Doing those things whilst making rules we all followed to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe is the problem.
So banned in number 10 perhaps. What about the Department for Education, Home Office, and all the other departments within a short walk. Or even number 11, where the current Prime Minister’s private rooms are?
>Despite issuing a humiliating apology to MPs over the Downing Street parties on Wednesday, the prime minister is refusing to take responsibility for the crisis and in meetings last week questioned why his team had not protected him.
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He complained to aides: “How has all this been allowed to happen? How has it come to this? How haven’t you sorted this out?”
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>A senior government source said: “He made it clear he thought they had let him down. Boris’s view is that he is not to blame. That everyone else is to blame.”
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>Johnson’s view is supported by members of the cabinet. One blasted: “No 10 is a f—ing mess … it’s a f—ing disgrace, heads have to roll.”
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>The effort to blame his staff has been named Operation Save Big Dog, while his plans to make policy announcements to woo disillusioned MPs and voters is being dubbed Operation Red Meat. …
Too late. If the rules do not apply to them, they do not apply to us.
Boris is going to waffle about a bus again, the proverbial one he’s going to throw people under.
I’m not surprised. Johnson’s dismal work record is available for all to see.
He will drag this out and insist that it is not his fault and will only be forced out at the last possible moment.
Time to retweet Cameron’s Coalition of Chaos warning again. Aged like milk.
Because they followed their own rules so well last time.
Boris Johnson planning to close stable doors a year after horse has bolted.
Make it a ‘Boris-free zone’ and I’ll be 1% more content. Still outright discontented overall, but ever so slightly less
Yeah right, he’d be more likely than not quaffing wine in #10 the day he’d announce a ban.
Even the most naive know that he’ll never truly follow rules.
Booze ban? Oh yeah, just go put a rule in and not follow it. Like all the other rules you put in and didn’t follow? Fuck off.
This should have been done March 2020 at the latest. Boris please resign and move over. You’ve done enough damage now. Sincerely, long time Conservative voter
We’re not arsed about it being changed going forward.
We’re arsed that he should at the very least be landed with a £10k fine per party that happened in the property where he lived when THEY WERE ILLEGAL.
Like fuck, I know of a guy who got fined for playing some music in a park on a sunny day, for “Encouraging people to gather unnecessarily” or whatever bollocks the police said. He did not announce anything, he did not ask anyone to show up, he did not perform for anyone, people just showed up because we could gather in groups of 6 in an ourdoor space.
I don’t have the pleasure of working in office type environment but for those who do does regularly having a piss up in the office a common practice?
Also if that’s a thing I wasn’t aware of then, as said, it’s nothing to do with the drinking but the two fingers up to all of us peasants.
The other thing is if this was run of the mill behaviour then what else is happening behind closed doors in government that they haven’t been found out about, yet?
We don’t need a booze ban at no.10, the culture is f***ed.
Why? Because a fish rots from the head.
We need a Boris ban from No.10.
Anything else is just waffle.
The quickest way to make all of these scandles disappear so that the country can focus on other matters is to get rid of him. It won’t be forgotten but it is the best way to move forward ASAP.
He’s going to cling on to his post and not go without kicking and screaming. Any other PM would have just accepted it and stepped down.
No chance, biggest bluff ever, how’s he gonna sniff all that gear without a tot?! Gove will be livid
which presumably means no booze for anyone in number 10 except the PM and his family?
Meaning they’re probably still having weekly piss ups right now.
Oh well I guess that solves that problem. Everybody go about your business
Fucking hell he’s doing everything BUT solve the problem
Oh come on. That’s the last gasp of an alcoholic talking about being able to change whilst they’re aware of how much is hidden in an office draw or the toilet. And it’s alarming how quick his mind goes to that. And not the whole rule braking aspect to the issue; which is the key problem and for which he could only acceptably respond with a more sincere apology and a resignation.
I’m now more suspicious that he inspired everyone to get involved to cover his own problems and it’s also obvious that nothing will change at all. Situations like these always involve the slight and subtle reintroduction of crap behaviour.
Bumbling fucking idiot. We need to vote these “jobs for the boys” cunts out of power. Not one single Tory has any real life struggles financially. Ever! They’re are all worth fucking millions while they applaud us fucking peasants for taking care of our own with food banks and fucking charity shops.
