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Just watched the video statement, he really doesn't get it or care does he? He really does think that if he pays the fine(s) and reads out a waffly bit of crap for a minute or so than it'll all be done with and he can get on with doing whatever he actually does!
Can someone invade us to remove our corrupt, useless government please? Not Putin, someone like Ireland or Italy. We promise to welcome you with open arms and provide no resistance.
I can see myself loosing my sh#t with one in particular who is a fully paid up member of the sovereignty alliance.
I work in public sector with a broad cross-section of political leaders. It'll be a miracle if I have a job at the end of this month - there's a strong possibility that I'll end up making some highly unprofessional comments about Tories in general.
So the party who were funded by the Russians can’t afford to lose their leader at the current time of their essential support for the crisis in the Ukraine being invaded by …erm, Russia. I am absolutely baffled.
He really does think that if he pays the fine(s) and reads out a waffly bit of crap for a minute or so than it’ll all be done with and he can get on with doing whatever he actually does!
That's because he knows it will all be done with.
At what stage are you going to get down the streets and protest ?
Just after they've banned it.
Ok, I’m still angry. I try not to be angry these days, however I ration it. My much younger brother was very ill in the run up to Covid. He was on his way out when restrictions were announced for first lockdown, I said my goodbyes and didn’t visit him through his last week of life even though I’d been virtually living at the hospital for months. This wasn’t to protect him but out of respect for the staff.
The funeral was 20 of us spread out, no contact between us and our daughters, my sister in law, my niece’s and sisters. My parents, in their nineties had to sit outside. My Mum, with Alzheimers managed to get out of the car and walk to the crematorium door and try and get in - she’d not walked for months. We kept to the rules afterwards, minimal contact with parents, zero with sister in law, all following the rules.
This partying/meetings with alcohol in Government has the ability to make me angry, a feeling I’m trying to grow out of. However, I still swear when I see some politicians, mostly Tory, and I think “over privileged, under educated, arrogant, ugly (as in attitude, not appearance), *s *s
Sorry for the negativity.
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You’re probably right, but I don’t really get what the appeal of being Chancellor/PM is to Sunak?
Money - he could surely make more in finance than politics.
Power - arguably likewise.
It makes sense for vacuous morons like Johnson, Raab, Truss, Patel and Dorries etc., but Sunak appears relatively bright and normal compared to that shower of shite. Can’t see why he’d want to be involved really.
Just watched the video statement, he really doesn’t get it or care does he? He really does think that if he pays the fine(s) and reads out a waffly bit of crap for a minute or so than it’ll all be done with and he can get on with doing whatever he actually does
It’s far worse than that. Even with approaching 200,000 dead, he genuinely thinks he’s the victim here.
What that look on his face said was self-pity and despite a life of the most incredible privilege, he absolutely believes that it’s a completely affront that he has to justify himself to anybody, even the police, and certainly not the electorate
I've just written to my MP. Not sure it will do any good...
Dear 'Sir' (sic) Gavin
No doubt with your fresh gong for looking the other way you will, well, look the other way once again. I mean, you don't get where you have got without either a startling intellect or by being happy to sell your soul to the highest bidder...and from speaking to those that know you personally it seems that you weren't the brightest fire salesman...and that was before you have been sacked from pretty much every job you have ever had.
Anyway, 'Sir'. I want to place on record my disgust at the latest shitshow coming from no. 10, and as unfortunately for now you are my constituency MP, I expect a response to this email to tell me what you are going to do about it.
(let me guess. You'll grin awkwardly and do nothing, because let's face it, why change the habit of a lifetime?)
And to whichever unfortunate lacky is reading this before you (don't) pass it on to the idiot in chief...you might want to consider which side of history you are on.
He does think he's the victim in everything despite always coming out the other side smelling of roses. Who else could have multiple failed marriages, unknown offspring, have been sacked from multiple jobs for wrongdoing and lying then end up being PM and with a wife and two new kids and be looking at a career in the speaking circuit to pay for his pension?
You’re probably right, but I don’t really get what the appeal of being Chancellor/PM is to Sunak?
Rumoured to be approval from his father-in-law. Being a high politician carries great pride for a family over there.
Shall be emailing my neighbouring MP to sc-xc’s tomorrow, pointing out that I wasn’t even allowed to have a cup of tea with my colleagues at work during lockdowns
****s
& loads of govt deals for Infosys. Definitely will get F.I.Ls approval.
