Johnson set to announce a multi million cost of living package

I don’t think it’s as much bribery as to avoid the British Revolution - akin to throwing bread to the wolves before they tear him apart.

"DOING THEIR BEST" says the woman who HATES a devolved government who have been mitigating tory policies for the poor and vulnerable her for years.
Who gave young families extra child payments to make up for the loss of the UC "uplift" who has extended free school meals who gave nursing students an EXTRA 5k a year to encourage more applications >
Who has introduced free eye checks and free dental checks and much more
Bet you'll be yelling to the roof tops about an extra tenner for the chief clown though !!

I would think that any PM was important enough to be emphasised and made much of by journalists.

Aveline

Whitewavemark2 we've had some pretty incompetent governments before now. I understand that you're not a Boris fan (!) but there are good people doing their best. It's just that we tend only to read about who journalists emphasise and make much of.

That is interesting.

So as I’m influenced by journalists, which government has been worse than this current one? I would be pleased to know.

Whitewavemark2 we've had some pretty incompetent governments before now. I understand that you're not a Boris fan (!) but there are good people doing their best. It's just that we tend only to read about who journalists emphasise and make much of.

They had the official photographer at some of the parties, I understand ?

Hoist by a generation or two's compulsive need to photograph every minute detail of their lives? (their own petard...)

Windfall tax too. Whoda thought it!

DiamondLily
Thanks!

Was DC too busy snapping away to have a drink or nibbles?
Even so, whoever he or she was, the photographer was there too.

Aveline

I'm amazed that most of you seem to think that this is the only government that ever broke promises, lied or cheated!
Of course things are bad right now. Can anyone remember a time when everyone was completely satisfied with the government and that everything was fine throughout the country? I certainly cannot.

No you are right. But you see there are degrees of incompetence, complete lack of integrity, lying and corruption.

This government comes out top on all counts. We have never, never had such bad governance.

Aveline

I'm amazed that most of you seem to think that this is the only government that ever broke promises, lied or cheated!
Of course things are bad right now. Can anyone remember a time when everyone was completely satisfied with the government and that everything was fine throughout the country? I certainly cannot.

No, but I've voting since 1973, and I cannot remember one quite so sleazy and corrupt.

Lying to the House has always been a sacking or removal offence.

Johnson lied.?

I'm amazed that most of you seem to think that this is the only government that ever broke promises, lied or cheated!
Of course things are bad right now. Can anyone remember a time when everyone was completely satisfied with the government and that everything was fine throughout the country? I certainly cannot.

Callistemon21

Aveline

So? It's being done now. The government is being responsive to these price rises going on every day.
I'm not a Boris fan but think this obsessing on events of two years ago is daft. Why wasn't it raised then? Whose agenda is it to suddenly produce evidence now? Politics is a mucky business. Where's Cummings by the way? Revenge being a dish best served cold?

Where's Cummings by the way? Revenge being a dish best served cold?

Who took the photos?

Cummings is still waiting there, ready to pounce:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-cummings-partygate-photos-gray-b2085326.html

There are apparently many more photos to come out.?

Aveline

So? It's being done now. The government is being responsive to these price rises going on every day.
I'm not a Boris fan but think this obsessing on events of two years ago is daft. Why wasn't it raised then? Whose agenda is it to suddenly produce evidence now? Politics is a mucky business. Where's Cummings by the way? Revenge being a dish best served cold?

Where's Cummings by the way? Revenge being a dish best served cold?

Who took the photos?

And it's another volte face. We were being told by Sunak and a plethora of ministers that nothing could be done to help only last week, but suddenly help is on the way. Can you blame folk for feeling suspicious of motives?

Aveline

So would he be better to not do anything to help out so we can all sit back and complain even more?

The cost of living crisis has been in existence for quite some time now. Government, which we (foolishly in this instance) expect to look after the wellbeing of the citizens who elect it, should have acted because it was right to mitigate the effects and protect citizens from hunger and cold. NOT because it wants to bribe them into forgiving and forgetting that they broke all the covid regulations that they told citizens they must follow and partied while.... (You all know the rest of that sentence don't you?)

You, Aveline, may be prepared to accept the shoddy, second class service that the government gives us, but a good many of us aren't.

I would suggest that people cannot let go the lying of the prime minister to parliament when this issue was brought up, especially if they were following the laws which he had put in place. There have been many times when Johnson could have accepted responsibility for the non party parties, but chose not to. He lied to parliament and any decent prime minister would have been long gone.

So? It's being done now. The government is being responsive to these price rises going on every day.
I'm not a Boris fan but think this obsessing on events of two years ago is daft. Why wasn't it raised then? Whose agenda is it to suddenly produce evidence now? Politics is a mucky business. Where's Cummings by the way? Revenge being a dish best served cold?

Aveline

So would he be better to not do anything to help out so we can all sit back and complain even more?

It should have been done at the budget.

Agree MaizieD

So would he be better to not do anything to help out so we can all sit back and complain even more?

The PM got Brexit done so he will be forgiven by many. The question is how many.

Are people really so shallow that they can be bribed into forgetting his appalling conduct?

? probably be multi-billion.

Similar to what he gave away to his bestie - Dido

1It had better be more than multi-million. Even if it's £660,000, that's only a tenner each.

If he said it was raining, I would look out the window to check for myself. He has no intention of resigning clearly and thinks announcing giving the people money will distract from his heinous behaviour. I'm assuming this raft of help will be similar to the garden bridge in London and the bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland. Shakespeare said it first 'sound and fury signifying nothing.'