Cunts, the lot of them
Let’s do something that makes fuck all difference but sounds like we’re making an effort to fix the problem – just like we always do
Closing the zoo gates after the pink elephants have bolted, I’m afraid.
Keir should ask the Conservatives to stop blaming the booze and Ban Boris instead.
I can’t believe the amount of time wasted talking about his his law breaking parties and drinking during work on taxpayers money. Oh and his new bloody designer wallpaper. Where do they find the time to run the country in between all this? Sick of these charlatans.
What a fucking lie! This is all being swept under the carpet as usual. Just resign dude far out.
He needs to requisition that wine-fridge as a new hiding place…
Such brave and bold leadership to shut the barn door like this.
Party’s were “banned” when they took place before. Anybody who thinks this changes anything is a fool.
Gove: We’ll as long as Coke’s allowed I’ll vote for it
This is the Tory excuse they are using, ‘booze culture’ us their excuse that indicates they were work gatherings and reports of Boris can-canning over Prince Philips still warm corpse were a little overstated.
Pretty sure cocaine is banned but it still ends up on the sinks
Why make these rules? We all know they’re just going to be broken anyway.
The minister who was IN CHARGE of setting Covid regulations had a leaving party.
This is really telling. Why would you propose changing this now? Obviously not because you actually think drinking at work is a problem – after all, your defence throughout has been that these gatherings were not illegal socialising, but rather work meetings, and therefore meetings with alcohol must be fine. It’s because he thinks *the reaction to the news* is wrong and so he needs to look like he’s doing something about it. He’s acting as if the illegal partying was last week or last month, not nearly 2 years ago.
So what it tells us is that this is not a principled move, it’s simply a move against the reaction to things coming out.
(I actually don’t have a problem with after-work drinks in general anyway. But obviously when you’ve made rules that say it’s illegal, you shouldn’t do it.)
It won’t include wine… Or any booze currently on the premises?
So they still don’t get why people are pissed off then?
Genuine question…
Why is the word ‘gate’ added onto the end of any scandal?
“We are addressing the problem of these parties by changing the usage of BYOB to “Bring Your Own Boardgame”.
The problem was the rule breaking, not the drinking. This is a handwaving gesture of “see? we’ve addressed the problem” when we all know this is just so it’s easier to pass it off as being a “Business Meeting ™️” when people can’t be photographed with a fucking pint in their hands.
PM plans stable door closing operation to manage issue of herd of bolted horses.
Fucking utter shitclown 🤡.
We already know they don’t stick to the rules so putting rule in is pointless
> After sources told The Independent Mr Johnson is planning to oust members of his inner circle under a plan named Operation Save Big Dog, The Sunday Times now reports that a further plot named Operation Red Meat could see a “booze ban” in No 10, a military response to Channel crossings, the BBC licence fee frozen, and intensified efforts to clear the operations backlog in the NHS.
Boris is a survivor.
Remember last year when they banned pubs and bars from serving alcohol past 10 pm but forgot to mention that parliaments “workplace canteen” was exempt? Sorta reminds me of that.
Lack of empathy and understanding- cornerstones of Johnson’s career
Sounding like alkies lol. It’s not my problem, it’s the drink! A Boris ban would be more appropriate.
Can Bozo even get out of bed in the morning without a snifter?
The real question is why there wasn’t a booze ban in the first place?
I work in the public sector, we aren’t allowed so much as a half pint with a work lunch, or on our lunch etc. To have a drink before, during, or on a break from work is an instant disciplinary offence.
So why the fuck does it seem to be assumed that drinking at No.10 could have just as easily been a work event as a party? They’re at work, they don’t need to be drinking ffs
Except this controversy was never about whether number 10’s drinks policy was appropriate. It’s about the fact that the tories broke the law by having a large social gathering during a period when they themselves had banned social gatherings.
He really does think we are stupid! He is the problem 🤡
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The booze wasn’t the problem.
The parties weren’t the problem.
Doing those things whilst making rules we all followed to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe is the problem.
