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Do you remember the boom in sales of wallets that stopped contactless payments? That was because Londoners were used to flashing their wallets, with Oyster Cards in them, when jumping on buses (after doing it for years) … but then the change to allow card payments as well meant people getting charged by mistake on their bank cards. When was that? Was while he was major IIRC. Just before the Olympics? In fact, wasn’t the deadline to introduce it set so that all the visitors expected in 2012 could easily use the buses?
What has any of that got to do with the Boy Blunder? The wallet thing was to do with a baseless claim that hackers could access card details just by walking past, or sitting at a cafe table with a laptop, and touch-and-go using a wallet with an Oyster Card next to a debit card could easily cause dual charges; that’s just technology.
Nothing to see here, move along.
I know what the wallets were invented for. I’m remembering why there was a short lived boom in sales of them, in London. I was sort of recalling it to point out that even as a someone who doesn’t live in London, I’m more across the details of what he was blabbing about and mixing up. The man is useless, even when he is choosing the subject, and he was nominally at the head of the body concerned at the time. He’s not MP material, never mind PM material.
Interesting that no one seems to care that he's spunked a load of tax payer's cash on a dodgy 'Murican chancer.
Nice to see he's doing his bit.
Apparently it wasn’t only cash that he, er...., never mind.
Read a headline this morning that apparently the businesswoman in question is worried that a laptop dating from the time of this alleged favouritism has gone missing. She seems worried about hackers getting the data off it or something.
It may have been in the Mirror, so YMMV
Read a headline this morning that apparently the businesswoman in question is worried that a laptop dating from the time of this alleged favouritism has gone missing. She seems worried about hackers getting the data off it or something.
That's what this whole sorry debacle need next... a Boris sex tape.
:boak:
ahh the Renekkah Brooks tactic
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnsons-lover-petrified-after-20376100
did anyone hear Boris on the Today programme, trying to tell Nick Robinson off for associating his NHS infrastructure building promising with Brexit..?
Says the man who stood in front of a bloody bus...
The man is utterly shameless. Literally.
He's spent the last week denying saying all the things we all clearly heard him say, and denying doing all the things we all watched him do
Standard Boris;
wonder why he refuses interviews with Channel 4 News anyway...
https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/872075827575492609
I heard the first 5 mins of him on the Today this morning. He's just a shameless chancer.
BJ "I have new and wornderful plans that will totally transform thingS2
NR "What are they?"
BJ "They are very wonderful"
NR "So...these plans..."
BJ "We'll announce them in due course. They're very wonderful plans"
He is the gold medal winner for bluff, bluster and making shit up, but his stalling and sabotage tactics with Brexit are working towards his no deal/crash out goal for the end of the month.
So, job done.
Amazing how we've turned into a country so accepting of Trump style bullshit so quickly.
Not even the pretence of retaining integrity, just lie after lie.
Watch Javid defending the blond one yesterday.
He looks like a toddler with a face covered in chocolate denying he's been at the biscuits.
I'm not a revolutionary by any means, but we need to clean out the stables before this shit smothers us.
Perhaps democracy is doomed and it's just time for a slide back to the 30's?
Do we stand up for our beliefs or just go quietly?
so, these groping allegations, can someone explain to me why *someone* isn't in a world of shit over this?
Either:
she has made false allegations in an attempt to defame the PM.
Or:
the claims are true, but he has publicly called her a liar and accused her of the above.
both outcomes are defamatory, surely one of them should be in actual trouble over this?
C4 news are taking the right approach on this when interviewing Conservatives at conference, “who do you believe, the journalist with a solid track record of telling the truth, or the liar who has been fired from multiple posts, including the Conservative front bench, for his proven lies”…
Apparently it wasn’t only cash that he, er…., never mind.
He should really think about going contactless
both outcomes are defamatory, surely one of them should be in actual trouble over this?
Basically neither can categorically prove their version of events so its just "she said" and "he said".
Any chance of the proverbial sticking to BJ only comes when other women start remembering it happening to them as well. And, again, thats not provable but adds weight to one side of the equation.
Thats not real surely?
Thats not real surely?
Just checked. It is real, and she's getting a right frot on just now reposting messages from Twitter telling her it's been reported and they've decided that it doesn't break their rules.
