Two parties held in Downing Street as Queen and country mourned death of Prince Philip

Mrs Thatcher did have voice training to get rid of her squeaky, mumsy, strident voice.

Kali2

Mrs Thatcher did have voice training to get rid of her squeaky, mumsy, strident voice.

It didn't improve her message though. It made her sound desperately insincere.

I remember all the fuss made when some people had to forgo their television programmes when the death of Prince Philip was announced, so this thread seems a tad hypocritical.

That said, what is it going to take for all people in Government, all parties, to realise that everything they say, do and write is watched, recorded and will be used against them at some point in the future?

That said, what is it going to take for all people in Government, all parties, to realise that everything they say, do and write is watched, recorded and will be used against them at some point in the future?

I think that the current government were so bouyed up by their mistaken belief that they have the whole country behind them, and with an unassailable majority, that they thought nothing could touch them .

MissAdventure

Cummings did warn that it wasn't a good idea to lie as the truth will always come out.
There will be pictures too, I think, before long.
I do feel for the queen, but no more than anyone else who was betrayed by Johnson et al.

It took a long time for Cummings’ version of the truth to come out.

There appears to be someone/group of people who think Mr.Johnson has served his purpose and have decided it’s time for him
to go, hence the drip feed of parties at No.10 and other allegations.

Not sure how long he will remain PM

One thing that has now been proven though is the present PM and Government could run a piss up in a brewery ????

They are experts at organising the piss ups and they are experts at pissing all over everyone,too.

We really are a country with egg on our faces though.

We have been warned since Johnson was a school boy that he was someone who cannot stick to rules, who feels entitled, who lies, who is corrupt, whose moral compass doesn’t exist, who leaves a trail of broken individuals behind him as he continues to peruse the Johnson agenda.

Yet we chose him to lead our great country.

Where was the sense? It’s no good clutching our pearls now and declare we didn’t realise. We did. We need to take responsibility for what we’ve done and plot a better way forward.

Apparently Downing Street has apologized to the Queen. journalists were advised at a briefing earlier today. However, it was officials speaking to officials, not actually the PM speaking to the Queen. Furthermore whenever questions were about the apology the journos were told to wait until Sue Gray's report is published.

What annoys me is the way Grays investigation is being reported. The bbc said at lunch time “if Gray criticises Johnson”

She can’t. As a civil servant she can’t criticise her minister. All she can do is report facts. And those facts can be modified if her boss says so.

She could then act honourably and resign. That is all that is open to her.

I feel sorry for some civil servants who will be forced to take the blame for this mess and will lose their jobs, when the real responsibility lies elsewhere.

So happy it’s not me wearing it…?‍♀️

Shinamae

So happy it’s not me wearing it…?‍♀️

Love it! ???

MaizieD

So, one of the parties was a leaving do for James Slack, who is now deputy editor of The Sun.

I wonder how many other journalists have known about these parties all along?

Possibly Harry Cole political editor of The Sun and ex of Carrie Johnson?