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Seems like this is not going the way he planned it when he ran away
TBH all he ever does is delay and hope something turns up he can utilise, covid,someone else’s war.
The plan is you can’t get rid of me as there is no one else who can lead. He’s special you see.(There is no plan other than protect big dog which is the problem as it’s a full time affair so there’s no time to achieve anything as you keep having to announce new and wackier schemes to divert attention.)
TBH I would have thought they would want him for a while to take the can for the summer cost of living chrisis and any other business.
Thats genius!! 😂
I didn't get it (not being Scottish) so here's a translation:
radge:
INFORMAL•SCOTTISH
noun
a wild, crazy, or violent person.
adjective
wild, crazy, or violent.
LOL
He's becoming a figure of ridicule. I feel Mr Brady's inbox may be bulging early next week. If they have vonc they surely couldn't back him now?
Did anyone catch the Ch4 interview?
Where the journalist points out that No10 is now the single address with the most FPN issued for lockdown breaches in the country? It was, apparently, a student party where 28 were issued in one night, but the fines issued to No10 breaks that record by a country mile, with yet more to come
What a state.
Tobias Ellwood putting g the boot in on a radio news report earlier.
He's being kept to be sacrificed after the local election.
Did anyone catch the Ch4 interview?
Absolutely skewered by Gary Gibbon.
https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1517198119573893120?s=20&t=ImpjxO50TsT-ROD_hlkK_A
He doesn't like having to explain consequences to his actions does he?!
All those years of consequence-free activities, doing what he wants when he wants with who he wants and never having to bother about any of it. Now suddenly he's the point where the buck stops and he really doesn't know what to do!
Did anyone catch the Ch4 interview?
Where the journalist points out that No10 is now the single address with the most FPN issued for lockdown breaches in the country? It was, apparently, a student party where 28 were issued in one night, but the fines issued to No10 breaks that record by a country mile, with yet more to come
What a state.
yup and thats with 2 of 12+ partiies worked through so far
the final figure will likely run into the 100s
"comment on stuff I don't know about"
YOU'RE THE _______ PRIME MINISTER BEING ASKED TO COMMENT ON YOUR LIFE, YOUR OFFICE, YOUR HOME, YOUR LAWS !!!
So in summary.
He wants to move on and doesnt want this to go on and on but declines to answer any questions until the police investigation is complet.
There's got to be a way of drawing a line under it
Yes - resign.
So in summary.
Yup, delay, delay, delay.... oh, it's too late now, stop looking backwards...
Handy guide to how the fines system is calculated. Subsequent fines can get very expensive very quickly
£6400 fines for the sixth , and subsequent offences
The Tories clearly can't have a situation where opposition leaflets during local elections say things like "Your local Tory refused to denounce a known law breaker" etc.
Now we'll just have to see whether BJ weathers the storm or not. Anything is possible.
Now we’ll just have to see whether BJ weathers the storm or not.
The Tory whips clearly didn't think that they had the numbers of MPs that would 'Back Boris' yesterday. And thats with a 3 line whip and no doubt all manner of threats issued. In fact, there's no 'think' about it. They will have sounded everyone out and KNOWN that they couldn't win it, which is why they first came out with the clear nonsense that it would be a 'free vote'. Did anyone actually believe that crock of shit?
They knew that enough Tory MPs would, if not necessarily vote with the opposition, then find somewhere else they needed to be instead. Ironically, something that the treacherous snake Boris himself has done many, many times when it suited his interests.
Surely if you can't muster enough of your own MPs to commit their support, on the record, despite having an 80 seat majority, then Steve Baker is right and the gig is indeed up.
ADPJ is going nowhere of his own accord, that's just not his style. It's going to take someone to put on the grown up pants and make this decision for him.
Where they'll be looking for his replacement is another matter . . . .
You're right that there is no way on earth he's going to resign. He's far too entitled and devoid of shame for that.
He'll have to be removed, and unfortunately theres only Tory MPs who can do that at the moment.
I think it's becoming increasingly clear that he's only being spared in order to take the rap for the inevitable electoral hammering that they're going to get at the local elections in a couple of weeks.
As for the successor? Remember that Boris was the exception, and the usual Tory rule is that whoever wins the leadership election, it isn't anyone who was predicted.
I'm sure that in the background, plenty of leadership campaigns are being quietly mobilised
Handy guide to how the fines system is calculated. Subsequent fines can get very expensive very quickly
Indeed. If it looks humiliating now, could look much worse in a month or two.
How many of the potential replacements are also getting/have got fines I wonder?
The Tory whips clearly didn’t think that they had the numbers of MPs that would ‘Back Boris’ yesterday
The thing is it was pretty pointless fighting it anyway aside from to dodge the "first pm reported to the committee". They have a majority on it so can control the results to a decent degree so even those who might be inclined to support him overall could well have decided it was a fight not worth the hassle. Especially after they got so badly burned with Paterson.
I think the whole Paterson debacle would have been very prominent in peoples minds when being asked to defend the indefensible yet again
The what? It's amazing what effect time can have on proceedings as the Johnson well knows (and demonstrates). I don't think the general public now give two hoots about the Patterson affair and I very much doubt ADPJ does. This stuff doesn't build up, it just fades away over time.
The trouble is that there's now an underlying, base level of sleeze and people have become desensitised to it. We've gone nose blind to the stink.
