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  1. #661
    At this point, we have to ask if the governments covid response itself wasn't impeded by the near constant parties taking place at number 10.
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    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
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  2. #662
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  3. #663
    One of the numerous Downing Street parties that we know about right now was the leaving do of a man called James Slack, then Downing Street director of communications. Where was he leaving to? To be Deputy Editor of the Sun newspaper. So, that's at least one journalist who knew about at least one of these parties (probably more, realistically) since at least March '21 and he chose to keep the story out of the papers. Lil' concrete example of collaboration between media and government for you there, in case you think it's all Pepe-board style theory-crafting.

    Oh, and the Met would have known as well, because police officers are stationed all over Downing Street providing security. So, they chose to turn a blind eye to this stuff during a period when they were arresting old ladies for sitting on park benches and violently attacking a vigil being held for a women who was murdered by a police officer.

    What I'm saying is that while it is true that Johnson is massive piece of shit - just an unmitigated pigfuck of a man - and it'll be a great day when he goes but also, he's being used as scapegoat for a much deeper and more pervasive corruption.

    Also,

    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  4. #664
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    Oh, and the Met would have known as well, because police officers are stationed all over Downing Street providing security. So, they chose to turn a blind eye to this stuff during a period when they were arresting old ladies for sitting on park benches and violently attacking a vigil being held for a women who was murdered by a police officer.
    Hoping this fact will prove to be the key to getting some sort of legal accountability. It's one thing to say you won't enforce lockdown regs retroactively—it's another entirely to say you'll permit police to ignore blatant lockdown violations that have occurred in their presence.

    Also,

    Just a really bad time to be a middle-aged English Johnsonista all 'round
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  5. #665
    Not even trying to keep track of these anymore

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  6. #666
    New from Dominic Lawson:



    At this point, Johnson's best bet is to portray #partygate as a GRU op intended to undermine UK leadership just in time for the invasion of Ukraine. People will be happy to believe this is all due to intervention by a hostile foreign power—it's better than recognizing they voted for destructive assclowns.
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  7. #667
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  8. #668
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    In a party full of repugnant swamp creatures, she nevertheless manages to stand out as being one of the very worst.
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  9. #669
    Wonder if the Murdoch papers are going to 'suddenly' decide that partygate wasn't that big a deal after all.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  10. #670
    This country is so comically corrupt: https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-michelle-mone

    I mean, imagine being an educated adult ostensibly capable of telling right from wrong and still defending these crooks.

    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    Wonder if the Murdoch papers are going to 'suddenly' decide that partygate wasn't that big a deal after all.
    I think they'll want to twist the dagger properly, after the report is released
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  11. #671
    Last edited by Steely Glint; 01-18-2022 at 07:43 PM.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  12. #672
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  13. #673
    On a positive note, the Police and Crime bill, aimed at severely curtailing the right to protest was absolutely bodied in the lords last night.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60032465

    Peers voted against the government's plans to:


    • create a new offence of "locking on", a tactic used by protesters to make it difficult to remove them, carrying with it a penalty of up to a year in prison
    • create a new offence of obstructing the construction or maintenance of major transport works
    • make it an offence for a person to interfere with the use or operation of key national infrastructure, including airports, the road network, railways and newspaper printers
    • allow police officers to stop and search a person or vehicle if it was suspected an offence was planned, such as causing serious disruption or obstructing major transport works
    • allow police to stop and search anyone at a protest "without suspicion"
    • allow individuals with a history of causing serious disruption to be banned by the courts from attending certain protests


    Peers voted for new amendments to the bill that would:


    • scrap the power to impose conditions on protest marches judged to be too noisy
    • protect Parliament Square as a place to protest
    • require police officers to tell the truth in public inquiries
    • demand an urgent review into the prevalence of drink-spiking offences
    • restrict the imposition of tougher sentences for blocking a highway to major routes and motorways (rather than all roads)
    • scrap the Vagrancy Act 1824, which makes it a crime to beg as well as sleep rough
    • make misogyny a hate crime by giving the courts the power to treat misogyny as an aggravating factor in any crime and increase sentences accordingly
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  14. #674
    Oh my God what a garbage fire...



    (live, just skip ahead to the part with the clown)
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  15. #675
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

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  17. #677
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  18. #678
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  19. #679
    I kinda just wanna see interviews with random middle-aged conservative English dudes being confronted with one news item after another with the camera zoomed in on their sad little faces

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  20. #680
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  21. #681
    So. After weeks of refusing to investigate and ignoring evidence the Met has swooped in at the last minute and decided that they are going to investigate after all. This means that, unfortunately, Sue Grey's report has to be delayed until after the investigation as it touches on matters now under investigation by the police, and it could be potentially prejudicial. Alas.

    lol

    lmao
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  22. #682
    Picture, if you will, a London Metropolitan Police officer standing outside Number 10, like in so many iconic pictures, except he's awkwardly pretending not to notice the fact that caramelldansen is blasting out of an open upstairs window complete with flashing coloured lights, while across town his colleges are beating the absolute shit out of the vigil for Sarah Everard under the pretence that the gathering broke Covid restrictions.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  23. #683
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    So. After weeks of refusing to investigate and ignoring evidence the Met has swooped in at the last minute and decided that they are going to investigate after all. This means that, unfortunately, Sue Grey's report has to be delayed until after the investigation as it touches on matters now under investigation by the police, and it could be potentially prejudicial. Alas.

    lol

    lmao
    I mean, the report could be released, with the specific events and details being investigated by the Met redacted until the investigation has concluded, but what a comical failed state farce nevertheless.
    "One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."

  24. #684
    The events the Met are investigating are, presumably, the ones which would have been illegal and hence, the most politically damaging to the Johnson.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  25. #685
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  26. #686
    Pretty extraordinary (thread):

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  27. #687
    Quote Originally Posted by Aimless View Post
    Conservatives the rich and powerful [are] increasingly believe themselves to be [brazen about the fact that they are] above the law, flouting its dictates and principles even when there is no morally defensible reason for doing so.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  28. #688
    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    The rich and powerful are increasingly brazen about the fact that they are above the law, flouting its dictates and principles even when there is no morally defensible reason for doing so.
    And he didn't even need a twitter link to make his point.
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  29. #689
    Quote Originally Posted by Being View Post
    And he didn't even need a twitter link to make his point.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

  30. #690
    Who is Sue Gray?
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    If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?

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