Not just Boris then!

Petera

Johnson has also been sacked from at least one previous job role for lying, he also illegally prorogued parliament, he also “excused” Cummings breaking the law and then allowed him a press conference…. The list is endless frankly, but never mind this will take the heat of all this governments failings - let’s give him and NS one way tickets to Rwanda !

ReadyMeals

That's not the first time Sturgeon has had to publicly apologise for forgetting her mask

Johnson was continually seen with no mask, even when visiting hospitals.

Has he ever apologised? Not to my knowledge

The difference between Nicola Sturgeon and Boris the Bed Hopper is that she is a woman and he is a ‘man’ - so no contest on the online vitriol.

cossy, mar76...

Just for clarity and because Petera isn't actually here....you need to change around the names in her post. Its satire.

Sturgeon's never been sacked. Johnson didn't put on a mask and go home. etc.

Jeezy peeps.

satire sarcasm.

Now I'm losing the ability to make sentences.

Volver

So sorry a bit slow off the mark here !! I know little about NS, but still see every day several dozen “BJ” supporters and tend to fire off as I’m still staggered he has any support !!

Cossy ??

But if gov't are saying we must go back to being 'maskless' then thats not really an issue is it? (Personally i still wear one, as 3 of us in our house has medical problems) but to my mind how can what NS did compare to Boris and his cronies partying and lying about it- and it wont have gone down well with the Queen either as it was, well, a sad time for her.Pity the reigning monarch no longer says "off with their head" then.....

But if gov't are saying we must go back to being 'maskless' then that's not really an issue is it?

Masks were still legally required in Scotland. We're a different country. With our own laws. What the WM government says doesn't automatically apply here.

I don’t really have an opinion on Nicola Sturgeon other than she seems more statesman like than Boris the clown. If I remember rightly wasn’t Boris bumbling around on a hospital visit without a mask?

I think omitting to wear a mask for a brief period is slightly further down the scale of “breaking Government guidelines” than attending multiple parties. However it can only be damaging to her going forward into the local elections. She hasn’t got a war to deflect from her lapse.

However it can only be damaging to her going forward into the local elections.

Well. We'll see.

What i really want to know is why were BORIS & HIS PALS FINED SO LITTLE- when 'ordinary' folk were fined Such HUGE AMOUNTS for breaking the SAME RULES during lockdown???Surely to charge the Tories hundreds of pounds also would have been much more fair- and also made more dosh for the coffers than a paltry sum that they can easily afford, whilst joe public could not? It would be better to make an example of MP's surely, than everyday ordinary folk.???

volver

^But if gov't are saying we must go back to being 'maskless' then that's not really an issue is it?^

Masks were still legally required in Scotland. We're a different country. With our own laws. What the WM government says doesn't automatically apply here.

We are a different country, with different laws, but they changed on Monday. Mask wearing ceased to be mandatory on the 18th (sorry)

Mogsmaw

volver

But if gov't are saying we must go back to being 'maskless' then that's not really an issue is it?

Masks were still legally required in Scotland. We're a different country. With our own laws. What the WM government says doesn't automatically apply here.

We are a different country, with different laws, but they changed on Monday. Mask wearing ceased to be mandatory on the 18th (sorry)

But wearing a mask was still mandatory on Saturday when she visited the barbers. Which is why I used the past tense.

Not the first time she has forgotten by a long way but the police wouldn’t dare fine her up here, same as they won’t investigate when opposition msp’s are harassed , threatened etc,
Sturgeon is the biggest hypocrite ever

I see, well if the United Kingdom actually DID get united, and ALL had same rules at same time instead of acting like they're all seperate countries then maybe every one would know all the different rules at same time-??? But they dont- so WE dont..However, i still stand by fact that BJ & his cronies knew what they were doing, and continued to lie, so not a contest.They just never thought they'd get caught, or if they did, that they'd be prosecuted for it.But to be charged a paltry sum is ridiculous- its hardly a deterrent, is it?They probably spend more on coffees.Or in Boris's case, takeaways.?

I still wear a mask when out shopping but there have been a couple of occasions when I forgot when it was still legally required. Once I remembered because an assistant was staring at me. Another time I'd walked to a local convenience store and remembered as I got there that I didn't have a mask with me. Not wanting to walk home to get one I asked the doorman if I could pull my top up over my face! He let me! I had to shop one handed to hold it there, and paying was very tricky!

There is a big difference between forgetting and deliberately ignoring rules and lying about it later. I say 'Give her a break'. She at least had the good sense to keep some restrictions in place for longer. If I'd been fined for occasional slip ups when I've tried very hard to stick to the rules I'd be upset.

acting like they're all separate countries

We are separate countries .

Nannina clearly you are utterly clueless about Sturgeon
More statesmenlike, what a joke, lied to Scottish parliament and report said so , what did she do, resign? Of course not, just got one of her supporters to write another report saying she didn’t lie and then ignored the first one,
The press never call her out on anything, partly because she keeps putting super injunctions in the way and partly because they are useful for attacking Westminster with.
When they finally did start questioning her , she banned the press from all briefings

Im not sturgeon fan, but theres still a big difference between forgetting to get your mask out of your pocket for a small amount of time, than 'forgetting' you had been at a party(or parties) where they probably did NOT have masks on also.All night.

What I really want to know - especially if BoJo the Clown is going to claim later today that he never broke the law - is why did he pay the fine so readily if he doesn't accept that he did break the law?

He could have gone to court to challenge the fine just like anyone else.

The answer is that he wants the story to go away and not receive any further publicity. Also, he doesn't want to risk the judge finding him "guilty" all over again, which is highly likely.

And why was he furious, according to something else he said n the House of Commons, that parties were held in No.10 in breach of the then rules? What hypocrisy!!!

As for Brandon Lewis and his like, why should we expect him to criticise BoJo when he admitted in the House of Commons when talking about the special Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland that they will break international law.

This Government has no trouble at all breaking the law when it suits them but if you or I try to break the law in a limited and specific way we are likely to be caught out.

Boris & the gang are all bang to rights.stop trying to defend them.Especially by berating others to do so.??

* that was meant for the Boris fans, by the way.?

Brownowl564

Nannina clearly you are utterly clueless about Sturgeon
More statesmenlike, what a joke, lied to Scottish parliament and report said so , what did she do, resign? Of course not, just got one of her supporters to write another report saying she didn’t lie and then ignored the first one,
The press never call her out on anything, partly because she keeps putting super injunctions in the way and partly because they are useful for attacking Westminster with.
When they finally did start questioning her , she banned the press from all briefings

That's mostly just made up though, isn't it?