Boris stands down as MP with immediate effect part 2

[IClaudine]

New thread!

Actually I think the limitation on meetings was 'reasonably' necessary - reasonably not thought to include leaving parties etc.

Rishi won't do anything, as he was originally appointed by Boris.

That's how corruption works.

Incredible first hand testimony - in the additional evidence bundle - from a No10 official how there were no rules enforced but they were told to behave in front of the cameras

twitter.com/samcoatessky/status/1669276567866863617?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

"Birthday parties, leaving parties and end of week gatherings all continued as normal. Those responsible for the leadership of Number 10 failed to keep it a safe space and should have set rules from the start that these gatherings should not continue. It was only more than a year in to the Pandemic that Number 10 set up a one way system and desk divider screens."

But but, but everyone else is lying, according to Johnson.

Dorries is threatening deselections. "Any Conservative that would vote for this report is fundementally not a Conservative..."
The party of law and order.

Sunak publicly endorsed Johnson in 2019, as the only person who could save the party, and sat in his cabinet for two and half year. They lived and worked in close proximity

That virtuous Tory trait of not being able to withstand criticism or take responsibility for wrong doing isn’t really one that needs to be protected imho.

This members pass he won't be getting has raised the question of how much does entry for all former MPs into those HOC subsidised restaurants and bars cost the UK taxpayer?

https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-catering/transparency/catering-services-opening-times-and-access---jul-2021.pdf

All full and yellow passholders can bring up to 6 guests for some places.

How much does that cost?

I wonder, much like Trump, whether this report will boost Bojo's popularity?

I suspect the headlines in tomo's right wing press will be in full support of Bojo, we will see "Kangaroo court/witch hunt/hypocrisy...." just as they have turned on the Covid inquiry and the suggestion that "Brexit took up so much time, no one prepared for a pandemic....."

Who gives a stuff whether Bojo losses his commons pass? he'll be larding it up on the international speech circuit to bother with the 'commons.

He has escaped all punishment, travesty of justice, i bet his honours list stands and he gets his PMs annual expenses too @£115k.

I hope, should Labour win, they will change the rules, so this can never happen again., no MP/PM should be able to avoid punishment by resigning, as bent coppers used to be able to do.

"Larding it up" 🤣

No - the point was that you talked about "a defence of Pincher"

_- I have not mentioned that and you can't find it.

Unless you misremembered?
Or someone assured you that I had?

So where are the links?

Yes, i thought it more appropriate!

Sunak also stayed in government with Johnson throughout the pandemic knowing that Johnson and 10 Downing Street were not following the rules that they were imposing on the rest of the country. I wonder if the rules were followed in Sunak's office?

This

"Harry Cole, political editor of the Sun, has also spoken to a “senior Tory” who thinks colleagues who vote for the privileges committee report risk being deselected."

And if they don't vote for it, they may get selected but that will count against them when it comes to an election.

LOL, Nads has picked up Trumps habit of accusing people of what he’s doing

Oops - forgot to add what I was talking about

It does strike me that Boris has already made allusions to dark forces behind the scenes (in parliament no less). I wonder if he’ll go full Joe Rogan and tap into that very lucrative conspiracy market.

Maybe the gammons will storm Parliament?

Sir Charles Walker announced over a year ago that he was stepping down, so I doubt he’d be worried about deselection.

Nads thinks the Tories have 4 safe seats left?

Vote confirmed for Monday - Boris Johnson's birthday.

Three years since the birthday party for which he was fined.