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Another Bloody Downing Street party

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JustJam4Tea · 10/01/2022 21:51

So hours after telling us to only meet one other person outside from a different household 100 invited to Downing Street BYO in the garden.

It was unlawful to mix outside. If my employer had invited 100 staff to a garden party we’d have all been arrested.

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Moaningturtle · 12/01/2022 12:35

@Hearwego

Boris has a massive majority. If he hadn’t made these stupid mistakes and not lied he may have been an ‘ok ‘PM...
In the immortal words of Gino DeCampo….

“And I f my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a bike!”

GrinGrin

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 12:37

Yes Squishy squirmy.

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 12:39

Chris Bryant making your very point Squishy.

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 12:40

Well kind of similar.😂

the80sweregreat · 12/01/2022 12:43

So it seems that Johnson lives to lie another day ..
we are clearly stuck with him for a while yet

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 12:45

The conservative back benchers can't be that happy this afternoon.

jgw1 · 12/01/2022 12:46

@the80sweregreat

So it seems that Johnson lives to lie another day .. we are clearly stuck with him for a while yet
This is good news, the next general election is some way away, and you can be sure there will be another scandal along shortly.

Am I right in saying that the Prime Minister today admitted to going to a party that broke the law?

Hearwego · 12/01/2022 12:49

It is his inability to provide any sort of leadership at all. He's quite good at witty quips and the odd catchy soundbite - but once put into a role of serious responsibility he has shown himself - repeatedly - to be an empty vessel.

Phos · 12/01/2022 12:51

I don’t really care anymore. Tell me how many people hand on heart have followed the rules to the letter throughout. If you say “I have!” you’re a damn liar.

Ihatestripysocks · 12/01/2022 12:51

It wasn’t a party it was a work event in garden that was part of the office. He went thank staff. He didn’t know was party if indeed it turns out the report says it was a party then he had no idea it was a party that he had accidental walked into.

Still even if you been sitting next Karen all day in office or school you were not allowed have them over for wine or tea. Even poor kids were banned having people over for tea that they sat next to all day. Those were rules.

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 12:54

Karen. Odd choice of random name there.

MistySkiesAfterRain · 12/01/2022 12:54

So he apologises and says while it was technically a work event he should have known the public would not see it like that. Trying to draw a distinction that it was work.

Oh well at least he has exposed the Tories for the corrupt government they are. Keir Starmer is looking a lot better.

DuncinToffee · 12/01/2022 12:54

Treasury sources say that 'time constraints' are preventing Sunak from doing media interviews today

Ofcourse it is, was he at the party non party as well?

Ihatestripysocks · 12/01/2022 12:55

@PartyOnKale

Karen. Odd choice of random name there.
Lol it’s my sisters name first thing came to mind. Oh dear I didn’t know the name was now banned!!!
jgw1 · 12/01/2022 12:55

@Phos

I don’t really care anymore. Tell me how many people hand on heart have followed the rules to the letter throughout. If you say “I have!” you’re a damn liar.
It is alright for the Prime Minister to break the law, because you don't care anymore and some other people may have broken some other laws at other times?

Seriously?

summertimerolls · 12/01/2022 12:56

@Phos

I don’t really care anymore. Tell me how many people hand on heart have followed the rules to the letter throughout. If you say “I have!” you’re a damn liar.
And when we hold the government to such low standards as this, we only have ourselves to blame when we have a government with such low standards 🤷‍♀️
Peregrina · 12/01/2022 12:56

Even if Sunak wasn't at the party, sorry 'work event', his flat overlooks the Downing Street garden so he must have wondered what all the racket was.

Clavinova · 12/01/2022 12:57

not knowing if it could be a super spreader event

So the BLM marches a week or two later were super spreader events?

MistySkiesAfterRain · 12/01/2022 12:57

One of the points of leaders is that they have to set an example. I don't mean that patronisingly, but I genuinely believe society would collapse if they didn't. I also think actions have to have consequences. Apologising is only 50% of making up for mistakes.

ancientgran · 12/01/2022 12:58

@Phos

I don’t really care anymore. Tell me how many people hand on heart have followed the rules to the letter throughout. If you say “I have!” you’re a damn liar.
I'm not a liar. My husband is disabled and mid 70s and BAME and overweight. I wouldn't like to bet on his chances of surviving covid so too bloody true I followed the rules. If you look back on here I agonised about driving 1 mile to a local beach as he can't walk where we live on a steep hill, we didn't do it. The most reckless thing we did was when you could get a take away delivered we had one once a week and then drove to somewhere overlooking the sea and had our picnic but not until people were allowed out.

Please take back you accusation as it is very offensive.

ancientgran · 12/01/2022 12:59

@Peregrina

Even if Sunak wasn't at the party, sorry 'work event', his flat overlooks the Downing Street garden so he must have wondered what all the racket was.
Maybe he has the photos?
DuncinToffee · 12/01/2022 12:59

Barrister Adam Wagner's take on the apology, worth a read

twitter.com/AdamWagner1/status/1481239761570390021?t=yx9fpfC2QzI6QK_SJQ24Lw&s=19

The Johnson apology was carefully worded and obviously lawyered. He said that he attended because he "believed implicitly that this was a work event", that "with hindsight" he should have sent everyone back inside, and "technically" it could be said to fall within the guidance.

cont.

Ihatestripysocks · 12/01/2022 13:01

I know many people who obeyed the rules to the letter. I did, had one Xmas where not allowed visitors inside and my mum with cancer and dad with heart condition sat in pouring rain in garden just so they could see their grandkids on a pre Xmas visit instead of going inside because “those where the rules”. If vast majority hadn’t kept rules we would been in much more worse state than we were. Those sort sacrifices families all over were making, it seems to be case that those broke rules seemed think optional and we all stupid for doing them

GreenWhiteViolet · 12/01/2022 13:07

@Phos

I don’t really care anymore. Tell me how many people hand on heart have followed the rules to the letter throughout. If you say “I have!” you’re a damn liar.
I didn't. I didn't follow the rules that I thought didn't make the slightest bit of difference to Covid transmission and were 'pandemic theatre'.

The difference? I wasn't one of the people deciding on the rules and imposing them on tens of millions of people. You can bet that if I were, I'd be following those rules to the letter, because I'd believe they were the right thing to do. The problem is not the party in itself. It's hypocrisy and lies.

the80sweregreat · 12/01/2022 13:07

Now we have to find out if this Sue Gray person is on Boris Johnson's side , or not
' was I at a party Sue ? '
' err, depends what you mean by ' party ' !'
He must think we are all as thick and stupid as the man who sent out the invites to this non party party :(