...with a wife and two new kids...
There's got to be some sort of media agreement not to photograph his kids cos they are literally never seen. It's like they simply don't exist.
Palmed off on some nanny? An entirely made up entity to boost his popularity?
Blair and Cameron both had children while in office and they were certainly in evidence, even if kept in the background a bit. His two? Absolutely no sign of them.
Just watched the video statement, he really doesn’t get it or care does he?
Why should he?
Just look at his entire life. He lies, gets caught out and then just keeps going after minor setbacks.
Most of us learn as toddlers or thereabouts that actions have consequences. We push our parents limits and sooner or later they enforce them heavily. Johnson though just keeps lying and has minor setbacks but nothing serious so why not keep chancing it?
Just take Max Hastings and his article about why Johnson is unfitted to being PM. Yes what he writes is correct but it skips over how he enabled him. He gave him a job after he was sacked for lying and then let him keep lying about the EU as the European correspondent.
Peston practically had a seizure on ITV news explaining that BJ is effectively damaging our constitution and democracy.
Lucky he doesn't work for the Beeb or Channel 4!
Anyone watching BBC news? Fight for your right to party by the Beastie Boys being played at full volume just outside Downing St while they do a live report
Just watching BBC trying to present the news live from Clowning Street whilst someone is playing the Beastie Boys fight for the right to party at full volume 😂😂
5 more fines to come
I'm not sure the shameless attempt at deflection by the mail will hold
https://twitter.com/CarolCooney7/status/1513967638556426242
https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1513989381757063179?s=20&t=LVCq12rFte7WQwnvkYiPxA
I’m not sure the shameless attempt at deflection by the mail will hold
I ventured into the hates comment section. It aint looking good for him there.
Rumoured to be approval from his father-in-law. Being a high politician carries great pride for a family over there.
Makes sense, ta.
They are hoping that people's memories of just how godawful a time it was are fading. The people who were at the sharp end of this need to carry on reminding them of how deep a betrayal this was.
https://twitter.com/Poppyjuice/status/1513957117488685071
The idea that nurses would clock off, gather round for a glass of vino and a giggle and chat over the stresses of the day is so utterly offensive.
This partying/meetings with alcohol in Government has the ability to make me angry, a feeling I’m trying to grow out of.
That IS the mature response to this.
And still the nuckle draggers at work continue to defend Johnson.
It’s not just the knuckle draggers. I’ve seen a few posts lately on Linkdin where middle class successful company owners are queuing up to defend his actions. One in particular was moaning about lying cheating business owners who had stung him for a fair few quid when they had gone bust recently….
Johnson is a rot accelerant.
We are a country in decline by most real world metrics and BJ is just hurrying us along.
Pretty remarkable how a democracy can be taken down so readily... and so cheaply.
Johnson is a rot accelerant.
Like trump he is a symptom not the cause. I am not sure dignifying him with the idea he is an accelerant is correct.
Sunak almost did the right thing....
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/1513993135306727429?s=20&t=yOkh25RdSaOUG1mFgNqVZw
Sunak almost did the right thing….
Seems to have been deleted.
I do think he should have said sod it and resigned to undermine Johnson but then again it does depend on whether he thinks it was Johnson or Truss/one of the other competitors for tory leadership who leaked the stories.
it does depend on whether he thinks it was Johnson or Truss/one of the other competitors for tory leadership who leaked the stories.
I guess the parliamentary enquiry will soon determine that. 🤪🤣😱 Etc.
Looks like the usual suspects in the press are all four square behind their narcissistic sociopath and using Ukraine as the excuse for that
Ironic, given that it’s Ukraine which makes it clearly obvious what happens when an entitled, power-crazed lunatic is safe in the knowledge that he can do whatever he damn well likes with total impunity
Lost on them, I’m sure
What that Mail front page forgets is:
We're not officially at War.
We have changed PM during wars we are officially in before with no real issues.
I hate the Mail at the best if times but they really are a hateful organisation.
I don't understand why now is not the time to have a leadership contest - I mean if we were actually at war I'd prefer a slightly better class of Tory (war model not clown model) not one that would probably fall over in the war room and accidentally land on some buttons, spill coffee and grin like an idiot.
'Now is not the time.' File along side 'unprecedented times' for media repetition.
Now is always the time.
