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or actually being arrested for something…
He'd still be PM if his MPs let him.
or actually being arrested for something…
you sure about that?
He literally can't tell the truth can he? And each lie needs a more convoluted lie to cover the last lie. And I see people on Twitter still defending him? #hopeless
The photos emerging was surely inevitable since Boris did what he always does and threw other people, in this case Junior civil servants, under the bus to save his own arse
The BBC have just said that they’ve spoken to people who were at these ‘gatherings’ who have said that they were instigated by Johnson, contradicting his story that he just ‘popped in’ for ten minutes
I wonder what else is going to drip drip drip out this week
The BBC have just said that they’ve spoken to people who were at these ‘gatherings’ who have said that they were instigated by Johnson, contradicting his story that he just ‘popped in’ for ten minutes
I wonder what else is going to drip drip drip out this week
The problem with this is it can easily make the Police investigation and failure to fine him the focus, and his original wrongdoing can be hidden behind that dead cat
We will never see it, but I'd love to know what he wrote on his Questionnaire to the Met. I expect he couldnt remember about an awful lot of instances, knowing they wouldn't call him out.
but I’d love to know what he wrote on his Questionnaire to the Met
Name: Mickey Mouse, Har har
Address: address me as Sir Mouse
Followed by a badly drawn picture of some boobs and a car.
Etc.
I keep seeing this stuff and folk thinking he'll resign, or be pushed, but his entire career has been based on pretty much an act, he has changed his allegiances, friends, enemies, morales, etc depending on what would be better for him, his entire universe rotates around him, so why anyone thinks he'd move aside is just ignoring his entire history!
As for alternatives, those backbenchers and the rest couldn't care as long as they can go for their seat again in 2 years time, they're either the old and true blue tories who have seen this stuff before, and know how much it'll change before an election, or they're younger, greener MPs who just follow what the chief whip and senior tories tell them.
I’ve noticed local red wall Toraidh MPs with paid for ads on face book ostensibly gathering opinions on immigration or levelling up but which seem to be data gathering exercises. I think an election may be coming sooner rather than later.
I’m tempted up set up some ghost profiles to see what sort of stuff gets sent out.
We will never see it, but I’d love to know what he wrote on his Questionnaire to the Met.
Hint: he won't have written anything on it. His lawyer will have acted as a filter between what he could remember and what was put on the paper.
I'm reluctant to jump on everything as a dead cat, just because I don't think there's that much planning involved in Johnson's day to day planning.
But in this case...
https://twitter.com/kitty_donaldson/status/1528786872260075522?t=Acc-C7oXwsUyy_3i5V4Gxw&s=19
Windfall tax plans in FT too
FT also reporting he asked Sue Gray if she still needs to publish the report in their meeting
peter bone(head) on newsnight dismally attempting to defend the indefensible.
A prime example of arseholery; scum of the highest order.
The MET investigations were impartial - really?
This smells worse than my bin.
The RW press went in hard today painting Gray as partisan and saying it was her that wanted the meeting with Johnson.
Bunch of *****.
Some people at a party fined others not. How can this be?
For months, and as recently as today, Johnson has been using the "can't talk about that, just wait for Sue Gray's report to be published" line... while also, simultaneously, trying to stop the report being published? This is the man we let lead the country?
I’m predicting a feigned heart attack sometime soon due to the pressures, then a period of rest and recuperation until the start of the summer recess………
A ministerial version of going to the Winchester, having a pint and waiting for all this to blow over 😉
Looking at the headlines across multiple media that photo is leading to questions being asked of:
The MET's impartiality.
The MET's competence.
Whether Johnson lied to parliament.
The pressure put on Gray to not publish the report.
That's one hell of a lump of straw trying to break the camel's back. It won't, they'll get away with it somehow, but it's going to be an interesting week or so until the next distraction lands.
but it’s going to be an interesting week or so until the next distraction lands.
Jubilee! It's all about Her Maj. Don't dare question our Glorious Leader while we should all be flag shagging and singing the National Anthem.
Traitors not singing will be sent to Rwanda.
Boris loves the queen, he lies to her every day. You should love the queen too, print some nice headlines about the Jubilee and how Boris is leading the celebrations.
Some people at a party fined others not. How can this be?
The quality and availability of legal advice from "activist" lawyers. For a more detailed explanation have a read of yesterday's David Allen Green blog item.
Jubilee! It’s all about Her Maj. Don’t dare question our Glorious Leader while we should all be flag shagging and singing the National Anthem.
Traitors not singing will be sent to Rwanda.
This.
He doesn't need to reach for the dead cat shelf for at least another 13 days.
It's almost like he's got a caddy handing him the dead cats.
"Ummm err, photographed at yet another lockdown breaking piss up, ummm errr, what do you recommend?"
"In light of you getting away with the last one scot free, I don't think you need one of the big gun policy ones, I'd go with just a bit of empty 'support' for Ukraine this time. Nothing special needed, just run it up onto the green, two putts and job's a good'un. Oh, and don't forget to be photographed in front of a Union jack".
He isn't going anywhere.
Do 2 things today…
Write to your scumbag Tory mp saying how disgraceful dumbojos behaviour has been to the queen and that you’ll not vote for them til he’s gone.
Give some money to the Good Law Project.
Some people at a party fined others not. How can this be?
If you want an easy life, always punch down.
There’ll be a few additions to the next honours list too, obvs
Not sure what people want of the Met at this point
Treating people with and without expensive solicitors evenly would be a start.
Despite the propaganda justice and the penalties handed out has never been blind to wealth and influence but you would hope that things should be improving. This just shows that at least in the Met’s case that the quality of your legal representative’s tailoring still plays a big part in how hard they pursue you.
Not sure what people want of the Met at this point… …
Do their freakin' job, that's all!
You know when someone has a carrot removed from their arse at A&E, and they say they "fell on it while eating a salad in the nude"? This "just bumped in to a party" excuse is about as plausible.
Do their freakin’ job, that’s all!
They've given him a fine. They've given his team over a hundred fines. He should resign. They could give him a few more, and his team hundreds more... and it would make no difference. The can't fire him, only his MPs can.
Starting a trade war with the EU and torpedoing any chance of a deal with the US to distract from you getting pissed with your mates during lockdown.
Rule Britannia!
They’ve given him a fine. They’ve given his team over a hundred fines. He should resign. They could give him a few more, and his team hundreds more… and it would make no difference. The can’t fire him, only his MPs can.
Maybe, maybe not. But they should issue fines the same way they did to Joe Public - thousands of quid for sitting on a park bench etc., not accepting ridiculous excuses ("strategy meeting", "ambushed by cake" etc) and dishing out derisory fines.
Maybe, maybe not. But they should issue fines the same way they did to Joe Public – thousands of quid for sitting on a park bench etc., not accepting ridiculous excuses (“strategy meeting”, “ambushed by cake” etc) and dishing out derisory fines.
The problem is that the cops know, if they do that, they're going to be tying up resources dealing with smart-arse lawyers acting on Johnson's behalf. And probably paid for by 'us'.
The issue here (and one that will be studiously ignored by the Brexity morons) is that we have a Prime Minister who is happy to lie to parliament, lie to Saint Liz Windsor, lie to police and tie up their resources doing so. He is an utter self-serving shit.
But the populace were warned. And they chose to elect a man who went back on his word re the leader interviews and hid in a fridge to avoid scrutiny. They were also warned about Brexit, but what the hell - so long as we deport a few swarthy looking blokes to Rwanda they'll be happy. Even as their standard of living collapses.
It would be amusing if it wasn't so tragic.
it would make no difference
One could be seen as a minor aberration, especially in light of the "ambushed with cake" excuse so could be easily forgiven by the more partisan or neutral public. Many as it obviously should be would paint a much different picture which would be much harder to forgive. I know the police shouldn't be doing politics but this just makes them look unprofessional and easily influenced.
If the speeding fine analogy still applies: when you trigger multiple cameras in a journey you still receive a NIP for every occurrence, they don't let you off with the one because "that'll cover it".
The problem is that the cops know, if they do that, they’re going to be tying up resources dealing with smart-arse lawyers acting on Johnson’s behalf.
Yup, and they openly said as much. They stated that they were putting a higher burden of proof in place to ensure that only fines that couldn't be challenged in court were issued... and obviously that includes taking into account that the PM will have access to legal counsel well beyond the means of ordinary people. The legal system is loaded in that way in the UK, sadly. But still... let's stop pointing at the Met... whatever they do Johnson would never resign. It's down to the MPs to get rid of him.
