PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 25, 2022 1 hour ago, PurpleCanary said: Seems like some staffers have suddenly remembered they had some undeleted images...🤩 One of the reports that didn't get as much attention as those covering specifics events was the claim that at a time when all indoor socialising was banned Downing St staff held after-work 'wine-time Fridays' throughout the pandemic, with the prime minister regularly in attendance and encouraging those present to let of steam. If that is proved, especially with photographs, then he can prepare to spend more time with his family, with his successor having the pleasure of regarding the Lulu Lyttle wallpaper... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted January 26, 2022 That's funny I don't remember it working that way when Teresa May stepped down... ??? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted January 26, 2022 12 hours ago, Wings of a Sparrow said: This could be entertaining... Angela might have to turn to her old friend, Tony Blair, for the answer to this conundrum as Blair was interviewed twice by the Met when PM over the cash for honours scandal. ps. Blair didn't resign over the affair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,834 Posted January 26, 2022 Aaah, the king of whataboutery returns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Herman said: Aaah, the king of whataboutery returns. Not even whataboutery. More like 'comeupwithafactuallyfalsecomparisonandhopeno-onenoticesitstotalirrelevancery'. Blair was interviewed as a witness. The likelihood is Johnson will be interviewed as a suspect. Even the Daily Mail knows enough to keep on stressing the significant difference. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,839 Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, PurpleCanary said: Not even whataboutery. More like 'comeupwithafactuallyfalsecomparisonandhopeno-onenoticesitstotalirrelevancery'. Blair was interviewed as a witness. The likelihood is Johnson will be interviewed as a suspect. Even the Daily Mail knows enough to keep on stressing the significant difference. I noted something like that a few days ago. As Johnson's Brexit addled government totters in a cesspit of sleaze and lies many of its Brexity 'supporters' now show their true colours - whether it be 'Britain First' or a denial that Biden won the US elections. Simply Johnson and Brexit was built upon foundations of myths and lies and not surprisingly its now collapsing in on itself with myths and lies. I can only surmise that its few remaining supporters like being lied to and taken for fools. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 26, 2022 20 hours ago, PurpleCanary said: There is another point, which I haven't seen made so far. There have been all too believable reports that Downing St staffers have been withholding info from Gray, and even perhaps deleting images, for fear of losing their jobs. It is one thing to do that with Gray but quite another when it is a criminal investigation by the police. I see The Guardian is now making this point: Former No 10 staffers told the Guardian that the police inquiry will uncover evidence which has not yet been submitted to Gray. One senior Tory said the Scotland Yard inquiry was a “different ballgame”, adding: “Officials who don’t tell Sue Gray the whole truth will not hold back from the cops.” In other words even if BoJo the Clown survives the Gray report, which is unlikely (especially if damning new images emerge) but possible, he is still far from out of the woods. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said: I noted something like that a few days ago. As Johnson's Brexit addled government totters in a cesspit of sleaze and lies many of its Brexity 'supporters' now show their true colours - whether it be 'Britain First' or a denial that Biden won the US elections. Simply Johnson and Brexit was built upon foundations of myths and lies and not surprisingly its now collapsing in on itself with myths and lies. I can only surmise that its few remaining supporters like being lied to and taken for fools. The other argument being made (forcibly by the Mail now Dacre is back there) is that this is a storm in a teacup when there are serious matters (such as Ukraine) to be dealt with. Except that Partygate symbolises how BoJo is not only morally corrupt but staggeringly incompetent to boot. He doesn't even have the brains to break the covid rules so no-one could find out. And that incompetence runs right through his government. Just one example is the billions lost to corporate fraud by companies supposedly involved in covid measures. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,221 Posted January 26, 2022 "complete nonsense" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 26, 2022 39 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said: "complete nonsense" Fcuk me, another Civil Service inquiry coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,839 Posted January 26, 2022 Let's be honest - not only is Johnson a contemptible toe-rag clear for all to see but the yobbos on the Tory benches yelling their support are now equally complicit in this government without any standards of behaviour or shame. Unthinking minions Get rid of the lot asap. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icecream Snow 762 Posted January 26, 2022 Boris's jibe to Keir Starmer "he's a lawyer, not a leader" seems pretty rich given Boris's total lack of leadership and the fact that Boris could do with a good lawyer 😛 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,839 Posted January 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Icecream Snow said: Boris's jibe to Keir Starmer "he's a lawyer, not a leader" seems pretty rich given Boris's total lack of leadership and the fact that Boris could do with a good lawyer 😛 I did wonder if Starmer was giving Johnson some much needed practice in answering a QC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said: Fcuk me, another Civil Service inquiry coming. The PM's spokesman now using semantics to try to get out of this. The charge was that Johnson intervened to get the animals out. So: Asked at the post-PMQs lobby briefing about the latest revelations, the prime minister’s spokesman said: “It remains the case that the PM didn’t instruct officials to take any particular course of action.” No one is saying he did order a particular course of action. He is hardly a details man, after all. All he had to say was 'Do something.' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,281 Posted January 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, PurpleCanary said: The PM's spokesman now using semantics to try to get out of this. The charge was that Johnson intervened to get the animals out. So: Asked at the post-PMQs lobby briefing about the latest revelations, the prime minister’s spokesman said: “It remains the case that the PM didn’t instruct officials to take any particular course of action.” No one is saying he did order a particular course of action. He is hardly a details man, after all. All he had to say was 'Do something.' The c**** lips moved that’s normally a clue that he lied. It seems the email has been leaked that actually has Johnson personally authorising it. Again he has lied to and misled the house. If you were fighting or working for the British abroad would you trust this clown if things went wrong ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60143279 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,834 Posted January 26, 2022 Even Gavin Barwell is a lefty nowadays.😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 6,019 Posted January 26, 2022 What's hotter, the fire in Boris Johnson's pants from all that lying or that pumpkin pie Sharon Weiss complained about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,834 Posted January 26, 2022 I had to look up Sharon Weiss.😀 In the end it's still Bozo's pants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Well b back 3,281 Posted January 26, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60142915 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,585 Posted January 27, 2022 20 hours ago, PurpleCanary said: The other argument being made (forcibly by the Mail now Dacre is back there) is that this is a storm in a teacup when there are serious matters (such as Ukraine) to be dealt with. Except that Partygate symbolises how BoJo is not only morally corrupt but staggeringly incompetent to boot. He doesn't even have the brains to break the covid rules so no-one could find out. And that incompetence runs right through his government. Just one example is the billions lost to corporate fraud by companies supposedly involved in covid measures. Apparently he has been telling Tory MPs he has been in worse scrapes than this and got out of them, as if this is some Bertie Wooster jape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellow Fever 3,839 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, PurpleCanary said: Apparently he has been telling Tory MPs he has been in worse scrapes than this and got out of them, as if this is some Bertie Wooster jape. 'Bertie' always had Jeeves although Wooster is quite a good character likeness to Johnson's comical antics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 27, 2022 Its time we ended this warlock hunt and got on with the real things that matter to the loyal brexiteers. Like tearing up an agreement that people still say is different to Mays. Like sticking our nose into US politics again by talking up Ukraine, something even the Ukraine Government doesn't want. Like not answering whether he is holding back reversing the NI rise until the day after the Gray report is published. Like not cuttting duty on fuel to help people, especially in rural areas who tend to have longer distances to go to work. And have to use their own transport because public transport has gone and the subsidies are being spent on HS2, which is now so much over budget they are cutting back its original route. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 27, 2022 And I forgot to add, none of which Labour could have done because they have a lawyer not a leader. Shame we don't have a liar. Well maybe Blair is still a member. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted January 27, 2022 On 26/01/2022 at 08:40, PurpleCanary said: Not even whataboutery. More like 'comeupwithafactuallyfalsecomparisonandhopeno-onenoticesitstotalirrelevancery'. Blair was interviewed as a witness. The likelihood is Johnson will be interviewed as a suspect. Even the Daily Mail knows enough to keep on stressing the significant difference. Ah, the old 'its ok when we do it' argument. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rock The Boat 1,332 Posted January 27, 2022 Or the WMD 15 minutes from our shores. The point being, they all lie when it suits them. Nothing new here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,834 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Rock The Boat said: Or the WMD 15 minutes from our shores. The point being, they all lie when it suits them. Nothing new here. They have never been forgiven for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Rock The Boat said: Or the WMD 15 minutes from our shores. The point being, they all lie when it suits them. Nothing new here. It was 45 minutes, so stop lying 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,401 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, keelansgrandad said: It was 45 minutes, so stop lying 😀 Hmm, not sure about that. I'll wait for the Sue Gray report. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, ricardo said: Hmm, not sure about that. I'll wait for the Sue Gray report. More chance of seeing Maigret repeats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites