interesting the scum make absolutely no mention of the "bring a bottle party"
I dont know about the need telling about whether you have been to a party or not. I mean obviously most people would be able to remember if they had been to a party last year but Johnson and co seem to have been having one pretty much every week. Cant blame them for being a bit confused as to whether there was one that particular day or not.
Someone is aiming for promotion to sacrificial victim to repeat the government line on the news shortly before the line takes a rapid diversion.
Johnson and co seem to have been having one pretty much every
weekday.
FTFY etc.
I've just written to my Tory MP to ask him for his stance on the Downing Street party's, given he was happy to tow the party line about Dominic Cummings at the time
I doubt I'll get a reply but I just wanted to add to his no doubt full inbox on the subject
I think there’s an element of that but I also think he takes great delight in pulling a fast one.
When asked last night whether he was at he party his first reaction was to smile, a bit like the accused psychopathic murderer who smiles before answering the question because they think they are better than everyone else and can outsmart them.
Yep, got away with it again, what a smooth master criminal I am, what larks.
Nailed it. He doesn't just lie to keep his power, getting away with the lie itself reinforces his feeling of power. It's all a game, he has no morals, he revels in the idea that he can get away with anything and everything. The lie isn't just a means to an end... he loves to get one over everyone else... he lives for it. He wants us to know he's lying, and he want's us to accept the lie as if it is the truth, or that the truth simply doesn't matter, and he loves that nothing can be done about it.
Several of these are recommended watching... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis#Filmography
& these...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ronson#Filmography
It lays bare now the reasons so many of them stood up and defended Cummings resolutely, because they were all at it. It was all around the same time.
No, they weren't "all at it"... Johnson and his immediate team were at it, and all the other ministers, most of whom owe their position entirely to Johnson+Brexit, have to do what ever Johnson and his team tell them to. Most ministers avoided this stuff just fine, and followed the same rules (and laws) as the rest of us during that first difficult period of extreme restrictions... but they had to go out and cover for Cummings, Johnson and the rest of that team to keep their roles and positions.
it's the lack of "crisis" management from number 10 that will do for him.
Most ministers avoided this stuff just fine
A rather bold claim. How do you know this?
Remember the ministers are chosen for willingness to buy into Johnsons claims. Admittedly some might have been a bit busy funnelling cash to mates to bother partying.
Yep, perfect descriptions above of malignant narcissism, terminal and incurable. It's like having Rose West in No 10.
Starmer would do well to make it about the whole party in pmqs. To sow a bit of division but also hopefully weaken the Tories going into the next election.
Johnson is sending Michael Ellis (Paymaster General) to stand in for him at the urgent question.
hands, face, drinks at my place.
Of course Johnson won’t show, he hasn’t got his new lie ready yet. Give him time…
Hopefully it's still Angela Rayner at PMQ's. Boris is terrified of her as she's everything he hates... a working class female
She's asking an 'emergency' question in the commons at 12.30. I wonder which of his human shields/nodding dogs Boris will send out to bat for him today
EDIT: Michael Ellis (Paymaster General)
Who?
I see that all the senior cabinet members are hidden in the fridge with Boris
The thing is, there are Met cops standing there at all hours of the night and day. How come one of them didn't think to say "Er, what are you doing? The law says you can have a gathering like this, stop or I'll have either arrest some-one, or at the very least; close it down"
I think the Met have got some explaining to do, as well as the PM.
I assume Ellis is just going to repeat the "we cant comment until the investigation is complete" line. Before getting on the phone to Johnson and demanding whatever reward he was promised.
Probably better than being the poor idiot ordered out to face the media though. At least in parliament the speaker will shout at anyone who actually pressures them.
I assume Ellis is just going to repeat the “we cant comment until the investigation is complete” line.
I think it's safe to say that that is the only comment we'll be hearing from anyone
I think the Met have got some explaining to do, as well as the PM.
