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Christmas

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jgw1 · 19/10/2021 08:33

Am I being unreasonable to think that it is really no one elses business who Boris Johnson and his family spent Christmas with.

So maybe he did break the rules, but he had been working so hard and the rules kept changing, it is hardly unreasonable that he had some time with friends to relax is it?

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Mummyoflittledragon · 19/10/2021 11:02

You’re having a fucking laugh if you think he was working on Christmas Day. He’s the laziest PM we’ve had for a long time and he definitely hasn’t been leading the country. He’s an incompetent buffoon and an embarrassment. DFOD with your Bozo love.

BonnesVacances · 19/10/2021 11:05

@PurpleDaisies

He is the prime minister. He is the one who imposed the rules on everyone. Of course it matters.

This. End of.

Anyone who tries to justify otherwise needs to give their head a wobble. FFS! What a sorry mess!

Chickychoccyegg · 19/10/2021 11:08

Haha , as if anyone would think that Boris was hardworking , never mind the rest very funny op

lescompagnonsdeloue · 19/10/2021 11:12

So, if I have read your post correctly, you are a hypocrite who also broke the rules and now want to be told it's all ok, when it wasn't, because lots (most?) other people were not hypocrites. Is that what you are saying?

Buffoonborisisatwat · 19/10/2021 11:14

Boris, is that you?

elbea · 19/10/2021 11:16

I don’t really get it either, the news says they were part of an entirely legal bubble for people with children under one before a certain date.

I was in one, I travelled a lot to see my dad because I had a small baby and a deployed husband. I needed some help. I can’t get worked up because someone else did the same legal thing at all.

Nanny0gg · 19/10/2021 11:17

If they were genuinely in a support bubble then fair enough.

If not, then they are grade A hypocrites and they need to answer for it.

jerometheturnipking · 19/10/2021 11:19

I really can't muster the energy to give any fucks about what Boris gets up to in his private life with whatever Covid restrictions were/are/will be at this stage. Petrol prices went up 3p a litre over during the day at my local station yesterday, and another 2p overnight. I'm more concerned about that.

IntermittentParps · 19/10/2021 11:20

He should be leading by example.
And it's the last straw after Barnard Castle, Hancock's snog and however many other MPs broke the rules (I've lost track, they are so many and so egregious).

Skade · 19/10/2021 11:21

My grandad couldn't come to us for Christmas as he always had, and then died of Covid alone in his care home three weeks after Christmas, with us not allowed to visit him. So yes, I absolutely think the Prime Minister should have abided by the same rules that everyone else had to follow. What makes him so special?

BonnesVacances · 19/10/2021 11:27

@jerometheturnipking

I really can't muster the energy to give any fucks about what Boris gets up to in his private life with whatever Covid restrictions were/are/will be at this stage. Petrol prices went up 3p a litre over during the day at my local station yesterday, and another 2p overnight. I'm more concerned about that.

And that is precisely why we have such a clown supposedly leading our country post Brexit and through a global pandemic. Hmm Give me strength!

Icebreaker99 · 19/10/2021 11:30

Brilliant OP, I needed a laugh!

Sparkletastic · 19/10/2021 11:33

YABU

Goldbar · 19/10/2021 11:33

Am I being unreasonable to think that it is really no one elses business who I and my family spent Christmas with.
So maybe I did break the rules, but I had been working so hard and the rules kept changing, it is hardly unreasonable that I had some time with friends to relax is it?

In reality, we went months without seeing family at all, spent months more driving for hours to meet them halfway in a sodden park and (after having to cancel TWO FUCKING DAYS before they were due to come to stay with us for the first time in six months!) did Christmas over Zoom with grandparents. My 3yo was hugging the tablet to 'give granny a cuddle'.

We followed the rules to the letter because we thought it mattered. Silly us.

RudestLittleMadam · 19/10/2021 11:40

You know, for ages I’ve been genuinely flummoxed as to how Johnson has remained prime minister and the Tories are miles ahead in the polls. But the mystery is solved: it seems that more people than I realised happily swallow every single lie/ridiculous “explanation” they come up with for their awful, hypocritical behaviour. This government are laughing at all of us.

