Thread: Updated: Boris resigns as party leader
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Old 13-05-2022, 17:35   #2119
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Re: Partygate & Beergate discussion
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth View Post
Agreed. If anyone breaks the law and gets caught then they should suffer the appropriate penalty. I still think he should have offered to step aside while being investigated.
No, Grim. To comply with Mr Hindsight's own rules, he should have resigned when the police started their investigation. Standing aside just doesn't cut it!

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Originally Posted by Mick View Post
I think that Times article could add pressure on Durham Police to find Keir Starmer guilty & fine him, because if a woman who had organised a balloon release event for her father who had passed way, which in the eyes of the people, would see as a more valid excuse & yet it can be fined the most colossal penalty, then they should & they can fine a group of people holding a beer and curry night at Miners Hall, in Durham.
What this says to me as the Durham Police and the Met Police don't have a clue. They are stabbing in the dark to try to look good in the eyes of a section of the public.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Does it matter if work carried on back at the hotel instead of at the Miners Hall? I think it would be impossible to prove that they weren't discussing work matters over a beer and curry and this seems to have been the approach adopted by the Met towards the No 10 cheese and wine party.

What's a reasonable amount of alcohol to be able to continue work? I would probably cap it at two beers but if it turned out to be three beers each would the police start to get that judgmental? It's a hard call!
It's not a hard call at all. The hard call is trying to justify why Boris got a fine and Sir Kier didn't.

I wouldn't like to be the one explaining that one, because it's just so obviously wrong.

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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
Many times did I work late, and the company bought in food, but most importantly no booze was supplied, only soft or tea/coffee.
The booze is not the prime consideration - it's whether it was a social event. However, if they got hammered, clearly it wasn't a work event.
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