The trouble is that the Met is led by someone who's also as brazen as Boris and similarly doesn't see herself as accountable to anyone
The prime minister's principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds, has the full confidence of Boris Johnson, No 10 says.
Speaking after the email emerged suggesting Reynolds invited more than 100 Downing Street employees to a gathering during Covid restrictions, the prime minister's official spokesman says he "continues in his role".
I'm sure Boris would like to throw him under the bus but it must be tricky to sack someone for inviting people to a party that you attended.
Be interesting to see the outcome of the investigation into these parties, I'm sure it will be total BS but interesting nonetheless.
Reynolds will be sacked when the time is right. Even though he was acting as the PM’s PPS. The idea that he would arrange this and Johnson not know about it isn’t plausible in the slightest. They’ll try and go with that if they can though.
I’m sure Boris would like to throw him under the bus but it must be tricky to sack someone for inviting people to a party that you attended.
Or more likely the first thing he would tell the press would be "Well Boris was the one who told me to invite everyone to a party in the first place"
I’m sure Boris would like to throw him under the bus but it must be tricky to sack someone for inviting people to a party that you attended
That and there is the question of what else does that person know? Bearing in mind there is a very high chance this particular case was leaked by a certain person who got sacrificed.
Odd how few tories turned up for the discussion.
Meh ladbaby may have won the Christmas spot but I think the other er ‘Festive’ record could make a big come back.
Altogether… Boris Johnson is a …..
Where can we watch what the Tories are frantically trying to get out of the door while attention is on this?
The thing is, there are Met cops standing there at all hours of the night and day. How come one of them didn’t think to say “Er, what are you doing? The law says you can have a gathering like this, stop or I’ll have either arrest some-one, or at the very least; close it down”
While you’re quite right that they are police officers, they’re not really there in the normal ‘maintain law and order’ capacity. They are security guards. They need to be police officers so they can be armed, but their function is to provide security to the premises and people within. That’s it.
lots of empty seats
I was just about to make the same comment.
That’s it.
I'd say that's their primary duty fo'shure, but cops are still cops aren't they? Don't they have radios? Don't they have a duty to report crime or suspect crime? I mean, I'm pretty sure if I stood outside no10 and broke the law, those cops would arrest me
And even some of those tories who have turned up are putting the boot in as well. Although still a couple who are so far up johnsons arse they are polishing his teeth.
The inquiry is doing a lot of work right now.
If sue gray was on the party invite list she's surely gotta be replaced
What a farce
If sue gray was on the party invite list she’s surely gotta be replaced
Is there a suggestion that she was beyond Ian Blackford asking if she was?
Quote from the forgettable man standing in his* place...
"He* will wait to find out for sure what went on."
Perhaps he* should ask himself what when on. I suppose he knows he can't trust what he says to himself.
*Johnson.
If Sue was invited but didn't attend, she has all the receipts. Should be a relatively short investigation...
Perhaps he* should ask himself what when on. I suppose he knows he can’t trust what he says to himself.
I went to a few parties at Uni where I pre-drank so much that I don't remember the party itself, maybe that's why Boris needs someone to investigate for him?
send this to your Tory MP/MSP
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1480896532211806210
UK Gov via Met police advice for 20th May 2020
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/1263108555961442304
<Dear Mr Davies,
Regarding the subject of Downing Street parties, I would be delighted to hear your views on these and, perhaps more importantly, the messaging around them.
I'm particularly intrigued that the PM seems to be waiting for the outcome of an investigation before being able to say whether or not he attended, and your thoughts on this will be interesting, I'm sure.
Yours
Fadda >
Response to my email mail, just 2 mins after sending:
Dear fadda,
I dont know anything about any Downing Street parties. I don’t see any point in making a comment before the result of the independent investigation.
Regards
the result of the independent investigation.
There's a lovely scene in Yes Prime Minister where Sir Humphrey explains to the PM that the whole point of an internal inquiry is to find no evidence:
Also this:
https://twitter.com/Ottojizzmark/status/1480876370527985667?s=20
