This one feels more like cakes at work as opposed to a party like the mega piss ups that happened. On its own, I would say this is much ado about nothing, however combined with everything else, it keeps the narrative alive and erodes a little more of what’s left of his authority. Should be worth a couple of more letters to the 1922 committee
I reckon there is worse to come - I suspect that certain part of that report will be redacted with the govt claiming no cover up. Then Dom will fire his Exocet and pictures will emerge completely hamstringing Boris
Unfortunately for Boris, the best political operator is outside the tent pissing in
This is what I dont get.
From day 1 there has been more.
Yep Boris tries to brazen it out.
It’s bad enough acknowledging parties are not right to that kid but still the leaks come
We are 1 photo away from his demise.
Why not PROPERLY apologise on Day 1 of this shit.
It keeps getting worse
Remember when they all went around holding those plaques promising to vote against any government rise in tuition fees?
Then, in combination with Cameron, voted to raise tuition fees?
It’s handy in a way. If I ever wanted to have people over who did the complete opposite of what they said, it would be a bit of a hassle having the Lib Dems over. They’d argue completely different points depending on where they stood in the room and I’d worry that their stab gangs would be looking to knife anyone too old, too alcoholic or too ginger (we have three ginger lifeforms in the house alone).
Whereas you could invite Boris over and as long as you put up barriers between him and your missus, you could have all that “I’m a complete liar” fun with relatively little hassles.
Note to @Shroppie. Not having a go specifically at Lib Dems. I am firmly in the @Goatboy camp now. All political parties are cunts.
It’s Cressida Dick. It’ll be whitewashed. Hopefully a random innocent person doesn’t get shot by state forces for being brown enough for her strike team.
Sue Gray will not publish her report until the Metropolitan Police have concluded their investigation, The Telegraph understands.
That means publication of the findings - the moment Tory MPs have been waiting for before deciding whether to oust Boris Johnson - has been thrown into uncertainty.
The report is no longer expected this week and it could be weeks - or potentially months - before it is published, depending on how long the police probe lasts.
And here we have it - delay, delay, delay - and hopefully we will all forget about it
Actually this could be a stroke of genius by Boris
If he is confident that he has not technically broken any laws, and the Met determine that this is the case he will be completely exonerated by the Met (and rightly so). That does however pull the teeth of the Gray report, which has the potential to be more damaging because the burden of proof is a lot less - eg on the balance of probabilities the PM should have known etc etc
The Met will clear him and the Fat Twat will sit behind the refrain of “I didn’t break the law”
Rayner is celebrating the fact the police have been called in - I think she is going to outflanked here.
Everyone needs to back off a bit and let Cummings do his thing
Does Cummings have enough material to cover the period? Probably.
From the Guardian.
Met ‘did not object to publication of Gray report’
The decision to pause the publication of the parts of the Sue Gray report relating to events being investigated by the police seems to have been taken by government, not by the Met, my colleague Vikram Dodd reports. He has been told, by sources with knowledge of its discussions and actions, that the Met did not raise any objection to the publication of the Gray report.
Think you nailed this. He was able to bat back every PMQs question with the “can’t discuss this because it is an active investigation” before getting straight back to praising Tory successes.
You have to tip your hat to the fucker. Given the circumstances, it was an impressive piece of political judo.
Starmer uses each question to try and forensically grill the PM, and he does a very good job. There was a question he got to ask twice which involved a long explanation of the sort of things the police take seriously.
Boris diverts each question quickly and is back onto his agenda, spouting tales of Tory success and making the big calls, etc. Same pattern for the first five questions. I think it’ll end in a draw, but Boris pulled out the big one for the final question.
He immediately diverts, but this time, just starts throwing Starmer’s record back in his face, concluding with:-
He’s a lawyer, not a leader
The place erupts. It’s likely all anyone will remember.
Johnson knows the game better than Keir. Generally, it’s easier to sway people with stories than it is with forensic detail. He’s also likelier to have something more media friendly.
I actually think Starmer came across really poorly today. Openly laughing at his opponent during a debate. Looked like an arrogant twat.