Anyone else think our government took the royal piss last Christmas?

[Peanut82]

So the whole Downing Street party last year...this has really riled me. They put us all on restrictions against seeing family and friends while they all had a Christmas piss up with wine, cheese and no social distancing.
My MIL spent last Christmas alone 80 miles away as she didn't want to breach any rules, I know she could have come as she lives alone but she didn't believe it was allowed.
Now there's talk of restrictions on this Christmas? Well I'm sorry but I won't be complying with any restrictions over Christmas, I'll be seeing family as planned.
Our government is beyond useless

I have to live with the fact I couldn’t visit my 70 year old mother while she died a slow death hospitalised for a month over Christmas.

While this bunch were partying. It’s a kick

@Onandoff

I have to live with the fact I couldn’t visit my 70 year old mother while she died a slow death hospitalised for a month over Christmas.

While this bunch were partying. It’s a kick

It’s a kick to the gut.

The worst thing is I’m not even surprised. It’s one example of many from this government.

Also I hope that Starmer drops his reasonable demeanour and absolutely Malcom Tuckers Johnson at PMQs this afternoon.

@the80sweregreat

Allegra said ' they didn't socially distance' Then laughed about it

That, I think, is what's going to really damage them here. The attitude. They might have been able to brush this off, especially if it was actually legal, by saying while it wasn't illegal we do understand it was inappropriate and irresponsible in the circumstances and we're very sorry, we feel your pain, look contrite yada. That's gone now.

I think Allegra Stanton has been royaly f**ed over by this. She actually looks quite uncomfortable. (Her I went home comment is quite telling). She knows she is on dodgy ground here.

I want to know who is leaking all this stuff. Its pretty destabilising at this current moment in time. So I would suspect there is an antilockdown/restrictions agenda behind it all. And a group gunning for a Boris.

The whole fiasco shows a complete lack of integrity on the behalf of government. The entitlement is quite something to behold - and yet people keep voting for them. Not sure what that says about us as a country.

Everyone who followed the restrictions should be commended and be proud of what you did. You were following the best scientific advice available at the time. Unlike thr overly bombastic fools who are so protected fromthe effects of covid by their own privilege.

This is just indicative of the unequal burden that covid has placed on the population.

The question we should be asking is why is it that covid disproportionately affected some groups so much - and why does our government, as evidenced by this ridiculous circus show, seem to care so little.

They are STILL laughing about it

news.sky.com/story/this-party-is-not-going-to-be-investigated-by-the-police-in-a-years-time-rees-mogg-jokes-about-government-christmas-parties-12489616

Loon Deadwood's tweet just now looks like a new line is developing.... governed by a criminal conspiracy now.

@johnredwood
Trying to impose new restrictions now in the run up to Christmas would be a bad misjudgement. If civil servants had a party against the rules last year they should tell us and apologise. No one is naming an Minister or MP as present.

They should refund anyone who was fined for breaking lockdown rules.

Last Christmas we where all ready to travel down to see my in-laws

Boris had said it was ok and we where packed and ready-then Boris said it wasn’t ok

Cue a phone call from mil saying it was best not to as some fool had convinced her the police would be on every corner,ready to arrest us and that it was a massive risk to them

We made a mad dash down to tesco and spent a crap Christmas at home

Roll on March

Fil dies-he’d hidden how ill he was

The government stole our last Christmas together-I could hold it together as it was for the greater good

Then I find out they’d chucked this party!

I’m angry-our last Christmas with my darling fil is time we’ll never get back,we lost that and I’ll never forgive this useless bunch of tossers

Blueblossombush, I'm so sorry.

Anna Soubry calling Johnson a serial liar on BBC now.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/24/boris-johnson-prime-minister-tory-party-britain

They are laughing at us now whilst looting the country.

"Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his private or political life, if confronted by it in an identity parade. In a commonplace book the other day, I came across an observation made in 1750 by a contemporary savant, Bishop Berkeley: “It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.” Almost the only people who think Johnson a nice guy are those who do not know him.

There is, of course, a symmetry between himself and Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn is far more honest, but harbours his own extravagant delusions. He may yet prove to be the only possible Labour leader whom Johnson can defeat in a general election. If the opposition was led by anybody else, the Tories would be deservedly doomed, because we would all vote for it. As it is, the Johnson premiership could survive for three or four years, shambling from one embarrassment and debacle to another, of which Brexit may prove the least.