Her bio on Twitter reads "Milo’s Mum. The Female Farage. Angry Ellen de Generes. The Biggest Bitch in Britain." She really is a vile excuse for a human being (and someone should probably tell Ellen).
Here's another choice Tweet from her, from an hour ago. (Obviously I'm not direct linking and sending her the traffic she craves)
Katie Hopkins
@KTHopkins
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1h
China: How to silence news on protestors. Start shooting at the press
U.K.: How to silence speech on Majority ****stani Muslim Paedophiles. Lock up the outspoken
That's in response to this post:
https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1178991221454147584
The comments are about as depressing as you'd expect.
(Trump UK is upon us)
Dear god, I'm ashamed to be the same species!!
Ah, good old Katie Hopkins...
After A-levels she signed a 35-year contract with the intelligence corps, who sponsored her through an economics degree at Exeter University, where she spent her weekends with the Territorial Army – "really fun, lying around in forests with guns having a brilliant time" – before arriving at Sandhurst.
but no doubt, Twitter are cool with that...
Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier
Head of editorial for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an 'information warfare' unit which has worked on 'behavioural change' projects in the region
Signed a 35 year contract? With the Army? Immediately after A levels? WTF? Well, I'm going to call bullshit on that, but I suspect that is the least of the shit that she spouts.
In reference to the kt skankings tweet above I can quite believe she hasn’t washed her pussy for 20 + years
Good news everyone!
Boris has fixed the RoI / NI border problem:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49890199
I see the govts paid shill, sorry, BBC political lead Laura K, is saying that the main stumbling block is whether it's acceptable to the EU, rather than whether it breaks the GFA.
Looks like they're lubing us up for the "we were reasonable, but it's those 'orrible yerpean oiks fault all you've got to eat is turnips" defence.
Do we stand up for our beliefs or just go quietly?
Could pop up to the Conservative party conference and stand outside with a milkshake awaiting your opportunity?
No disposable cup though. Make sure it's a nice solid mug of milkshake.
It’s so dispiriting. What a mess. And what a disgrace he is.
Says the man who stood in front of a bloody bus…
If only he had... (deep, heartfelt sigh)
Its the american pole dancer issue that has him in most trouble I think
He is being called out on his lies in the press. Looks more and more hopeless every day. One good thing about all this - you can publicly call Johnson a liar and its not defamatory
Nothing, in theory, is defamatory when it comes to Johnson. He has no reputation to damage. Nothing can 'lower him the estimation of right-thinking* members of society'.
*correct thinking, rather than far-right thinking.
Let's not forget that many, many voters will forgive him anything as he is the messiah of Brexit.
I know quite a few that just don't care about any scandals.
Who’s the Tory “grunt” who removed his disposable cup?.
Amazing how we’ve turned into a country so accepting of Trump style bullshit so quickly.
Yep. It's very unnerving how the media lap it up and regurgitate it. But you only need to know who controls the tabloid press to understand that.
An unbiased report would report on known facts and ask questions.
UK media seems to present opinions to stir it up.
Boris using big words today...like Capitalism and Bourgeoisie!
Careful Boris, the Proles might look it up.
You remember his ex lovers missing laptop
https://twitter.com/Gabriel_Pogrund/status/1180589487383965696
WTF ?!?
https://twitter.com/thesundaytimes/status/1180739640002797568?s=21
They said Johnson was prepared to “squat” in Downing Street even if MPs declare no confidence in his government and agree a caretaker prime minister to replace him.
Hopefully if Johnson tries to embarrass the Queen again he'll get a very quick and final lesson regarding to whom HM Forces swear their allegiance to.
Johnson's not going to do any of those things. He'll sign the letter (like a good PM) and that will be the end to it. and we'll have a delay, anything else is just misdirection and to keep everyone guessing. Remember May kept on insisting (I think it was 108 times?) right up to the very end that we would be leaving on March 29th, and when that didn't happen, carried on regardless (like any good doomsday cult leader does) and never mentioned it again, as if we'd dreamt the whole thing.
Johnson will do the same, and will probably even swear on TV that he never said we'd be out on Oct 31st. Nothing will happen to him, and he'll just carry on regardless.
Sigh - plus ça change plus c'est la même chose.
We really need ways to stop the Boris Johnsons of this world rising to the top because of their privileged upbringing.
