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To be fair, that question said the picture showed him 'surrounded by alcohol and food'; which is...somewhat of an overstatement.
 
zooterkin said:
The release was timed to be during PMQs, so BJ had no warning. Apparently someone did ask a question about the photo and he denied it existed.
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IMO the problem is that this has been going on for so long that most people don't care any more. Yes Boris Johnson broke the rules and lied about breaking the rules but that's what the public expect of him.

There was an initial shock and outrage but Boris Johnson knew that if he could survive the week after the initial scoop, then people wouldn't care any more.

There could be a picture of Boris Johnson taking a dump on Captain Tom's grave and the response from the right wing press, the majority of the Conservative Party and the majority of the British electorate would be "Poor Boris, getting caught short like that...." :mad:


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Poking at this a little more..

People in the "real world" don't care about parties held in Downing Street during lockdown, the new leader of the House of Commons has said.

Mark Spencer stuck by comments he made in December, when he said Prime Minister Boris Johnson "will not have lied" about the gatherings.

But he told BBC Radio Nottingham "what really mattered" to people was their energy bills, NHS backlogs and jobs.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60318610

I think he's right about people not caring but of course the Conservatives won't do anything to address what "really matters" either - just make things much, much worse.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Northerners should accept lower wages because 'London is London', top Rishi Sunak aide says
Tim Leunig said “the only way towns and cities that are less well connected can compete to attract firms is to accept lower wages".

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/northerners-should-accept-lower-wages-23031350
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I sort of get it, living costs outside London are lower so companies outside London could ensure that their employees have a similar, or even higher, standard of living whilst paying lower salaries.

However, he goes on to say:

It reads: “We cannot, with the best will in the world, move JP Morgan to Blackburn, or Deutsche Bank to Sunderland."
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Why not ?

One of the largest IT companies in the world is based in a tiny village in Baden-Württemberg and Omaha manages to be a financial services hub.
 
Boris Johnson's ethics chief is investigating the Prime Minister's new Commons Leader over racism allegations, it has emerged.

The former Chief Whip was handed a promotion in Tuesday's reshuffle, when it was already known he was at the centre of a Cabinet Office probe into claims made by Tory MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked because of her "Muslimness".

Now Mr Spencer, who will begin attending the Prime Minister's Cabinet meetings in his new role, has confirmed ethics chief Lord Geidt - whose job it is to probe breaches of the Ministerial Code - is investigating him.
Ms Ghani said last month that she was told by the then-Chief Whip she was sacked as Transport Minister in 2021 because her Muslim faith "had been raised as an issue” and made colleagues uncomfortable.

The Commons Leader - who is responsible for representing backbenchers and upholding standards in parliament - identified himself as the whip involved in Ms Ghani's complaint, but denied the claims, which he said were false and “defamatory”.
No10 originally claimed a broader Cabinet Office probe would "establish the facts" but Mr Spencer himself has now confirmed Lord Geidt is leading the probe.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnsons-ethics-chief-investigating-26183040


Well, that didn't take long.

Boris is like Trump, everything he touches turns to ****.
 
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The Don said:
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60318610

I think he's right about people not caring but of course the Conservatives won't do anything to address what "really matters" either - just make things much, much worse.
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Scurrilous lie!

They have already fixed the NHS problem - had headlines yesterday and today, energy prices - that was solved with £200 quid each headlines, and jobs... well 2/3 headlines isn't bad. (I'm sure they can announce some target to deal with the jobs problem and get a good headline or two.)

See all fixed. And if it isn't fixed that is because of the mess labour made of everything when they were in power a couple of years ago....
 
The Don said:
I sort of get it, living costs outside London are lower so companies outside London could ensure that their employees have a similar, or even higher, standard of living whilst paying lower salaries.

However, he goes on to say:

Why not ?

One of the largest IT companies in the world is based in a tiny village in Baden-Württemberg and Omaha manages to be a financial services hub.
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If any government really wanted to "level up" the country they would relocate all the major government departments to different places around England (and the UK) and only leave the FO in London.
 
Darat said:
If any government really wanted to "level up" the country they would relocate all the major government departments to different places around England (and the UK) and only leave the FO in London.
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I think Sir Humphrey dealt with that in a series of documentaries I saw back in the day.
 
Michael Fabricant tweeted
@Mike_Fabricant
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with personal responsibility for its 7,000 staff and approximately 800,000 prosecutions undertaken by it every year - and for decisions NOT to prosecute.

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Molly Giles
@mollygiles2015
Sorry but this is a game changer. I hadn’t appreciated that, from the dispatch box, Keir has repeatedly used his time at the DPP as evidence of his success and leadership skills. Pointing out the failures is therefore totally fair game. Absolutely no apology is necessary.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Michael Fabricant tweeted
@Mike_Fabricant
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with personal responsibility for its 7,000 staff and approximately 800,000 prosecutions undertaken by it every year - and for decisions NOT to prosecute.

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Molly Giles
@mollygiles2015
Sorry but this is a game changer. I hadn’t appreciated that, from the dispatch box, Keir has repeatedly used his time at the DPP as evidence of his success and leadership skills. Pointing out the failures is therefore totally fair game. Absolutely no apology is necessary.
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It will come as no surprise to find that he's lying.

"He was not the reviewing lawyer in charge of probing the Savile allegations."


Reuters fact check

etc...
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Boris Johnson's ethics chief is investigating the Prime Minister's new Commons Leader over racism allegations, it has emerged.

The former Chief Whip was handed a promotion in Tuesday's reshuffle, when it was already known he was at the centre of a Cabinet Office probe into claims made by Tory MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked because of her "Muslimness".

Now Mr Spencer, who will begin attending the Prime Minister's Cabinet meetings in his new role, has confirmed ethics chief Lord Geidt - whose job it is to probe breaches of the Ministerial Code - is investigating him.
Ms Ghani said last month that she was told by the then-Chief Whip she was sacked as Transport Minister in 2021 because her Muslim faith "had been raised as an issue” and made colleagues uncomfortable.

The Commons Leader - who is responsible for representing backbenchers and upholding standards in parliament - identified himself as the whip involved in Ms Ghani's complaint, but denied the claims, which he said were false and “defamatory”.
No10 originally claimed a broader Cabinet Office probe would "establish the facts" but Mr Spencer himself has now confirmed Lord Geidt is leading the probe.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnsons-ethics-chief-investigating-26183040


Well, that didn't take long.

Boris is like Trump, everything he touches turns to ****.
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And none of it seems to stick.
 
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