I don’t understand why now is not the time to have a leadership contest
The obvious answers seems to be that of the five front runners only one is from the Brexitty bit, and not to put too fine a point on it, she'd even more stupid than Johnson. Rishi hasn't a hope now, and Javid is tarred with the same brush (in many ways) and that leaves a 3 way (eeuuw) between Tom Tuenghat, Ben Wallace and Jeremy Hunt. None of whom have the right "qualifications". Keeping the Shopping Trolley in place is as much for the benefit of the Brexit project as it is for his own ego.
Although there are clearly more fines on the way and the full Sue Gray is rumoured to be out next week, so it may just all become unsustainable.
What that Mail front page forgets is:
We’re not officially at War.
We have changed PM during wars we are officially in before with no real issues.
The Daily Mail knows this full well, it's attempting to deliberatly mislead its readers not inform them. That's what it does...as do many other newspapers.
"Why hasn't Johnson gone yet?" Isn't really the important question, a more important question is
"Why is our Constitution so flawed that he is still there and how do we change it?"
Constitution?
I think what the last few years have shown is that an 'Unwritten Constitution' is effectively the same as 'No Constitution'.
The obvious answers seems to be that of the five front runners only one is from the Brexitty bit, and not to put too fine a point on it, she’d even more stupid than Johnson
But what about him becoming an electoral liability? You've only got to look at the likes of JHB calling for him to resign on her TR show. It demonstrates that popularity will be problem, even over now-is-not-the-time.
Yes..I should have put constitution in quotes.
The question still stands though. If we happily let someone continue in power who freely lies to the people and parliament and has demonstrated he has no respect for the law then we are already on a route to a very dark place.
https://twitter.com/KayBurley/status/1514132564897935360
Does Downing St now have one of the highest crime rates in the country? 😂
Ironic, given that it’s Ukraine which makes it clearly obvious what happens when an entitled, power-crazed lunatic is safe in the knowledge that he can do whatever he damn well likes with total impunity
This needs shouting from the rooftops
I think what the last few years have shown is that an ‘Unwritten Constitution’ is effectively the same as ‘No Constitution’.
We have a written constitution, the difference between ours and say the US, is simply that it's more than one document. Whether this PM pays any attention to it is the question really, or as Peston rather breathlessly put it last night; "Do we now live in an elected dictatorship?"
Even if you're a dyed in the wool Tory you've got to be a bloody idiot to think this guy is the right person to still be in charge.
I have to throw my phone away at some of the BJ supporting stuff I read from business owners on LinkedIn (I need to delete that it's become an intolerable Facebook lite in many ways)
Soooo much corruption and 'we did our best' BS, how much are we paying to store that worthless PPE...I don't even know where to start
Do we now live in an elected dictatorship?”
I'm beginning to wish I'd seen that
Nothing will change unless enough of the UK electorate grow up and develop a sense of society and a realistic view of where the UK sits in the world order.
Unfortunately the likes of Johnson can just decry anyone who advances this reality as unpatriotic / doing Britain down / a gloomster (whatever the **** that means) and get away with it.
A country's government should be a mirror that the electorate hold up and are happy with what they see. If they are happy with this lot staring back at them, we might as well give up and go back to an absolute monarchy.
The question still stands though. If we happily let someone continue in power who freely lies to the people and parliament and has demonstrated he has no respect for the law then we are already on a route to a very dark place.
We don't allow it, the tory Party allow and the will continue to allow Bozza to get away with his abysmal performance, lawbreaking and general ineptness because he wins elections. Bozza has proven time after time that he can win elections and the tories main goal is to stay in power at any cost. The only time we will see a new leader of the tories is when Bozza gets bored and finds a new plaything or someone emerges that can convince the Party faithful they are better at winning elections than the current buffoon.
I think we are unfortunately stuck with the hapless, lawbreaking Bozza for quite a while.
This is shocking. Not one newspaper? How does he do it?
This needs shouting from the rooftops
Guess the trouble is - it's a sign of our times that we all think shouting at the internet is going to make a difference. It needs something else to change things now.
We have a written constitution, the difference between ours and say the US, is simply that it’s more than one document.
Should have said Uncodified Constitution (or partly written).
It doesn't change the fact that the last few years have shown it is largely irrelevant as the Cabinet can ignore it whenever they like.
All this stuff about "now is not the time because of the war" conveniently ignores the fact that not only are we not at war, the war is clearly not important enough to prevent Parliament being on their Easter recess.