We should have learned that lesson after the carnage inflicted on our grandfathers and great grandfathers in WW1 by his type.
Maybe we need a revolution.
I agreed epic, the problem is which type of revolution.
We really need ways to stop the Boris Johnsons of this world rising to the top because of their privileged upbringing.
We should have learned that lesson after the carnage inflicted on our grandfathers and great grandfathers in WW1 by his type.
Maybe we need a revolution.
Do you really think the British are capable of revolution without installing fascists? If we had a revolution, within 24 hours of installing a new regime - we'd have the death penalty for petty criminals, we'd have nuked France and we'd have interred the UK's Muslim population on the Scily Isles and then we'd cluster bomb it with Spitfires, all whilst singing along to some Elgar.
Besides, Boris IS the British idea of revolution.
Errmmm - thats rather conflating british with english.
You are right TJ.
Also I totally knew you’d be the first to point that out.
I might move/flee to Scotland and come and wind you up in person. 🙂
Heard that on the news. He really does need a ****ing good kicking. Clueless ****.
I suppose the positive thing is that millions of youngsters now know how rich Tory scum think about them.
Even the young conservative party members don't like him. His support base is old people, and racists like Katie Hatekins.
Here you go Rayban
The tutors draped themselves over elegantly distressed ironwork balconies, taunting potential customers with Commodore Amiga 1000 manuals and disconnected Hewlett-Packard Vectra keyboards.
😀
You know Johnson said he absolutely didn't do anything to get Accuri that grant....
Lied about being dead in a ditch before an extension request. I note he's still polluting the nation's airwaves today.
Have you noticed that Johnson keeps hanging around primary schools and hospitals?
Mr M reckons he is probably looking for his kids but it didn't end well for others who have used this a cover.
He is floundering around nicely. Its great to see him squirm
A lovely concise epitaph, for a man dead in a ditch…
https://twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1193958849394421761?s=21
Wow that's a billboard for you.
Just to back up the comments made by Nick Boles....
https://news.sky.com/story/jennifer-arcuri-claims-johnson-cast-her-aside-like-a-gremlin-when-she-tried-to-contact-him-11862797
I'm hoping she decides to do a big TV interview 🙂
Think of the dirt that she has on him!
Bring it on.
Peter Oborne
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/18/boris-johnson-lying-media
I have been a political reporter for almost three decades and have never encountered a senior British politician who lies and fabricates so regularly, so shamelessly and so systematically as Boris Johnson.
Well, seems as if Boris and this thread have disappeared...
So Boris, what you going to do?
Brexit is "done" right, so what broad generalisations and lies can you now make to keep the UK shielded from the s*** show starting in Iran*?
*Or Trump depending upon your views.
Here comes the Government tinkering at the seems with their little socialist enterprises.
It's a broken love. Neolibralism is falling apart - you are admitting it in baby steps.
And on a positive note, the Government passed a Bill last week to give parents whose child (up to 18yo) has died, 2 weeks paid leave.
I think that is an excellent thing to do, but it got little publicity.
2 weeks leave for parents
Quite enjoying the reshuffle. Leadsom, McVey, Villiers, Cox all gone. You can almost feel the disdain of Cummings for this lot. Their sycophancy didn't help them for long did it? Probably too much to hope for Hancock to go too but that would be the icing on the cake.
He got away with it as mayor, no reason to think itll be any different as PM
Quite enjoying the reshuffle. Leadsom, McVey, Villiers, Cox all gone. You can almost feel the disdain of Cummings for this lot. Their sycophancy didn’t help them for long did it? Probably too much to hope for Hancock to go too but that would be the icing on the cake.
it does seem to be a cull of the stupid, but Mogg falls into that category too, hancock is just a lying lickspittle
unless he sticks in francois & bridgen!
bridgen
<Spits on ground>
Please never ever type that name again where I might read it.
He is MP for the neighbouring constituency to me. His very being is an affront to decency.
New Chancellor will be...
The Saj has 'resigned'.
Looks like Dom is still very much calling the shots then
Rishi Sunak in as chancellor i reckon
They love him at the moment, and he is happy to lie through his teeth for Dom
(see his recent interviews where he claimed EU only place that dont do freeports - in fact they have 80+ of them)
after seeing the books probably thought **** this for a game of soldiers