Johnson today and PMQs! ⁉️

I feel so so sorry for The Queen. She must be so angry and sad about being on her own at her dear Phillip's funeral, whilst her Government were partying! And now Prince Andrew. I am not a Royalist, but I truly feel deeply sorry for her.

…and now Prince Andrew has ridden to the rescue. Headline news tomorrow I would imagine.

Elegran

If CoVid wasn't dangerous, how come so many ICU nurses and doctors were needed to look after those who were unable to breathe?

Precisely…

Fanny Cornforth, I've just watched it again and KS made no mention of BJ hiding in a car. Nor did the other Party leaders. But no matter.
And yes, MaizieD, the Tories are wriggling like crazy. It's fun watching and listening to them invent yet more new excuses as to why it was really ok and not a breach at all.
Yes, Mamie, he is wearing the Old Etonian colours, lest we forget.
Elegran, in NI the firework you describe would be a 'Jumping Jack' A squib was just one bang. I remember them from the 1950s. Boys thought it was fun to light one and chuck it behind a bunch of girls, just to hear the squeals. Strange courting habits in those days.
Meanwhile, over at the Palace................

If CoVid wasn't dangerous, how come so many ICU nurses and doctors were needed to look after those who were unable to breathe?

A squib is/was a type of firework that exploded with a bang, or rather, not one bang but a series of them, jumping with each bang in a random direction. They are probably extinct by now, as they were dangerously likely to injure someone who thought they were standing far enough away to be safe. This statement by the PM admitting that, yes, there was a party may also leave a lot of injuries in its wake.

Covid deniers are now saying the government knew the virus wasn’t dangerous which is why they had such a cavalier attitude to it ( even though many MP’s and the scientific advisers caught it around that time). Also some back benches MP’s ( the ones arguing against restrictions now) are implying that the restrictions last year were too draconian and unnecessary.

Simon Hoare just said on Sky News that it was a thank you party for Raab.

FannyCornforth

Shelagh Fogarty has just said that a Tory MP has said that the party was a thank you do for Raab for deputising, and also a welcome back do for Johnson.

This is a transcript of what the email said.

Perhaps it was a surprise party for Raab and Johnson.

FannyCornforth

Shelagh Fogarty has just said that a Tory MP has said that the party was a thank you do for Raab for deputising, and also a welcome back do for Johnson.

That was Simon Hoare….

FannyCornforth

Shelagh Fogarty has just said that a Tory MP has said that the party was a thank you do for Raab for deputising, and also a welcome back do for Johnson.

Rather a belated thankyou and welcome back, then. Johnson was back at work before the end of April.

And, IIRR, that's not what the email said. It was a reward for all the hard work the recipients had done...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52431913

My God , how the tories are wriggling...

Shelagh Fogarty has just said that a Tory MP has said that the party was a thank you do for Raab for deputising, and also a welcome back do for Johnson.

Germanshepherdsmum

If my boss thought I deserved a reward for my hard work and invited me to a get together saying I should bring a bottle I’m not sure I would have been capable of a polite reply. If Boris wanted to reward people why not buy them each a bottle (out of his own money)?

I wonder if they claimed the booze money back as expenses Shep?
I bet that they bloody did!

If my boss thought I deserved a reward for my hard work and invited me to a get together saying I should bring a bottle I’m not sure I would have been capable of a polite reply. If Boris wanted to reward people why not buy them each a bottle (out of his own money)?

The PM’s statement was an excuse for an apology! His carefully lawyered statement, that he was unable to build upon after delivery (having no doubt been told he could make matters worse) was designed to insult the British public by treating them as gullible idiots.
Three days later the Barnard Castle story broke. One now see what Cummings was holding over the PM to keep his job!
Last year Dr Rosena Allin-Khan told the PM in parliament about helping a family say goodbye to their kids by iPad as they lay dying from Covid. In response, the PM denied he had been at any parties. Today’s ‘apology’ proves he lied and as such broke the Ministerial code which requires resignation! So why wait for the ‘investigation’ when today’s answer proves the lie.

That explains a lot Fanny if they are all half drunk at work much of the time.

AGAA4

*bring your own booze* on the invitation is hardly what you would expect if it was work.

Unless of course that’s the ‘culture’ of that ‘work space’, which I’m lead to believe is the case

Devorgilla

Just been told that a journalist has tweeted that they couldn't see BJ in the car taking him to PMQs. They believe he was in the car but lying down, presumably covered by the proverbial blanket. That beats the fridge any day of the week,

I’m sure that Starmer made reference to him hiding in his car

Simon Hoare just said on Sky News that the party was to thank Raab for standing in fir him when he was in hospital. So that means that Raab knew about it and must surely have been there. So Hoare gave an interview defending the PM and has now implicated Raab as well. Or is Raab going to be the scapegoat? Because they’re desperately searching for one.

Labour MP Chris Bryant hit the spot when he reminded Johnson that he had been sacked from two previous jobs for lying and asked whether the job of Prime Minister was any less important than these jobs where lying was a sacking offence.

Is Jacob Rees-Mogg really wearing a mask in the colours of the Old Etonian tie?

Rosie51

So, just had a thought, when we were unable to meet with our families and friends, if we'd only known to form companies all together we could have had work events in our gardens that might have 'looked' like social gatherings but weren't.

We had our AGM in our garden in 2020 and 2021, yes we did have snacks and a drink afterwards.

Looking at the Conservative MP’s around Mr.Johnson I get the impression he is definitely losing support from within the party.

My money is still on Mr.Sunak, but then again I am in the anyone but Mr.Gove camp…

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey, who was the last to be called to speak, pointed out that so far the PM's press spokeswoman, Allegra Stratton, was the only person to have lost her job over this scandal and warned that it would be unacceptable if these latest revelations ended with some junior civil servant getting sacked when the person who deserved to be booted out was Boris Johnson.

Rosie51

So, just had a thought, when we were unable to meet with our families and friends, if we'd only known to form companies all together we could have had work events in our gardens that might have 'looked' like social gatherings but weren't.

But maybe we would have been more intelligent and not issued written invitations.

Tory MPs not convinced. Unsurprisingly