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Westminstenders: Going, going, cummings

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RedToothBrush · 13/11/2020 18:36

As expected he's fucking off and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces in January. But it does look like he was eventually shown the door and left with a cardboard box. As he should have been months ago.

This has nothing whatsoever to do with Johnson needing an image change, like the shape shifting creep he is, to one that fits more with the incoming Biden Administration. In other words hes got some serious sucking up to do...

... Meanwhile in Brexit land we are going into yet another final week of talks.

Many expect Cummings departure to signal 'the cave in'. The Eu say we havent moved enough and the uk say the EU wants us to do all the moving... Except the EU have done lots of moving. Barnier is still looking for a groundsman to level his field to play. We have yet to work out we aren't Canada and distance is important to trade.

Of course if we don't get a deal, that Pfizer vaccine in Germany that we want, might be hit with delays and extra costs we just can't afford.

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ListeningQuietly · 13/11/2020 18:38

Boing

Shrillharridan · 13/11/2020 18:38

Well well well...

Rats deserting a sinking ship indeed...

SabrinaThwaite · 13/11/2020 18:39

Woohoo. New thread.

TheMShip · 13/11/2020 18:39

Hi! I'm actually around for a thread start! Taking a break from the grind of a grant deadline for some quality g&t time, and finding Cummings being shown the door was quite the surprise.

Reposting from end of old thread:

Beth Rigby (sky):

No 10 source: Lee and Dom still employed to Dec 18. But don’t expect them to return to building. Dom will be working from home on mass testing work he wants to complete

No 10 source on Cain/Cummings leaving with immediate effect: “The PM wanted to clear the air and move things forward and Lord Lister’s appointment is important in that regard. The PM thanked them for their hard work”

SabrinaThwaite · 13/11/2020 18:41

Pantomime season starting early this year.

Shrillharridan · 13/11/2020 18:42

No idea why folk are surprised...I'm pretty sure that many on this thread have been predicting this for some time...
Just Johnson to go now...
Anyone fancy a wager?

prettybird · 13/11/2020 18:43

I think as LQ said on the last thread, Cummings is probably more dangerous when out of the public eye, getting on with plotting his nefarious, anarachistic, nihilistic narcissistic schemes that reflect his arrogant belief in the need to tear down society and rebuild according to Dom Hmm

But the cats are taking this as a short term win Grin

Westminstenders: Going, going, cummings
pointythings · 13/11/2020 18:43

Rats deserting a sinking ship? Think you're being uncharitable to rats there. They're charming and intelligent, and make great pets.

Pepperwort · 13/11/2020 18:47

To continue my theme / flight of fantasy at the end of the last thread, could this be even why there’s a sudden exodus? Yes I know, planning on leaving, but still the exodus seems a bit ... sudden.

I cannot see Barnier offering another extension to transition
FFS its been 4 1/2 years since the vote.

Why should the EU keep pandering to UK faffing?

Because it’s clear we will simply collapse on leaving, and a state on their doorstep with no option but to throw itself entirely into the arms of organised crime isn’t great? Perhaps we’ll find out how fast Johnson can talk when he needs to, in full Churchill mode, and how much regard various EU countries have for the past contributions, however degenerate we are now.

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 13/11/2020 18:55

Nature abhors a vacuum, so who's advising BJ now in place of DC?

Sostenueto · 13/11/2020 18:55

Pmk from my bed fell over yesterday and have broken my knee. Spent 28 hours in A and E sent home with splint and got wait till end of next week.for op. Pain is unbelievable but OT had equipment installed b4 I got home and carers and district nurse all arranged.

Sostenueto · 13/11/2020 18:57

Thank God for NHS.

Zixxy · 13/11/2020 18:58

Surely even the "soft" Brexiteers i.e. non ERG supporters realise the situation now.

But many a slip between cup and lip and all that. Won't believe anything until it either happens or doesn't.

Whenwillow · 13/11/2020 18:58

Thank you. Following as always.
@Sostenueto Ouch! Hope you heal quickly Flowers

DGRossetti · 13/11/2020 19:00

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pussycatinboots · 13/11/2020 19:01

prettybird I can hardly tell where one cat ends and the next begins Grin you don't have the knitting pattern for that throw do you?

I have a nagging feeling that this is mis-direction. What the hell are they trying to hide by Dom leaving today??

borntobequiet · 13/11/2020 19:03

@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst

Nature abhors a vacuum, so who's advising BJ now in place of DC?
Carrie probably. Who surely can’t be as unpleasant or barmy as Cummings, and who at least is probably not an anarchist.
Isolatedizzy · 13/11/2020 19:05

Maybe we should send Carry over to work on the negotiations! 🙄

pussycatinboots · 13/11/2020 19:05

Carrie probably. Who surely can’t be as unpleasant or barmy as Cummings
She's shagged Boris...🤢

Zixxy · 13/11/2020 19:12

@ICouldHaveCheckedFirst

Nature abhors a vacuum, so who's advising BJ now in place of DC?
This person apparently. Will he be working in parallel with Mr. C though?

www.gov.uk/government/people/edward-lister

SwedishEdith · 13/11/2020 19:18

Did anyone see Question Time last night? I caught the end when Merryn Moneyisthemostimportantthing Webb was on saying that there will be delays at Dover for 3 to 4 months, "price worth paying" and that the vaccine will get caught up in those queues but they'll find a way somehow.

Pepperwort · 13/11/2020 19:19

Anyone up for the next stage in my Friday the 13th flight of fancy? I don’t have any cute cat pics so a conspiracy theory will have to do.

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 13/11/2020 19:21

Lister and Johnson go back a long way and have worked closely together since BJ was mayor of London. Pro-Brexit, naturally.

Anyone here have personal experience of him? Will he be a voice of sanity or is he a hard-liner?

KittCat · 13/11/2020 19:23
Brew
lonelyplanetmum · 13/11/2020 19:28

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