For many of us, his elevation will signal Britain’s abandonment of any claim to be a serious country. It can be claimed that few people realised what a poor prime minister Theresa May would prove until they saw her in Downing Street. With Boris, however, what you see now is almost assuredly what we shall get from him as ruler of Britain

Fucking twats. But they always have been.

I’ve got a decorator in this week & he said it’s the final straw in his Tory vote. He’s voting green next time. I only hope & pray people do this in great numbers but alas. I doubt it. 😓

Oliver Cromwell: 'In the name of God, go!' speech dismissing Rump Parliament - 1653
20 April 1653, London, England

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place,

which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice.

Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government.

Ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess?

Ye have no more religion than my horse. Gold is your God. Which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?

Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defiled this sacred place, and turned the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices?

Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance.

Your country therefore calls upon me to cleanse this Augean stable, by putting a final period to your iniquitous proceedings in this House; and which by God's help, and the strength he has given me, I am now come to do.

I command ye therefore, upon the peril of your lives, to depart immediately out of this place.

Go, get you out! Make haste! Ye venal slaves be gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.

In the name of God, go!

Very apt.

@Watapalava

Its important to remember

Last xmas families were allowed to meet indoors in smaller groups
work places could meet and hold larger meetings

Not excusing but lots of 'the rules' people are quoting were not actual rules last year at xmas

Not in Scotland we weren't. We were stuck in our local authorities and couldn't travel outside of our local areas from October-March

Oh yes we have family up in Scotland. There was a lot of angst over "border" crossings.

I’m really, really angry about this.

Nadia Sawahlla did a great video after it was revealed Matt Hancock was busy feeling up his taxpayer funded aide during lockdown , and she summed it up perfectly - Boris and his cronies just think they can do whatever the fuck they want.

Their complete arrogant refusal to actually explain is what is tipping me over the edge. It’s so fucking entitled. He needs to go over this.

I presume it’s all been leaked by Cummings?

I want to know who is leaking all this stuff. Its pretty destabilising at this current moment in time. So I would suspect there is an antilockdown/restrictions agenda behind it all. And a group gunning for a Boris.

I’m guessing Gove!

@Onandoff

I have to live with the fact I couldn’t visit my 70 year old mother while she died a slow death hospitalised for a month over Christmas.

While this bunch were partying. It’s a kick

I’m so so sorry

@lightisnotwhite

Wasn’t the “party” all staff though? So really just like any other workplace meeting but with wine and cheese? I’ve worked through the whole thing and we my colleagues were happy to share a bit if food and schloer with each other ( wine not allowed).

Last year was zones wasn’t it? We went to see grandparents and then had to rush back. It was stricter but London and the SE were relatively less badly hit. Or am I remembering it wrongly?

I work in a hospital. We’ve been told if working Xmas day this year no staff buffets allowed. Was the same last year. Normally the kitchen do a cheap buffet for the staff on every ward on Xmas day but we’ve been told not to even bring buffet food in from home. Just your normal individual lunch.

I assumed Gove + Murdoch leaked with an anti restrictions agenda.

I'm not sure Cummings ever thought restrictions included him.

The timing of this leak is curious, I wonder what it is preparing us for?

But generally, I hope this makes even more people aware of what some of us have been aware of for a year - all of these Covid restrictions and the continued reaction is unjustified and unnecessary. If when we were all being told not to see our own families last year they were all busy having a party and laughing about it then where’s the actual danger?
It’s the same in France, kids from age 6 in masks all day at school, including at playtime outside and after school activities starting to be cancelled and meanwhile, the president and prime minister waltz around unmasked shaking hands and having parties. Only the waiters in masks. Then low and behold, a few days after the prime minister told everyone to remember not to shake hands and keep distance he tests positive for Covid - not a word said. Just what the fucking hell is going on?

Too much doesn’t add up anymore and it’s up to all of us to ask the questions and challenge the restrictions. Had enough. Had enough of my kids beating the brunt while these assholes carry on as normal and even laugh at us for obeying.

Cumming's is tweeting regime change is coming. Kueensberg reporting increasing anger by many Tory MPs. PMQ's going to be interesting. Ministers tweeting that "they don't know".

Kberg also tweeting new restrictions are rumoured to be coming.