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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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SabrinaThwaite · 15/11/2020 21:10

Lee “pretend you don’t know me” Anderson?

Bastion of truth.

Mistigri · 15/11/2020 21:42

Photographic evidence

Why the fucking hell were these irresponsible fools not wearing masks at an indoor meeting?

No leadership being shown at all.

Zixxy · 15/11/2020 21:44

What a joke. He is beyond parody now. Escaping PM Questions and so on re the departure of Goings. The lazy idiot.

Who will take them next Wednesday I wonder. Sunak or Gove. lol

pussycatinboots · 15/11/2020 21:54

Zixxy Larry - he's the only one you can trust in Downing Street.

KittCat · 15/11/2020 21:58

Wow...what a coincidence...🤔🙄

FrankieStein402 · 15/11/2020 21:59

Re pfeffel's covid exposure:
Given that November is shaping up to be 2020's balancing up - surely the next event will be Cummings catching Covid, thus confirming he never had it before?

Zixxy · 15/11/2020 22:08

I often wonder if they think the electorate are dummies.

No we are not. This is choreographed IMO dovetailing with the departure of the short sighted Goings lol.

Zixxy · 15/11/2020 22:10

@pussycatinboots

Zixxy Larry - he's the only one you can trust in Downing Street.
LOL. If that cat could only talk.
Pepperwort · 15/11/2020 22:16

It is very coincidental. Farage is widely reported as being concerned about a Brexit sell-out too.

Johnson made his feelings known regarding the intelligence of the electorate long ago. I’ll see if I can find the clip. What we are is spun, badly informed mushrooms.

ListeningQuietly · 15/11/2020 22:18

45 Days
the PM is self isolating
45 days
the Farage garage is under water
45 days
the customs clearance system in a container port is falling over let that sink in for a moment
45 days
I'm off to buy more UHT tomorrow

Zixxy · 15/11/2020 22:21

Deal on the way. Covered over with Covid restrictions.

Compromise. I doubt anyone will be that worried apart from the permanent Empiricists and ERG. Most will be relieved I think. Including the Gov.

It is all about uncontrolled immigration at the end of the day for the Brexiteers. That is obvious, but leaving EU is not the panacea either is it?

Clavinova · 15/11/2020 22:50

Why the fucking hell were these irresponsible fools not wearing masks at an indoor meeting?

Because they were eating breakfast at the time?

17 October - "Two foreign ministers test positive for COVID-19 after EU meeting."

"The foreign ministers of Austria and Belgium have both tested positive for coronavirus after attending a meeting with European Union colleagues."

"Austria’s Alexander Schallenberg and Belgium’s Sophie Wilmes sat next to each other during a group breakfast at the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council." ...

"Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde will work from home until she receives a negative test result, her department said."

"Various other foreign ministers, including France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian and Arancha Gonzalez Laya of Spain, have tested negative in recent days. Greece’s Nikos Dendias “is very frequently tested for COVID-19, given his travels, and he is fine”."

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-austria-minister/two-foreign-ministers-test-positive-for-covid-19-after-eu-meeting-idUKKBN272090

September - "PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex has tested negative for COVID-19, his office said after he came into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus."

"Castex took the test after he shared a car last weekend with the director of the Tour de France cycle race, who has since tested positive for the virus."

September -
"Entire Irish Cabinet self-isolates in coronavirus false alarm. The health minister is awaiting a coronavirus test result"...

"The news of Cabinet isolation came as a surprise to at least two of their number. The Irish Times reported that Justice Minister Helen McEntee had to be informed during a broadcast interview, while another said the move was "news to me."

www.politico.eu/article/entire-irish-cabinet-self-isolating-after-health-minister-falls-ill/

Peregrina · 15/11/2020 22:54

I am not convinced there will be a deal. It's only the ERG types and cronies who matter to Johnson.

It was all about Immigration and 'Making our own laws' but no one was able to say which ones.

