Christmas party at Downing Street last year

MissAdventure

Cummings has a lot of connections to journalists.
As is usual, it's all a big network of wives, partners, friends with these people.

And probably most of those journalists were at the party

Stratton's husband is a Telegraph journalist, I wonder why he didn't say anything about it at the time...

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

Cummings has a lot of connections to journalists.
As is usual, it's all a big network of wives, partners, friends with these people.

Cummings left in November, so wouldn’t have been at this gathering - it can’t have been him that leaked unless somebody else who was there gave him the evidence.

Decency and Matt Hancock shouldn’t be in the same sentence. He only resigned as he was caught on camera.

I can't stand him!
I'm beginning to dislike the others just as much though, there is nothing to set any of them apart.

MissAdventure

Cummings has, I think.
He has said that it would be a big mistake to lie about what went on...

Oh well he should know about lying, shouldn’t he. Who takes this little weasels words as gospel. Not me and never have. Still suits the agenda now to believe him. The people who were at this party should have the nouse to own up, and resign, or be sacked, like he should have done in the first instance, then a precedent may have been set. At least Hancock had the decency to go.

Cummings has, I think.
He has said that it would be a big mistake to lie about what went on...

theworriedwell
On a side note was anyone impressed with Allegra Stratton? She's on £125000 a year apparently

Her conduct was appalling and she should be shown the door. But I suspect Johnson will have to consider that move carefully as she probably has enough behind the scenes information on this odious lot to do them serious harm.

Now it turns out that Gavin Williamson also had a party for his department and his department aren't even trying to deny it or justify it.

On a side note was anyone impressed with Allegra Stratton? She's on £125000 a year apparently.

Honestly

This is the video

Germanshepherdsmum

FGS growstuff, how many times do I have to explain myself? It’s not about me.

I understood the first time, so there wouldn't be much point in repeating yourself. Anyway, now you know she's not Jewish, you can say what you like.

PS. Allegra Stratton isn't Jewish either, so you can say what you like about her too.

It must be a very bitter pill to swallow, having lost a loved one.
I do hope, at long last, that this is the death knell for Johnson and co.
It has to be.

They've just shown that video on BBC new channel. The presenter, can't remember his name, saying he had a cousin die just before last Christmas and his mother die just after when he was talking to someone who also had a death and couldn't be with loved one. I don't think they are going to let this one go easily. The cat is well and truly out of the bag now.

I bet there are some Downing St staff sweating now having been seen on that video.

I can’t wait to see how they’re going to talk their way out of this one.

Casdon

Crikey.
www.itv.com/news/2021-12-07/no-10-staff-joke-in-leaked-recording-about-christmas-party-they-later-denied

They are even more stupid than I thought possible.

Absolutely disgusted by their behaviour.

FGS growstuff, how many times do I have to explain myself? It’s not about me.

Crikey.
www.itv.com/news/2021-12-07/no-10-staff-joke-in-leaked-recording-about-christmas-party-they-later-denied

Germanshepherdsmum

My logic is that criticising someone from a particular ethnic or non-Christian group gives people on here a reason to have a go if you say something they don’t like.

It shouldn't matter. You don't like Kuenssberg. It doesn't matter if she's Christian, Jewish or Klingon.

theworriedwell

My family are from the two sides in Ireland, one parent Orange from the North one parent Catholic from the South. One considered themself Irish one considered themself British. I don't think about people's religion or race, my husband is a different race to me but I was quite surprised when I was watching a programme on iplayer set in Northern Ireland and I was working out who was and who wasn't Catholic.

I was quite shocked at myself when I realised, not that I think one is better than the other but I do see them as divided.

We are all members of the human race. Much of the thinking about race is based on a nineteenth century obsession with labelling people.

I criticise people on here everyday, who happen to be English. I've never been accused of....

oh, wait....

My family are from the two sides in Ireland, one parent Orange from the North one parent Catholic from the South. One considered themself Irish one considered themself British. I don't think about people's religion or race, my husband is a different race to me but I was quite surprised when I was watching a programme on iplayer set in Northern Ireland and I was working out who was and who wasn't Catholic.

I was quite shocked at myself when I realised, not that I think one is better than the other but I do see them as divided.

My logic is that criticising someone from a particular ethnic or non-Christian group gives people on here a reason to have a go if you say something they don’t like.

I'm not sure about it, I thought being Jewish could be considered a race and if not why would there be anything racist about it. So is it just a religion or is a religion and a race?

Just about to have dinner so I will try to have a read about it later. I do know my Jewish friend considered herself Jewish although she was not religious.