Boris and his lockdown birthday party

I thought the issue was with a birthday party at No 10 so why are they publishing pictures taken at a school? And why all the silly comments about him and the woman?

It would be something if Johnson is finally brought down by a piece of cake.

It was a school in Hertfordshire according to our local news
???

JaneJudge

FannyCornforth

Who is that blonde woman in that photo of Johnson with his bloody cake? He honestly looks like a half wit.
She looks furious

it is Sue Grey

???

Definitely not Sue Grey!

It's the school he visited on his birthday and the cake was meant to be for Josephine and me because we missed our parties because Boris told us we weren't allowed.

Who ate all the cake?
Not Josephine or me.

With not wit!

Boz

It is an Eton mess cake

Excellent !

Is she the decorator? Sorry, vastly expensive interior designer.

FannyCornforth

Who is that blonde woman in that photo of Johnson with his bloody cake? He honestly looks like a half wit.
She looks furious

it is Sue Grey

It would have been such a waste of lovely cake!

I hope he didn't blow out any candles though.

Then he would have been a strawberry fool!

Chestnut

His cake looks delicious! My daughter could bake that. I wish I knew what flavour it was.

Is that a cake baked at the school he visited?

If that's the Head Teacher she should have run up and pushed it into his face.

FannyCornforth

Who is that blonde woman in that photo of Johnson with his bloody cake? He honestly looks like a half wit.
She looks furious

Wouldn’t have thought she was furious he was visiting a school and they presented him with the cake

Looks like a school ma'am on the warpath to me!

Who is that blonde woman in that photo of Johnson with his bloody cake? He honestly looks like a half wit.
She looks furious

Oh Boz - that made me hoot with laughter. He looks like he's just won Bake Off.

Will we be told that the party was ok as they were all washing their hands as they sang Happy Birthday?

It is an Eton mess cake

Chestnut

His cake looks delicious! My daughter could bake that. I wish I knew what flavour it was.

Is that Sue Gray?

His cake looks delicious! My daughter could bake that. I wish I knew what flavour it was.

Fair enough.

Why do some excuse Johnson breaking his own rules.
Some blame Carrie because allegedly it was a surprise party so Johnson can’t be held accountable.
My husband was 70 during lockdown . Planned celebrations cancelled. Our disappointment sent packing because we felt fortunate, no one we loved had been sick or died. Keeping everyone safe was everyone’s responsibility, we believed. We celebrated with a delivered gastro meal - together.

It would never have occurred to me to order a cake and invite people. Carrie was perpetuating the culture in Downing Street. Normal rules don’t apply. People drink at work.

notwithstanding he is a lax fool with the rules -

Not jumping on you, Boz, but to be honest, calling him a 'lax fool' seems like diminishing the whole enormity.

He was the head of the government which made the rules. He tweeted about 'the rules', he stood in front of ~TV cameras and told us 'the rules'. Breaking the rules himself wasn't 'foolish', it was unbelievably arrogant and contemptuous of the entire population who were mostly doing their best to follow the rules.

All the people who participated are tarred with the same brush of arrogance and contemptuousness but he was the leader. How many times has he said in Parliament that he took full responsibility for all sorts of things that have been badly done? Including all these bloody parties...

Of course, we know that he's lying about taking responsibility. We know that he's never taken responsibility for anything in his life. But the buck stops with him, that goes with the job that he so very desperately wanted, and it is he who is deserving of the most censure.

I wish people wouldn’t use initials. By MSM do you mean mainstream media?

We are all jumping on Johnson - notwithstanding he is a lax fool with the rules - but if this party was a surprise he was hijacked it seems.
Also, while all blame is heaped on BJ the people (me included as no fool like an old fool) who voted in an unsuitable candidate on the basis of "better than the rest" and believing MSM on Brexit should have a red face.

We had our 40th wedding anniversary in May 2020, arrangements from the year before is that we would have a family gathering on the day followed by a two week trip up to the Isle of Skye in our caravan. Of course none of this happened and my DH and I had a steak dinner and a bottle of wine entirely on our own with no visitors, and no planned trip.
Very disappointing for us but not half as bad as a lot of peoples stories. I am furious with Boris and his Government, whether he attended parties for 10 mins, 2 hours or not at all these gatherings happened on his watch, and as he has said he takes full responsability, so Mr Johnson, stop stalling, take responsiblity and go. Any person with any decency and moral compass would, utterly shameless.

Chestnut These were the rules at the time of Boris’ birthday party:
Gatherings were permitted for up to six people outdoors, but they were not permitted indoors. It was not until more than two weeks later, on 4 July, that indoor gatherings between two households were permitted
amp.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/24/what-were-the-covid-rules-at-the-time-of-boris-johnsons-2020-birthday

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Happy to say my lockdown hair has now grown out and is now a fetching au naturel