Westminstenders: Magical Thinking

[RedToothBrush]

This week has seen reports of the government editing footage of Johnson to avoid embarrassing questions about the early government response.

We've been asked to accept that the rules were different to what we were told to excuse the law breaking behaviour of a senior government advisor. As Johnson said he was being a responsible father (as if Johnson knows what this is) and it wasn't as if he was visiting a lover (this Johnson would know all about). Let's be honest Johnson is the master of brazening out controversy.

We also have the ERG complaining they were lied to by Gove about the new Withdrawal Agreement and the border in the Irish Sea which surprises precisely no one else.

They appear to be a little upset by the Cummings debarkable too.

Two legs good
Four legs bad

Weary pmk

Pmk. Thanks Red.

Condolences to yoikes and boatyard and good wishes to Auld for her mother .
Thanks to everyone for the new thread.

PMK

Pmk with a bouquet of dried flowers hanging on the door of a defunct chapel we hiked up to today.

Thanks as ever to all who make the threads such a source of information, insight, support and humour.

PMK and thanks for new thread.

PetronellaMarinaKeunssberg

Thanks red

Thanks Red

TrueRepublica nail it again truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/dominic-cummings-a-cover-story-obscuring-something-far-darker/

See, imagine if it was Cummings who posted that CS tweet though?

I agree with much of what TrueRepublica and Carol Cadwalladr says, but they might well find that they have unleashed something that they can't control.

Pmk

Interesting thread from David Allen Green:

Suspect the trip to Durham was not about childcare, even at the time.
That it was a post-event rationalisation, a plausible nod-along lie to gain the cover of sympathy

mobile.twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1264616492454248448

Thank you RTB

I wish I was less cynical. Of course Cummings is going to get away with it. Of course the Arcuri thing was a whitewash. Of course we're going to have a No Deal Brexit.

Yup pointythings. No argument. Grim isn't it.

Thanks, red 💐

Can I ask what was said about schools please? I have seen a June 15 date bandied about but no idea of the reference? Is it something about secondary or primary?

auld best wishes to you and your mum.

Thank you for all your kind words. Means a lot.

My aunt was awesome. I admired her immensely. She spent her whole life serving God and her community, working with the poor and raised hundreds of thousands of €€€€€ over the years for the sick childrens hospital.

Once, many years ago she went on a pilgrimage. The country was struck by a tropical storm/hurricane. She totally refused to evacuate and scoffed "I'm not scared of a bit of wind!" (The storm changed course and she was fine)

She caused much local consternation by going on the back of my dads yamaha motorbike - her veil streaming out under her helmet 😂

She travelled all over the world and had a great understanding of human frailty.

A life well lived.

Pissed off Muchly (with) Kabinet liars

(rubbish sorry but tired and depressed tonight Pointy I agree on all 3 :(

Thanks, Red and all who make these threads so hugely informative

BCF - the ads haven't aged well. Advert just came of TV - SH and I nearly choked ..... not in a good way. It will be interesting, as it serves as a reminder of the DC shit show.... stocked the flames of fucked off-ness...... I wonder how many other households had the same reaction

The June 15 date was re year 10/12 having face to face contact with their teachers. I think they also said they were expecting about 1/4 of them to be in school at a time time. But I might have misinterpreted that.

@RafalsTheKingOfClay Thank you.

And I was remiss in not giving to yoikes earlier, and thank you Red for the thread