[The All New KevS]

Hats off to ITV News again. Rapidly turning into my second TV news choice behind Sky.

The fact that this email is being reported by everyone now except the BBC is pretty damning to be honest

[kreuzberger]

Let's park for a moment the fact that it takes 100 or more of them to deliver this clown car of a government, and reflect on the fact that not one of them paused and said, "hang on a fucking moment…"

[Tubby Isaacs]

In fairness, Kuenssberg says a few did pipe up. And I suppose most of them didn't show up for the event. I can see why the underlings might not have wanted to tell this big cheese guy he was out of his mind.

[kreuzberger]

Arse-covering, sorry. It is as good as totally inconceivable that the cat would not have gotten out of the bag until now.

Unless she can actually furnish the emails, I don't believe a word that comes out the Maid of Milngavie's mouth.

[kreuzberger]

The fact that this email is being reported by everyone now except the BBC is pretty damning to be honest

The state broadcaster is now trying to play down the numbers who were in attendance.

"A few civil servants have been let go whilst the majority 'did the right thing' and clapped on the doorstep." These scripts write themselves, don't they?

I suppose it all depends now upon what the BBC, Murdoch, and the Met can cook up before another lid is blown off the whole sorry story. They might have avoided the Sunday papers but PMQs is still a tank-trap which they will struggle to negotiate....unless Ilie Năstase opts to speak his branes.

[satnav]

I think ultimately the sharp rise in energy prices will damage Johnson more than claims about parties at 10 Downing Street but what the stories about parties do his make sure that Johnson is constantly on the back foot and when he does start to make promises and pledges about tackling rising energy prices people simply won't believe him.

[mattomac]

It’s like a boxing match, but he is only getting breaks during the interval between rounds.

He set his government as anti elite, these parties probably destroy that.

[MisterMuncher]

I think ultimately the sharp rise in energy prices will damage Johnson more than claims about parties at 10 Downing Street but what the stories about parties do his make sure that Johnson is constantly on the back foot and when he does start to make promises and pledges about tackling rising energy prices people simply won't believe him.

Johnson was there to keep the populist Brexit sentiment in the bank for the galaxy-brain free market wonk Brexit types that run his party. Now, he can't please both. He subsidises fuel or he starves people, either way one half is gone.

Ordinarily, two wings of the Tories eating each other is time to pass the salt. Not so much this time, as I think ultimately the money will win

[The All New KevS]

A quick look at the front pages reveals that the party is mentioned on each and every one.

Except The Sun. Obviously.

Special mention for the Express though, which seems to be taking the line of "Sort your staff out, oh blameless leader".

[Andy McDandy]

It’s like a boxing match, but he is only getting breaks during the interval between rounds.

He set his government as anti elite, these parties probably destroy that.

By elites, they mean "swish clever bastards". Rich is still aspirational, as long as you're crude with it.

[Oboogie]

Excellent coverage of the party on Newsnight last night, I wonder how much longer the BBC will be allowed to continue?

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Long read from abroad:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/opin ... d=tw-share

[Nigredo]

Excellent coverage of the party on Newsnight last night, I wonder how much longer the BBC will be allowed to continue?

I'm looking forward to the pork haystack having a full Joffrey Baratheon-style meltdown, thumping his desk and effetely jabbering "I AM THE PRIME MINISTER!" as if that will bend everyone to his craven and venal will.

[Andy McDandy]

I'm looking forward to him standing atop the houses of Parliament in the Urquhart roof garden, furiously masturbating a la Homelander in The Boys, screaming "I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!".

Well, not so much looking forward as grimly expecting.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Thornberry spot on, there.

[The All New KevS]

I'm looking forward to him standing atop the houses of Parliament in the Urquhart roof garden, furiously masturbating a la Homelander in The Boys, screaming "I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!".

Well, not so much looking forward as grimly expecting.

Frankly, if Brenda was to pop off, he could do that over the coffin lying in state in Westminster Hall, whilst wearing the crown that was placed on it, then use the Royal Standard draped over it as a tissue when he was done, and some saps would still say "But he's doing his best".

[Malcolm Armsteen]

"He's a character."

"Jeremy Corbyn, eh?"

"The sort of bloke you could go down the pub with."

"Remember when he was on the telly?"

"Makes me laugh."

dribble, dribble...

[Nigredo]

We are now in the preposterous situation where the pork haystack is trying to deny knowledge of a party he provably attended, and is ordering an investigation into something that happened metres from his own living room.

Getting tangled up in lie after lie would remind me of Scott Templeton towards the end of The Wire, but unfortunately our more robust times just make it seem more akin to North Korea.

[The All New KevS]

Jim Shannon's contribution should really cause Johnson to reflect.

But it won't.

[mattomac]

"He's a character."

"Jeremy Corbyn, eh?"

"The sort of bloke you could go down the pub with."

"Remember when he was on the telly?"

"Makes me laugh."

dribble, dribble...

Yeah I saw someone attack Labour for not criticising him enough this morning on Simple politics, the 20 or so comments after gave the commentator a bit of a kicking which is good.