It's all falling apart alarmingly fast for Boris Johnson across the water. How long you reckon he has left as British Prime Minister? Hours surely?
How many parties are they talking about now? I've lost count.
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So their boss the leader of the government and party isn't the one who sets the tone for what behavior is allowed? Also again he's their boss who didnt stop it and if its because he didn't know it was happening then its because he didnt want to know or more than likely cus its boris being boris he just didn't care.
Maybe this summary will help you with the difference:
"If Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson soon joins the gallery of toppled PMs, it will be because he attended a “bring your own booze” party in the back garden of Number 10 and his aides had a lockdown-busting piss-up in Downing Street the night before the Queen buried her husband."
Just digest that paragraph for a few moments and remember this was on the PM's watch. Not just that, it was quite literally in his back garden. How can he possibly meet the Queen in private for the weekly briefs and look her in the eye I've no idea but then again BJ's brass neck is in a league of its own.
it was the number ten employees, or civil servants as they are other wise called, that were having the parties wasn't it?
The only surprising aspect of all this is that some people are surprised.
Everyone knows what BJ is like. The guy is a coward, a cheat and a serial proven liar in both his professional and personal life going back decades. Everyone knows BJ did not want to bring in any lockdown regulations- their hand was forced. They had zero intention of following the regulations themselves. Everyone knows that Tories generally cannot be trusted to tell the time.
A spoofer of the highest order but the English plebs seem to have a soft spot for this type of charade. Fawning over Royalty, a plummy accent and an Eton education is a national pursuit.
They call it 'libertarianism" which to my mind is just a euphemism for laziness and that is exactly what BJ is- lazy. I believe he will survive all this.
I think it's important to note Starmer went on tv to explain the situation while being interviewed unlike Johnson.
It is also telling that this "story" was first put out by the sun in May last year...odd that the Daily Mail (with editor in chief - Paul dacre back) have decided to resurrect it now..
You are right on James slack alright yeah fair enough..handy to have someone pro conservative in the sun isn't it.
What about all the other points? Wine Friday, regular parties a number with BJ in attendance, a wine fridge, wine fridays, a suitcase for the wine lol.
You honestly are comparing that to Starmer having a beer with a takeaway? Come on now, you are being entirely disingenuous.
They even tried to get their mate Paul Dacre in as head of OFCOM but they didn't manage that, so he is now editor in chief of DMG media, expect daily mail etc to go even more pro conservative if that is possible.
I hope the "big dog" stays tbh.. labour+10 in most polls great he shows the tories up for who they are.
How many people with the Labour Leader..............
when was the deputy editor of the sun as a party at ten downing street?
I am presuming you are confused and actually mean James Slack, who was leaving his role as Downing Street communications secretary (a role he pretty much was in before Johnson became PM) to take up the job of deputy editor of the Sun.
he had a few drinks with people he had shared an office with all day (weeks, months even).
I am aware of that but he is the pms private Secretary, he was pictured at another event shoulder to shoulder with him drinking wine and eating cheese...I am genuinely losing count of how many events there were at this stage!
You took just one of the things..what about the others? You are "struggling to see the difference"?...how?
They also had external people...like the deputy editor of the sun over for a party. Was that allowed as well?
I have no doubt he will continue to throw people under the bus to attempt to save himself "operation save big dog"...Christ lol...what a shambles
There is a vast difference between someone having a quiet drink with a take away meal in the middle of a working session (which was allowd under the rules) and a "Bring Your Own Booze" evening organised by the PMs permanent secretary at a time when social mixing was banned except with one other person from another household outdoors in a public place.
The garden party was so bad that the No10 cleaners even complained: https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/downing-street-party-no-10-garden-state-byob-drinks-lockdown-1395891
Obviously nobody here will be surprised at your defence of the PM.
Yup and that's exactly what Boris is hoping for. That there are *just* enough people like you that are no able to see the difference.
Throw enough mud around, batten down the hatches, rinse and repeat.
