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Maybe her husband had stopped taking the bins out?
Wish I wasn't too proud to beg for money off rich people to redecorate.
Maybe I'll email my mp to ask them?
I'm sure there was no connection between throwing cash at the PM and gaining a meeting about this 'Great Exhibition 2.0' with the Culture Secretary a few months later (18/1/21 on this listing).
Is the great exhibition going ahead or has he got a refund with interest?
I dont think its been made clear where Johnson magically got the money from to pay it off has it?
Wish I wasn’t too proud to beg for money off rich people to redecorate.
It’s not just that. Have you seen it? It’s beyond hideous. Liz or Rishi are going to rip it straight out when they move in in May and we’re going to have to foot the bill for the refit
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Is the great exhibition going ahead or has he got a refund with interest?
I dont think its been made clear where Johnson magically got the money from to pay it off has it?
Something (renamed...) is still going ahead later in the year. It's in the Guardian I think.
It’s not just that. Have you seen it? It’s beyond hideous.
That isnt the flat but just a showcase example of her work. I dont think there are any photos of the flat itself in the public domain.
That said I wouldnt be confident it isnt equally hideous. I know if I was looking for a designer and got handed that in the portfolio of previous work they wouldnt make it to the shortlist.
I’d happily sit there until my table was ready and peruse the menu with a pint of Cobra in my hand.
Who doesn’t like a good curry house?
Nice early pic of Nandor the Relentless on the right there.
Looks like the Scottish system is going to prosecute Margaret Ferries who broke covid rules.
Sadly doesn't set precedent for England MP's, Ministers and party goers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59894859.amp
The thing that gets me is that he’s allegedly paid back the money,it’s not the smallest sum to just find down the back off the sofa, just shows the absolute difference between Boris reality and the rest of us.
Apart from the other fact that who spends that type of money on a rented flat that goes with a temporary job.
And he may have have the odd divorce and child support as well.
Most people I know in his position in the real world are usually not awash in cash.
The thing that gets me is that he’s allegedly paid back the money,it’s not the smallest sum to just find down the back off the sofa, just shows the absolute difference between Boris reality and the rest of us.
The issue being where did those funds come from to "pay back the loan" Johnson does not have that much money
Apart from the other fact that who spends that type of money on a rented flat that goes with a temporary job.
Someone recently married to a woman whose enormous sense of entitlement even dwarfs his own
As appears to be so often the case, it’ll have been Carrie Antionette calling the shots on this one
If he paid it back from his own pocket, he could have afforded it in the 1st place.
Presume he’s just done a better job of hiding the source this time. Lying ****er. I can just imagine him hiding in the bog whilst she’s stood outside arms folded tearing strips off him.
https://twitter.com/bethrigby/status/1480613635802255371?s=21
This actually seems to be the only thing that appears to register with Tory voters…
He had a garden party when we couldn’t
^^ Yeah, it's odd isn't it. Of all the multitude of things the electorate have reason to really dislike Boris for this one seems too stick. 150k dead? Nah...
That said, im definitely feeling a, "the news had moved on now" vibe from the news outlets in the main.
We shall see.
I'm sure the police are ready to pounce on the offenders...
If he paid it back from his own pocket, he could have afforded it in the 1st place.
he didn't Someone paid it for him
100 people were there! Police waved them in. It boggles my mind that they all thought this was ok.
This actually seems to be the only thing that appears to register with Tory voters…
He had a garden party when we couldn’t
Still won't be the end of him though, even if he's found guilty! Teflon had better be worried, there's a new kid in town who is even less likely to have any old shite stick to it.
My morbid curiosity wants to know what scandal will eventually sunk him but I know that getting to the point of finding out is dangerous.
Suppose the last resort is to throw the mrs and the kids under the bus, she made me do it, it was all her idea the parties the wallpaper the green taxes, inflation and brexit.
100 people were there! Police waved them in. It boggles my mind that they all thought this was ok.
100 invited but 'only' 30-40 turned up is how I read it...some people jus don' wanna party with Johnson.
My morbid curiosity wants to know what scandal will eventually sunk him but I know that getting to the point of finding out is dangerous.
Driving over the Downing Street cat?
I do wonder if many/most people have been groomed into IDGAF since no-one else does. Dangerous defeatism if it were true. I've never known a PM more detested and yet he carries on unchallenged.
