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Originally Posted by Pierre
I think it's clear he did, but I also think it's clear Starmer did too. So a curse on all your houses.
As the reports are being drip fed out, it's looking like Beer & Curry gate was a bigger gathering than Birthday cake gate (but not Downing Street Garden Gate).
Starmer who has been laying into Johnson thickly now for over 4 months, is just looking like a massive hypocrite, coupled with Rayner who is outraged by a misogynistic story, she actually started herself. Labour are a useless opposition who can't make any capital on a barely functioning, incompetent government.
Our political system is at rock bottom at the moment.
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Rayner did not start the story. I provided a link before that showed this. She merely laughed off a story from January in the Mail.
Starmer's meal and beer took place at a different time and different set of rules than Johnson and he has been cleared. If there was any meat on the bones of this story, an investigation would be taking place.
It's theoretically hard for Opposition parties to capitalise on the government's mistakes if people can't recall that Covid rules changed over time, but the polls do seem to be showing that Opposition parties are being successful here. Despite the great efforts by the Mail to come to Johnson's rescue.
If you believe Nadine Dorries, you would think Starmer had a curry in 2021 with Frank Dobson who died in 2019! She has responsibility for media in the UK as she is head of DCMS, yet posts such misleading information. This is a good indicator of the poor health of our political system which I agree with you on.