[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

[Frutos]

I genuinely believe that if any previous PM or Chancellor, of any political party, was fined for breaking the law, they would resign.

I won't hold my breath.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Maybe next time people will question what’s being said? These guys clearly didn’t care about it whilst making the rules with more information.

 

[vegster]

I wonder how he's going to wriggle out of this one now ?

" There were no Parties "

" All Covid rules were followed

" They were informal works gatherings."

" There may have been parties but I did not attend any ".

 

[Blackadder]

Sunak surprises me.

BoJo not so.

 

[BBassic]

Another week or two of outrage before it's largely forgotten about.

Still, it'll be fun frothing at the mouth about this for a change rather than our inability to score.

 

[SAC]

How shit are their parties if you can attend one without realising it?

BJ needs to resign now. I doubt he will though, which is good news for the opposition parties.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Utterly contemptible and unfit to govern. This is a government that exists only to please itself. Just go Johnson, just go. I suspect Sunak will just bugger off of his own accord as he has been well and truly rumbled this week.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Maybe next time people will question what’s being said? These guys clearly didn’t care about it whilst making the rules with more information.

Is that your only take on this? In the meantime, over 300 people died yesterday,

 

[A1X]

I genuinely believe that if any previous PM or Chancellor, of any political party, was fined for breaking the law, they would resign.

I won't hold my breath.

Tony Blair was once advised that being interviewed under caution would be enough to be classed as a resignation matter. He never was.

We now know the PM is himself guilty of a crime committed while in office. In a normal country his position would be untenable.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Is that your only take on this? In the meantime, over 300 people died yesterday,

No they didn’t.

And with testing there’s no reason people couldn’t go to funerals to say bye to people, shut parks, shut kids play areas etc

 

[Seagull27]

Sunak surprises me.

BoJo not so.

The cynic in my wonders if BJ and his team knew this was coming, and leaked the stories about Sunak's wife last week. As that, coupled with his fine here, pretty much rules him out of being successful in a leadership contest

 

[Thunder Bolt]

No they didn’t.

And with testing there’s no reason people couldn’t go to funerals to say bye to people, shut parks, shut kids play areas etc

They didn't have tests then.

 

[vegster]

How or should I say who, is going to pay Johnsons fine? He's strapped for cash remember?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Our own experience of a coalition was a disaster with Clegg getting into bed with the Tories when, historically, you'd have thought the libdems were more aligned towards labour philosphy!

Low inflation, low interest rates, rebuilding from the banking crisis, delaying the ridiculous Brexit Referendum and maintaining a political coalition that held for the full 5 year term, and you call THAT a disaster?!?

It's been 35 years since the Tories ran the show alone whilst displaying any sign of competence or strategy. This government is easily the worst in my 53 years.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

How or should I say who, is going to pay Johnsons fine? He's strapped for cash remember?

I'm sure he can borrow £50 from someone, but in the meantime, a student organising a snowball fight was fined £10,000.

https://inews.co.uk/news/downing-street-party-student-fined-snowball-fight-no-10-punishment-1402464

 

[stewart12]

How or should I say who, is going to pay Johnsons fine? He's strapped for cash remember?

either a tory party doner or the great british public I'd imagine!

 

[Seagull27]

Carrie Johnson has been fined as well

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I genuinely believe that if any previous PM or Chancellor, of any political party, was fined for breaking the law, they would resign.

I won't hold my breath.

The law-breaking itself, is a resigning matter on any level of political decency, and by all previous precedent.

The lying about the law-breaking in Parliament is a mandatory resigning matter under the ministerial code.


There is literally no moral, constitutional or legal justification for Johnson to stay in his post.

He'll 'apologise', for the 'misunderstandings / errors of judgement / any offence caused' and suggest 'the country wants everyone to move on'..

 

[pb21]

Carrie Johnson has been fined as well

We're all in this together

 

[Commander]

The law-breaking itself, is a resigning matter on any level of political decency, and by all previous precedent.

The lying about the law-breaking in Parliament is a mandatory resigning matter under the ministerial code.


There is literally no moral, constitutional or legal justification for Johnson to stay in his post.

He'll 'apologise', for the 'misunderstandings / errors of judgement / any offence caused' and suggest 'the country wants everyone to move on'..

Fined for breaking the law when PM is bad enough. Fined when breaking an emergency law to protect the public that you personally brought in surely makes your position untenable.

Doesn't it?