So banned in number 10 perhaps. What about the Department for Education, Home Office, and all the other departments within a short walk. Or even number 11, where the current Prime Minister’s private rooms are?
Add the Times story:
>Sunday Times: [Boris Johnson prepares mass clearout to save own skin](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-prepares-mass-clearout-to-save-own-skin-73jcqds35)
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>PM’s fury at Downing Street staff as he launches string of ‘red meat’ policies
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>([mirror](https://archive.is/jjq3w))
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>Despite issuing a humiliating apology to MPs over the Downing Street parties on Wednesday, the prime minister is refusing to take responsibility for the crisis and in meetings last week questioned why his team had not protected him.
>
He complained to aides: “How has all this been allowed to happen? How has it come to this? How haven’t you sorted this out?”
>
>A senior government source said: “He made it clear he thought they had let him down. Boris’s view is that he is not to blame. That everyone else is to blame.”
>
>Johnson’s view is supported by members of the cabinet. One blasted: “No 10 is a f—ing mess … it’s a f—ing disgrace, heads have to roll.”
>
>The effort to blame his staff has been named Operation Save Big Dog, while his plans to make policy announcements to woo disillusioned MPs and voters is being dubbed Operation Red Meat. …
Too late. If the rules do not apply to them, they do not apply to us.
Boris is going to waffle about a bus again, the proverbial one he’s going to throw people under.
I’m not surprised. Johnson’s dismal work record is available for all to see.
He will drag this out and insist that it is not his fault and will only be forced out at the last possible moment.
Time to retweet Cameron’s Coalition of Chaos warning again. Aged like milk.
Because they followed their own rules so well last time.
Boris Johnson planning to close stable doors a year after horse has bolted.
Make it a ‘Boris-free zone’ and I’ll be 1% more content. Still outright discontented overall, but ever so slightly less
Yeah right, he’d be more likely than not quaffing wine in #10 the day he’d announce a ban.
Even the most naive know that he’ll never truly follow rules.
Booze ban? Oh yeah, just go put a rule in and not follow it. Like all the other rules you put in and didn’t follow? Fuck off.
This should have been done March 2020 at the latest. Boris please resign and move over. You’ve done enough damage now. Sincerely, long time Conservative voter
We’re not arsed about it being changed going forward.
We’re arsed that he should at the very least be landed with a £10k fine per party that happened in the property where he lived when THEY WERE ILLEGAL.
Like fuck, I know of a guy who got fined for playing some music in a park on a sunny day, for “Encouraging people to gather unnecessarily” or whatever bollocks the police said. He did not announce anything, he did not ask anyone to show up, he did not perform for anyone, people just showed up because we could gather in groups of 6 in an ourdoor space.
I don’t have the pleasure of working in office type environment but for those who do does regularly having a piss up in the office a common practice?
Also if that’s a thing I wasn’t aware of then, as said, it’s nothing to do with the drinking but the two fingers up to all of us peasants.
The other thing is if this was run of the mill behaviour then what else is happening behind closed doors in government that they haven’t been found out about, yet?
We don’t need a booze ban at no.10, the culture is f***ed.
Why? Because a fish rots from the head.
We need a Boris ban from No.10.
Anything else is just waffle.
The quickest way to make all of these scandles disappear so that the country can focus on other matters is to get rid of him. It won’t be forgotten but it is the best way to move forward ASAP.
He’s going to cling on to his post and not go without kicking and screaming. Any other PM would have just accepted it and stepped down.
No chance, biggest bluff ever, how’s he gonna sniff all that gear without a tot?! Gove will be livid
which presumably means no booze for anyone in number 10 except the PM and his family?
Meaning they’re probably still having weekly piss ups right now.
Oh well I guess that solves that problem. Everybody go about your business
Fucking hell he’s doing everything BUT solve the problem
Oh come on. That’s the last gasp of an alcoholic talking about being able to change whilst they’re aware of how much is hidden in an office draw or the toilet. And it’s alarming how quick his mind goes to that. And not the whole rule braking aspect to the issue; which is the key problem and for which he could only acceptably respond with a more sincere apology and a resignation.
I’m now more suspicious that he inspired everyone to get involved to cover his own problems and it’s also obvious that nothing will change at all. Situations like these always involve the slight and subtle reintroduction of crap behaviour.
