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Part 6 A thread for the continued enjoyment of Boris' downfall, enjoyment being important

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jgw1 · 04/02/2022 14:09

What the title says.

This will be the one where he resigns, so if please keep the whatabout to a minimum.

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AdamRyan · 04/02/2022 19:18

I too very pleased to see cat back :)

ENoeuf · 04/02/2022 19:34

Who said that grief is the price we pay for love? It changed my view.

StoneofDestiny · 04/02/2022 19:36

These no confidence letters are just people jumping ship so they are in a position to back the next PM. I don't think they are motivated by anything other than ensuring they have a job in the future. Nothing Johnson has done is new - he's been lying all his life and throughout his premiership. If these defectors had moral fibre, they would not have been alongside him as long as they have been.

derxa · 04/02/2022 19:43

@StoneofDestiny

These no confidence letters are just people jumping ship so they are in a position to back the next PM. I don't think they are motivated by anything other than ensuring they have a job in the future. Nothing Johnson has done is new - he's been lying all his life and throughout his premiership. If these defectors had moral fibre, they would not have been alongside him as long as they have been.
I tend to agree. Cynical I know.
Alexandra2001 · 04/02/2022 19:48

@Derxa
Probably but do you care about his experience? Genuinely? Bereavement is a lonely process. Once the funeral is over no one really wants to know

Yes i do care.... when i lost my partner, very very few people wanted to know, it was very hurtful but i have come to realise that it was because they didn't know what to say or do, so they avoided the situation... the ones that didn't are life long friends.

I don't know the man so obvioulsy i am not upset in the traditional sense but both he and Ruth Davison have changed my view of Tories (or some tories) as have you.

derxa · 04/02/2022 19:59

[quote Alexandra2001]@Derxa
Probably but do you care about his experience? Genuinely? Bereavement is a lonely process. Once the funeral is over no one really wants to know

Yes i do care.... when i lost my partner, very very few people wanted to know, it was very hurtful but i have come to realise that it was because they didn't know what to say or do, so they avoided the situation... the ones that didn't are life long friends.

I don't know the man so obvioulsy i am not upset in the traditional sense but both he and Ruth Davison have changed my view of Tories (or some tories) as have you.[/quote]
Flowers for you. Yes it's very difficult. They don't want to upset you not understanding that you couldn't be more upset. But you're not showing that upset by openly weeping and wailing. Your upset is battened down like a cork in a bottle. What people fear is your open grief because it upsets them. I'm glad you have some steadfast friends.

Alexandra2001 · 04/02/2022 20:04

Thankyou @Derxa, it was a long time ago but you never ever forget and the pain is never too far away either.
Hope your doing well, you ve not had it easy at all.

AuldAlliance · 04/02/2022 20:16

@StoneofDestiny

These no confidence letters are just people jumping ship so they are in a position to back the next PM. I don't think they are motivated by anything other than ensuring they have a job in the future. Nothing Johnson has done is new - he's been lying all his life and throughout his premiership. If these defectors had moral fibre, they would not have been alongside him as long as they have been.
The resignations of staff working closely with BJ, like Mirza or Reynolds, are probably more significant than these MPs' letters, even if the latter are what might lead to a VONC. After all, there are only a tiny number of sane, intelligentTory MPs left since his purges. Whereas his whole working environment is crumbling around him. Even his remarkable ability to believe in his own brilliance - despite all evidence to the contrary - must be a little shaken.
Peregrina · 04/02/2022 20:21

Awful as BJ is I don't think he believed the rules set by the Govt.

If so, as head of the Government, shouldn't he have made the case for them to be different? Less restrictive for funerals, for example.

DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 20:32

The proposal for special bereavement bubbles (for funerals, miscarriages) was rejected as it would send the wrong message to the public

derxa · 04/02/2022 20:36

@DuncinToffee

The proposal for special bereavement bubbles (for funerals, miscarriages) was rejected as it would send the wrong message to the public
That was a cruel mistake
Notonthestairs · 04/02/2022 20:49

Bereavement bubbles would have made such a difference. It was cruel. Sharing grief - or at least having the choice - is so important.

I know this is a ridiculous non story but...Police have a photo of Johnson drinking beer at his party according to The Mirror. But the photo was taken by the official photographer so it goes to unpicking his version of events. Rishi is standing alongside him drinking a soft drink.

It's both nothing and something. Photos cut through in a way Hancock/Paterson/Randox emails don't. Although I assume nobody outside the police/Sue Gray have actually seen it.

thecatfromjapan · 04/02/2022 20:55

Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror now reporting police have a picture of Johnson nursing a can of beer at one of his lockdown parties.

Ouch.

twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1489696594576486405?s=21

Blossomtoes · 04/02/2022 21:00

Next to Sunak - so much for passing through.

merrymouse · 04/02/2022 21:00

“The bombshell image was thought to have been taken by Mr Johnson’s official taxpayer-funded photographer who was documenting the event.”

Confused
Notonthestairs · 04/02/2022 21:05

Ambushed by cake, beer, the official photographer and Rishi!

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jgw1 · 04/02/2022 21:11

[quote thecatfromjapan]Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror now reporting police have a picture of Johnson nursing a can of beer at one of his lockdown parties.

Ouch.

twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1489696594576486405?s=21[/quote]
But Keir drank out of a bottle which is far worse.

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DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 21:14

And all within 10 minutes Grin

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jgw1 · 04/02/2022 21:18

@DuncinToffee

And all within 10 minutes Grin
Just goes to show what a man of action Boris is.
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thecatfromjapan · 04/02/2022 21:18

It rather does for Sunak now, though, doesn't it?

He's now definitely party-adjacent and Chancellor-of-the-Great-Living-Standards-Nosedive.

Not great for him.

cakeorwine · 04/02/2022 21:19

I wonder what next week will bring?

Blossomtoes · 04/02/2022 21:20

No wonder he’s been keeping such a low profile. You just couldn’t make this up. And if you did people would say it was too far fetched.

cakeorwine · 04/02/2022 21:20

@merrymouse

“The bombshell image was thought to have been taken by Mr Johnson’s official taxpayer-funded photographer who was documenting the event.”

Confused

Will the taxpayer get to see the taxpayer funded photos?
longwayoff · 04/02/2022 21:21

Oh I'm so pleased. The reams of faux outrage about Keir's beer, all for nothing 🍻

Notonthestairs · 04/02/2022 21:28

Didn't some people argue he only popped in for 10 mins because he was off to an important meeting (with his decorator).

Beer before a meeting? How very late 1980's.

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