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If this narrative takes hold then Boris Johnson is doomed – politicalbetting.com
If this narrative takes hold then Boris Johnson is doomed – politicalbetting.com
"You're finished"Boris Johnson faces furious heckles as Conservative MP @William_Wragg accuses the PM of calling a press conference to announce new Covid restrictions as a "diversionary tactic" to deflect from the Christmas Party scandal. pic.twitter.com/9vuh9hnEDS
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This newspaper has been given the names of six current and former senior government officials who were alleged to be present, as well as two other people known to be close to Mrs Johnson.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/08/day-reckoning-many-heads-will-roll-public-anger-partygate-subsides/?
Unless you live in North Shropshire, in which case you can vote Liberal Democrat and he will be a reluctant Turkish conscript.
https://twitter.com/BethRigby/status/1468677339605262342
I've suddenly changed my mind on Johnson leaving.
However there is no thing as a temporary or caretaker PM, so in that scenario Raab would win the next PM market.
One of those dates last year is my Mums birthday, and we had them (my Parents) round for a takeaway after spending the day in Leigh on Sea - I guess that must have been ok
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/08/day-reckoning-many-heads-will-roll-public-anger-partygate-subsides/
The exception was in 1975 when Heath, shocked and humiliated, asked Robert Carr to chair the Shadow Cabinet until a new leader was elected.
That wasn't the question from Wragg. It was whether the HoC would be consulted.
Dominic "the police do not investigate crimes which happened in the past" Raab
We know the Labour lead in the polls isn't due to very many (if any) direct Conservative > Labour switchers; instead, it's due to Conservative voters moving to DK/NOTA and some Lib Dem/Reform.
Will a new leader reunite them under his/her banner? Or will they show that Boris truly is the only leader who can reach voters that others can't touch?
The Met said video footage obtained by ITV "does not provide evidence of a breach" of health regulations, adding: "The Metropolitan Police Service has received a significant amount of correspondence relating to allegations reported in the media that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations were breached at gatherings at No 10 Downing Street in November and December 2020.
"All this correspondence has been considered by detectives in detail, as well as footage published by ITV News. The correspondence and footage does not provide evidence of a breach of the Health Protection Regulations, but restates allegations made in the media. Based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such Regulations, the Met will not commence an investigation at this time."
This "Plan B" is a disgrace and is adding insult to injury.
Boris has lost it. He has to go.
Less shocking was that past crimes would apparently not be investigated.
I’m not entirely sure what it is, but I want it now.
Football without fans is rubbish and heartbreaking.
Yet, in reality, what was announced tonight went nowhere near far enough for many. There really was only minor tinkering at the margins.
If you are going to jump, jump.
Leading me to conclude this is the dead cat widely predicted as incoming.
Unfortunately. It is an already putrid one.
https://twitter.com/Laura_K_Hughes/status/1468680080687865857
One Number 10 official who attended the party on December 18 tells the FT: “It was huge, there must have been 40 to 50 people. It was really bad. There was cheese and wine ordered in by Number 10 staff. There was music.”
https://twitter.com/Laura_K_Hughes/status/1468680158127218694
The official said they had also been present during a leaving party in Downing Street for former aide Cleo Watson on November 27, in which Johnson had given a speech.
LOL. NS is lost.
Thank you.
Why is a November party relevant? The point is that in December London was in Tier 3 so it was illegal, it wasn't illegal in November was it?
Johnson will remain leader and PM until a replacement is elected even if he is on gardening leave. I'd add there's no certainty Raab would be picked to take charge in those circumstances either. Others are available. William Hague might be asked to come back temporarily, for example.
Unless Boris Johnson is deaf and blind, given the layout of Downing Street, he must have been aware of a party of 40 or 50.
I'm not the best person to ask what those should be to keep the Johnson coalition together, but I'd imagine that a few early missteps would be enough to fracture the coalition irrevocably.
Do you know anything about it Eagles? Are Isabel and Richard regular goers?
Last year if you wanted to have a Christmas party you had to claim it was a work meeting. This year, if you want to have a work meeting you have to claim it is a Christmas party. Everyone clear?
https://twitter.com/FootballFunnnys/status/1468683322247323653
https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus-november-lockdown-for-england/
(Roughly, the spring 2020 rules except schools stayed open.)
So many of Boris's problems simply come down to bad behaviour, laziness and incompetence.
So yes, illegal as fuck in November.
LAB: 38% (+2)
CON: 34% (-4)
LDEM: 11% (+2)
GRN: 6% (-)
REFUK: 5% (+1)
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, 08 Dec
That was in the press conference, a young man asked this. “Do you have thoughts to go for compulsory vaccination like some EU states?”
Would have thought it’s a straightforward no, but he warbled on for ages about it.
That’s the problem with Boris, he’s too much of a thinker!
Staff attending the 18/12 gathering at 10 Downing Street genuinely believed that, as this was an after-work event, they were following the guidance in place at the time. Although they may have been mistaken in this, and they were certainly stretching the spirit of the guidance at the time, their lack of intent to break the guidance leads me to conclude that, on this occasion, there is no need for further action. I have, however, advised the staff involved to be more cautious in the future. As far as I can establish the Prime Minister had no knowledge of this after-works even taking place. As a consequence, the Prime Minister is fully exonerated.
Investigation complete. That'll be £20K, thanks.
Bleak
I pointed out some of us lived in one tier, worked in another tier, shopped in another tier, and in instance of some of my colleagues had young children living in other tiers.
Not defending him - he did the crime, he did the time. But he was investigated and convicted almost a decade after the event because he was a cabinet minister and it's important to show such people aren't above the law.
If you went into your local cop shop and said "I took speeding points for my ex in 2012" how much effort do you think they'd put into it? They did it with Huhne because it was important to send that message - and it was a fair cop wasn't it?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10257771/Football-heading-closed-doors-Bayern-Munich-told-play-stadium.html