Thread 25, Sunak - Peerages, Privileges & the Covid Inquiry

[Notonthestairs]

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4806467-thread-24-sunak-and-the-local-elections-aftermath?page=1

He is looking for a fridge

he can share one with clav

He is always so unprepared for questions he knows are coming, it's shocking.

It is odd that he couldnt respond authoritatively. A simple "I dont think I should comment on the findings until Parliament and the Committee have had an opportunity to voice their opinions. As you know there will be a vote on Monday..." And then a bit of flannel about respecting the process etc etc.
Far better to come out in support of House of Commons than pretending none of it is happening.

It must be a bit soul-destroying working in his lawyer's office and knowing that any rebuttal based on the concept that Boris doesn't lie is a total waste of time.

Particularly when the thing you are rebutting is a 30,000 page document of evidence of him lying.

If it's a line-by-line rebuttal, then unless each rebuttal consists of no more than "I'm right, Yah boo sucks", the rebuttal is going to be longer than War and Peace.

I just read a quote, sorry didn't pay enough attention to attribute it, apologies "the more he spoke of his honour, the more we counted the spoons". Seems apposite.

Don't worry about Bojo's lawyers, stairs, the longer the whinge, the more they're earning. All paid for by a grateful nation.

And we, the taxpayers, pay for it

Report released. Listening to Beth Rigby Sky

Worse than thought... recommendation is 19 days suspension not 10.

Deliberately misleading the House
Deliberately misleading the Committee
Attempted intimidation of the Committee

It's bad

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1669254465193476098?s=20

OMG I didn't hear properly

90 days suspension

Not 19

Telegraph says 90 days suspension.

Just catching up and ferreting about looking at the report info, it's horrific and amazing in equal measure as far as I can see! I'd sum it up as basically saying not only is Boris Johnson the biggest liar that ever was, he's also a massive tw*t too. Fabulous!

Yes! I was listening to Beth Rigby and thought I heard 19, as I said!
Ooops!

Deffo 90

"The contempt was all the more serious because it was
committed by the Prime Minister, the most senior member of the government."

Pigeons definitely coming home to roost now.

I hope Harriet Harman sues him for libel. Seems pointless to call him a disgrace who behaves like a petulant child but it'll do for now.

Why did Sunak approve that 'honours' list? He must have known what was coming.

He can't hide from this.

My MP is on the Privileges Committee, I've just sent him a little well done note - probably makes a change from my usual complaints!

I reserved judgement on Sunak being weak. That has been spouted right from the beginning but I thought it was the only insult they could use so picked that.

But I am inclined to agree, he is weak.

The DM on Johnson, 'In a statement this morning, he dismissed the findings as 'tripe' and 'deranged', saying the committee was 'beneath contempt' and part of a 'protracted political assassination'.

Seems like a good day to remember all the previous times Johnson has tried to squirm his way out of previous lies and failures.

https://inews.co.uk/news/inverted-pyramid-piffle-defences-boris-johnson-used-for-scandals-1397188

It's all so Trumpian isn't it....

Witch hunt!
Kangaroo Court!

https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1669263334116343809?s=20

The Privileges Committee notes that after Boris Johnson publicly distanced himself from attempts to impugn and intimidate the committee, he went on to release a statement using the exact same contemptuous words he previously disowned.

I've been out. What did I miss? 😁

They’re recommending that his parliamentary pass is taken away too. That report is the gift that keeps on giving.