Bumbling fucking idiot. We need to vote these “jobs for the boys” cunts out of power. Not one single Tory has any real life struggles financially. Ever! They’re are all worth fucking millions while they applaud us fucking peasants for taking care of our own with food banks and fucking charity shops.
Cunts, the lot of them
Let’s do something that makes fuck all difference but sounds like we’re making an effort to fix the problem – just like we always do
Closing the zoo gates after the pink elephants have bolted, I’m afraid.
Keir should ask the Conservatives to stop blaming the booze and Ban Boris instead.
I can’t believe the amount of time wasted talking about his his law breaking parties and drinking during work on taxpayers money. Oh and his new bloody designer wallpaper. Where do they find the time to run the country in between all this? Sick of these charlatans.
What a fucking lie! This is all being swept under the carpet as usual. Just resign dude far out.
He needs to requisition that wine-fridge as a new hiding place…
Such brave and bold leadership to shut the barn door like this.
Party’s were “banned” when they took place before. Anybody who thinks this changes anything is a fool.
Gove: We’ll as long as Coke’s allowed I’ll vote for it
This is the Tory excuse they are using, ‘booze culture’ us their excuse that indicates they were work gatherings and reports of Boris can-canning over Prince Philips still warm corpse were a little overstated.
Pretty sure cocaine is banned but it still ends up on the sinks
Why make these rules? We all know they’re just going to be broken anyway.
The minister who was IN CHARGE of setting Covid regulations had a leaving party.
This is really telling. Why would you propose changing this now? Obviously not because you actually think drinking at work is a problem – after all, your defence throughout has been that these gatherings were not illegal socialising, but rather work meetings, and therefore meetings with alcohol must be fine. It’s because he thinks *the reaction to the news* is wrong and so he needs to look like he’s doing something about it. He’s acting as if the illegal partying was last week or last month, not nearly 2 years ago.
So what it tells us is that this is not a principled move, it’s simply a move against the reaction to things coming out.
(I actually don’t have a problem with after-work drinks in general anyway. But obviously when you’ve made rules that say it’s illegal, you shouldn’t do it.)
It won’t include wine… Or any booze currently on the premises?
So they still don’t get why people are pissed off then?
Genuine question…
Why is the word ‘gate’ added onto the end of any scandal?
“We are addressing the problem of these parties by changing the usage of BYOB to “Bring Your Own Boardgame”.
The problem was the rule breaking, not the drinking. This is a handwaving gesture of “see? we’ve addressed the problem” when we all know this is just so it’s easier to pass it off as being a “Business Meeting ™️” when people can’t be photographed with a fucking pint in their hands.
PM plans stable door closing operation to manage issue of herd of bolted horses.
Fucking utter shitclown 🤡.
We already know they don’t stick to the rules so putting rule in is pointless
> After sources told The Independent Mr Johnson is planning to oust members of his inner circle under a plan named Operation Save Big Dog, The Sunday Times now reports that a further plot named Operation Red Meat could see a “booze ban” in No 10, a military response to Channel crossings, the BBC licence fee frozen, and intensified efforts to clear the operations backlog in the NHS.
Boris is a survivor.
Remember last year when they banned pubs and bars from serving alcohol past 10 pm but forgot to mention that parliaments “workplace canteen” was exempt? Sorta reminds me of that.
Lack of empathy and understanding- cornerstones of Johnson’s career
Sounding like alkies lol. It’s not my problem, it’s the drink! A Boris ban would be more appropriate.
Can Bozo even get out of bed in the morning without a snifter?
The real question is why there wasn’t a booze ban in the first place?
I work in the public sector, we aren’t allowed so much as a half pint with a work lunch, or on our lunch etc. To have a drink before, during, or on a break from work is an instant disciplinary offence.
So why the fuck does it seem to be assumed that drinking at No.10 could have just as easily been a work event as a party? They’re at work, they don’t need to be drinking ffs
Except this controversy was never about whether number 10’s drinks policy was appropriate. It’s about the fact that the tories broke the law by having a large social gathering during a period when they themselves had banned social gatherings.
He really does think we are stupid! He is the problem 🤡