a much-ridiculed book with the former Tory leader. Worse still, older hands remember Jones had backed David Davis when it looked like he was winning the Tory leadership. Expect all that to be dragged up today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

3. SPECIAL SCHOOLED<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

As she repeated her spokesman\u2019s line that Donald Trump had been \u2018wrong\u2019 to retweet far-right racists, Theresa May yesterday was extremely careful not to depart from her script. Looking down repeatedly at her text, her answer to journo questions in Jordan was designed to send out the message the President had crossed a line, yet also to insist that nothing would weaken the \u2018special relationship\u2019 between the UK and the US. As we discuss in\u00a0our podcast this week<\/a>, May won some early concessions from Trump on defending Nato and not ending Russian sanctions. If she can steer him away from tearing up the Iran nuclear deal and pulling out of the climate change accord, for many ministers that really would prove it\u2019s worth holding his hand.<\/p>\n

Which is why the invitation for a State Visit (a hastily-arranged stunt that is being blamed on former chiefs Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy) remains such an albatross. Several ministers think a full Royal-carriage-down-the-Mall visit has been shelved indefinitely and a downgraded \u2018working visit\u2019 is more likely next year instead. This alternative trip, to open the new US embassy in Battersea, has been put back to February. Justice Minister\u00a0Sam Gyimah was brave enough to speak out on Question Time<\/a>\u00a0last night to say (three times) that he was \u201cpersonally deeply uncomfortable\u201d about a full State Visit. \u201cHe [Trump] is deliberately divisive, and this would be divisive at a time that we are trying to unite our country,\u201d Gyimah said. Two former UK ambassadors to Washington\u00a0tell HuffPost\u00a0<\/a>the invitation won\u2019t be withdrawn as that would be a step too far.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have genuinely Anglo-American \u2018special relationship\u2019, but Whitehall is relieved protocol means Trump won\u2019t get an invite (Obama didn\u2019t attend William and Kate\u2019s wedding, and Reagan didn\u2019t attend Charles and Diana\u2019s). Still, there\u2019s talk of the Obamas being invited to Windsor Castle for the big day, which could send Trump into a fresh Twitter fit of jealousy. Tory MP Gary Streeter (whose Twitter game is rather excellent) spoke for many of his colleagues when\u00a0he tweeted yesterday<\/a>\u00a0\u201c#only3moreyears\u201d. If Trump is re-elected, the State Visit will be difficult to avoid. Mind you, if Trump is re-elected, the world will have a lot more on its plate than worries about him getting a Royal red carpet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

BECAUSE YOU\u2019VE READ THIS FAR…<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Watch Fort Worth police department hire Chewbacca as their \u2018rookie\u2019 \u2018Wookie\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

4. RATION WAGON<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

The Budget was nine long days ago, but the backlash continues in earnest today after NHS chief Simon Stevens spelled out the rationing of healthcare that would be needed because he didn\u2019t get the \u00a34bn increase he wanted. Lots of papers carry the story, but the Mail splashes its front page with it (providing yet another prop Stevens can wave in front of MPs, perhaps).<\/p>\n

Stevens said ripped up waiting-time targets for routine surgery, declaring that cancer, mental health and GP care should take priority. Patients will be told to stop expecting the NHS to treat coughs, indigestion and other minor conditions, and instead of getting prescriptions they will have to buy medicines over the counter. \u00a0Some ministers think Stevens is \u2018grandstanding\u2019 but he can inflict significant political damage. Perhaps most worrying was his warning that new guidance issued by NICE could not be implemented next year unless funding is agreed in advance \u2013 a decision that could affect treatments for sight and hearing loss and arthritis and dementia care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

5. IRISH STEW<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

The DUP gave the Government a strong reminder yesterday that Theresa May is only propped up in power thanks to their 10 MPs. After an emergency meeting with the PM\u2019s chief of staff at No.10, the DUP\u2019s Sammy Wilson said: \u201cIf there is any hint that, in order to placate Dublin and the EU they\u2019re prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently than the rest of the UK, then they can\u2019t rely on our vote\u201d. Given that many people expect the only way to avoid a \u2018hard border\u2019 is indeed to treat the province as a special case, Wilson\u2019s warning is a problem.<\/p>\n

