AIBU to think we will never hear the result of partygate?

[Tiredalwaystired]

Quite naturally everyone’s thoughts are with Ukraine right now

But AIBU to think that the Tory party are high fiving each other with delight to know that the results of the partygate investigation can probably slip into the sunset without a backward glance now?

I doubt Johnson et al are actually pleased about the Russian invasion of Ukraine but in some ways it is serving them well

HIGNFY posted this on FB earlier. Funnily enough, I want a competent, decent PM to lead us through dealing with a mad Putin.

Yup great timing hey…

He is fucking laughing. Covid took the heat off Brexit, War taking heat of Covid, wonder what he will need to take the heat off this war when he fucks it up?

Let’s hope he doesn’t fuck it up. There might not be anything left to save…

I'd like to hear more about the Tory Party members millions that were withdrawn from the Russian banks and businesses before the banking sanctions were out into place. I'd love to hear that talked about more please.

I agree that he is absolutely loving it. A foreign war is every PM / Presidents dream - this has been widely written about. They get the chance to be statesman like without being at any real risk. Dream come true esp with the current domestic woes.

@Iliveonthexbox

I'd like to hear more about the Tory Party members millions that were withdrawn from the Russian banks and businesses before the banking sanctions were out into place. I'd love to hear that talked about more please.

Absolutely this- it’s sickening what they do because they think/ know they can get away with it

Yes, terrible as the Ukraine situation is, it has been incredibly convenient timing for some.

It also gives the PM an opportunity to be all posturing and patriotic without actually doing anything. He'd probably be re-elected today where he was on his knees a fortnight ago.

The government knew the invasion of Ukraine was possible for some time . They managed to stave off any further queries by using multiple delaying tactics to ensure that it would be buried once the invasion had started.
So no ,we will never hear of the partygate investigation outcome. Except probably as a piffling little matter of no consequence now that there are more humanitarian disasters that need our governments attention.

I just hope we can see the end of the word “gate” added on to things.

Partygate was about pushing Boris to ignore the science (and the vulnerable) and drop mitigations against Covid and Long Covid.

It's served its purpose.

The Tory party's financial entwinements with the the Putin regime (both direct and indirect) are a a far bigger scandal (arguably treasonous) compared to "partygate". Unfortunately large swathes of the electorate today only get angry when the media tells them to and will ignore appalling wrongdoing by their leaders even when it's right in front of them. It's all very depressing. This country used to stand for something.

I imagine by the time it is publicised, we will be so far past it that it’ll be brushed under the carpet.

@Iliveonthexbox

I'd like to hear more about the Tory Party members millions that were withdrawn from the Russian banks and businesses before the banking sanctions were out into place. I'd love to hear that talked about more please.

Why - all sorts of people of every political stripe were selling off their Russian holdings in the last weeks before the invasion.

I'd be more worried about the acumen if anyone who didnt tbh

Ironically this is what happened with the report into Russian interference in our elections, buried thanks to covid.

@TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum

The Tory party's financial entwinements with the the Putin regime (both direct and indirect) are a a far bigger scandal (arguably treasonous) compared to "partygate". Unfortunately large swathes of the electorate today only get angry when the media tells them to and will ignore appalling wrongdoing by their leaders even when it's right in front of them. It's all very depressing. This country used to stand for something.

Why are you assuming that people are only angry about one thing?

Humans are quite capable of having thoughts about more than a single issue at once!

If we tried to put everything in a single message we would be here til 3032. You’ll find me just as mad about that elsewhere. But that’s not the focus of this thread.

I bet boris is delighted he's gone from a global pandemic to potential WW3

I reckon there's big fish to fry than partygate.

He knows about media storms and he rode it out, knowing that it would pass (the heat from the media that is) then hey presto, full blown warn in the east and it can all be forgotten about. Most others would've been gone a long time ago, he knew if he sat it out, no matter how uncomfortable it was, something more shocking would come along. We haven't forgotten, but the media have moved on. Whilst the pressure was ramping up between Russia and Ukraine, PMQ's were dominated by partygate. We need a leader whose ridiculousness doesn't detract from real life issues!

Iliveonthexbox:
I'd like to hear more about the Tory Party members millions that were withdrawn from the Russian banks and businesses before the banking sanctions were out into place. I'd love to hear that talked about more please.

trollopolis:
Why - all sorts of people of every political stripe were selling off their Russian holdings in the last weeks before the invasion. I'd be more worried about the acumen if anyone who didnt tbh.

... such as the MSP's pension funds invested with Sberbank - which may have to be written off.