Christmas party at Downing Street last year

Did anyone else watch PMQ today? Johnson blustering and obfuscating as usual but not quite as cocky confident as usual and his front bench comrades were rather quiet. I have to say that Ian Blackmore of the SNP was blistering in his attack. This is not going away, it is not just 'politics' or the Westminster bubble, it has impacted the life of every one of us and he can't just waffle on about having someone look into the allegations. Trust is broken although some of us have never trusted the cheating, immoral liar from the start.

That is the crux of it for me too Susan56 the insulting way MPs felt they could treat the electorate.
I'm so sorry for all the losses your family has suffered, I understand how angry you must feel.

I am fuming about it.Since the start of the first lockdown five members of our extended family have died, four this year.
The last eight weeks of my father in laws life were horrendous because of the restrictions.We realise that at 94 he had a good life but the last eight weeks alone and confused in hospital were hideous and we are all finding it very difficult to accept.For the Prime Minister and his cronies to deny there was a party and then to have been filmed laughing about it all just adds insult to the hurt we are all feeling.

Surprised, anyone?
No, I didn't think so.
This is the tip of a very big iceberg, I'm sure.

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BREAKING: It has now been revealed there were at least THREE different Downing Street parties - including one in Boris Johnson’s flat - while the rest of the U.K. was in Lockdown

Is there a difference between someone who broke the law yesterday and someone who broke the same law a year ago?

A crime is committed against you a year ago, the criminal is caught today. Do you say it doesn't matter because it happened a longtime ago? I wouldn't.

I am so with you there Alegrias1.

I'm so angry about this I can't even make proper sentences. What have we come to?

I saw that earlier FarNorth. It’s heartbreaking.

An interview with a member of Covid 19 Bereaved Families for Justice.

youtu.be/qQR8PAJRmzk

With all those pillocks guffawing at his non funny jokes.

And video of recent evening talk with Rees-Mogg who also thinks it was hilarious!

Grannynannywanny it is really distressing to think how restricted our lives have been, while politicians & their hangers-on did what they liked and sneered at us.

I wonder if the people of any other country are finding out that their government has been quite so despicable.

I’m disappointed today, because the Stereophonics concert I was going to on 17th has just been postponed. It’s an outside event, and the cancellation makes me think that there is very serious concern about Omicron that the event organisers have been pre-warned about.
It’s very worrying to think that people may flout the guidelines in light of the parties held by the government last year if that is the case.

Thank you Coastpath. Yes it was very tough and I fear we are heading into more of the same. Omicron is spreading rapidly and the knock on effect from the disgusting behaviour of the government will be many folk unwilling to observe the guidelines resulting in further spread. I fear the nursing homes will be locked down again soon.

MissAdventure

I think any rules will be advisory only.
How can they possibly enforce them after this, and the end result will be further spread of the virus.

My thoughts exactly. Quite frankly, most people are so incensed at the sneering disregard for the regulations and the electorate who obediently followed them that any new advice to avoid parties or limit the number of people in your home are going to be angrily dismissed. This will have a serious impact on the spread of covid19 and the fault lies squarely with Johnson and his cabinet. Frankly I wouldn't believe him if he told me it was December.

Grannynannywanny that must have been very hard for you and your relative.

I think any rules will be advisory only.
How can they possibly enforce them after this, and the end result will be further spread of the virus.

Casdon

Maybe the result of this morning’s cabinet meeting on Omicron will be to immediately ask people to work from home to reduce the spread, thereby giving an excuse to cancel PMQ altogether?

And NO Christmas parties under any circumstances.

I’m not sure why I’ve let this upset me so much as we have known for too long that Johnson is an accomplished liar and gets away with it.

I think it’s because we now have evidence of them laughing at us while they coach each other on how to cover their tracks and lie at a time folk were separated from their loved ones, many of whom died.

I lay awake last night going over in my head how I spent most of last year and a chunk of this year only being allowed window visits to a much loved relative in a nursing home. He has a severe learning disability and dementia. He had zero understanding of why I couldn’t go inside and it broke my heart when he frequently extended his arms to me on the other side of the glass appealing for me to hug him.

I observed the rules to keep him safe. Not that I could have broken them anyway as the police would have been called.

I’m incensed at the conduct of this government.

Ive seen rumblings about that already.
Watch this space.

I think they'll try and just sit it out by avoidance tactics so that would make sense.

Maybe the result of this morning’s cabinet meeting on Omicron will be to immediately ask people to work from home to reduce the spread, thereby giving an excuse to cancel PMQ altogether?

There are members of his own party who are lambasting him.

Parsley3

Call me churlish but I wonder if the PM will turn up to PMQ today or have a previous commitment that cannot be cancelled.

That thought had crossed my mind.

Quite honestly, if he does turn up it will be a damp squib. He'll just start shouting his usual script, which is the same for every 'answer' that he gives.

What will be interesting is seeing how many of his backbenchers turn up to provide the bear garden noises. The back benches have a bit thinly populated this last week or two.

Why all this stuff about someone’s religion, it has nothing to do with the post which is about the government, lead by Johnson once again failing the public and lying.