"Number 10 held two boozy parties the night before the Queen mourned Prince Philip alone".... Is this finally going to be the end for B.J. /Tories?

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This thread!

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"Number 10 held two boozy parties the night before the Queen mourned Prince Philip alone.

Staff drank and at points danced until the early hours of the night of April 16.

Hours later, the Queen went to a socially-distanced funeral for Philip.

We have spoken to eyewitnesses. At a leaving do for a No10 photographer it’s alleged:

🥂Staff partied in the basement of No10, to music DJd by a special adviser.

🥂One broke Wilf Johnson’s swing in the No10 garden.

🥂Another was sent to the Co-op with a suitcase to buy booze.

Another event held to mark the departure of James Slack, Mr Johnson’s chief spinner, saw:

🍻 Staff gathered for a speech from Slack, with others dialling in via Zoom.

🍻Booze drunk and attendees spilling into the garden.

🍻Chatting and drinking into the early hours.

At the time Britain was in Step 2 of lockdown easing - which banned indoor gatherings and imposed the rule of six outside.

But the celebrations in No10 meant around 30 people were gathered for what a source declares were definitely parties.

Can No10 claim they were work events?

This was the scene in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle the next day.

Prince Philip’s funeral was restricted to 30 people, and the PM declined to attend, to make more space for family.

The Queen did not participate in the service. "

@Opal8

But...why? Why the "sudden" disgust ay De Pfeffle??? Everyone knew what he was. Especially this who voted for him! "Picanninies, bum boy, letterboxes, fuck business"... Why the feigned horror now when he is just doing what he (and those like him) has always done?

THIS

When someone shows you who they are…

believe them.

@Thewiseoneincognito

Yes he is an abomination, yes he is completely useless, yes he broke the rules, yes under normal circumstances I would want him gone - BUT these are not normal circumstances.

Whoever has sat on this information waiting until now has no good intentions for the Nation. His replacement would be far worse.

Be very careful what you wish for, yes people voted for a clown and we’ve now got a circus - but our next act could literally turn out to be Pennywise.

Let’s all remember this when MN starts chomping at the bit to oust him. Better the devil you know unfortunately.

Of all the ludicrous reasons for not getting rid of an incompetent, lying, and thoroughly corrupt Prime Minister, this is possibly the most ridiculous.

It's a rotten state through and through.

Note that James Slack, who one of the parties was held for, left to become deputy editor of The Sun. Private Eye and Popbitch have been reporting on some very debauched lockdown parties in the Sun offices for a long time which is why that paper never got involved with No 10-bashing.

It was Marina Hyde who used the phrase 'king rat' in a piece about the govt and that's as good a descriptor as any.

Like many I'm not much of a royalist but that image of the queen says it all.

Not sure the Queen sitting alone should be held up as some kind of pillar of virtue when everyone has been wanging on for months if not years, that she has harboured Andrew and only now done the correct thing removing all his silly titles. So she has her own 'one rule for them and another for us' thing to answer.

The 'parties'/ work gatherings need clarifying. Johnson wasn't even in residence for this latest 'scoop'.

'Whoever has sat on this information waiting until now has no good intentions for the Nation. His replacement would be far worse'

This ^

@Thewiseoneincognito agree. There are more sinister people in the party. Especially those who shout loudest about freedom, whilst pushing through legislation that stamps all over genuine freedom. Those whose decisions have fucked the economy under the guise of helping it etc

This gvt are like a bad batch of The Apprentice. All have huge egos , go around back slapping each other , but little actual individual talent other than big gobs .

The fact is leadership means you make rules and your team all must play by those rules. In this case we have a bunch of entitled sycophantic twerps and virtually anyone with a backbone and a sense of morality got out the party.

Here’s a recap . We have Matt hancocks department illegally (claim upheld in court of law this week) creating VIP lanes for donors and mates to supply goods and services with regard to covid— people whose backgrounds were totally unrelated to the goods and services needed

We have Jenrick ushering through planning and special concessions to property organisations and getting back handers

We had Owen Patterson offering influence and asking questions for large cash payments - his wife subsequently killed herself once this came to light

We have parties galore at number 10 when everyone else was taking a quick walk around the block and waving at parents and adult kids through the windows if we followed the gvts own rules

Ordinary People fined and MPs like Rosie Duffield banned from parliament for a period as shock horror- she met up with a boyfriend.

Then of course we have Brexit— where fisherman and farmers were totally deceived into thinking it would be of benefit. The only people it would ever benefit in a financial way were rich toffs protecting offshore funds and maybe ‘some’ tradesmen who would have less competition— giving them license to rip off the rest of us. Still plenty of xenophobes of all classes were voting for them , because they were fed up of all the Asians in their community (which is utterly irrelevant to Brexit) — so even though you know it will trash the economy and cause price hikes— just watch those votes pile up rather than be honest with people.

@JaniieJones

Not sure the Queen sitting alone should be held up as some kind of pillar of virtue when everyone has been wanging on for months if not years, that she has harboured Andrew and only now done the correct thing removing all his silly titles. So she has her own 'one rule for them and another for us' thing to answer.

The 'parties'/ work gatherings need clarifying. Johnson wasn't even in residence for this latest 'scoop'.

'Whoever has sat on this information waiting until now has no good intentions for the Nation. His replacement would be far worse'

This ^

@JaniieJones If I appointed one person who showed such bad judgement that they thought it was appropriate to break the law whilst at work I would worry about my judgement. If two people I had appointed were breaking the law repeatedly at work, I would be very worried. If the whole office repeatedly broke the law then I am pretty sure I would know that I was the problem.