Maybe there are degrees are warfare - important enough not to change leaders but not so important that we can't have a holiday.
Even if you are in the safest seat in the land write to your Tory scumbag MP.
Moaning on here is not enough.
DO IT NOW.
Constitution?
I think what the last few years have shown is that an ‘Unwritten Constitution’ is effectively the same as ‘No Constitution’.
Quite a realisation, isn't it?
Basically, if you've got someone in power who's hard faced enough to believe that there should be no restrictions whatsoever on their behaviour, then there are no restrictions whatsoever on their behaviour, and there is absolutely nothing that anyone can do about it.
Apart from those who simply won't do anything about it, obviously.
I think what the last few years have shown is that an ‘Unwritten Constitution’ is effectively the same as ‘No Constitution’.
If you have government by 'honour', it's only a matter of time before it's placed in the hands of those with none.
Even Thatcher managed to spell out what we should expect from public servants:
https://twitter.com/carolineslocock/status/1468573536260403205
This is shocking. Not one newspaper? How does he do it?
I guess the fact that a number of newspaper owners are based 'offshore' yet enjoy all the trampings of being a British citizen go some way in ensuring that Bozza isn't criticised in the populist rightwing press helps greatly. Additionally, the thought of anyone other than Bozza and the tories being in charge, plus the benefits that bring the rich and powerful means the newspapers that are sympathetic to Bozza and his tory chums will continue to tell their gullible readers what to think.
It's not just being hard faced though. It's the media giving him such an easy time.
Hopefully he takes the media down with him!
Is there any reason other than convention why a PM has to call an election at the end of a 5 year term or could he/she just go on with a client majority of MP giving him cover? The fixed term act has been repealed now so we revert to the prior arrangements presumably, which I guess aren't enforceable by any court?
..difficult circumstances, theres a war on in xxx, we should wait for Sue Grey report to be published before we ask the country to decide in these difficult times etc....
The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 sets a five year maximum term. Prior to the FTPA, this was set by the Parliament Act 1911. So parliament gets dissolved after five years come what may.
ETA unless an act is passed changing that, but it would require an act, not just a decision by the PM.
Even if you are in the safest seat in the land write to your Tory scumbag MP.
Moaning on here is not enough.
DO IT NOW.
I will. Last time I got the usual... we have to wait until the report, the Met.... Now what evasive crap will Gove come up with this time.
If you have government by ‘honour’, it’s only a matter of time before it’s placed in the hands of those with none.
Worth repeating... (nothing needs adding)....
If you have government by ‘honour’, it’s only a matter of time before it’s placed in the hands of those with none.
Dear Richard Holden MP
On Friday 25th March, the Prime Minister backed Grant Shapp’s call for the boss of P&0 to resign because he broke the law.
Shapps said; “I cannot believe that he can stay in that role having admitted to deliberately going out and using a loophole – well, break the law – but also use a loophole.”
Yesterday the Prime Minister finally admitted, once he had no choice, that he too had broken the law. Yet he has not called upon himself to resign.
Does he think people don’t notice this kind of utter hypocrisy?
He must go; and take his wretched Chancellor with him.
Best regards
Is there any reason other than convention why a PM has to call an election at the end of a 5 year term or could he/she just go on with a client majority of MP giving him cover?
unless an act is passed changing that, but it would require an act, not just a decision by the PM
So, the answer is... yes... if their MPs supported it, a PM could stay in office as long as they wanted... it's only duty and "honour" that binds them to any existing laws and conventions on holding elections. Democracy can be killed by a vote (or a series of votes). We no longer hold elections to the European Parliament because our MPs voted to stop them (guided by a vote by the public) and there is no reason at all why MPs can't vote to suspend or stop us holding elections to their house... or even to do away with the UK parliament entirely.
Write to your MP. They have to be told. They might try to ignore it but if enough of us voice our discontent they have to take notice.
Write to your MP. They have to be told. They might try to ignore it but if enough of us voice our discontent they have to take notice.
Indeed. Is Jake Berry your MP @MrSparkle? I've written to mine and he knows as well as the rest of us that he has a majority of a mere 100 votes. Many of the other new 'Red Wall' seats see Tory MP's with similar paper-thin majorities.