The Commons Brexit Select Committee has a new report which concludes that a return of customs checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic now seems inevitable. But four Tory members of the committee (and Sammy Wilson) have refused to endorse the report. \u00a0Irish PM Leo Varadkar meets Donald Tusk today and the race is on to sort the issue before May meets Juncker on Monday.\u00a0 But the DUP warning suggests a form of words will have to be found that fudges or at least parks the issue to allow a breakthrough at the December EU summit. Finding the exact diplomatic wording to satisfy all sides will require real finesse.\u00a0 Speaking of Brexit, \u2018Remainer rebel\u2019 Nicky Morgan\u00a0tells The House Magazine<\/a>: \u201cOne person\u2019s rebel, is another person\u2019s freedom fighter\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n
\n
\n

COMMONS PEOPLE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

Our latest CommonsPeople podcast is out. Hear us chinwag about Trump-May relations, Brexit breakthroughs and where deputy PMQs left Damian Green (him again) and Emily Thornberry\u2019s political futures. Oh, and there\u2019s quiz about who the Queen has hosted for State Visits.\u00a0\u00a0 Listen\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0on iTunes and\u00a0HERE<\/a>\u00a0on Audiboom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
\n

If you\u2019re reading this on the web, sign-up\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to get The Waugh Zone delivered to your inbox.<\/h2>\n

Got something you want to share? Please send any stories\/tips\/quotes\/pix\/plugs\/gossip to\u00a0Paul Waugh<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Ned Simons<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Kate Forrester<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0R<\/a>achel Wearmouth<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Owen Bennett<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017_uk_5a212f50e4b03c44072ca07b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 1. GREEN FINGERED Exactly two years ago today, when Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s leadership was in its infancy, one Labour MP summed up his party\u2019s mood with\u00a0this immortal line: \u201cEvery day is like opening an advent calendar of shit\u201d. As Theresa May plans her own countdown to Christmas, she faces … Continue reading The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 1. GREEN FINGERED Exactly two years ago today, when Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s leadership was in its infancy, one Labour MP summed up his party\u2019s mood with\u00a0this immortal line: \u201cEvery day is like opening an advent calendar of shit\u201d. As Theresa May plans her own countdown to Christmas, she faces … Continue reading The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gayfriendschat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GayFriendschat.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\"},\"headline\":\"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1887,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/i3.createsend1.com\\\/ei\\\/t\\\/6A\\\/226\\\/54A\\\/215840\\\/csfinal\\\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/i3.createsend1.com\\\/ei\\\/t\\\/6A\\\/226\\\/54A\\\/215840\\\/csfinal\\\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/i3.createsend1.com\\\/ei\\\/t\\\/6A\\\/226\\\/54A\\\/215840\\\/csfinal\\\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/i3.createsend1.com\\\/ei\\\/t\\\/6A\\\/226\\\/54A\\\/215840\\\/csfinal\\\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\",\"description\":\"LGBT BLOG\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/Logo.jpg\",\"width\":243,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GayFriendsChat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gayfriendschat\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f\",\"name\":\"GayFriendschat.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GayFriendschat.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.gayfriendschat.com\\\/socialblog\\\/author\\\/gayfriendschat-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","og_description":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 1. GREEN FINGERED Exactly two years ago today, when Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s leadership was in its infancy, one Labour MP summed up his party\u2019s mood with\u00a0this immortal line: \u201cEvery day is like opening an advent calendar of shit\u201d. As Theresa May plans her own countdown to Christmas, she faces … Continue reading The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/","og_site_name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","article_published_time":"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"GayFriendschat.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_site":"@gayfriendschat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GayFriendschat.com","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/"},"author":{"name":"GayFriendschat.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f"},"headline":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017","datePublished":"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/"},"wordCount":1887,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg","articleSection":["NEWS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/","name":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017 - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-01T11:15:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/i3.createsend1.com\/ei\/t\/6A\/226\/54A\/215840\/csfinal\/The_Waugh_Zone1.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-waugh-zone-friday-december-1-2017\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Waugh Zone Friday December 1, 2017"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","name":"GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com","description":"LGBT BLOG","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#organization","name":"GayFriendsChat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Logo.jpg","width":243,"height":96,"caption":"GayFriendsChat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gayfriendschat"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/#\/schema\/person\/181913201d50f65b9bba7437f822a17f","name":"GayFriendschat.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42a0cb75ed5dd34c6dc3e0aa48adf030c1c38a2c9dc59146f4afdf18e4bdf1d4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"GayFriendschat.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/author\/gayfriendschat-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}