Thread 24, Sunak and the local elections aftermath

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Is he the secret Tory perhaps?!

He said yesterday, which is today, did yours announce this today?!

Ours did announce today, but The Secret Tory seems to be saying tomorrow (Wednesday) at 9am

I'm awake because the cat woke me up, but I'd not actually read this: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/30092820/2023-05-30-UK-Covid-19-Inquiry-Notice-.pdf

I expect there are also some having sleepless nights in Whitehall!

I wouldn't fancy being the senior civil servant to put my name to that!

Fuck no, though I suspect that's kind of the point. She's playing hardball.

They really are a bunch of idiots. Ones with a huge sense of entitlement that they wouldn’t get caught and that if they did it wouldn’t matter. And they’ve got nobody else to blame but themselves.

I suspect Baroness Hallet will end up as widely acclaimed as Lady Hale did when she stood up to the Johnson government. She’s going to take this all the way.

Wait for "enemies of the people" to be aired.

Secret Tory: Henry Morris unmasks himself as man behind parody account www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65758206

The Secret Tory is a PT not an MP!

Oops cross post!

Lol

Haha fair play to him

Here is his reveal video
https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1663817399303299074?s=20

I always thought it was a spoof account but started doubting it a bit the last couple of days.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/civil-servants-threaten-strike-forced-rwanda-policy/

Ah that account was a lot of fun. I like Parody Rishi one too.

Wonder what new excuse the Cabinet Office will wheel out today.

The dog ate the what's apps.

Mel Stride
the government is “making sure we are absolutely, robustly transparent, where it is appropriate to be so

so yeah, dropped phone in sea

Surely the Whatsapps/notebooks are what got sent to the police for Chequers? Will be convenient if the Met "lose" them?

Did the police actually receive anything?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/23/boris-johnson-referred-to-police-over-allegedly-hosting-friends-at-chequers-in-lockdown

I'd assume the police did recieve them as they are evidence 🤔

"so yeah, dropped phone in sea"
I think they'll go a bit more upmarket - phone dropped by a Quintessentially minion off a yacht into Lake Maggiore.

Yes that article says police are considering the evidence so they must have received something! I assume Dowden couldn't just ring up and suggest further investigations!

Ah, they received the redacted version but want to see the unredacted messages plus Johnson's diaries and notebooks

Difficult to keep up

Is Mone still hiding on her yacht?