100 people invited by their boss, (who isn't a Tory) to have a drink in the garden after a day spent in the same office as opposed to the Labour leader having a drink in an office with people he has spent the day working with?
I'm struggling to see the difference to be honest.
Don't try convince us, it's the Tory MPs and party Chair you need to convince.
Slight difference between having a takeaway and a beer in a constituency office at the end of the day with a couple of colleagues, versus what the Tories have done...which by my info is the below at least
100 people invited to a garden party
Multiple leaving dos.
Multiple parties (a number of which johnson attended)
Wine fridays
They had catering at some of the parties and they bought a bloody wine fridge and a suitcase to carry the bottles! Lol
so did Martin Reynolds
You've been presented with facts that Labour didn't break guidelines in this instance, yet Boris et al did when they had their get together.
How hard is this to understand? I'm pretty sure 99% of this forum don't care enough about UK Labour to vociferously defend them.
bloody good of some young lad to take a load of hostages in Texas, just to take the attention away from Boris.
I guess the Tonga volcano was all a distraction as well. 🙄
I'm no fan of labour but he was following the regulations as they stood at the time.
so when it is the Labour party, people who work together having a beer and a bite to eat is a "Work Dinner", when it is the staff of No 10, it is a party?
Labour were at it as well, but of course the hypocrites will do all they can to deny it.
From what I gather, they did not break the rules that were in place at the time plus it was an actual work dinner. So in what way were Labour "at it as well"?
The BBC haven’t ignored anything.
some people just don’t like it when they find out that Labour were at it as well.
Steve Higham is the Captain of the Prince Of Wales Aircraft Carrier who advised the Prime Minister on HMG policy in the Middle East, Syria, Eastern Mediterranean, Gulf, South / South-East Asia and NATO and on linked domestic prosperity aspects as part of the Johnson Government’s levelling-up agenda. (I'm a bit confused about the levelling up part TBH)
The other boat driver Nick Cooke-Priest who was in charge of the other carrier got fired for misusing the warship’s official car on weekends so Steve should expect no less.
Tbh he is toast, someone on the inside is releasing this and given how careless they have been there is probably a mountain of new allegations and evidence still to surface.
In the short term they will try to throw some staffers under the bus with the hope that will deflect the pressure.
However unless they quench the source of the leaks this won't go away.
Looks like Johnson attended another party...ffs where does he get the time...
Would he be cynical enough to force the BBC to close services and potentially make thousands of redundancies, ? ... likely to prove popular with Conservative party members and supporters, as well as the rightwing media who have yet to call for Johnson to quit.
Will this pressurise the BBC to take the heat off him ?
Hard to say, maybe. Spot the dead cat on https://www.bbc.com/news
A man who took four hostages at a synagogue in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, has been identified by the FBI as British citizen
Prince Harry in legal fight to pay for UK police protection
The Guardian has a handy list of sacrificial goats lined up to take the blame for the parties.
I love how "follow the science" has become something people say and accept like "the science" has one absolute an universal truth.. 🙄
Labour are lucky that the Barry Gardiner story has been pushed off the news by Johnson.
Johnson is deeply damaged goods now among the voting public. His MPs and party are looking to the successor , Johnson is just holding the place warm so an unruly succession can be avoided.
Shitmidas is his name now.
Oh they also tried to move their old mate who was the editor of the daily mail...which also constantly runs down the labour party....to become the head of OFCOM...
But that one at least fell through.
He is now the editor in chief of DMG media...so I would expect the crazy pro conservative and anti labour stories to kick up another gear
Christ...seriously talk about grasping at straws.
The Conservatives...a string of parties (some of which Johnson was definitely at)...Friday night wine club...a wine fridge....and a suitcase to bring in the wine...you couldn't make it up lol...versus...a man having a takeaway and a beer with a couple of colleagues after working for the day in a constituency office...
There have been plenty of conservative MPs caught breaking the rules outside of downing street party central as well.
The sun etc seem to have a serious agenda against the labour party...I wonder why...
The sun had their own staff party during lockdown as well seemingly....
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