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toomuchlaundry · 22/03/2023 15:16

Saved by the bell!

Roussette · 22/03/2023 15:15

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/03/2023 15:08

I'm doing exactly that. My MIL died in the first lockdown. I am disgusted that Boris is basically saying that thank you parties were fine at the same time as she died alone and I couldn't even hold my husband's hand at the funeral.

I don't think he has any idea why people are so angry and is completely convinced he was right.

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I am so sorry. This must be unbelievably hard to hear. Flowers

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DuncinToffee · 22/03/2023 15:14

Ian Dunt

There is in general a strong undercurrent of entitled rage in Johnson. There always has been ie under hostile press questioning. It's on display here and after a few hours of this it might get quite high volume.

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Songlines · 22/03/2023 15:14

This is making me so angry; excuse after excuse and attempted justifications left, right and centre

elastamum · 22/03/2023 15:14

This is all bullshit and BJ knows it. I retired from my job in march 2021 after leading a business through the pandemic and I had my leaving do with over 200 people on zoom. It never occurred to us that a piss up was OK within the rules. He clearly thinks rules were just for the little people.

Roussette · 22/03/2023 15:13

JenniferBooth · 22/03/2023 15:10

Anyone else remember the bloke who moved the chair so he could sit near his mum at his dads funeral and he got a bollcking and told to move back away

Yes, that was heart breaking. It was so so so awful.

Sir Bernard is going in for it. Saying leaving dos didn't happen, for others. Why should they happen in No.10?

"I believe that was my job" says he

He keeps going on about mitigations. Testing was a mitigation he is trying to say.

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DuncinToffee · 22/03/2023 15:12

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/03/2023 15:08

I'm doing exactly that. My MIL died in the first lockdown. I am disgusted that Boris is basically saying that thank you parties were fine at the same time as she died alone and I couldn't even hold my husband's hand at the funeral.

I don't think he has any idea why people are so angry and is completely convinced he was right.

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JenniferBooth · 22/03/2023 15:11

Indeed Why cant we see the pixellated photos After all we were put through all the lockdowns and restrictions and crap.

Nimbostratus100 · 22/03/2023 15:11

he is sure that there are time we drifted within 2m of each other? Not for a goodbye party, surprisingly enough

minou123 · 22/03/2023 15:11

L1ttledrummergirl · 22/03/2023 15:09

Why can't the public see the pixilated photos? What's he hiding?

The people who are pixilated deserve privacy, at the moment.

If they decide to swear an oath and allow thier interviews to be published, then maybe thier faces will be unpixilated

drivinmecrazy · 22/03/2023 15:11

I knew I would get angry watching this but it's actually incredibly triggering.
I live in Hope that this will bring him down once and for all, sadly I don't for one minute it will happen

Nimbostratus100 · 22/03/2023 15:10

I changed my job during lockdown. I didn't know a goodbye party was necessary for work reasons. We seem to have coped without

Roussette · 22/03/2023 15:10

I needed to "steady the ship".

Fuck off.

How many people left jobs all on their own. No drinks, no one after having to 'steady the ship' by having farewell events.

He is making out they are more necessary than a funeral. Than not being able to visit dying relatives.
But 'steadying the ship' is more important.

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DuncinToffee · 22/03/2023 15:10

drivinmecrazy · 22/03/2023 15:05

Wish I'd have known all these piffley rules were optional. I had a stroke when he had his party, I obviously should have insisted DH came with me in the ambulance and very definitely should not have spent two and a half weeks alone in hospital 😡

so sorry drivin, his excuses must be so hard to hear

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JenniferBooth · 22/03/2023 15:10

Anyone else remember the bloke who moved the chair so he could sit near his mum at his dads funeral and he got a bollcking and told to move back away

L1ttledrummergirl · 22/03/2023 15:09

Why can't the public see the pixilated photos? What's he hiding?

LexMitior · 22/03/2023 15:08

Get really granular and Johnson is bloody useful

MrsLeonFarrell · 22/03/2023 15:08

DuncinToffee · 22/03/2023 15:04

Wow, imagine listening to this if you have lost someone during the pandemic, or being in hospital or a care home

I'm doing exactly that. My MIL died in the first lockdown. I am disgusted that Boris is basically saying that thank you parties were fine at the same time as she died alone and I couldn't even hold my husband's hand at the funeral.

I don't think he has any idea why people are so angry and is completely convinced he was right.

mibbelucieachwell · 22/03/2023 15:07

Haha yes.Doris is annoyed.

L1ttledrummergirl · 22/03/2023 15:07

It was essential to have a gathering to say thank you.

Fuck off.

Roussette · 22/03/2023 15:07

This is like a comedy show! He nearly told Sir Bernard to keep quiet.

They will not be cowed.

minou123 · 22/03/2023 15:07

DuncinToffee · 22/03/2023 15:04

Wow, imagine listening to this if you have lost someone during the pandemic, or being in hospital or a care home

I know.

I keep laughing, especially the bit about about the perspex barriers in the adjacent roon.

But, I have to keep reminding myself that at this time, people couldn't go to funerals, which in my opinion are essential. Yet he thinks a leaving do is essential for morale.

Belindabelle · 22/03/2023 15:07

He is getting so rattled. Brilliant. He can’t stand that he is being questioned. We all know he is not good at the detail.

JenniferBooth · 22/03/2023 15:06

Im assuming all those who were fined for having gatherings will all have their fines paid back now if there was sanitiser available

LexMitior · 22/03/2023 15:06

My name is Boris Johnson and this is a work event