As someone else said upthread, it’s like a cult Hmm some people have been sucked right in.

ilovesooty · 19/10/2021 11:42

@Nanny0gg

If they were genuinely in a support bubble then fair enough.

If not, then they are grade A hypocrites and they need to answer for it.

Childcare support bubbles were only for if other options were unavailable and not for socialising. Carrie was also in a support bubble with her mother who lived alone. I can't see any reason why they needed a childcare support bubble over Christmas.
Howareyouflower · 19/10/2021 11:44

@jgw1

I just don't understand, he was leading the country in a time of crisis, he maybe wont even have been able to spend the whole day with his young family due to the amount of work he has to do, and apparently it is headline news that he had a few friends round 10months ago. Seriously is this what we have come to?
Oh poor diddums. I'm retired, so I have no axe to grind. Millions of people worked really hard, often covering for people who had caught Covid. Hospital staff worked long hours, risking their own health and that of their families. Did not see their children for days on end. I have absolutely zero sympathy for a man who chose to take on the job and is very highly paid for it. Of course he should be held accountable.

When I was only a teenager I had a very responsible job, in charge of a small team of people. When I told my father, he told me I should never expect anyone else to take on a job that I wouldn't be willing to do myself. I took his advice, and because people knew I would willingly do any of the dirty jobs, they were happy to take their turn.

Boris Johnson should be willing to to go above and beyond and to lead by example.

shouldistop · 19/10/2021 11:46

The rules kept changing because he kept changing them. I have no sympathy for someone who tells us we can't see our friends and family and then does what he likes anyway.

EeeByeGummieBear · 19/10/2021 11:47

Thanks for the laugh Op.
I have to laugh, otherwise I'll end up down a rabbit hole of rage when I think of all the hard working people of this country who stuck by the rules and as a result didn't have the Christmas they wanted/ needed/ deserved.
(And Boris Johnson isn't included in that- just take a look at how many holidays he's had recently. I remember when MPs would cut their holiday short if needed, not buggar off on more)

DroopyClematis · 19/10/2021 11:49

Nope, no sympathy from me either.

He broke the rules.

Besides, his minions, advisors and civil service team do all the work; he's the bumbling mouthpiece.

Brefugee · 19/10/2021 11:50

oh OP. He desperately desperately wanted this job. And he is incompetent beyond belief. Corrupt. Cronyism. And he is lazy. He should be exactly the opposite: more on the ball with rules, putting himself last, setting an example.

But you lot keep making excuses for him.

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jgw1 · 19/10/2021 11:50

I can't see any reason why they needed a childcare support bubble over Christmas.

Boris will have been hard at work for much of the time, remember we were in the middle of a pandemic, the NHS was falling apart because people kept getting ill, the Brexit transition period was nearly at and end and due to the Europeans not agreeing until the last moment the new rules there was a very real possibility of empty shelves and petrol stations. Boris moved heaven and earth to make sure that did not happen.

It is hardly unreasonable that his long suffering wife have a friend around for a few hours.

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ilovesooty · 19/10/2021 11:52

@jgw1

I can't see any reason why they needed a childcare support bubble over Christmas.

Boris will have been hard at work for much of the time, remember we were in the middle of a pandemic, the NHS was falling apart because people kept getting ill, the Brexit transition period was nearly at and end and due to the Europeans not agreeing until the last moment the new rules there was a very real possibility of empty shelves and petrol stations. Boris moved heaven and earth to make sure that did not happen.

It is hardly unreasonable that his long suffering wife have a friend around for a few hours.

For fuck's sake. This has to be a joke.
elbea · 19/10/2021 11:53

@ilovesooty that isn’t correct. There was a support bubble for those with children under the age on one. It was completely different to the childcare bubble and you could socialise within it.

PurpleDaisies · 19/10/2021 11:54

Support bubbles and childcare bubbles were different.

Childcare bubbles were for childcare. You were only allowed to drop children off to be looked after, not stay and socialise.

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