We’re still talking about the Barnard Castle eye test, and that put paid to Cummings in the end.
Did it though?
He left Westminster,wasn't taken to task,and certainly doesn't seem to be going through any personal hardship.
The same goes for Handcock and a large number of thieving chancers.
Is it any surprise that they don't care about getting caught (at anything)when they watch how their PM performs.
As franksinatra says,get rid of the fly tipped sofa and who is left.
It is a true horror show and there are no bright lights on the horizon.
but even he has typically Tory voting record.
You can't survive in one of the two main parties without toeing the line, I would imagine.
Just another one of the joys of our dysfunctional FPTP democracy system.
Private Eye are saying The Sun also held a big Xmas pissup against the rules last year, and that’s why they’re being slightly delicate about it
this may be the thing that saves him! if lots of places had a "business meeting" that turned into "drinks after work" then there may be enough idiots who say "its just boris, he's one of us". This morning twitter suggested that even the NHS may have had some illicit after shift team gatherings!
You can’t survive in one of the two main parties without toeing the line, I would imagine.
Well, Corbyn became leader of the Labour, and his toes were never anywhere near the party line, but yeah.
You can’t survive in one of the two main parties without toeing the line, I would imagine.
But you can choose which party you want to represent. Any one who chooses the Tory party has failed at the first hurdle
The scumbags have been betrayed by backing Mr sleaze and Cummings.
They must be wondering if they want to get burnt again.
Let them know, write to them.
poly
Free MemberPretty much the only Tory I would welcome as a PM is the one person they will never vote in, Rory Stewart. He is a remarkable, intelligent, considered and honest bloke, but even he has typically Tory voting record. Very much the best of a bad bunch scenario.
he’s not even an MP anymore is he?
No he isn't, he used to be my MP and I liked him a lot even though I generally sit left of centre. The new guy Neil Hudson is a complete waste of space. He does nothing.
Time to take your seats....
Rory Stewart went in for mayor of London as an independent last time but pulled out as he wasn't really in the running. Shame.
So, he is going for "blame the staff" charming. He lives upstairs does he not?
'I was repeatedly assured'
Bullshit !!
Time to go Boris
Three senior Whitehall officials say further Covid restrictions will be announced imminently…
And you have to wonder if part of Plan B would be to ask people not to have a Christmas party (after all, if you're asking people to work from home...), but that's been shelved because of the latest Boris scandal.
Johnson has gone for buck passing... and he's furious and frustrated... why did no one tell him there was a party? I mean... he hasn't had a chance to ask anyone before today...
But he says he has been repeatedly reassured, sicne that clip emergfed, that there was no party and no rules were broken.
Still going for deniability then - I was assured but if people lied to me then I am only repeating what i was told. Not my fault, honest.....
Pathetic man.
He lives upstairs does he not?
I think he lives next door doesnt he? However I would agree he really is a charmer. Blaming not just the people at the party but even for last week when he was trying to confuse things.
I am not cancelling Christmas - triple jabbed, feel a bit like shit. Both out works have cancelled Xmas get togethers - I'm seeing my family on Christmas Day...
What a toss pot
"I've said what I've said".... we're back to taking him at his word and being good little children and not asking any more awkward questions... or "playing politics" as the PM repeatedly calls it.
So he wasn't invited to a party in his own gaff? 🙂
The look in the eyes of the cabinet members behind Boris...they're not behind him in any other way.
The vile **** is sat there shaking his head.
Speaker being his normal useless self.
Letting him go off on his rants without telling him to answer the question.
Parliament TV not working for me. 🙁 I'm relying on this thread for info, keep it up!
Blackford putting the boot in nicely.
Guardian have it live.
Johnson is bleating about others playing politics.
Blackford is doing his best to cause some disruption in the tory benches and pushing him hard.
Dom certainly has a way with words...but you get the gist.
https://twitter.com/Dominic2306/status/1468531753979678725
It would interesting to know what ‘parliamentary language’ would be appropriate to him. Everything appropriate seems to have been band, perhaps the Speaker should be asked to advise.
@crazy-legs, you can see it on BBC iPlayer here https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcparliament
Blackford doing Starmer's job.
Playing politics during the pandemic has been the excuse from day one. Look at where it's got us.
It's been the biggest political mistake of Starmer's career to not play politics with the the Tories.
That "playing politics" bullshit is getting tired, fast.
what a weak cowardly toady man he is.
Johnson is bleating about others playing politics.
He often says this I just don't get it. Its like oh Ronaldo hes such a pain always playing football... its his job.
PMQs was rubbish im just amazed so many of them turned up.
Genuine LOLd at Starmer's reference to Ant & Dec.
That “playing politics” bullshit is getting tired, fast.
And from a man that is (or at used to be when he had the right help) so good at "playing politics". He's a spent force... he'll need to get everyone back into the "all that matters is Brexit" mood to bolster his support. Expect lots of "control our borders" stuff in the run up to Christmas.
Everything is political, even a public health emergency. The competence of the government is a political issue. Boris says this because he has nowhere else to go to avoid addressing the question.
if that's true ^ he has to be toast
Why? He's not been toast yet and his actions have killed people by his decisions. He's lied to the queen. He's cheated on his wife. He's given billions to his friends.
He's still in power.
if that’s true ^ he has to be toast
Nope, no chance.
It's been said before, the Tories need him to take the flack for more Covid and Brexit based fun and games before they get rid. They want to be able to pin it all on him so any new person comes in with a cleaner slate.
He also knows where the bodies are buried, and he's the kind of guy who will take others down with him if he's pushed.
Boris getting downed by Carrie having a party to celebrate Cummings quitting would be delicious beyond belief.
the party at his flat on the 13th has been raised in the commons
I don’t get his constant accusations about Starmer playing politics. They’re politicians. It’s their job. It’s like complaining about plumbers doing plumbing.
Why?
Because the 'people' wlll care more about the party thing whereas they didn't care about lying to the queen lies concerning some parliamentary thing they don't understand.
He's now set it up for someone else to take the blame, unless it can be proved he was personally at some/one of them.
the party at his flat on the 13th has been raised in the commons
And he denied it. I can get that he might not attend the staff bash, so he has some deniability there, but a party, hosted by his wife, in his own residence?
If it happened, and a couple of guests stitch him up, I can't see how that's survivable. His reflex of lying first and trying to obfuscate later wouldn't be as effective in those circumstances.
Obviously, he'd chuck his wife under the bus given the option, the little shit.
Because the ‘people’ wlll care more about the party thing whereas they didn’t care about lying to the queen lies concerning some parliamentary thing they don’t understand.
That's right - 'No parties for me, but plenty for him' is a pretty simple concept compared to a primer on the conventions and powers of Parliament and the monarchy.
Allin-Khan's question hit hard. Well, hit me hard.
