Boris Johnson

[cockneyrebel]

Originally Posted by Aquila_17

Surely, it would be a dogging event

Big dogging.

[GreatGonzo]

Originally Posted by bubbs11

Oh my God. They are all united it seems to really kick this issue into the long grass. What a bunch of utter *****

If they can buy themselves a couple of weeks, Putin might invade Ukraine and then the picture changes and everything becomes a focus on whether we would be dragged into a war.

Boris and his team will cling on for as long as they possibly can.

[Johnnieboy]

Originally Posted by bubbs11

We have just stepped into civil disobedience territory I think. This can’t be allowed to go on.

I think you may be right. There is nothing honest or transparent about what is happening here. It's quite astonishing, not an ounce of integrity on display

[Johnnieboy]

Originally Posted by Wolfnipplechips

I’m 52 years old and don’t have a criminal record.

I’ve been driving for 35 years and have once had three points for speeding.

I do not trust the Metropolitan Police.

Boris Johnson is 57 years old and doesn't have a criminal record.

He should do but he trusts the Met

[El Aguila]

Originally Posted by Wolfnipplechips

BREAKING: Boris Johnson’s spokesman says Sue Gray won’t now continue to investigate, or publish, anything related to the parties now being investigated by the police, while they investigate.

He says the Prime Minister won’t answer questions in Parliament on those parties either.

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All I can do is laugh.
Banana republic stuff, all the same. But you do have to admire their gall.

[adrenalin john]

Anyone still disagreeing the Cressida Dick is compromised at very best, but institutionally corrupt more likely and her position should be decided upon by the electorate/representatives of Metropolitan London not the Home Secretary?

It stinks, there are no checks and balances, convention as proven only as strong as those who hold to it.

Time for corrupt leaders to be prosecuted jailed and root and branch reform of government. More local democracy, more accountability, rules not conventions, proper safeguards against abuse of power have to be implemented.

[Aquila_17]

Originally Posted by El Aguila

All I can do is laugh.
Banana republic stuff, all the same. But you do have to admire their gall.

I'm not sure that "admire" is the best word here!

[stevek]

Originally Posted by Adlerhorst

I would change it to something appropriate at that stage. Strictly speaking he is not accused of anything yet, the police are investigating something.

Actually, he's been accused of lots of things by lots of people. But he's not yet 'the accused'.

[Johnnieboy]

Was there a time threshold on what made a gathering illegal? A birthday party is ok as long as you're there for 10 minutes or less. A BYOB piss up is acceptable provided you stay for no more than 25 minutes.

No, I didn't think so. The man is a criminal.

[Baffled Bob 2]

I suppose it's only a really great party when the police are called.

[Walter Wort]

Originally Posted by GreatGonzo

If they can buy themselves a couple of weeks, Putin might invade Ukraine and then the picture changes and everything becomes a focus on whether we would be dragged into a war.

Boris and his team will cling on for as long as they possibly can.

A war, preferably started by someone else is, I imagine, what Spaffer must have been gagging for.

[bubbs11]

The cash for questions police inquiry took 16 months.

The government and police have played a blinder and unfortunately I can’t see how Labour are going to effectively tackle this.

[El Aguila]

Originally Posted by bubbs11

The cash for questions police inquiry took 16 months.

The government and police have played a blinder and unfortunately I can’t see how Labour are going to effectively tackle this.

I'd be more bothered about this if I was a Conservative MP than if I was Labour. It's not going away - it just puts the ball back in their court as to how to get rid of Johnson.

[Eagle's Nest]

So the message from No.10 is "the PM doesn't believe he's broken any laws".

Isn't this the eternal problem with Johnson? He hasn't ever believed that rules apply to him, so therefore this is just another occasion where he's wriggling out of it. The media needs to double-down this time and keep the pressure on. Otherwise he's off the hook again

[Aquila_17]

Originally Posted by Johnnieboy

Was there a time threshold on what made a gathering illegal? A birthday party is ok as long as you're there for 10 minutes or less. A BYOB piss up is acceptable provided you stay for no more than 25 minutes.

No, I didn't think so. The man is a criminal.

Who, if he blew the candles out, possibly spat sputum all over the cake before they tucked in to it.

[Eagle's Nest]

He'll never resign. Someone will need to go in there and get him out. This is the level of his entitlement.

[HOL_Beagle]

Originally Posted by Wolfnipplechips

BREAKING: Boris Johnson’s spokesman says Sue Gray won’t now continue to investigate, or publish, anything related to the parties now being investigated by the police, while they investigate.

He says the Prime Minister won’t answer questions in Parliament on those parties either.

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The Guardian are now running another breaking story that, according to insiders, the Met police ‘did not object to publication of Sue Gray report’.

So if that's true then the Gov't are, for no good reason, going to sit on the report. Probably until Putin invades the Ukraine.

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[Eagle's Nest]

Originally Posted by HOL_Beagle

The Guardian are now running another breaking story that, according to insiders, the Met police ‘did not object to publication of Sue Gray report’.

So if that's true then the Gov't are, for no good reason, going to sit on the report. Probably until Putin invades the Ukraine.

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My hot take is his advisers predict a "No Further Action" conclusion from the Met Police, at which point they'll argue he's exonerated.

[Johnnieboy]

Originally Posted by Aquila_17

Who, if he blew the candles out, possibly spat sputum all over the cake before they tucked in to it.

He has demonstrated for decades that he has no problem spraying his bodily fluids around without a care for the consequences.

Ordinarily an affair or prostitute revelation would take down a serving PM, and I can't help but feel there may be one or more of those to come yet, but in his case it would be one of his more minor indiscretions.

What sort of democracy, freed of even the supposedly tyrannical EU shackles, is it when there is no way to remove a criminal from office?

[Big Blue Eagle]

The denial is strong in this one Obi Wan….

Sir Edward Leigh, the Conservative backbencher, has told Sky News that he thinks the mood in his party is more “stable” now than it was. He said he thought the flow of letters to the 1922 Committee chairman calling for a no confidence vote in Boris Johnson was drying up, and that the public were “moving on” from the partygate story.