Suppose the last resort is to throw the mrs and the kids under the bus
Would it actually surprise anyone if he did that?
Surely any child born to Johnson will always be just a future maintenance payment, and Carrie Antoinette is bright enough to know she won’t be the last Mrs Johnson any more than she was the last mistress?
His 'buyer's remorse' comment could easily be flagging up that he's already widening the circle of his friends.
I do wonder if many/most people have been groomed into IDGAF since no-one else does. Dangerous defeatism if it were true. I’ve never known a PM more detested and yet he carries on unchallenged.
Nothing you can do, there's no general election next week.
He's just the shite magnet to take whatever Shite gets thrown before they replace him.
Why change over leader when there's a pefectly good Boris shaped scapegoat to absorb all the shite that's about to blow, he'll take the bullet for covid,brexit and the corruption then the new Tory leader will rise up like a phoenix from the ashes sin free 🙂
I’m sure the police are ready to pounce on the offenders…
Only if the offence was comitted less than 12 months ago. Does this also apply to HMRC? asking for a friend.
Why change over leader when there’s a pefectly good Boris shaped scapegoat to absorb all the shite that’s about to blow, he’ll take the bullet for covid,brexit and the corruption then the new Tory leader will rise up like a phoenix from the ashes sin free 🙂
This is exaclty how it will play out, it's almost like it's totally predictable.
Then we'll get Sunak or Truss to start the cycle all over again, they are untouchable until the next election, and it wouldn't supprise me one iota if they win the next GE too.
It’ll be the local elections in May that do for him.
Up until that point he could stroll into parliament and curl one out at the despatch box, and nobody will move against him. They want him to take the fall for all the councils they’re about to lose, then he’s done
The problem for the Tories is that they look around at the alternatives and even they know that the current crop of mushrooms they've been growing in a darkened cellar are more repulsive to the public than usual
This is exaclty how it will play out, it’s almost like it’s totally predictable.
Then we’ll get Sunak or Truss to start the cycle all over again, they are untouchable until the next election, and it wouldn’t supprise me one iota if they win the next GE too.
Please let out be Truss, older let it be Truss.
1) I like a bit of comedy.
2) I'm also worried that despite the appalling government we have that has truly shown it's colours... there is an enemy of the electorate that will STILL vote for them. Truss is the best chance of that not happening. Sunak worries me, both in his potential electability and good evident hard on for austerity V2.0.
Can you imagine another decade of austerity, it would be f****** horrific.
The problem for the Tories is that they look around at the alternatives and even they know that the current crop of mushrooms they’ve been growing in a darkened cellar are more repulsive to the public than usual
I'm not so sure, Rishi will appeal to the red wall/ethnic voters on the back of the Furlough thing, and Truss is a nice blonde bimbo to appeal to the traditional tories.
I suspect Truss will be put forward if theres a leadership contest between now and the next GE, with dishy rishy staying as chancellor.
Attention! Cheer me up, any, even tenuous rumours, that Priti was at the festival party?
Attention! Cheer me up, any, even tenuous rumours, that Priti was at the festival party?
I suspect she will stay in the cabinate, maybe shifted roles in a 'reshuffle'. Does that comfort you?
how Johnson and co view the electorate
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I suspect she will stay in the cabinate, maybe shifted roles in a ‘reshuffle’. Does that comfort you?
Possibly, yes. Fingers crossed.
Meh, it'll blow over and all will be forgotten at some point, the reality is there is no credible opposition to scare them into acting appropriately, i think the entire country knows that the labour in-fighting is still there, and an election at any time will just blow that wide open again.
We're probably a decade away from any real chance of another party having the majority unfortunately.
What makes me laugh is they can even do a reshuffle - In a normal world I'd expect each cabinate member to be somewhat of an expert in thier field, or at least highly aware of what the job entails, so the education person can't easily be interchanged with the health person, or the money person, or the defence person.
It's just musical chairs and (very well paid)jobs for the boys really.
to scare them into acting appropriately
This is Johnson, no one will “scare” him into not acting how he always has, and always will. Now, the Tory party might be scared into replacing him… but that’s just down to what they think the voters will do to them. Binners is right, nothing happens ‘till an election or two has gone horribly wrong for the Conservative Party. And that’s where the opposition parties come in. Even with dull uninspiring leaders, there could be a lot of upsets in May. Probably still won’t be enough, the Tories have invested so much in Johnson and his winning cons. They won’t change course ‘till he’s a proven loser, and I suspect that proof will require more than one lot of poor election results.
a decade away from any real chance of another party having the majority unfortunately
Agreed. I’d go further. I don’t think we’ll see any party other than the Conservatives winning a majority again in my lifetime. Multiparty government is our only way out of near continual Tory rule. We need to become a modern democracy.
