Boris's Brain is missing

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Psamathe
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I thought the rules were broader than making parties illegal. I thought it was meeting others outside your bubbles socially. No "OK if briefer than x mins", not exempted if you didn't realise the event broke the rules (how many drivers "didn't realise I was in a 30 limit despite the sign"). CoJo was at the cake do and she was his partner nothing to do with work.

Johnson's supporters seem to be trying to redefine the rules by suggesting rules banned parties and it was not a party - true tat rules did ban parties as well as any gathering. They declare he was ambushed so is the driver being hassled by the hooligan nuzzling his bumper allowed to break the speed limits?, etc.

Johnson has admitted breaking his own rules on more than one occasion - that is the relevant bit for me. That he was clueless enough not to realise what sort of event he was attending just makes him look even more stupid.

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roubaixtuesday wrote: 25 Jan 2022, 7:45pm There were no parties

I'm furious there was a party

There may have been gatherings, but I wasn't there.

I was there but it wasn't a party

Nobody warned me it was a party so I thought it was work

I was only there for a few minutes.

I was ambushed by a cake.
Sounds familiar

https://youtu.be/sfrThV6DJu4

But I think this selection of Boris himself is even more ridiculous.

https://youtu.be/GkszkSuBnlQ
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Probably the best leaks... in the world!
https://twitter.com/Peston

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What a weird world where Rees Mog utters the truth. Bozo holds power because he attracts (or repels) voters almost entirely without reference to Tory party policies.
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roubaixtuesday wrote: 25 Jan 2022, 7:45pm There were no parties

I'm furious there was a party

There may have been gatherings, but I wasn't there.

I was there but it wasn't a party

Nobody warned me it was a party so I thought it was work

I was only there for a few minutes.

I was ambushed by a cake.
I ate cake and drank wine, but only in a limited and specific way.
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Re: Boris's Brain is missing

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slowster wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 10:03am
roubaixtuesday wrote: 25 Jan 2022, 7:45pm There were no parties

I'm furious there was a party

There may have been gatherings, but I wasn't there.

I was there but it wasn't a party

Nobody warned me it was a party so I thought it was work

I was only there for a few minutes.

I was ambushed by a cake.
I ate cake and drank wine, but only in a limited and specific way.
So you can have your cake and beat it!

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Jdsk wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 10:10am So you can have your cake and beat it!

Jonathan
One of the many ironies of this is if Johnson, of all people, finally loses his status for literally having his cake and eating it.
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Jdsk wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 9:29am Screenshot 2022-01-26 at 09.29.07.png
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Jonathan
Rees-Moggs rewriting of the constitution has two possible implications:

(1) The Nixon doctrine - it's not illegal if the PM does it.
(2) We should have an immediate General Election.

Rees-Mogg, of course, wouldn't be anywhere near a position of responsibility under anyone but Johnson. Along with a fair slice of the rest of the cabinet.
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roubaixtuesday wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 10:15amAlong with a fair slice of the rest of the cabinet.
ISWYDT

; - )

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Jacob Rees-Mogg says UK system is now presidential
Remember where you read that long ago, folks.

(FWIW, I'm not one of JRM's special advisors so somebody else thought it up for him or he's lurking in this forum.)
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Jdsk wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 10:17am
roubaixtuesday wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 10:15amAlong with a fair slice of the rest of the cabinet.
ISWYDT

; - )

Jonathan
:-)
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-dogs-afghanistan-pen-farthing-b2001036.html wrote:Boris Johnson personally authorised the evacuation of 173 dogs and cats from Afghanistan during an emergency airlift, according to an internal government email.

The communication, released by the Commons foreign affairs committee on Wednesday, was sent by 25 August 2021 by a foreign office official – at the height of the Kabul airlift.

In an email to the the department's "special cases" team managing part of the evacuation, the official, whose name is redacted, says that the animal charity Nowaz has "received a lot of publicity".

It adds that "the PM has just authorised their staff and animals to be evacuated".

Mr Johnson had previously said on 7 December last year that it was “complete nonsense” that he had intervened to have the animals evacuated – a claim the email seems to contradict.
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(My bold and colour)
Yet again truth seems to be an unknown/unrecognised/unused concept to our Glorious Leader.

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Re presidential system, we don't seam to be so far from the American system. They have impeachment but voting along mainly party lines seems to make impeaching a president virtually impossible, even when it's not a party political matter.
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thirdcrank wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 1:03pm Re presidential system, we don't seam to be so far from the American system. They have impeachment but voting along mainly party lines seems to make impeaching a president virtually impossible, even when it's not a party political matter.
The system in the USA has explicit (and written) controls providing separation of powers.

I'm in favour of moving to a presidential system. But not drifting into one with even worse controls than we have at present.

Jonathan

PS: Clinton and Trump were both impeached, Trump twice. Neither was convicted.
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