[Tubby Isaacs]

I'm trying to reserve judgement at this stage- any group of people are going to have frustrations with each other when there's a pandemic on. But this doesn't sound too good.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

My word, but Martin Reynolds is an odious little worm, isn't he?

Oh yes.
And Shafi seems to have a nice line in under-the-bus-chucking.

[RedSparrows]

I'm trying to reserve judgement at this stage- any group of people are going to have frustrations with each other when there's a pandemic on. But this doesn't sound too good.

but but but i thought all you needed was bluster and to say 'go get 'em' and everything was fine cos i never grew up past cowboy comics waaaaaa

[Youngian]

I'm trying to reserve judgement at this stage- any group of people are going to have frustrations with each other when there's a pandemic on. But this doesn't sound too good.

What are you reserving judgement about? Johnson’s hardly likely to emerge as a respected effective leader but we haven’t heard about it yet.

[Tubby Isaacs]

What are you reserving judgement about? Johnson’s hardly likely to emerge as a respected effective leader but we haven’t heard about it yet.

Figure of speech. I'm not really. Another zinger here.

[Crabcakes]

Be interesting to poll some older Tory voters now they have proof of exactly how much Johnson valued their lives.

The irony that the age group that voted for brexit were also the ones he was happy to write off to continue to work on Brexit (read: do literally anything to sustain the economy to mask the financial impact of leaving the EU) is probably lost on them though. Not least of which because many of them are now dead as a consequence of his inaction and disinterest.

[Tubby Isaacs]

He’s not having a great day at the Covid Inquiry. I think a few of the underlings(I ignore Cummings on principle) may have been unhappy with Bozo dropping them in it ofter Partygate.

[Boiler]

Crabs - please don't assume it was only the elderly who wanted Brexit. I can assure you from first hand experience there were voters well under 50 who wanted it.

[Crabcakes]

Crabs - please don't assume it was only the elderly who wanted Brexit. I can assure you from first hand experience there were voters well under 50 who wanted it.

I was generalising, of course, but stats-wise the leanings are pretty well established.

[Andy McDandy]

From today's coverage:

Asked why the government allowed the Cheltenham festival to go ahead, Cummings says at this point the PM was being told that, if the government banned mass sporting events, people would just watch them in pubs instead – which might be even worse.

If you cancel the event, there's nothing to watch.

[Crabcakes]

Cummings’ evidence would be utterly damning were it not for the fact he is openly doing it out of being the jilted party. It’s all someone else’s fault, it was all unspeakably awful, everyone was inept or ghoulish, he was always fighting for the right thing…and yet he didn’t say a word at the time.

At best, he’s a self-serving coward. At worst, he’s just as culpable and awful because he didn’t lift a finger until it suited him in terms of revenge.

[Boiler]

He's very good at playing the wronged virgin.

[Youngian]

The Star deserves a higher circulation. Think I’ll buy a copy.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Bozo did say "let the bodies pile high", per his aide, Edward Lister.

Bozo told Parliament he didn't.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... 3c9dc12359

[Bones McCoy]

Bozo did say "let the bodies pile high", per his aide, Edward Lister.

Bozo told Parliament he didn't.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... 3c9dc12359

Boris, an unimpeachable source on things about Boris?

[Crabcakes]

Spare a thought for Boris this morning, seeing one enemy appoint another enemy to the lords AND back into one of the great roles of state, while he languishes as a common citizen.

That thought being “Ha ha! Suck it, you useless bag of contemptible shit”

[Youngian]

Considering the mystery and controversy surrounding her lords appointment, you had have thought Charlotte Owen would make a low key and very serious maidens speech. Obviously doesn’t suffer from imposter syndrome, is that an inherited trait?

In her first speech, Owen praised the former prime minister for his support. “I must thank the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who put a great deal of trust in me,” she said, “I will be forever grateful not only for this but for his kindness and encouragement."
“I feel immensely privileged to have worked with him and other Cabinet Ministers during my time at No10. I was delighted that his commitment to delivering the referendum result, his optimism and his vision for levelling up the country and ensuring that life chances are distributed fairly resulted in the seismic election victory of 2019,” she said.
She did not shy away from the controversy over her young age. “My Lords, I was born in 1993," she said, "George Michael was still number one and the Spice Girls were about to set in motion a wave of girl power.” https://www.standard.co.uk/news/londone ... 20530.html

[kreuzberger]

"Thanks, dad", would have been a whole lot simpler.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Charlotte Owen [made] a low key and very serious maidens speech.

I doubt she's a maiden.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Actual former Prime Minister here.