Just watched that clip, it is rather perfect for the situation unfortunately.
That clip is very apposite.
Well, I take it back about the news cycle being seemingly bored over no.10 parties. It's bloody everywhere.
I'm interested to see what the papers say tomorrow, especially the Express, about his only remaining cheerleader.
Again though, it undermines government messaging regarding masks/ boosters and other hard decisions that might need to be made this year. I'm not blaming the reporting to be clear, it has to be exposed. I'm blaming the government, yet again.
Cummings really is a detour little shite isn't he? Wonder what else he has in store.
The Express even have a tiny picture of the fall guy. They basically just want a sacking. And not Johnson’s.
Yeah, about on a par for the Express then. Surprised they didn't also sneak a little pic of Sunak in with a proposed VAT cut on fuel prices.
Please moan to your Tory mp about that stupid ****.
Moaning on here is not enough.
My Tory MP is one of these few MPs who is actually far worse than Johnson… so in my case that would be pointless. Him losing his seat would actually please me more than Johnson losing his title.
Kelvin, let the **** know what you feel about him. He probably believes everyone loves him.
He’s already blocked me on all Social Media, and letters aren’t replied to. He’s not one for seeking interaction or finding out what his constituents think of his record.
Kelvin - we must live near each other!!! Maybe they are all just that useless.
Writing to my MP is a totally pointless exercise. I live in the constituency where Boris hid in a fridge the day before the GE. He is that in Boris’ pocket it won’t make a blind bit of difference, sadly.
My one saving grace is we live a mile from the next constituency where the Labour MP is really excellent and though not our representative, we do benefit from his work.
I agree zippy and I already have.
She is mega loyal though, never once voted against the government and recently got promoted to a junior role.
That said, she is bound to have the genetic Tory trait of self preservation.
In truth I'm hoping she got an invite but I'm just not that lucky.😉
SKY reporting that the Met are looking into the latest party revelations.
I'm actually a little surprised.
Most MPs know the locals don't like them, but they get in because they know that only 60% will turnout for the election (the actual big one!) and in the area they represent, they pretty much know the percentage they'll get just for being the tory candidate. It's the same with labour, SNP, etc, they know the safe seats and the ones that could do better with specific candidates.
The sad truth is that we've had the same style of party for 25 years, New Labour were pretty much Tory lite, and it split the party to the way it is to this day, an absolute basket case of different views, opinions and pretty much mandate.
In other news, Michael Gove announces that developers are to foot the bill for cladding. Anyone else see it as a bid to be prime minister in the spring?
Think about it, he makes an announcement that makes it appear that he has found a moral compass, whilst hoping that someone else will have to work out all the details because he thinks he'll be prime minister by the time anything actually has to be done.
It could be that the back stabber is stabbing Johnson in the front this time.
Yes, but Sunak has already nuked his attempt. More accurately “someone at the treasury” has leaked information to undermine today’s flurry of media noise from Gove. Made it clear it’s all noise. Lisa Nandy detailed it all earlier today… hold on…
Twitter thread…
https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1480583769027399680?s=20
Commons statement…
https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1480572754986426380?s=20
What an absolute pit of vipers the Tory party is.
Nandy's point kind of makes my point. Gove's proposal is either an empty promise or a huge problem for the Social housing budget further down the line.
Do we think he cares? Certainly his proposal will be taken apart on Newsnight but the broader public perception will be that he has said the right thing, never mind that he hasn't actually done anything yet.
But anyhow...please let it be Truss....
He’s already blocked me on all Social Media, and letters aren’t replied to. He’s not one for seeking interaction or finding out what his constituents think of his record.
Exactly the same as my Tory MP
Has no interest in any interaction with his constituents other than staged photoshoots. Doesn’t reply to letters or emails. Blocks all people on social media who ask him perfectly reasonable questions. I got blocked for asking him about Barnard Castle at the time.
He seems absolutely typical of the new Johnson/Brexiteer intake of MP’s
Certainly his proposal will be taken apart on Newsnight but the broader public perception will be that he has said the right thing, never mind that he hasn’t actually done anything yet.
