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The Don said:
His sort bounce back easily, they don't dwell on things and have no conscience.

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He only looked beaten because it was the only way he could prevent himself from smirking.
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zooterkin said:
That's what you pay for when you send your son to Eton.
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They make them used to being targets of ridicule with their school uniform and of course they are taught that there is no place for shame in their world.
 
It is very odd that Downing St security, i.e. the police, did not hear a party. The garden backs onto Horse Guards Parade and anyone at the Kitchener statue would surely be able to hear a large gathering there.
 
Nessie said:
It is very odd that Downing St security, i.e. the police, did not hear a party. The garden backs onto Horse Guards Parade and anyone at the Kitchener statue would surely be able to hear a large gathering there.
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Probably had their own do going on at the time...
 
Nessie said:
It is very odd that Downing St security, i.e. the police, did not hear a party. The garden backs onto Horse Guards Parade and anyone at the Kitchener statue would surely be able to hear a large gathering there.
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It was 30-40 round the back. Probably not that much noise. Also the police security are security not police. It is not their job to stop or investigate law breaking at No 10.

My question is did Boris bring a bottle to the work meeting? If not why not? What did he drink? Did his office (us) pay for any drinks?
 
Lothian said:
It was 30-40 round the back. Probably not that much noise. Also the police security are security not police. It is not their job to stop or investigate law breaking at No 10.

My question is did Boris bring a bottle to the work meeting? If not why not? What did he drink? Did his office (us) pay for any drinks?
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Of course he wouldn't bring his own. Presumably he had to WhatsApp a prominent donor for a couple of bottles of Chateau de Chassilier ;)
 
Lothian said:
It was 30-40 round the back. Probably not that much noise. Also the police security are security not police. It is not their job to stop or investigate law breaking at No 10.

My question is did Boris bring a bottle to the work meeting? If not why not? What did he drink? Did his office (us) pay for any drinks?
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It was lockdown, so there would have hardly been anyone around. The biggest feature of lockdown was how quiet it was. So many people, even just chatting, would indicate there was a gathering that could not have been following the regs.

There is very good suspicion the police turned a blind eye to regulation breaking at No 10, which just adds to the corruption surrounding the present Tory government.
 
The Don said:
Well, the story as presented is that they had finished work for the day and popped out for some post-work decompression time but because they are so very dedicated, they were still doing work so, like Schrodinger's employment bureau they were simultaneously "at work" (so they could gather) and "not at work" (so they could drink). ;)



He's hoping that if he repeats the lie often enough, some people will come to believe it - and history shows that he's right. :mad:
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Reminds me of my time at college. The campus straddled the border between two towns. One town had a law against serving open alcohol and the other town had a law against coin-operated gaming machines. So the college placed its pub right on the border with a bar on one side of the room, and pinball machines on the other...:blush:
 
“Douglas Ross has always been quite a lightweight figure”
"I don't think he's a big figure."

Jacob Rees-Mogg's response on Newsnight to Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross calling for Boris Johnson to resign.
 
Wes Streeting (Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care) on Newsnight
"The Prime Minister is unfit to lead, forget party politics. It's actually in our (Labour's) interests for Boris Johnson to stay on as leader at the moment, but it's not the right thing for the country for him to stay on in office."
 
Darat said:
And what is she now meant to be "investigating"?

We already know that the ministerial code does not apply to any of this governments' ministers.
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Mike Galsworthy pointed out that Sue Gray is the Winston Wolf of Whitehall, in that she's a fixer. So I'm not expecting much in the way of scandal to come out.
 
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wobs said:
Mike Galsworthy pointed out that Sue Gray is the Winston Wolf of Whitehall, in that she's a fixer. So I'm not expecting much in the way of scandal to come out.
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It's worth reading the BBC article Mike refers to on Sue Gray
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33431580

As a taster:
BBC said:
Even when a document trail exists, Ms Gray is enthusiastic about keeping it a secret. We know that she advised special advisers on how to destroy email (by "double-deletion") to thwart FOIA requesters. She did not advise them on the requirements of the code on public record-keeping. We also know, via the Freedom of Information Act, that she kept no log of why, how or when she destroys documents (contrary to that guidance).
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All of this shows yet again that Yes, Minister/Prime Minister and The Thick Of It were actually documentaries.

And did anyone one else notice the debating society sophistry BlowJob used in not making an apology? "I want to apologise..." ,not "I apologise..." nor "I'm sorry...", but "I want to...". So he can still satisfy his puerile, point-scoring, grubby, foetid ego that he didn't actually give in and apologise.

Does he really believe that folk don't see through the manure of the bovine he spews? Why am I even asking? Most folk are happy to wallow in BlowJob's mouth spew and feel ******* grateful for it: there's no hope, is there?
 
Nick Robinson: “Have you ever been to a work meeting where you’ve been asked to bring your own bottle?”

Brandon Lewis: “We don’t have all the facts yet.”
 
To try and distract us all from "Partygate" and to generate some positive headlines, the Covid isolation period has been reduced to 5 days.

Expect another Covid wave as infectious people go back to work several days too early.
 
And now Johnson is self-isolating for 5 days "after a member of his immediate family tested positive for Covid", it has been reported. I wonder which of them he has seen lately, apart from Carrie?

Mighty convenient, I'd say :rolleyes:
 
GlennB said:
And now Johnson is self-isolating for 5 days "after a member of his immediate family tested positive for Covid", it has been reported. I wonder which of them he has seen lately, apart from Carrie?

Mighty convenient, I'd say :rolleyes:
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Watch out for any female staff in his office or Laura Kuessenberg suddenly having to self isolate.
 
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