And meanwhile, while everyone is talking about Partygate, theres the small matter of this...
https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1529008000249241600?s=20&t=TwnZ9IXf7w_yhZLWLTZG2g
Maybe this whole thing is the dead cat, to distract from the real failures. Not enough of a problem to get Dominic Raab away from the poolside bar, all those people needlessly dying, but you know, priorities and all that.
Lets just remind ourselves of the genuine sub 'thick of it' level of this useless governments response
https://twitter.com/MirrorPolitics/status/1431557759804350464?s=20&t=TwnZ9IXf7w_yhZLWLTZG2g
And meanwhile, while everyone is talking about Partygate, theres the small matter of this…
It cones to something when Partygate itself - a litany of lies, leadership failures and lawbreaking - is a distraction from further ineptitude and cock up elsewhere. Normally, you'd distract the electorate by pointing out a recent success story but there haven't been any success stories for years now.
Anyway, Grant Shapps has just been on saying that Boris wasn't partying because he was mourning his mother. The minor problem being that it was 8 moths before she died...
Anyway, Grant Shapps has just been on saying that Boris wasn’t partying because he was mourning his mother. The minor problem being that it was 8 moths before she died…
What's funnier is that no.10 will have fed him that line. Comms staff probably hungover, to be fair.
It’s down to the MPs to get rid of him.
Hence the reason I've written to my spineless shit of a MP again today.
He won't do anything, though. He's already swallowed all his One Nation Tory and Remain principles and was rewarded with a low-level ministry post and a safe Tory seat. He doesn't give a shit because he doesn't have to for the sake of his own skin. And that is all that matters for these leeches.
Breaking news, no. 10 has Minority Report technology! 😮
Oh dear.
'We must wait for Sue Grey Report'
'We must wait for Sue Grey Report'
'We must wait for Sue Grey Report'
'We should cancel the Sue Grey Report'
It's utterly shameless.
And utterly stupid - how would they expect Sue Grey to respond? She's a civil servant, been ordered to draw up a report, she can either be ordered to stop drawing it up, or deliver it and leave it up to the PM as to whether it is published or not. She has no control over the process in that sense.
Text of my email to my MP. It doesn't matter, one of his kids (who he is probably claiming £50k a year salary for) will have logged on during lunch at school and deleted it. But just for shits and giggles. Names have been altered.
Dear F***face,
Here we are again. The Prime Minister is shown, again, as having lied to Parliament. The question is now, quite rightly, being asked - "If 'x' was fined by the Met Police for attending that event, how can Johnson not be?"
His latest antics have further eroded the faith that the public have in the police (faith in Johnson is pretty much non-existent). If a vaccine-resistant covid strain appears, monkeypox becomes a real problem or some other contagious disease appears, do you think the police will be able to enforce public health measures? I contend that a large section of society will laugh at the prospect.
There is a growing tide of anger amongst 'traditional' Conservative voters about Mr Johnson's disregard for ordinary citizens. A party that continues with Johnson as its leader is effectively endorsing his behaviour. This is playing very badly with traditional 'law and order' voters as they are rightly scared about the erosion of trust in the police that Johnson is causing. Much of the policing of the UK is done by consent. Eroding that consent is a slippery path. To support a Prime Minister whilst he does it is (or should be) unthinkable.
I suppose it comes down to what Tory MPs truly believe in - the values they espouse in public or their own position. With this in mind, I am pretty sure this will fall on deaf ears, but I urge you to submit a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
The direction the Conservatives are currently taking means I cannot vote for you under any circumstances. A lot of people that you assume to be Conservative voters are thinking the same way too.
Yours Sincerely,
Gardentiger
Panorama sounds interesting tonight.
Looks like a few of the people present at the 'gatherings', who Boris just threw under the bus have subsequently given interviews to the BBC with a somewhat different description of events to the one given by Johnson.
So its all a pack of lies, and people the who witnessed it are now going on the record to confirm it was all a pack of lies
https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/1529070475187462146?s=20&t=kghiYPRgfI9YWU_BTtMXmQ
https://twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1529075595962994689?s=20&t=kghiYPRgfI9YWU_BTtMXmQ
there's going to be more incriminating images on the way then
I read that BBC report with some excitement at lunch.
This actually could be the tipping point.