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Originally Posted by Mick
Yes it does, because it catches Labour in yet another lie, they said the curry wasn’t planned. Also Damien, you’re missing the massive rule breaking. You couldn’t eat or share food with people you were not household members with.
You’re not working when your drinking beer. None of them are wearing masks in the footage or social distancing.
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All of this is the same argument as before though.
Either the police find this was exempt under the necessary or work/campaigning or they don't. That it was preplanned doesn't change the legality of that defence.
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Anyway Sunday Times has come out with their own story:
The Sunday Times has a Labour source present at the Durham party who confirms NO work was done after the curry and beer, as per Mail on Sunday's leaked op note.:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...laim-6pc05gnn2
Dan Hodges: “As we also reported. Keir Starmer's position is becoming increasingly untenable this evening.”
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I think it'll come down to 1) can they prove they were working during/after the meal 2) there was no realistic prospect of eating outside of the end of the work day. You can bet Labour HQ is desperately trying to find a call or e-mail then went out after the time of that takeaway delivery.
I honestly don't know what the police will do. It's 50/50. If he is fined he should - and sounds like he will - resign.
The only good thing out of all of this is that the Daily Mail - haven't said that Johnson's multiple parties weren't a big deal - have finally decided actually we should hold politicians to account.