diable rouge

Take off your ''lifelong Tory'' blinkers Mr Been, even the Mail realises the PM was a disgrace...

Johnson 'headed off the DC situation' by dodging questions, here's some of the 'useful' ones he swerved... -What did PM know and when? -Did DC stop en route? -Did he go to Barnard Castle? -How can "self isolation" possibly cohere with long-distance travel? -Did his child receive childcare? -How can it possibly be said that DC's actions "suppressed the virus"? The ruse they've come up with to play the sympathy card is childcare, something he could've easily got in London where they have close family, and I'm sure even Cummings has a network of close neighbours/friends in London who would've taken the child in had they both become ill and incapacitated. Ditto help with shopping etc. His wife could've easily self-isolated in their house, e.g. stay in a bedroom, probably even have her own bathroom facilities judging by the size of the house, safely away from other family members. Far less risk than driving for 5 hours in a confined space subjecting Cummings and the child to Covid viral overload. These are all things the rest of us have been doing in order to adhere to the 'Stay Home' policy...

An investigation for a since deleted rogue Tweet, and fook all investigating of Cummings flouting lockdown rules...

I prefer the middle option for the graphics, like the typeface and colour and how the letters 'turn the corner', but prefer the B&W image used in the third option. Nothing a bit of Photoshop can't sort out :) Best wishes for the launch...

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have a new secret civil servant They were only following their instincts...

And Johnson romps home at 25/1!...

I was surprised by yesterday's organised cabinet campaign to big-up Dom. Why go to such lengths and potentially put the brakes on your own career, for someone who is generally not liked and is no more than an unelected advisor. Of course he was a key part of the leave campaign and Johnson's election, but he's still very easily expendable, especially to someone like Johnson who doesn't do loyalty. Sooooooo, it does rather beg the questions that conservative writer Peter Oborne is now asking... This political crisis is no longer about the wretched Cummings. It is about Johnson and, in particular, why the prime minister hasn't sacked him. Is it because he knew Cummings was going to Durham, gave the green light, and therefore authorised a breach of the lockdown rules? If so, it's a big deal, a really big deal...

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > a) brexit was and remains a ludicrous idea > in practice Ah yes, the 'oven ready' Brexit that is currently festering away > and b) should he decline an extension > he will be responsible for the break up of the UK, Even with an extension and subsequent deal, there will still have to be a border based on what was signed up to last year, so the break-up of the UK, and in particular a future united Ireland, is looking very likely...

I watched Independence Day recently and I was *really grateful* that earth wasn't being invaded by sociopathic advanced weaponry-toting alien life forms...

If you're bored of the daily briefings, why not have a bet to see who's next to exercise their obfuscatorial qualities. Despite the short odds I'd rule out Shapps, he was on the morning shift and by lunchtime he'll be safely ensconced in his pied a terre slowing banging his head against a wall. So my money is on Jenrick...

I hope the Sunday Times' investigation into the Gov's dithering that led to so many avoidable deaths, doesn't get lost in the Cummings feeding frenzy. Utterly damning...

Indeed, and goes way back into the land that time forgot...Brexitania

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's also a big gamble by ministers to publicly back Cummings > today, because if there's more to come out in the > following days it would bring the Gov down... And here's the list of those that did and didn't. Johnson in the No camp, so hiding in fridges has it's uses, who knew!...

This must be why it was billed as a joint investigation by different newspapers. 3D chess...:)

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today's briefing - what a joke after the third > media rep. asked the same question that had been > asked and answered twice already I switched off > with full admiration for Grant Shapps and Jenny > Harries for keeping their cool. If these briefings > have shown us one thing it is that REAL journalism > is DEAD A shame you switched off, you would've heard Shapps saying Cummings stayed put. They are now gaslighting the country in real time...

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?Clearly if you have adults who are unable to look > after a small child, that is an exceptional > circumstance,? she said. Well it's certainly exceptional to be unable to look after a child yet clearly be able to drive a car 250+ miles on a 5+ hour journey. > I'm sure Boris will appear to talk to us about > something soon. This is like when he didn't visit > flood areas...the people who lived there didn't > care as he is not an expert on floods I hear he's been spotted at Currys...

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So, what's it to you where he is or what he's > doing, he's possibly still recovering, enjoying > being a father supporting his partner, oh and > don't forget it's a bank holiday weekend, so maybe > he's at Chequers this weekend. Is that OK with > you? Good point, wish I had thought of all that, let me send Covid-19 a memo to take the bank holiday weekend off...

Johnson missing again, everyone check their fridges...

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cummings has to resign, but he won't. I don't think Johnson et al would let him resign even in the unlikely event he offered to, because they are complicit in that they knew what he had done, yet at the same time they kept telling the rest of us to do the opposite. It's also a big gamble by ministers to publicly back Cummings today, because if there's more to come out in the following days it would bring the Gov down...

There's so much stinking, rank hypocrisy in what Cummings did it's hard to know where to begin, but rather delicious learning that one of his undoings is his wife's 'London Lockdown diary' for the Spectator...

He never retracts either...separated at birth :)

It's not (or at least it shouldn't be) about right v left, rather right v wrong. And it's those that are in the wrong that invariably give it the political culture war spin...

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hahaha, > Keep ignoring the actual question, but that's very > corbyn/momentum, keep trying to pick holes and > exploit them as much as possible. This is getting > BORING........................ Surprise!...another wrong assumption, we've got ourselves an Uncleglen Mini-Me with his 'when all else fails, play the corbyn/momentum card'. I don't need to pick holes, your 'solutions' are great gaping holes. Ever thought about retracting them?...

I'm sorry, I don't have a solution for why everyone doesn't have internet access, but then again, I wouldn't have made such a stupid assumption in the first place...