>He said: “Let me also say, not by way of mitigation or excuse, but purely because it explains my previous words in this House, that it did not occur to me then or subsequently that a gathering in the Cabinet Room just before a vital meeting on Covid strategy could amount to a breach of the rules.
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>”I repeat that was my mistake and I apologise for it unreservedly.
>
>”I respect the outcome of the police investigation which is still underway and I can only say that I will respect their decision making and always take the appropriate steps and as the House will know I have already taken significant steps to change the way things work in Number 10.”
Starmer replies that he is being mealy mouthed
>Keir Starmer starts his response: “What a joke.”
>
>He says the PM has made a “mealy mouthed apology”. But the damage is done. The public has made up its mind, he says. “They don’t believe a word the prime minister says,” Starmer says.
>
>He says Johnson has dragged down people associated with him, like the chancellor and the Scottish Conservative leader.
>
>He says this isn’t a glitch. This is how the prime minister works.
>
>He calls Johnson “dishonest”. Tory MPs start to object, but Starmer continues for a while. After longer than these interventions usually take, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, asks Starmer to withdraw.
>
>Starmer says he accepts that, and withdraws.
Please add to the list if you know more.
I heard some dong on the politics show arguing that it was fine because Tony Blair got a parking ticket one time and pobodys nerfect lol.
Delivered with an absolutely straight face. Tony Blair got a parking ticket, so its fine. Honestly.
Wow … there must be a lot of money riding on Boris and the money he has in his pocket from his handlers, of course there are plenty of promises and exchanges that get made for such “protection” from his other Tories.
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
>Brandon Lewis’ attempt to compare the PM’s fine for breaking lockdown rules to receiving a parking or speeding ticket is the latest in a series of arguments from the Government over the scandal
If people thought it was like getting a parking fine, I’m pretty sure some members of the public would have taken the hit to see their loved ones before they died.
“He was blindsided by confectionery”
“He was assaulted with celebratory slices”
“It was a veritable Thermopylae of Pudding”
“Nothing short of a Blitzkrieg of baked goods”
You know they described him, without a shred of irony, as having “crossed the Rubicon” by becoming the first prime minister to be charged for a crime under a law *he wrote, enacted and went on TV every night to express the importance thereof*.
It’s like someone showed them episodes of Brass Eye one night after the pub and because they were a bit pissed they took it 100% seriously, and decided to dedicate their lives to ensuring the line between satire and reality was forever blurred, plunging us into the dystopian nightmare we all knew our lives would become.
So, these people are telling us that both breaking the law – you know, the law with the TV advert with the dying woman who literally says “do not break the rules otherwise you might actually kill me”; yeah, that one – is really really serious – but actually no it’s not, at all, if you’re Boris or one of his chums, it’s actually fine.
So you know all those people who spoke to their loved ones for the last time on a Zoom call – something most of us had never done before January 2021 which has all the sentimentality of queuing for a festival toilet – while they lie literally dying in hospital, scared and alone, surrounded by a response team from a literal disaster movie for comfort, gasping for air – yes, those people?
Mugs. Total mugs, they should have just done whatever-the-fuck. Not like the rules matter, is it? Might as well have had a fucking piss-up.
It’s a joke. It’s all a joke, and a game. It’s the only explanation. It’s a fucking farce and to be honest, if I have to take another minute of it, I feel like I’m gonna lose my fucking mind.
“They came after me with a cake on fire! So I had to act accordingly…”
The poor man cannot even watch Bake Off without having Vietnam-style flashbacks, it’s a travesty!
I wonder if other criminals tried this shit. “No officer it’s not theft, I was ambushed by stolen goods”.
You know I don’t think I’ve once heard a Tory address anything other than the law breaking. They really don’t understand that the main issues here is the principle.
Shows how much the Tories hate this country and how treacherous the entitled scumbags are. Fuck the obvious as they misinform and guide the general public into fantasy land that Boris is a true leader and not the FACT he’s a complete sleazy embarrassment to hold public office, the man servers the rich only and rishi too. When is our class war gaslighting shills going to be bared from Parliament by law so people who see a whole country going to be able to lead for a whole county.
Doesn’t this mean our PM is a massive security risk if he can be so easily distracted by a cake that he forgets basic things?
How long until they blame Labour for it? I give it a month or two before they resort to that out of deseperation or try to dig up a labour MP doing something that they deem bad.
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Oh well as long as the worthless shit has a fucking excuse. Tory cunts.
If they just said “he doesn’t really understand how things work or what they are”, I’d be more inclined to believe them…
As the Guardian list is far from complete:
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>i News: [All the excuses Boris Johnson and his allies have deployed over Partygate](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/all-the-excuses-boris-johnson-and-his-allies-have-deployed-over-partygate-1582729)
>
>Brandon Lewis’ attempt to compare the PM’s fine for breaking lockdown rules to receiving a parking or speeding ticket is the latest in a series of arguments from the Government over the scandal
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>Independent: [Partygate: All the excuses and denials by Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for law-breaking events](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-fines-parties-police-b2056372.html)
>
>The public statements – from ‘all guidance was followed’ to claims of ‘work event’
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>Mirror: [All the bizarre excuses Boris Johnson’s allies have come up with over Partygate fines](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bizarre-excuses-boris-johnsons-allies-26745014)
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>From the Prime Minister being “ambushed with a cake” to the birthday party not being like “a rave in Ibiza”, Mr Johnson’s backers have been desperately trying to downplay the scandal
>
>([*mirror*](https://archive.ph/2woDY))
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>*John Crace*: [Boris Johnson’s best party excuse is he’s even dimmer than we feared](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/12/boris-johnsons-best-party-excuse-is-hes-even-dimmer-than-we-feared)
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eta:
From this afternoon:
>Wales Online: [A Conservative MP responded like a toddler when he was criticised for defending Boris Johnson](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/conservative-mp-responded-like-toddler-23724769)
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>He was told his defence of the Prime Minister was ‘painful’
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Johnson in Parliament a few minute ago
>[5:05pm. Guardian live blog](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/19/boris-johnson-partygate-covid-lockdown-fine-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-625edd3c8f08931717fb4237#block-625edd3c8f08931717fb4237)
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>He says it did not occur to him that a gathering in the cabinet room just before a vital meeting on Covid strategy was a breach of the rules – although he is not saying that as an excuse, or in mitigation, he says.
