Boris has been fined - Tory voters, should he go?

[NewYorker80]

Both Johnson and Sunak have received fines for the lockdown parties. No further details as yet.

Do any Conservative voters here think Boris should resign?

Or did they think "All people are equal but some are more equal than others"? That's probably what they did think. Politicians and civil servants at the centre of power in the UK. Not a humble group I should imagine

@derxa what exactly do you find so funny?

'Fortunately I wasn't bereaved or had to give birth alone, but there were a lot of funerals I wasn't able to go to and support friends in their grief.'

Why do people keep mentioning funerals? If any minister had attended big funerals when no one else could yes, disgusting. If any one of them had been found to have been visiting relatives in hospitals when no one else could, yes that would have been grossly unfair.

This is neither of those. This is being in a communal area at work with colleagues which went on up and down the country!!

And still Derxa thinks that having a prime minister who is unfit to serve in that position is funny

All that tells me is that you just don’t understand integrity, honesty or honour. I feel very sorry for you. This is the funny statement.

@derxa

All that tells me is that you just don’t understand integrity, honesty or honour. I feel very sorry for you. This is the funny statement.

It's not funny though. It's sad. Sad that you think it's funny.

Janii - if we were free to choose to attend a party, why shouldn't people have been free to choose to attend a funeral?

@littledrummergirl

And still Derxa thinks that having a prime minister who is unfit to serve in that position is funny

I don't think BJ is fit to be PM but the po faced statements are hilarious

@XingMing

Define a party *@DuncinToffee*? Mine is a little more exciting than a meeting room with birthday cake.

Is it a party if somebody brings a suitcase of booze @XingMing?

' if we were free to choose to attend a party, why shouldn't people have been free to choose to attend a funeral?'

It wasn't a party it was10mins in an office at work. With work colleagues.

Maybe there's more FPNs which may show partying but these are utterly ridiculous and surely make the Met look like fools.

Obviously, that was it - we should all have barrelled into the Crem or Church with suitcases full of booze and then it would have been absolutely fine.

This is being in a communal area at work with colleagues which went on up and down the country

I wonder if they read their own guidance on the Government website about being Covid safe in the workplace?

I wonder if they read their own tweets about workplace safety.

All the time they were telling us what we could and could not do, how to behave in different locations - and then not able to follow it themselves.

I remember how strict we were at work - when we could have people in. How we kept apart, had as few people as possible gathered together, restricted meetings and there was no way we would have even contemplated having a gathering like this.

It wasn't a party it was10mins in an office at work. With work colleagues

9 minutes apparently.

Keep up

@cakeorwine

The Tory party will drop him like a lead balloon when he becomes a political liability.

When?????!!!!!

I think M&S canapés (other canapés are available), booze, cake, people, event staff/waiters and an official photographer probably qualifies as a party. The Met clearly thought so.

The local elections will be indicative of which way the wind’s blowing. If they have substantial losses perhaps the letters will be going into Brady’s office.

@XingMing

Define a party *@DuncinToffee*? Mine is a little more exciting than a meeting room with birthday cake.

You want the dictionary definition of a party? a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.

At the time of Johnson's birthday, Gatherings of more than two people inside were banned by law. An exception was allowed if the gathering "was reasonably necessary" for work purposes.

Met has concluded Johnson broke the law.

Come off it Janiee even the PM’s most dedicated inner circle can’t down a whole suitcase of booze in just 10 minutes!
Leave that kind of stuff to teachers and nurses boozing in their staffrooms over lockdown according to loyal Tory MPs like Michael Fabricant.

Putin wants him to go because he is the most effective western leader currently.

Therefore, he should stay.

@TooBigForMyBoots, it might turn into one, if the suitcase was big and fully filled... but that wasn't my point.

@mellongoose

Putin wants him to go because he is the most effective western leader currently.

Therefore, he should stay.

Can I have some of what you’re on?

I wonder which Minister will be on the air waves tomorrow?

Remember when this first came out and no Minister turned up.

Every single interview became about breaking the law.

It's OK to break the law if you're PM or an MP or Civil Service. The breaking of these rules are justified on here and I'm gobsmacked to be honest.
What some people went through was horrendous because they did what they were told to do.
Others, like in the Government, did NOT.
Forget 10 minutes with a cake, that's diversionary tactics which shows you up as a poster. It was a culture of partying and ignoring of the rules that the rest of us did our level best to adhere to.

Of course some broke the guidance but last I heard they hadn't set this guidance.
It's all a big joke on here for some though. Look to yourselves and listen to why some people are angry.

Everyone has had time to rehearse their excuses for sticking with a corrupt, lying, incompetent buffon. If he was going to go it would have happened before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Mellongoose, have you considered the possibility that, were it not for Boris and Brexit, Russia may not have even invaded Ukraine? An EU with the UK on the inside would have been a bigger deterrent I suspect.

It wasn't a party it was10mins in an office at work. With work colleagues.

The interior designer and his wife are not work colleagues 🤦‍♀️