Handy guide to how the fines system is calculated. Subsequent fines can get very expensive very quickly
No matter how high it could rise to ,it would be likely covered by some tory party donor, seen as normal practice for the hard would they were putting in during the pandemic.
Nope, whitewash a'coming.
As for the successor? Remember that Boris was the exception, and the usual Tory rule is that whoever wins the leadership election, it isn’t anyone who was predicted.
I’m sure that in the background, plenty of leadership campaigns are being quietly mobilised
anyone see Gove lately?
Brilliant that he came into this wanting to be remembered as the new Churchill. I reckon his name will be synonymous with Nixon in years to come.
Or Cockwomble, it’s not like he puts any effort into doing anything.
Had it all on a plate but fekked it up as he was just to stupid/lazy to play the game.
If he’d not have been so dense he’d probably have got another term but wallpaper and a few beers.
Hope does talk a lot of bobbins
but....
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1517477661832105984
interesting that theyre making it about the local elections
what sort of Tory losses will be enough? because while polling has Tories set to lose a lot of councilors, only a handful of councils
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/blogs/ec_localelectionpoll_20220415.html
because while polling has Tories set to lose a lot of councilors, only a handful of councils
Yes, but lots of those councillors are often the backbone of the local Conservative parties. They're the organisers, the canvassers, the folks that sit on selection panels for local MPs candidates...If they're seen to have suffered *because* of the way Johnson has behaved, central office will not be best chuffed. Are you going to be motivated to go and and canvass locally for an MP who cost you your [position on the council because he supports Johnson?
He'll still vote as he's told but......
Dear 100th,
Thanks for your email. I hope you are well
My anger about these events at Downing Street during the lockdown is well known. It is completely unacceptable that these events went ahead.
I do not understand who could have organised or attended such events and think it was compliant with the rules. Like millions of other people, I made significant sacrifices during the lockdown.
As you know, the police confirmed that the rules had been breached and issued penalty notices. No one should be above the law.
Yesterday, Parliament passed a motion for the Privilege committee to undertake an investigation into whether the Prime Minister misled the House over lockdown parties. I agree that the Prime Minister should be subject to parliamentary scrutiny on this matter.
I absolutely understand the concerns that have been raised about comments relating to NHS staff and teachers having drinks in staff rooms after work. I do not agree with these comments. The overwhelming majority of key workers have been exemplary in their adherence to the rules, despite the enormous difficulties that they were faced with.
Kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
John
OOps
Indeed.
From the tweet above:
Met police say they won't update until end of election period
It'd be kind of nice to know about someone's criminal past before voting for them. I mean, when applying for jobs you have to state minor little things like criminal records up front...
It’d be kind of nice to know about someone’s criminal past before voting for them. I mean, when applying for jobs you have to state minor little things like criminal records up front…
Fixed penalty notices may not count as a criminal record?
OOps
least he can be comforted in the knowledge Dom gets one too 😀
least he can be comforted in the knowledge Dom gets one too 😀
Looks like Johnson may have the last laugh on that
https://twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1517580177605279745?t=zhVqFDO1pBJ0Im465UnnMQ&s=19
Fixed penalty notices may not count as a criminal record
When filling out security clearance forms you have to put motoring fixed penalties down, even expired ones.
Might take him a while to fill out his forms.
Good to see Rees-Mogg doing his best to motivate those around him https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61202152
Good to see Rees-Mogg doing his best to motivate those around him
Luckily, most civil service organisations ignored the government's instructions to return to work last summer, putting staff safety as a higher priority, and I suspect most civil service organisations will continue to run with hybrid working to ensure staff work at best capacity, rather than ensuring offices are at maximum capacity.
Yeah, it's what we're doing in our place, COVID is through the roof and we've had more positives in the last month or two than any period since lockdown was lifted!
It's also worth adding it's half term and the end of the leave year so quietest time of the year in any office, Rees-Mogg wouldn't know that due to probably never having to look after a child, that's a job for nannies and wives in his world!
Apologies morecashthandash, I don’t know what area you work in… but hybrid working in the civil service predates Covid by a good few years. If the minister for turning back the clocks wants it to come to an end, he’s going to have to buy back office space and make sure everyone has a permanent desk again.
Did he write the note on parchment with a quill then use a wax seal with the family crest?
I despise all of this shower of ****s with a passion, but Rees Mogg is the one who you’d really like half an hour with in a locked room with some medieval torture implements, isn’t he?
His levels of smug, superior, smarmy, self-satisfaction are absolutely off the scale
Apologies morecashthandash, I don’t know what area you work in… but hybrid working in the civil service predates Covid by a good few years.
Pre-Covid, in our corner of the CS hybrid working was only for managers - they had laptops etc as they had to be contactable at weekends etc etc.
Which meant that most of the buggers suddenly had something urgent to attend to at home on a Friday but were contactable as they had a laptop. The rest of us couldn't possibly have any kit to work from home, ever, despite any caring or disability or any other reasons. (Unless we'd closed your office and forced you to choose between full time home working and redundancy if you couldn't travel 2 hours to your new base office)
2 weeks into lockdown 40,000 staff were suddenly working from home quite successfully. Twas truly miraculous.
Our new office was designed for 80% occupancy, our new contracts specify 2 days a week WFH.
Did he write the note on parchment with a quill ?
More likely on human skin and in blood.
Rees mogg always reminds me of Himmler.