From the [Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/19/boris-johnson-news-apology-commons-lockdown-parties-ukraine/#update-20220419-1716)
>He said: “Let me also say, not by way of mitigation or excuse, but purely because it explains my previous words in this House, that it did not occur to me then or subsequently that a gathering in the Cabinet Room just before a vital meeting on Covid strategy could amount to a breach of the rules.
>
>”I repeat that was my mistake and I apologise for it unreservedly.
>
>”I respect the outcome of the police investigation which is still underway and I can only say that I will respect their decision making and always take the appropriate steps and as the House will know I have already taken significant steps to change the way things work in Number 10.”
Starmer replies that he is being mealy mouthed
>Keir Starmer starts his response: “What a joke.”
>
>He says the PM has made a “mealy mouthed apology”. But the damage is done. The public has made up its mind, he says. “They don’t believe a word the prime minister says,” Starmer says.
>
>He says Johnson has dragged down people associated with him, like the chancellor and the Scottish Conservative leader.
>
>He says this isn’t a glitch. This is how the prime minister works.
>
>He calls Johnson “dishonest”. Tory MPs start to object, but Starmer continues for a while. After longer than these interventions usually take, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker, asks Starmer to withdraw.
>
>Starmer says he accepts that, and withdraws.
Please add to the list if you know more.
I heard some dong on the politics show arguing that it was fine because Tony Blair got a parking ticket one time and pobodys nerfect lol.
Delivered with an absolutely straight face. Tony Blair got a parking ticket, so its fine. Honestly.
Wow … there must be a lot of money riding on Boris and the money he has in his pocket from his handlers, of course there are plenty of promises and exchanges that get made for such “protection” from his other Tories.
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
I mean when he gets fined for the other parties they can’t use the fake excuse anymore so will be funny how they change it then
>Brandon Lewis’ attempt to compare the PM’s fine for breaking lockdown rules to receiving a parking or speeding ticket is the latest in a series of arguments from the Government over the scandal
If people thought it was like getting a parking fine, I’m pretty sure some members of the public would have taken the hit to see their loved ones before they died.
“He was blindsided by confectionery”
“He was assaulted with celebratory slices”
“It was a veritable Thermopylae of Pudding”
“Nothing short of a Blitzkrieg of baked goods”
You know they described him, without a shred of irony, as having “crossed the Rubicon” by becoming the first prime minister to be charged for a crime under a law *he wrote, enacted and went on TV every night to express the importance thereof*.
It’s like someone showed them episodes of Brass Eye one night after the pub and because they were a bit pissed they took it 100% seriously, and decided to dedicate their lives to ensuring the line between satire and reality was forever blurred, plunging us into the dystopian nightmare we all knew our lives would become.
So, these people are telling us that both breaking the law – you know, the law with the TV advert with the dying woman who literally says “do not break the rules otherwise you might actually kill me”; yeah, that one – is really really serious – but actually no it’s not, at all, if you’re Boris or one of his chums, it’s actually fine.
So you know all those people who spoke to their loved ones for the last time on a Zoom call – something most of us had never done before January 2021 which has all the sentimentality of queuing for a festival toilet – while they lie literally dying in hospital, scared and alone, surrounded by a response team from a literal disaster movie for comfort, gasping for air – yes, those people?
Mugs. Total mugs, they should have just done whatever-the-fuck. Not like the rules matter, is it? Might as well have had a fucking piss-up.
It’s a joke. It’s all a joke, and a game. It’s the only explanation. It’s a fucking farce and to be honest, if I have to take another minute of it, I feel like I’m gonna lose my fucking mind.
“They came after me with a cake on fire! So I had to act accordingly…”
The poor man cannot even watch Bake Off without having Vietnam-style flashbacks, it’s a travesty!
I wonder if other criminals tried this shit. “No officer it’s not theft, I was ambushed by stolen goods”.
You know I don’t think I’ve once heard a Tory address anything other than the law breaking. They really don’t understand that the main issues here is the principle.
Shows how much the Tories hate this country and how treacherous the entitled scumbags are. Fuck the obvious as they misinform and guide the general public into fantasy land that Boris is a true leader and not the FACT he’s a complete sleazy embarrassment to hold public office, the man servers the rich only and rishi too. When is our class war gaslighting shills going to be bared from Parliament by law so people who see a whole country going to be able to lead for a whole county.
Doesn’t this mean our PM is a massive security risk if he can be so easily distracted by a cake that he forgets basic things?
How long until they blame Labour for it? I give it a month or two before they resort to that out of deseperation or try to dig up a labour MP doing something that they deem bad.