Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

What are you suggesting, Hugh? Boris would never have done that - it was illegal!

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

Well done!

That’s up there with your post on the definition of "linear TV".

Luckily you didn’t say ‘unlawful" rather than "illegal"… ;)

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

:D:D:D

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

The answers to which are:

- We don’t yet know whether the PM knew about that invitation;
- The PM has stated he addressed the employees but did not realise it was a party (if indeed it was).

I can understand why Boris-haters don’t want to wait for the inquiry. They might belatedly realise that this was an honest mistake - or maybe not a mistake or an illegal act at all.

This is the danger of relying on allegations. Making an allegation doesn’t make it true.

Unless you hate the person the allegation refers to, of course!

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

I fail to see any emotive terminology. Her name’s Liz, he was Greek and looked like he died about 2005. I’m 99% certain there’d be no grave oscillation if that’s what you were worrying about. It’s only a figure of speech.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

What levelling up? Yes, that was very popular.

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That word ‘allegedly’ comes up again. Funny, that.

God, and you wonder why the advice is to wait for the result of the inquiry.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

Uh, oh. We’re onto the selective copying phase of deflection and distraction.

Chris knew what I meant and so do you.

As you were.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

I will credit you with a vivid imagination, Grimmy. It’s a pity you use it to such destructive ends.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

Hating someone does not make an allegation true. And I for one don't hate Boris. I know his strengths and weaknesses and have not been shy in pointing them out.

However, hating someone is a strong motivation to bring their career down if you have plenty of dirt on them. This is what is happening to Johnson now. Any idea of who it might be?

However, you insult Forum Members' intelligence if you think we're daft enough to swallow the line that Johnson didn't realise he was at a party.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

Ironically he’s insulting the intelligence of Conservative voters more by insisting they will buy it!

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

Trouble is, by the time she's ready to publish the report, she'll have another collection of parties to review!

Maybe Johnson's leaking more parties to the press so that she's kept super busy, so she'll never get to publish the report! :D

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/t...ning-p58stz0d2

Sounds familiar…

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

It depends on your narrative, jfman.

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What I am advocating is that we get all the information before making a judgement. What’s wrong with that?

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Now your desperation is making you perverse.

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The ‘facts’ are what are most important here, and we don’t have all the facts, just allegations.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

"Wait for the results of the enquiry" is the 21st Century’s "That would be an ecumenical matter"…

OLD BOY is Father Jack, and I claim my five pounds…


FACT - Johnson went into a garden where over 30 people were socialising, and stayed there for 25 minutes; this was, under the laws of that date, illegal.

Re: All those No.10 lockdown parties
 

We've got sufficient information to make an informed decision. We know he attended a party and we know that such gatherings were illegal under his own laws.

Sue Gray's role is to take the sting out of the tail by delaying matters.

The Telegraph, Mail and Express know that the best chance of Conservative victory in 2024 is if Johnson steps down sooner than later. I'm surprised you don't agree with them.