@BashStreetKid Please do tell me which one of his esteemed colleagues you would rather be PM for the next 2 years…

The reason the Windsor parasites have survived this long is that they are mostly very good at putting on a show. The queen will not have forgotten the kicking she got for not appearing sufficiently sad when the wretched Diana got creamed in a car crash, so she would have been well aware of the need to portray noble, martyred misery.

As for Fucko the Clown and his gangsters, what worries me now is that whoever seeks to replace him is going to try to do so on a massive puritan, authoritarian, rules-and-punishments ticket.

Wish the parties had been held in Derbyshire, a county with a very vigilant police force. Presumably, as they were contravening the rules at the time, the partygoers would have been filmed by police drones, and their images paraded on national tv, like the socially distanced dog walkers in the Peak District. Or maybe not…

My guess?
Hunt

Try to do something about the very real threat of being involved in a war in Ukraine.

Given how prone prone this PM seems to be at making errors of judgement that’s a real worry.

@BIWI

So I'm guessing you've voted YANBU *@bakingbernie*?

How could you?

Do you not understand how important this is, given that this is about the leadership of our country? About the people who are making the decisions about the future of our country?

It's absolutely not just about 'a few bottles of wine'. Are you really so obtuse?

If you are talking about a wholesale investigation of civil servants' behaviour then yes I'm with you.

But there are other quite important things to get on with.

The thing is, Boris didn't party alone. Every single one of them should be held responsible for looking the other way whilst these parties went on. Not a word from most of the Cabinet, apart pathetic praise of Boris' "achievements" from Liz Truss. Ffs. But, unfortunately, people in this country have incredibly short memories and I have no doubt the Conservatives will remain in power when the next election pops up.

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That's horrible @DGRossetti!

@Wreath21

The reason the Windsor parasites have survived this long is that they are mostly very good at putting on a show. The queen will not have forgotten the kicking she got for not appearing sufficiently sad when the wretched Diana got creamed in a car crash, so she would have been well aware of the need to portray noble, martyred misery.

As for Fucko the Clown and his gangsters, what worries me now is that whoever seeks to replace him is going to try to do so on a massive puritan, authoritarian, rules-and-punishments ticket.

Ah, you are favouring Priti, she has certainly been on manoeuvres in that direction and it always plays well to the faithful.

@BIWI

That's horrible *@DGRossetti*!

Well they do say the truth hurts ...

@HunkyPunk

Wish the parties had been held in Derbyshire, a county with a very vigilant police force. Presumably, as they were contravening the rules at the time, the partygoers would have been filmed by police drones, and their images paraded on national tv, like the socially distanced dog walkers in the Peak District. Or maybe not…

Of all the ludicrous reasons for not getting rid of an incompetent, lying, and thoroughly corrupt Prime Minister, this is possibly the most ridiculous

It really isn't. I want Boris gone but I also worry about who we'll get instead?

Have you ever read Making History by Stephen Fry? Hitler doesn't exist but the person who ends up leading the Nazi party is even worse than he is!

In terms of those who are likely to replace Johnson none of them will have the level of contempt for rules and responsibility that he does. I have disliked so many Conservative politicians over the years but he alone, with his fake news, refusal to apologise and disregard for the requirements of integrity in public life, stands apart.

He is literally the worst of us all.

Have you ever read Making History by Stephen Fry? Hitler doesn't exist but the person who ends up leading the Nazi party is even worse than he is!

Is this your actual argument for not replacing a corrupt PM?!

@jgw1 That is, unfortunately, a possibility - she is certainly likely to try it on. However, I think the public overall may finally be sufficiently horrified by the Tories to vote for someone/anyone else, and Keir Starmer or at least his advisers have been showing worrying signs of a liking for 'respectability politics' and playing to the flagshagger market already. There are enough funsponges, sneaks and bullies around that an emphasis on Hard Work and Duty and Patriotism might well be seen as the way forward. And that is also very, very dangerous.

@NashvilleQueen

Have you ever read Making History by Stephen Fry? Hitler doesn't exist but the person who ends up leading the Nazi party is even worse than he is!

Is this your actual argument for not replacing a corrupt PM?!

Sounds more like an apology for the Nazis.

Well, they would have got rid of Hitler, but then decided they'd only end up with someone worse, so gave up.

In the current context, it's a damning indictment that some people genuinely believe Boris is the best this country could find to be PM.

We have to keep him, you see. Everyone else is even more incompetent, talentless, useless and duplicitous.

[quote Thewiseoneincognito]@BashStreetKid Please do tell me which one of his esteemed colleagues you would rather be PM for the next 2 years…[/quote]
Yip. This is the only question that needs to be answered right now.

Remember the rage and ire against Theresa May on here? God we'd give anything to have her back.

See also George W Bush and Trump.

You don't remove leaders. You replace them.

@Monsterpage

2 weeks before that I was unable to be with my dying mother as she lay in a hospice dying of bowel cancer.

I am incandescent with rage about this. 10 months on I am wracked with guilt and feelings of letting her down during her final days.

@Monsterpage

(((HUG))) I'm so sorry you had to go through that with your Mum & you feel how you do now. I'm sure she knew how much you loved her & had no real choice about being there.

Try to hold onto the fact that we needed the restrictions that we had, because the scientists said so, not the Govt. People (like you) made sacrifices because it was the right thing to do. People breaking them were asshats, esoecially those making the laws & presenting them as necessary then breaking them, BUT it doesn't mean they weren't as necessary as we believed them to be 💐