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Boris stands down as MP with immediate effect part 3

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DuncinToffee · 18/06/2023 16:56

Tomorrow is the Commons vote on the Privileges Committee's findings that Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over Downing Street parties during lockdown

The vote is a free vote rather than being whipped either way. Tories have been told that the vote will be a one-line whip, meaning they will not be obliged to participate.

Boris Johnson is believed to have advised his backers to not vote against it.

Michael Gove confirmed on live tv that he will abstain

Tobias Elwood has u-turned on abstaining after hearing stories from voters

Rishi Sunak, who knows

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jgw1 · 20/06/2023 15:25

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@thesurrealist thank you, and all your colleagues for their hard work, it is much appreciated.

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 15:31

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Perhaps if you can be bothered to ask a question without insults it would be worth a proper response?

Zonder · 20/06/2023 15:35

You've made some awful comments on here @Janiie but that one is the sickest.

Thank you for posting @thesurrealist

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

Zonder · 20/06/2023 15:36

Let me guess. Rather than respond to the original post someone reported it because it didn't suit their agenda? Let's ignore what really happened but oo don't insult me.

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 15:38

Zonder · 20/06/2023 15:35

You've made some awful comments on here @Janiie but that one is the sickest.

Thank you for posting @thesurrealist

Zonder, I don't attack posters. Barring the odd deletion I post within TGs. What is 'sick' about asking someone to desist with insults attacking me and another poster?

pointythings · 20/06/2023 15:39

I am assuming that @thesurrealist is a healthcare worker who is justifiably angry at the Liar in Chief. If so, you're not alone. There are plenty of people of sufficient moral calibre who know that what Johnson did was unacceptable, and who see his defenders for what they are.

IClaudine · 20/06/2023 15:39

It if funny how some posters get away with being pretty nasty and endlessly derailing threads, yet never have their posts deleted.

jgw1 · 20/06/2023 15:40

pointythings · 20/06/2023 15:39

I am assuming that @thesurrealist is a healthcare worker who is justifiably angry at the Liar in Chief. If so, you're not alone. There are plenty of people of sufficient moral calibre who know that what Johnson did was unacceptable, and who see his defenders for what they are.

They did indeed work for the NHS during covid and explained what that work was like.

RafaistheKingofClay · 20/06/2023 15:41

I think there are very few people outside the nhs who understand just how bad nov/dec 2020 was.

Gaslighting staff involved in that when you are the reason ring got that bad is hugely disrespectful.

ilovesooty · 20/06/2023 15:42

derxa · 20/06/2023 14:05

Unfortunate phraseology

It's a figure of speech. You know what I meant.

pointythings · 20/06/2023 15:44

ilovesooty · 20/06/2023 15:42

It's a figure of speech. You know what I meant.

I had worked out that it was metaphorical. Pretty obvious. And in the same vein I am heartily looking forward to seeing the Tories metaphorically destroyed, annihilated, wiped out, pulverised and so on in the next GE.

derxa · 20/06/2023 15:49

ilovesooty · 20/06/2023 15:42

It's a figure of speech. You know what I meant.

I don't normally get involved in linguistic nit picking but perhaps you should choose your words more carefully considering the fact that two MPs have actually been slaughtered in recent memory. Jenkins may be an appalling human being but she is still a human being.

borntobequiet · 20/06/2023 15:54

DO YOU THINK CHATGTP HAS THE SELF AWARENESS TO AVOID TYPING ALL IN CAPS?

If so, it will never be able to properly imitate Trump.

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 15:55

IClaudine · 20/06/2023 15:39

It if funny how some posters get away with being pretty nasty and endlessly derailing threads, yet never have their posts deleted.

Claud. If you are referring ro me please quote where I have been 'pretty nasty'? Zonder alleges I've 'said awful things' I've reread the thread and cannot see one awful thing.

If i have been pretty nasty, where?

I would say a pp suggesting a politician is massacred is pretty nasty, me sniggering at the HOC speeches not sure much.

cakeorwine · 20/06/2023 15:56

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 15:55

Claud. If you are referring ro me please quote where I have been 'pretty nasty'? Zonder alleges I've 'said awful things' I've reread the thread and cannot see one awful thing.

If i have been pretty nasty, where?

I would say a pp suggesting a politician is massacred is pretty nasty, me sniggering at the HOC speeches not sure much.

Please

You know what the poster meant.

ilovesooty · 20/06/2023 15:57

FFS.

SerendipityJane · 20/06/2023 15:59

borntobequiet · 20/06/2023 15:54

DO YOU THINK CHATGTP HAS THE SELF AWARENESS TO AVOID TYPING ALL IN CAPS?

If so, it will never be able to properly imitate Trump.

You can use successive prompts to refine or amend previous answers. With the caveat that ChatGPT has a perfect memory and can alert you if you ask it to change a previously given answer.

IClaudine · 20/06/2023 16:04

SerendipityJane · 20/06/2023 12:15

The time people waste with Janiie is time they can't be anywhere else doing more damage to Brand Boris and therefore crowds out the debate.

Think this deserves a repost right now!

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:04

IClaudine · 20/06/2023 15:39

It if funny how some posters get away with being pretty nasty and endlessly derailing threads, yet never have their posts deleted.

Do you not think calling Penny Mordaunt a 'bint' is pretty nasty? Don't you think posts about chat bots or whatever are 'derails'. Nope? Just my posts then. I see.

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:07

IClaudine · 20/06/2023 16:04

Think this deserves a repost right now!

Well just follow your own instructions and ignore me! <awaits imminent gif just for me>

jgw1 · 20/06/2023 16:08

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:04

Do you not think calling Penny Mordaunt a 'bint' is pretty nasty? Don't you think posts about chat bots or whatever are 'derails'. Nope? Just my posts then. I see.

@Janiie if you want to contribute to the topic in the thread, perhaps you could give your opinion as to whether or not it is appropriate to lie in parliament to cover up ones criminality?

cakeorwine · 20/06/2023 16:09

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:04

Do you not think calling Penny Mordaunt a 'bint' is pretty nasty? Don't you think posts about chat bots or whatever are 'derails'. Nope? Just my posts then. I see.

What's pointless is you saying you haven't seen any evidence and believe what happened in Downing Street was within the rules and - when show the rules - not following up on that.

I guess you've not bothered to read the Government guidance on how to mitigate the risk of Covid in the workplace - because if you had, you would have said "Gosh, I was wrong, I can see now that the gatherings were not in line with the guidance"

So either you've not read them, or you have read them and don't understand them, or you are not prepared to admit you were wrong.

Which is it?

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:09

'if you want to contribute to the topic in the thread'

No sorry we've moved onto chat bots and vague accusations of nastiness without any evidence.

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:10

SerendipityJane · 20/06/2023 15:59

You can use successive prompts to refine or amend previous answers. With the caveat that ChatGPT has a perfect memory and can alert you if you ask it to change a previously given answer.

I rest my case.

cakeorwine · 20/06/2023 16:13

Rhondaa · 20/06/2023 16:10

I rest my case.

Go on

Read the guidance and see what you think

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