Once they start to gear up for the next election, then suddenly they will rediscover that there is an electorate out there. But a lot of water will flow under the bridge before then. By then the USA will be gearing up for another Presidential election.

SabrinaThwaite · 15/11/2020 22:55

Eating breakfast you say?

And windows closed as well.

Westminstenders: Going, going, cummings
Peregrina · 15/11/2020 23:02

I too am cynical - a picture of two blokes standing by a window could have been taken at any time. Note that the leaves on the tree outside are still green. The leaves on my trees have either all turned brown or fallen off.

Clavinova · 15/11/2020 23:06

Eating breakfast you say?

No - I was referring to the fools at the European Union breakfast meeting of course.

Clavinova · 15/11/2020 23:10

Although I can see a cafetiere bottom right in Boris' photo.

Clavinova · 15/11/2020 23:35

Not going well;

September - French Finance Minister Le Maire Tests Positive for Covid-19.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-18/french-finance-minister-le-maire-tests-positive-for-covid-19

October 21- Czech Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamacek, who is also the interior minister, has tested positive for COVID-19.

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-czech-minister/czech-deputy-prime-minister-hamacek-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUKKBN2760Z0

October 21 - German Health Minister Jens Spahn has tested positive for COVID-19.

www.politico.eu/article/german-health-minister-has-coronavirus/

24 October - Polish president Andrzej Duda tests positive for Covid-19.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/24/polish-president-andrzej-duda-tests-positive-for-covid-19

26 October - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said he had a “general malaise” after testing positive for coronavirus;

www.euronews.com/2020/10/26/bulgaria-pm-boyko-borissov-tests-positive-for-covid-19-as-protests-against-him-continue

5 November - Swedish prime minister goes into self-isolation as country’s cases surge.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-stefan-lofven-self-isolation-coronavirus-b1619953.html

Peregrina · 15/11/2020 23:46

Yawn. Remind me when those countries voted to compound their Covid difficulties by being hell bent on leaving the EU?

tobee · 16/11/2020 01:08

[quote Clavinova]Not going well;

September - French Finance Minister Le Maire Tests Positive for Covid-19.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-18/french-finance-minister-le-maire-tests-positive-for-covid-19

October 21- Czech Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamacek, who is also the interior minister, has tested positive for COVID-19.

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-czech-minister/czech-deputy-prime-minister-hamacek-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUKKBN2760Z0

October 21 - German Health Minister Jens Spahn has tested positive for COVID-19.

www.politico.eu/article/german-health-minister-has-coronavirus/

24 October - Polish president Andrzej Duda tests positive for Covid-19.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/24/polish-president-andrzej-duda-tests-positive-for-covid-19

26 October - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said he had a “general malaise” after testing positive for coronavirus;

www.euronews.com/2020/10/26/bulgaria-pm-boyko-borissov-tests-positive-for-covid-19-as-protests-against-him-continue

5 November - Swedish prime minister goes into self-isolation as country’s cases surge.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-stefan-lofven-self-isolation-coronavirus-b1619953.html[/quote]

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mathanxiety · 16/11/2020 04:31

Because they were eating breakfast at the time?

Why would you ask someone to schedule an indoor breakfast meeting during a pandemic?

Why would you agree to attend an indoor breakfast with masks off during a pandemic?

mathanxiety · 16/11/2020 04:37

Other likely candidates may have been approached first of course and turned down the role - Kate Bingham may not have been the first person considered for the task.

So there are lots of chums...

GetAMoveOnTroodon · 16/11/2020 06:41

Do you think we could report no10 to the HSE for non covid secure working practices?

TonMoulin · 16/11/2020 07:57

Yes they were having breakfast
They also were both conveniently using the app and had their phones with them.

If I was PM, I would have used the same rules than nurses/doctors/teachers and many others, and I would not have the app. The risk of been ‘pinged’ as he said for no reason at all is too high.

I also notice the fact he can tell WHO he was in contact with. The app doesn’t say that. So either it’s a PR exercise (look at how good I am, I’m following the rules blablabla) or it’s a stunt/excuse.