Boris Johnson!

Ah nickc – never let the truth ( which is what you posted) get in the way of a good conspiracy theory ( that our new troll posted)

🙂

roger, with absolutely no respect you are either:
– a troll
or
– clueless

As for ‘the Twitter files’, what drivel is this?

Just a flurry of conspiracy/antivax talking points, he’ll flame out in due course.

Also… why do you always do your tie up so tight? It looks really uncomfortable, like your heads about to pop.

Bridgen needs it to maintain the lack of blood supply to the brain.

Guys – we have got the troll to go to the covid thread..  Lets ignore him on here

So back to our lying oaf of an exPM

I mislead parliament in good faith

An oxymoron from a moron?

Everyone is entitled to an opinion ,even if it is glaringly wrong .

Interesting that the Telegraph are running with the implied kangaroo court line – he’ll probably not accept the findings, in true Trump style.

I reckon a 5 day suspension and a flounce out of politics before the next GE, focusing all his efforts on getting a seat in the HOL

Problem with HOL is you need to turn up to get the cash (even if just to sign the register before heading back out) whereas as an mp he gets it even if he is on a speaking tour in the US.
So think he would prefer to keep the mp job going.

he’ll probably not accept the findings, in true Trump style.

Hopefully this will influence the committee when it comes to deciding any length of suspension. Is it possible that Sunak will be so keen to get rid of him after his performance yesterday that a recall and by-election is a price worth paying?

I fully expect him to go Full Trump if he is found guilty and suspended, even more so if it forces a by-election. His supporters in the media are just testing the waters to see if they can follow him there or not.

Is there a time scale for the committee to come to its conclusion, anyone know?

Can’t find any specific timetable anywhere, be good to know so I can ignore all the media crap around right now and come back for the finale.

An oxymoron from a moron?

It isnt an oxymoron since its based on saying something you believed was true at the time. Hence whilst you misled the other person you in turn had been misled.
Of course in this particular case its rubbish.

Also mildly interesting that the best rated comments (and in fact most of them) on that hilarious piece of fiction by Mrs Gove on DM website are all anti Boris.

Its not often I laugh with a DM comment as opposed to at them but there were actually a couple surrounding her ‘agile as a cat’ title that made me chuckle.

‘agile as a cat’

No, there isn’t a timetable for the committee to publish their report.
My understanding is the committee hope to publish ‘…by the summer’ which would suggest before the summer recess.

Interesting that the Telegraph are running with the implied kangaroo court line – he’ll probably not accept the findings, in true Trump style.

Its obvious from what he said himself yesterday, in his refusal to actually commit to respecting the verdict of the committee, that thats where we’re heading with this.

He’ll definitely go full Trump.

The problem for Boris is that Trump still has a huge supporter base within his party who believe he will win the next election for them. Boris has got Mad Nad, the Haunted Pencil and…erm… nope… thats pretty much it

Johnson probably thought he was immune to it a second time around

If not immune that the effects and symptoms would not be as severe

The other important point is that they were clearly not at all scared about catching Covid, such that they didn’t think it important to follow the rules themselves.

I don’t know who “they” are … but I don’t think “the boss” was and everyone else had to follow suit (whatever they personally believed)

I once again post this

Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies. [He] sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the school for the next half).

I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation that binds everyone else.

It seems to me in his head the rules didn’t apply to him or anyone working for him.. any more than any other rules apply to him but I don’t think that is in anyway abnormal for politicians.

The step he seems to have taken is he struggles to pretend differently.

His whole defence seems to be “we were doing important stuff” (and inherently more important than doctors and nurses) and he frankly seems to struggle with the concept that anyone should even question that.

His attempt to appeal to “including the current prime minister” just seems to reinforce this to me.

Guys – we have got the troll to go to the covid thread.. Lets ignore him on here

No what you mean is you piled onto someone doesn’t agree with you and bullied them

roger, with absolutely no respect you are either:
– a troll
or
– clueless

As for ‘the Twitter files’, what drivel is this?

I’d have thought someone as clued up as you would have known this, surely?

Anyway here they are:

Twitter Files

Interesting that the Telegraph are running with the implied kangaroo court line – he’ll probably not accept the findings, in true Trump style.

It won’t matter if he accepts it or not, his party have engaged in the process so implicitly accept the outcome in advance of publication. They have multiple members on the committee and could have withdrawn them at any point if they felt it wasn’t fair (or more likely in their political interest). The Kangaroo court line is being peddaled by the haunted pencil and the walking auto-erotic asphyxiator* not the leaders of the party

*Thanks @Binners for pointing out the tie too tight thing, i can’t unsee it now!