True. And as it happens, I’m not sure it’s a play for the top job at all… he’s just been sent out to try and neutralise the idea (truth) that his party is supportive of developers over voters, on the lead up to the May elections. They don’t want Council seats in traditionally safe areas for them swinging to the LibDems. He’s in campaign mode for the party. That’s the brief he’s been given really… “levelling up” is a campaigning brief, not really a government job.
This is bang on. You can guarantee that Johnson will go and hide in a fridge, as always, and leave his human shields to face the press
‘Nobody was available’ for Newsnight tonight. It’ll be interesting to see who, if anyone, will be fronting up in the morning
https://twitter.com/johnjcrace/status/1480680733693861890?s=21
Boris and Carrie have obviously got their priorities sorted this evening though
https://twitter.com/hardeep_matharu/status/1480655954836402182?s=21
^^ In fairness, going camping this time of year is pretty hardcore.
Oh, I see.
As much as I'd like to see boris thrown under the bus, preferably a red one with promises about the NHS painted on the side in blue letters...
I can't help but feel this is just another dead cat flung onto the table, right on top of the already large and growing pile of dead cats.
The rotting corpses are getting too smelly now for even the conservatives.
We will have a new PM at some point before the next GE, the question is, will the public still vote for them in the next GE?
I'd guess, yes they will.
We will have a new PM before the next GE, the question is, will the public still vote for them?
That's the big one isn't it? I feel a lot of inconvenient truths are slowly but inexorably rising to the top of an already pungent barrel but I'm continually shocked at how strong the Tory vote is. Yes, I know they are behind at the moment but not devastatingly so and the electorate have impressively short memories.
Throw in a new "clean" leader, a few perks to the plebs near a GE and you would have to be a real optimist to say there is no way on earth they will win again.
All that said I do now hold more than a little hope that we might not have to endure another ten years of Tory rule but there is no way I would place even a modest bet against it.
Depressing, but I fear you are correct.
Labour voters who don't like Starmer will stay at home, and that will be the end of that.
Much like labour defeat in the last GE, only the corbynites voted Labour. The rest of the 'left' are working class racists and the conservatives appeal to the racists, so it's a win-win for the cons.
Dominic mentions this party in his blog from Friday. I wonder if he released a copy of the email invite...He seems determined that Johnson's downfall is going to be at least in part because of him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/opinion/boris-johnson-britain-bills.html?smid=tw-share&s=09
Fairly stark article in the NY Times about the direction the UK is taking under the Tories now.
Edit: hmm, won't allow me to share it...
Nope, hyperlinks to NYT disabled. Go to NYT homepage and click in the Opinion section, it's right there.
Anyone else make the mistake of listening to the government minister for health and obfuscation on Radio4 just now? We should just wait and not ask questions, while they scrabble around trying to get a new set of stories/lies straight to replace the previous ones, now they are no longer remotely plausible.
That NYT article is worth signing up for. The potential for abuse of the forthcoming legislation is terrifying and going completely unnoticed.
That NYT article is worth signing up for. The potential for abuse of the forthcoming legislation is terrifying and going completely unnoticed.
Disagree.
It's noticed by us that care AND can think - unfortunately as evidenced over the last few years, we're in a minority...
Anyone else make the mistake of listening to the government minister for health and obfuscation on Radio4 just now? We should just wait and not ask questions
Isn't that the point of having an inquiry, quickly kick one off so you can just palm off any questions saying 'I can't comment, we need to wait what the inquiry discovers'
They mostly get away with it but when Johnson was asked directly last night whether he was at the party and his answer was to wait for the inquiry it starts to look very ridiculous, i.e. you need an inquiry to tell you whether you were there or not.
They mostly get away with it but when Johnson was asked directly last night whether he was at the party and his answer was to wait for the inquiry it starts to look very ridiculous, i.e. you need an inquiry to tell you whether you were there or not.
Well that's like sitting in the interview room and refusing to answer questions until your solicitor is there to avoid incriminating yourself later.
He can't say "no I wasn't there" because it WILL come out that he was there and then he'll be forced into something like "oh THAT party, no I meant the other one" which isn't any better.
He can't say "yes I was there" because that immediately says that there was a party, it was against lockdown rules and he knew all that.
I can see why he said that, it's the least worst option and he still comes across as a liar but everyone knows he's a liar anyway.