Boris Johnson!

I’m glad that those in real need can still access legal aid.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/22/boris-johnson-in-line-for-more-taxpayers-money-for-partygate-defence

Taxpayers are on the hook for another five-figure bill to cover Boris Johnson’s legal fees during the inquiry into his Partygate denials, as Rishi Sunak’s government prepares to extend support for the former prime minister for a second time.

Doubt this will end populist attacks on lawyers from the Tory benches.

I think that it now has a certain air of inevitability about it. The catastrophic losses in the local elections in May being his official launch pad, but its clear that his campaign is well underway already

Yep plenty of getting on with levelling up talk we’ll soon be back to the 3 word things again 🙂

I just don’t think the sloppy seconds pm could sell the BS as well as everyone’s favourite clown.

Is the application for the NATO job just about keeping polishing his name up ready for another run at PM?

Seems like a terrible place to work if you dont like turning up knowing what your brief is. But NATO does seems as good a place as any to bump into the next person to leave a wife for.

we’ll soon be back to the 3 word things again

I wonder if we plotted all the three word slogans into what3words we’d find out he’s been drawing a massive cock and balls on the world map.

I wonder if we plotted all the three word slogans into what3words we’d find out he’s been drawing a massive cock and balls on the world map.

🤣

Hands.face.space is in the sea just of Llandudno

for Liz Truss fans ‘wrong.wrong.wrong’ is on the corner of Walworth Ave and E225th Street in Cleveland Ohio

If Sunak ‘gets Brexit done’ * as he’s claiming

Johnson will throw an absolute shitfit

Excuse me what pic.twitter.com/4jphnptf5T

— The Columnist (@Sime0nStylites) February 25, 2023

*we all know its BS

**** the Americans? ****business? Basically **** everyone! That’s always been Johnson’s philosophy

He believes in nothing but his own self-interest. Whatever Sunak comes our with on Monday – and I doubt it’ll be anything major – Johnson will rally the credulous morons of the DUP and the ERG to denounce it and start what he hopes will be his glorious return to number 10

Any other considerations like ****ing up the countries economy even more or wrecking the good Friday agreement don’t even register with him. Everything he does is 110% about him

I’m absolutely amazed that there are idiots who are so stupid as to trust him

Eyes are on the prize up here in Stafford – our sitting MP, niece to one Rees-Mogg, has been deselected by the locals. Making National News and the front pages everywhere no less.

Stafford, once something of a Parachute constituency for up-and-comings like Theo, now hot as a Lifeboat in the face of an Iceberg interface, sees BJ glad-handing up nearby in Stoke this week. Rumour mill churning locally wonders if BoJangles fancies a safe-seat oop Northish?

First Past The Post.

***.the.Americans?

is a modest nine bedroom Georgian Manor House in Oxfordshire

One of the Sunday papers is headlining on the cost of legal aid for all those pesky migrants…they maybe need a little closer to home….

Does the fly tipped sofa have an actual job title these days,or his he still trading under ‘failed Prime Minister’.
Always nice to see how genuinely concerned he is for Ukraine and Norn Ireland 🙄

Does the fly tipped sofa have an actual job title

He is busy nowadays. MP, speech giver and author (of his memoirs. The Shakespeare he was paid handsomely for seems to have been sidelined for now). Surprised he isnt writing a column as well currently but that might clash with his memoirs.

When he is brought up by gammon relatives just say HE LIED TO THE QUEEN.
Always shuts them up.

Johnson has been busy rubbishing Sunak’s deal with the EU for NI (otherwise known as cleaning up the worst of his ____). Sounds like he’s given up on the idea of a return to the top job though… it’s more a “everything would have been better if only you’d listened (very selectively) to me” self congratulatory thing… that’s the impression I got from the clips I can find.

He’s obviously massively pissed off that theres been no eruption of anger from the ERG/DUP for him to ride on the coat-tails of, so he’s trying to create his own.

The trouble is that by now even the most unhinged of Brexiteer loons appear to be tired of it all. Even Boris looked like he’s sick and tired of Boris by today. God knows the rest of us have had quite enough of his shit!

He’s finished and he knows it!

I think this period will be looked upon by historians as the most debased and corrupt in the history of UK Governance. Lets hope so anyway

So I expect he’ll now turn his attentions to the work of fiction that will be his memoirs and covering his arse and blaming others in all the upcoming parliamentary and public inquiries of which he’s presently the subject.

Unfortunately we, the taxpayer, seem to be on the hook for paying for his legal fees, which I’m sure will amount to the equivalent of the GDP of Spain by the time he’s done

covering his arse and blaming others

That’s what clips of today’s speech sounded like… manufacturing his legacy, rather than still aiming for a come back. Perhaps I was hearing what I wanted to hear… and that he’s accepted that his time is up.

How on earth is he entitled to legal aid?

How on earth is he entitled to legal aid?

Well, being ‘entitled’ seems to help

How on earth is he entitled to legal aid?

Its not legal aid. The sort of lawyers he hires would laugh at the fees payable via that.
He is getting his fees paid for him as the investigation is about his time in office.

Which is somewhat ironic since the entire investigation is about him lying about not doing their jobs.

Don’t worry, it was all just a Labour plot anyway

BBC News – Partygate probe chief Sue Gray offered top job by Labour leader Starmer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64824776

The right wing rags are enjoying it

I think this period will be looked upon by historians as the most debased and corrupt in the history of UK Governance.