The other important point is that they were clearly not at all scared about catching Covid, such that they didn’t think it important to follow the rules themselves.

For me the important point is that they didn’t GAS about giving Covid to someone it could harm; the old, infirm, weak, fat and/or ethnics – because fundamentally they’re selfish bastards goaded on by a first rate selfish bastard.

No what you mean is you piled onto someone doesn’t agree with you and bullied them

Whether he agrees with me or not is irrelevant

when he is making demonstrably false statements and relying on discredited conspiracy theorists its rather differnt

if yo want to go against decades of well known and well proven science you need something robust to back it up.  When you cannot do so then you are in a very poor position.  Nothing he has claimed is backed by anything real.

“we were doing important stuff”

There is very little evidence of what this ‘important stuff’ actually was.
He turned up at more parties than COBRA meetings.
And let us spare a moment of remembrance,for poor old Allegra Stratton,giggling at us all while we played by the rules.
Such a lark.

No what you mean is you piled onto someone doesn’t agree with you and bullied them

Yeah? Nah.

He’s just signed up to pedal shite conspiracy stuff.

Roger. You are trolling this thread. I will ban you if you post here again. Take it to the CV thread and keep it there.

HAHAHAHA! Farewell.

The circle is complete.

Jeepers!

I actually think Mark was being more than fair with that allowing Roger to post on the covid thread

Well that escalated – I guess Roger will get to complain about being cancelled

Anyway..

I watched most of it yesterday and it was pretty obvious that Johnson genuinely believes he is above the guidance / law in place at the time. However, I have a sneaky feeling that he will escape with minimal censure as he has done throughout his life. I hope I’m wrong.

Regrettably, I agree.

He’ll her a nominal telling off but no 10 day suspension and all that, that entails.

He’ll then trumpet it as a victory.

I do wonder if, years from now, he will come a real cropper due to feeling totally immune to the constraints we all live by. I can completely imagine him doing something full on criminal at some point, something he won’t walk away from.

He’s already done full on criminal stuff and got away with it. If you mean like armed robbery, he’s not got the balls for it and is too lazy. Other crime is just too difficult for him and requires thought and planning.

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He’s already done full on criminal stuff and got away with it. If you mean like armed robbery, he’s not got the balls for it and is too lazy. Other crime is just too difficult for him and requires thought and planning.

I’ll be honest, I’m thinking non consensual sex, physical abuse type stuff.

Well, his dad has form for that and he’s already had a visit for something similar with Carrie, so I guess we might see that at some point.

It would appear that the tories in general are concerned about the odds of losing a bye election and thus won’t want to risk that – but also perhaps its worth it just to be rid of him.

I am fairly sure he will be censured and suspended but it might be that they settle on a less than 10 day suspension.  IIRC any censure needs to be ratified by the full HOC.  Sunak has said a free vote.  would enough tories support him to stop a censure motion?  I doubt it especially as the rebellion yesterday showed how little support the ERG fringe have now

I mean, I’m not hoping he does do that to some poor devil but it wouldn’t surprise me if I’m honest.

It would appear that the tories in general are concerned about the odds of losing a bye election and thus won’t want to risk that – but also perhaps its worth it just to be rid of him.

Have to agree, the longer this turd remains unflushed, the worse for Sunak

but also perhaps its worth it just to be rid of him.

That’s not really their call, Johnson could cause a lot of problems for the Tories from outside the party, if he can be bothered.

Inside the tent pissing out or outside the tent pissing in?

but also perhaps its worth it just to be rid of him.

No-one will ever be rid of him.
Outside the Tory Party, he’ll just become an Independent, he’ll no doubt get a gig on GB News, a column in some paper or other and he can sit there on the sidelines sniping away.
Inside the Tory Party – not much different really. He’ll rarely bother with the niceties of turning up to HoC unless there’s something in it for him.

Either way he’ll continue to generate column inches, pages more comments on here, TV appearances.
Absolutely nothing, short of a full on Epstein-style incident, will make him go away.

he’ll no doubt get a gig on GB News, a column in some paper or other and he can sit there on the sidelines sniping away.

One of his friends and supporters was on R4 a couple of days back, claiming that this committee had to tread carefully as they had Johnson’s ‘livelihood in their hands’

It’s already well documented that his additional grifting (sorry, employment) and his needs for loans and gifts to pay for his various house renovations, etc. is because being an MP doesn’t pay his bills. The thought that Johnson treats being an MP as his livelihood is almost as believable as the thought that he believes the gatherings with cakes, music, wine and dancing were work meetings.