It was quite telling that the BBC North West News last night said they had contacted every Tory MP in the North West of England and couldn't get a single one of them to go on the record for a comment
I think that tells you everything you need to know about how this is playing out with their new constituents. They're too spineless to put letters in obviously, but they must know their days are numbered
So write to the ****s and remind them
Yes, Binners, it is indeed Jake the Snake.
Re: The Ministerial Code
Dear Mr Fell,
Could you please explain to me why the highlighted text below does not apply to the Prime Minister or the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Section 1 – Ministers of the Crown
It directs ministers to "behave in a way that upholds the highest standards of propriety," to uphold the principle of collective responsibility, not to mislead parliament, and to avoid conflicts of interest.
Best Regards
thestabiliser
I actually got a reply back from my MP (Labour, so not a whole lot they can do about it, but fair play for at least replying).
Thank you for your email and for getting in touch. I really appreciate it when constituents get in touch with their thoughts or concerns.
Whilst the British public made the most unimaginable sacrifices including not seeing elderly relatives, not going to funerals or weddings, and some not seeing the birth of their own children, both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor broke the law and gathered with others to party in Downing Street.
Both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have lied to Parliament, to MPs, and most disgracefully, the public. They are both unfit for public office.
This is the first time in the history of our country that a Prime Minister has been found to be in breach of the law, and then he lied repeatedly to the public about it.
Britain deserves better, and they should both resign immediately and offer an apology to the public, especially those bereaved families who were unable to see their loved ones.
Thank you again for getting in touch.
I think I heard on the radio this morning that the phrasing might be to "not knowingly mislead".
They are, however, also duty bound to correct the record as soon as possible once an error is discovered...
All of this discussion misses out the fact that these imbeciles are morally bankrupt and, hide behind as much semantics as they like, they are not the right people to be running a supposedly developed and democratic country. Indeed they seem to be doing all they can to roll that backwards as fast as possible.
I hate it, them, and it's not good for my health.
I think I heard on the radio this morning that the phrasing might be to “not knowingly mislead”.
that really isnt going to wash when the next fine comes through, then the one after....
Daily Mail should be forced to print a front page apology for lying too (obviously will never happen)
Oh I expect any reply I get (vanishingly unlikely that i will) will be filled with weasel words and caveats and non-truths but I hope typing them will make Simon Fell or one of his office feel a bit queasy.
I hate it, them, and it’s not good for my health.
I've always despised the Tories with every fibre of my being, since being at school and seeing the very real results every day of them 'de-industrialising' the North West.
Looking back at it now, Fatcha looks like some benevolent old auntie in comparison to this shower
I don't remember ever being this angry. Not even close
I'm absolutely livid when I look at the constant contempt this shower of utter *s hold us all in, their total disdain for democracy, their shameless arrogance and entitlement and their self-serving greed. All on top of the 'qualities' you expect from the Tory Party anyway; a casual cruelty towards the poor and disadvantaged, and total lack of empathy or compassion
I *ing despise them!
In some ways nothing has changed but the name
Warning if in office and you play it, bad swears 🙂 Gets me fired up and indignant, here is a little slice of the lyrics if you don't already know it.
And it seems a little bit rich to me,
The way the rich only ever talk of charity
In times like the seventies, the broken down economy
Meant even the upper tier was needing some help.
But as soon as things look brighter,
Yeah the grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter,
And for every teenage tracksuit mugger
There's a guy in a suit who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else.
You've got a generation raised on the welfare state,
Enjoyed all its benefits and did just great,
But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich,
They kicked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bitch.
And it's no surprise that all the fk-ups
Didn't show up until the kids had grown up.
But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger,
Is it any fk---g wonder our society's in danger of collapse?
So all the kids are ba--ds,
But don't blame them, yeah, they learn by example.
Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid:
That's right, Thatcher/Johnson fukd the kids.
Has the latest jed mercurio line of duty video on Boris.
Another really good one
Whats funny is that theres been 80 fines from just 2 parties
theres at least 5 more parties to be dealt with
total number of fines will be in the 100s, with multiple ones for Johnson
cant wait to see what logical contortions the MPs defending him have to reach for next time
My toady Tory boy MP has stated automatically that he won't be able to reply to my email due to an unexpectedly high number of communications.