Somewhere an MP is saying, ‘Hold my beer!’

DM loving the Sue Gray job.
Gotta love the way the poor tories portray themselves as victims of leftie plots.

Having said that, I can’t help thinking the Labour job offer to Sue Gray is just handing the Tories a massive stick. Another own goal.

Doubt Sue Gray is the only Civil Servant looking (forward) to a change of government.

Remember Johnson’s response to Patel’s bullying of staff?

Where are we up to with complaints against Raab…?

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DM loving the Sue Gray job.
Gotta love the way the poor tories portray themselves as victims of leftie plots.

Having said that, I can’t help thinking the Labour job offer to Sue Gray is just handing the Tories a massive stick. Another own goal.

Peston was on tv last night saying that the person this gives the biggest headache to is Sunak, as out just brings poor little Boris, who was just “doing his best” back into the limelight. Just as he was becoming irrelevant.

He might have a point.

It is quite amusing watching people who’ve spent the last few years dishing out multimillion pound contracts to their cronies, giving knighthoods to their family members and appointing their mates to run the BBC etc, now soiling their petticoats in outrage because Starmer has appointed a former civil servant to his office

Kier’s judgement on this is as bad as Hancock’s book writer choice.

They’ve all lost the bloody plot.

I love that Sue Grey may have a new job.

Don’t the Torries realize that ‘you have nothing to fear if you’ve done nothing wrong’. They say it often enough.

Kier’s judgement on this is as bad as Hancock’s book writer choice.

Not so sure. While it’s lovely to think that you can have a bunch of amateurs (I’m exaggerating) go into Number 10/11 and hit the ground running… her experience will be invaluable to Starmer’s team in the first year. Good to know it’s not just a bunch of journalists and Tufton Street shrills getting ready to run the Prime Minister’s office… (if Labour get that far).

Not doubting her experience and capability – it’s the bloody great stick Kier has given the Tories to hit him with that’s questionable.

If Johnson hadnt been found guilty by the police & the public his fanbase may have a point

And there is even more damning stuff about to hit the headlines

Starmer hiring widely regarded as smart & competent seems to only bother the die hard corbynites & boris fans

issue thats soon to be overtaken by reminder of just how bad Johnson was as PM

NEW: Understand the privileges committee *COULD* publish evidence it has received about Downing Street parties as soon as this morning. The timetable has been under discussion

— Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) March 3, 2023

This won’t hurt Starmer or Labour; tory frothing won’t last long.
I’m more concerned about whether Acoba will attempt to delay her taking up the position and/or raise objections/concerns.
They have a long and very consistent track record of waving through every move from civil service and defence to the public sector; this one is a little different but not much.
I’m sure Starmer and Grey will have talked this through in detail and fully expected the tory piss and wind.
Nothing to see here.

I’m more concerned about whether Acoba will attempt to delay her taking up the position and/or raise objections/concerns.

tbh I think that wouldnt be a bad thing, they couldnt delay it forever and it would only make the tories look more petty

it’s the bloody great stick Kier has given the Tories to hit him with that’s questionable

What’s the stick…? That the person Johnson appointed to report on his actions has left the Civil Service and will be working to help remove the Tories? Everyone he tasked with looking over his behaviour has left the building. John Penrose, Lord Christopher Geidt, Sir Alex Allen… must have been demoralising and disillusion establishing work in so many ways.

Wow “The most impartial person in the civil service” turns out to be just that – what a turn up.

Love the Tory frothing over this but they’re just making themselves look ridiculous.

I say well played SKS.

Having said that, I can’t help thinking the Labour job offer to Sue Gray is just handing the Tories a massive stick. Another own goal.

I don’t see this at all – the Tories & Boris appointed her and hailed how wonderful and independent she was. The possibilities are:

– She was an undercover agent of the left wing establishment, sent to destroy Boris. Begging the question what idiot appointed her?!
– She was a hard working and top ranking civil servant of the highest integrity who had to wade through a cesspit of Boris’ making. Who is now making her next career move to the government in waiting. What a great move by Kier, looking for the best talents even if she is tainted by association with the tories.

This all reminds me of my #1 bugbear with the tories. It’s the fault of poor people that they’re failures. Boris’ failures are the fault of the left wing establishment, EUSSR, left wing biased media etc

seems to only bother the die hard corbynites & boris fans

And if you’re getting the thumbs down from those two gangs of fruit loops then you’re probably on the right lines

the most debased and corrupt in the history of UK Governance

What about when the East India Company “owned” the government? Or the time around the South Sea Bubble? I’d agree with most corrupt in modern (post 19th) times

This won’t hurt Starmer or Labour; tory frothing won’t last long.

Does that mean that the electorate aren’t stupid and gullible?

It will certainly be used as a stick to beat Labour/Starmer with, the question I guess is whether you think it will be successful or not.

Many in the party are demanding to know when Labour first made contact with Gray, and whether they did so while her Partygate inquiry was ongoing. The Times reported that Starmer personally contacted Gray months ago after identifying her as the best person for the job.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/03/labour-ready-to-delay-sue-gray-appointment-amid-growing-row

Probably why she/they waited for the start of the Privileges Committee enquiry and the presentation of evidence to it to make this move. They can scream all they like about Sue Gray’s (redacted) report that they told us all the wait so long for… it’s about to be completely superseded… possibly starting today.