Booing Boris. AIBU to say he deserved it?

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I'm not a boo-er, it doesn't come naturally to me. Yet thinking of the photo of the queen, alone, at her husband's funeral contrasted with his snivelling 'apology' for tolerating depraved behaviour in his workplace together with his other contemptuous behaviour over the course of parliament, I'd have found it hard to resist. His presence just seems like adding more insult to injury.

Shame someone didn’t tell the police that when they fined two women for having a walk with a cup of coffee. Or the councils that taped park benches up.

That would have been fine, because the law that @JaniieJones has read clearly stated that parties were permitted for up to 20 minutes.

I know. So generous.

Last week it was ok because it was only 9 minutes.

Moving the goalposts for Johnson is such a kind thing for his supporters to do.

I'm hoping at some point well all be allowed to live our lives without integrity, or allowed to break the law if it's for a limited time, in certain circumstances and necessary for the daily running of our lives.

The resulting Britain with no boundaries will be such a lovely place to live.

That would have been fine, because the law that @JaniieJones has read clearly stated that parties were permitted for up to 20 minutes.

I know. So generous.

Last week it was ok because it was only 9 minutes.

Moving the goalposts for Johnson is such a kind thing for his supporters to do.

I'm hoping at some point well all be allowed to live our lives without integrity, or allowed to break the law if it's for a limited time, in certain circumstances and necessary for the daily running of our lives.

The resulting Britain with no boundaries will be such a lovely place to live.

it would be a very strange boss who didn't attend a leaving do at work

So it's OK for Boris to attend a leaving do (at a time when such things weren't permitted), but not OK for anyone else to say goodbye to a dying relative? Rules for the plebs only...

Thing is it doesn't matter whether it was a party if less than 10/20 minutes or they were just gossiping about who is shagging who, non work gatherings weren't allowed.
We had a Teams goodbye to a colleague retiring after over 30 years.

it would be a very strange boss who didn't attend a leaving do at work

I am a little bit confused by this.
For months we have been told that Boris is not responsible for anything or anyone in Downing Street apart from watering the pot plants.
So why is he now suddenly being described as the boss?

Yes, and in jovial good spirits too !

'm hoping at some point well all be allowed to live our lives without integrity, or allowed to break the law if it's for a limited time, in certain circumstances and necessary for the daily running of our lives.

The resulting Britain with no boundaries will be such a lovely place to live.

I think this is worth pointing out: it isn't just about this one occasion where Johnson was "ambushed" by a cake.

This was the straw that broke the camels back.

It's like how Al Capone was finally jailed for avoiding his taxes. Let's just count the number of times Boris has been "flexible" (for want of a better term) with the law for his own benefit:

• He lied about Brexit delivering extra cash for the NHS
• He lied to the Queen
• He covered up for Dominic Cummings
• He spent taxpayers money so he could shag that Arcuri woman
• He decorated his flat using ill-gotten funds
• He lied about having an "oven ready deal" (since they immediately threatened to tear it up despite being the ones who negotiated it)
• There was all that breaking the law in a "limited and specific way" business
• He tried to fix things so Paterson could get away with corrupt behaviour
• He even lied about being sorry for his mishaps, since Tory MPs have gone on record saying, in a private meeting thereafter, he retracted it and said he wasn't sorry at all

And that's probably just the tip of the iceberg.

I do think many people voted for him knowing full well he was a self-serving spiv and a rogue. But I guess many thought, so long as his lies didn't impact them directly and helped their cause (e.g. getting Brexit done) they were willing to hold their nose. But Partygate has impacted everyone directly. And now its like the dam has burst. It's not just the parties, its the whole stinking shitpile of corruption that's been building up without an outlet, that's finally spewing out.

People are saying "enough is enough".

I think it's probably just you and Boris and a few other deluded people. the rest of the country is only sick of party gate because he should have resigned long ago.
I left a jobs in the pandemic, I didn't have a leaving party! Nor did anyone one of the rest of us who got treated appalling by our employer test and trace service when we all got sacked overnight. (To be honest this was expected by me but for many it was their only income)
Remember us? We didn't even get a thank you.

You will never find a majority of critics/activists outside St Paul's. They rarely bother to get in amongst a crowd like that, it simply isn't worth their while. The proportion of boos was massively higher than the few cheers and simply isn't accounted for by weak arguments like that.

Since when was Kay Burley infallible? We could all hear what was going on for ourselves.

I'm wondering is Kay Burley had said "look at the Pm and his wife arriving under that bright pink sky" we'd have people arguing that - in fact - the sky is pink.

People say what they want. They say things with their own bias.

The bbc reporter was commenting on the boos.

Then they edited it out, quietened the background and out a different interview over the top in its place.

What won't change through narrative and bias is what we all saw and heard via the media when he arrived live in TV. That will never go away. It can't be disputed as In factual or bias.

It happened. We all saw and heard it with our own eyes.

And the fact people did it at such a big occasion as the jubilee only serve the purpose to show the strength of feeling.

@The nerves of Conservative MPs were not helped by footage on Friday of Johnson and his wife, Carriee, arriving at St Paul’s Cathedral for the thanksgiving service to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A few cheers from the crowd were swiftly drowned out by a wave of booingg. Johnson also had to read a lesson from Philippians extolling the virtue of truth, a text chosen for him by the Palace."

From that well known rabble hangout, the Times.

Am quite amused that the Palace chose the text.

This sums it all up pretty well.

The big, blond, disheveled boil that is disfiguring the face of the UK will be lanced sooner or later. Maybe it will happen after the by- elections.

Am quite amused that the Palace chose the text

I am not a fan of the royals, but if the Queen had a hand in choosing that text I would like to buy her a large G&T.

I have honestly never heard booing at royal event before. That in itself is quite a feat he's acheived.

Am quite amused that the Palace chose the text.

The Queen’s obviously got his measure. I bet she enjoyed that.

hahahaha… I’d love to actually know what the royals think!

I'm not sure we will have to wait that long.

Generally at these things the crowds cheer anyone who walks passed before the main event, so it really is something.

I like to think it was the queens personal payback after sitting alone for her husbands funeral after finding out him and his mates though leaving drinks were morally right.

I love the queens little smile and the way her eyes light up and really hope they did this whilst she watched him read it on tv whilst say with a cuppa.

I hope she even had a little snigger at his very obvious discomfort as he read it.

Me too itsgettingweird.

And me. 🍸🐕 to HM, hope she had the staff called in for a communal boo-ing as the Johnsons left the cathedral.

What a delicious thought.

I think those at the Palace have long memories 😉