[Oboogie]

Johnson has withdrawn the Savile slur.

When, where, how?

[Nigredo]

[Tubby Isaacs]

Well, that all went well, didn't it?

Hard of thinking (or dishonest) still going with "if you're in charge, everything is your personal fault", but I don't think it's flying.

[Crabcakes]

I’m sure him withdrawing it on a visit (rather than in the HoC) and on the day he knew people would be focused on the cost of living stuff was deliberate too.

It must be pretty fucking desperate though if they’re now attempting to hide apologies for calling someone a paedo enabler behind crippling cost rises and a bullshit “rebate” that’s nothing of the sort. This isn’t a dead cat - it’s a dead lion full of live hand grenades.

[Youngian]

Johnson has put it out there for the crank vote to hear. Job done.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Johnson has withdrawn the Savile slur.

Whilst smirking...

[Samanfur]

I'm wondering how long it'll be before someone claims that he's not smirking, he's just got the same case of Resting Bitch Face (I believe that's the Down Wiv Da Kidz term) as Priti Patel.

[Andy McDandy]

The race for the last flight out to Paraguay gathers pace:

Munira Mirza (edgelady in chief) does a Mengele.

[Youngian]

The race for the last flight out to Paraguay gathers pace:

Munira Mirza (edgelady in chief) does a Mengele.

Isn’t she part of the Spiked gang? Probably resigning over the retraction.

Is Paraguay a specific reference or a random choice to describe a banana republic shithole?

[Bones McCoy]

Johnson has withdrawn the Savile slur.

All very well; but he chucks it out at prime time, and retracts it on the graveyard shift.

[Andy McDandy]

Isn’t she part of the Spiked gang? Probably resigning over the retraction.

Is Paraguay a specific reference or a random choice to describe a banana republic shithole?

She is indeed part of Spiked and the Revolutionary Communist Party (presumably catchier than "Insufferable Edgelord Collective").

Paraguay was a reference (as was Mengele) to the notoriety it gained as a bolthole/retirement home for escaped Nazis.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

The race for the last flight out to Paraguay gathers pace:

Munira Mirza (edgelady in chief) does a Mengele.

Isn’t she part of the Spiked gang? Probably resigning over the retraction.

You should read her statement (linked) - it's far from that.

[Bones McCoy]

The race for the last flight out to Paraguay gathers pace:

Munira Mirza (edgelady in chief) does a Mengele.

Isn’t she part of the Spiked gang? Probably resigning over the retraction.

Is Paraguay a specific reference or a random choice to describe a banana republic shithole?

Paraguay was one of the boltholes enjoyed by Herr Doctor Mengele (Of Auschwitz) - who disappeared toward the end of the second world war.

[Bones McCoy]

Isn’t she part of the Spiked gang? Probably resigning over the retraction.

Is Paraguay a specific reference or a random choice to describe a banana republic shithole?

She is indeed part of Spiked and the Revolutionary Communist Party (presumably catchier than "Insufferable Edgelord Collective").

Paraguay was a reference (as was Mengele) to the notoriety it gained as a bolthole/retirement home for escaped Nazis.

Her Wikipedia entry is a lot more revealing thank most about the Trajectory of former RCPers.

[Bones McCoy]

With s many vacancies at No 10, Darren Grimes must be poised by his phone wank^H^Hiting for an offer.

[Crabcakes]

Interesting timing though. If she’d already resigned and written a fairly full-on letter, what was the point of the withdrawal now? It clearly wasn’t done as part of a deal for her to stay, so it’s either to say ‘I’ve said sorry now’, or to stop someone else quitting. Regardless, I suspect he hoped he could sneak this out and that’s now scuppered.

As a ploy though, it seems to have backfired dreadfully. It’s cost him support, it’s got the truth out in front of reasonable people who may not have been aware years in advance of any deployment in a GE, and it’s lost him useful staff.

[Nigredo]

I’m sure him withdrawing it on a visit (rather than in the HoC) and on the day he knew people would be focused on the cost of living stuff was deliberate too.

It must be pretty fucking desperate though if they’re now attempting to hide apologies for calling someone a paedo enabler behind crippling cost rises and a bullshit “rebate” that’s nothing of the sort. This isn’t a dead cat - it’s a dead lion full of live hand grenades.

He keeps the false accusation in the news for another week and eventually The Spectator will do a “is Keir Starmer really a fan of Jimmy Savile? There’s no simple answer” article just to consolidate the sown seeds a bit more.

[Andy McDandy]

Or it'll be like the Paedophile Information Exchange, there to be dragged out at any opportunity ("there were claims that he was..." etc) or when the Tories are looking a bit ropey in the polls. With most of the 1970s Labour MPs gone, the PIE seems to have been retired.

[Youngian]

Paraguay was one of the boltholes enjoyed by Herr Doctor Mengele (Of Auschwitz) - who disappeared toward the end of the second world war.

Misread as ‘out of Paraguay’ doh

[Youngian]

Me neither but more than a fuck buddy