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First it was Jennifer, then it was Carrie…

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MaizieD Sun 19-Jun-22 07:53:35

Whitewavemark2

Someone said this morning that this would have finished previous PMs but the media, particularly Dacre and Murdoch are acting like life support machines keeping the rotting body of Johnson alive.

I think everything Johnson has done since taking office would have finished any former PM, but he's hanging on in there...

New Eurpopean on the 'mysterious' disappearance of the story.

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/boris-johnson-wanted-to-give-carrie-symonds-a-100000-downing-street-role/

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Jun-22 07:24:24

Someone said this morning that this would have finished previous PMs but the media, particularly Dacre and Murdoch are acting like life support machines keeping the rotting body of Johnson alive.

CvD66 Sat 18-Jun-22 21:53:32

Source: Times p 5. Watch what happens next!

MaizieD Sat 18-Jun-22 20:40:20

Sorry, the Mail, not the Express.

Twitter thread:

twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1538122549028081664

MaizieD Sat 18-Jun-22 20:39:08

Whoops!

That story was on msn, the Express and the Times and it's been pulled from all three.

Someone's got an injunction against it very fast?

I wonder if Gnet will pull it from here...

AGAA4 Sat 18-Jun-22 20:10:58

I have read about this. Doesn't surprise me in the least with this self serving man.

RichmondPark Sat 18-Jun-22 19:17:11

Apparently they were caught in his office in a compromising position by colleagues. Something Matt Hancock resigned over.

MaizieD Sat 18-Jun-22 19:12:29

I think she's suggesting a bit of corruption going on there, JaneJudge. Jobs for your squeezes, especial high ranking, highly paid jobs, are not really in accordance with the high standard of conduct expected from a minister, or a mayor...

JaneJudge Sat 18-Jun-22 18:13:27

are you suggesting he thinks with whatever is inside his underpants? god what a gross thought

CvD66 Sat 18-Jun-22 18:11:39

..the now PM focused more on seeking to get his women money or positions of privilege than doing the job. Today’s revelations in the Times highlight how the PM sought to appoint Carrie (Symonds as was) with whom it was known he was having an affair, to a significant role in the Foreign office while he was Foreign Sec. This was directly against the ministerial code. In addition she lacked either the qualifications or experience for this £100kpa role! Colleagues prevented it from happening. So this is the person who ‘make all the right calls’?