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Brexit mega thread part 5 : new year new PM? Partygate continues...

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Opal8 · 14/01/2022 09:02

Morning

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Opal8 · 03/02/2022 20:42

Gotta be

Its too orchestrated

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jgw1 · 03/02/2022 20:44

@Opal8

Gotta be

Its too orchestrated

I'm going to go with Murina Mirza quit as her own decision as she is fed up with not being listened to which put a spanner in the works of clearing out some scapegoats for the parties.
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Opal8 · 03/02/2022 20:46

Maybe

Panic?

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Opal8 · 03/02/2022 21:34

Ooooohhhhh!

Isabel Hardman on Twitter
(@IsabelHardman) suggesting that Johnson allies are trying the line that the Savile line of defence actually came from Jacob Rees Mogg.

Unreal!!

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Eve · 03/02/2022 22:06

So copying and pasting is a useful skill after all

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/levelling-up-plan-copied-wikipedia-michael-gove-b2006757.html

jgw1 · 03/02/2022 22:08

[quote Eve]So copying and pasting is a useful skill after all

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/levelling-up-plan-copied-wikipedia-michael-gove-b2006757.html[/quote]
Hang on, I know someone who is good at copying and pasting off the internet, did they write this policy?

Eve · 03/02/2022 22:09

@jgw1 Grin

jgw1 · 03/02/2022 22:11

[quote Eve]@jgw1 Grin[/quote]
If I see them around tomorrow, I'll ask them.

DrBlackbird · 03/02/2022 23:09

It’s getting embarrassing now. Johnson’s like a jilted lover who just refuses to accept that it’s over and the younger, fitter and better looking Sunak is the one that the Tory faithful want to embrace. Time for passing on that crown. Oh we’re all still screwed of course but it’ll be done with less fanfare and fewer parties.

HannibalHeyes · 03/02/2022 23:37

Hang on, I know someone who is good at copying and pasting off the internet, did they write this policy?

So CutnPasteova was Gove all this time?

Wow!

Peregrina · 03/02/2022 23:41

To be fair to Cutnpastinova - I think she does a better job. I gather Gove's report not only had sections lifted from Wikipedia but even repeated them.

DrBlackbird · 04/02/2022 00:17

If JRSmug was the one to encourage Johnson to make the Savile jibe then he’s two for two as he admitted encouraging Johnson to take a stand on Paterson. That wasn’t the best move.

Johnson looking a bit dim if so as he might have learnt his lesson from that first bit of bad advice. Besides, JRM has a track record of putting foot in mouth (thinking of the Grenfell comment).

jgw1 · 04/02/2022 07:03

@DrBlackbird

If JRSmug was the one to encourage Johnson to make the Savile jibe then he’s two for two as he admitted encouraging Johnson to take a stand on Paterson. That wasn’t the best move.

Johnson looking a bit dim if so as he might have learnt his lesson from that first bit of bad advice. Besides, JRM has a track record of putting foot in mouth (thinking of the Grenfell comment).

No, no, JRM is famous for his common sense. It is just a mystery why everyone else hasn't worked out that he is a fashion icon and copied his style.
DGRossetti · 04/02/2022 08:22

Hang on, I know someone who is good at copying and pasting off the internet, did they write this policy

Well they've certainly had the free time, by their lack of input to this thread ...

DGRossetti · 04/02/2022 08:23

Given the religious fervour Tories invest in Johnson, does anyone remember the ending to "The Man Who Would Be King" ?

DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 08:25

Very low turn out in the Southen West by-election and lots of spoilt papers

DGRossetti · 04/02/2022 08:57

@DuncinToffee

Very low turn out in the Southen West by-election and lots of spoilt papers
With the caveat this is sadly an exceptional election and ordinarily would be less pressured by current political events out of respect, (it seems Johnson has pissed that away too) what have the pundits extrapolated from any swings ?
Peregrina · 04/02/2022 09:00

The comparison I imagine should be made with the election contested after Jo Cox's murder.

DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 09:21

The Batley and Spen by-election has a similar turn out. It was more the spoiled papers I picked up on from listening to the news this morning.

DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 09:22

had a similar turn out

dontcallmelen · 04/02/2022 09:51

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Peregrina · 04/02/2022 10:03

Well they've certainly had the free time, by their lack of input to this thread ...

The day shift has clocked on on another thread.

DGRossetti · 04/02/2022 10:08

@Peregrina

Well they've certainly had the free time, by their lack of input to this thread ...

The day shift has clocked on on another thread.

Moscow time ?
DuncinToffee · 04/02/2022 12:15

NEW: High court in Belfast suspends "the order or instruction" given by Edwin Poots to officials to stop Brexit border checks pending a judicial review scheduled for 7 March

BringBackCoffeeCreams · 04/02/2022 13:44

I wouldn't be surprised if JRM suggested the Saville slur. His reaction when Johnson said it seemed way too gleeful. Now it makes sense,