On the doorstep I'm talking to a lot of lifelong Conservative voters who can't vote Tory, even in local elections, because of Boris and the leadership generally. Particularly older voters for whom integrity is key
Maybe not enough to cone over to Labour, but they are feeling politically adrift
This is really bad for Johnson as older people are their blue wall - once their internally polling comes through and if they get a kicking in the May locals them Johnson is in real trouble
PS I'm campaigning for Labour
"...if those rules have been broken, then there will be disciplinary action for all involved."
A local MP speaks -
Steve Double MP statement on Prime Minister and Chancellor fixed penalty notices:
It has now been confirmed that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have each received a fixed penalty notice from the Metropolitan Police in relation to an event held on 19 June 2020. They have also confirmed shortly after receipt, that the fines have been paid in full.
I can completely understand how angry and upset many people feel about cases of rule makers breaking the rules, and it is absolutely right that those who have been found to have breached Covid regulations have been issued fines following a thorough and independent police investigation.
But I do wish to point out that this event was reported in the Times newspaper, and elsewhere, the day after it took place. It was briefed out to the press in a statement from 10 Downing Street that members of staff organised and held an impromptu gathering for the PM in the Cabinet Office to celebrate his birthday. The “event” is said to have lasted ten minutes.
Although with hindsight it is clear that this event should not have been allowed to take place, I believe this makes it clear that the Prime Minister and his team at No 10 did not believe the event was in breach of Covid regulations and clearly nobody else did at that time. No one reported the event to the police nor escalated it in any other way. It has however, now been established that the letter of the rules were broken. The Prime Minster has apologised and accepts such. However, I do not believe that a mistake that was made almost two years ago, that no one at the time took issue with, should require a change in leadership at this critical time.
Although I clearly appreciate the strength of feeling that has been expressed to me by some, I also believe that the Prime Minister remains the right person to lead us through the very many significant challenges we and the world are facing at present, including the war in Ukraine. He continues to have my full support.
A few Tories now seem to be saying that if a crime took place in the past then it's not really worth bothering with.
Just sent this to my brown-nosing little shit of a MP. I doubt it will do any good, but I'll feel a bit less angry for a few hours.
Dear Mr Argar,
I am writing to you as one of your constituents to ask that you withdraw your support for the Prime Minister and call for his resignation.
I do not intend to make this a long email as I know the opinions of your constituents only concern you insofar as they affect your position, status and earnings. I can only hope that you receive enough of these letters and e-mails that you are forced to take notice. As it is, I suspect you will have already told one of your lackeys to delete any emails expressing these sentiments. I am probably typing to your email recycling bin.
It is obvious that Boris Johnson cannot be an effective Prime Minister given his corrosive effect on law and order. It is as simple as that. No amount of smokescreens around war in Ukraine (France and Hungary have both been running presidential elections at this time) or cost of living crisis (caused in no small part by the supply chain disruption arising from Brexit) can diminish that salient fact.
I note that you graduated in Modern History from Oriel College Oxford. I would ask you to consider what side of history you are on by supporting a corrupt and now criminal Prime Minister. I imagine you do not really care, though.
Obviously not really usable as a template, but I tried to get something 'personalised' in.
Just sent this to mine (Tory MP for Macclesfield, I doubt he's too worried about his seat...), I've borrowed from others here so others feel free to borrow from me if they like
Dear Mr Rutley
On Friday 25th March, the Prime Minister backed Grant Shapp’s call for the boss of P&0 to resign because he broke the law.
Shapps said; “I cannot believe that he can stay in that role having admitted to deliberately going out and using a loophole – well, break the law – but also use a loophole.”
Yesterday the Prime Minister finally admitted, once he had no choice, that he too had broken the law. Yet he has not called upon himself or his Chancellor to resign.
In addition to this, on the floor of the house on the 8th December, referring to the then alleged parties at Downing Street, the Prime Minister stated "“…if those rules have been broken, then there will be disciplinary action for all involved.”. What disciplinary action will he be taking against himself and his Chancellor? I suspect none.
Does he think people don’t notice this utter hypocrisy?
Margaret Thatcher, of whom I'm sure you are an admirer, in a speech to the Conservative Party Conference in 1975 said:
"The first duty of Government is to uphold the law. If it tries to bob and weave and duck around that duty when its inconvenient, if government does that, then so will the governed, and then nothing is safe—not home, not liberty, not life itself."
Do you believe that a man who has broken the law whilst in Office, a law specifically brought in by his Government, that he repeatedly reminded the country of the importance of following for, he said, the good of all, is fit to retain that Office?
I look forward to your response.
Simon Massey