2020 No. 10 Christmas Party!

[plodder]

Is that a party that Boris claimed was virtual?

f.cking lol.

[jdc]

Very, very much so

Yup.

The guy obviously has a massive and fragile ego.

He couldn't help telling a needless ego-boosting lie about having predicted a Coronavirus pandemic when telling an implausible story about his trip to Barnard Castle

I can also see him, even when things are going well, collecting incriminating stuff 'just in case'

Who'd have thought that the man described as a "career psychopath" by Cameron* would turn out to be such an awkward ex-employee?

*Spoiler:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... psychopath

Cameron also appeared to hit out at Cummings, a former aide to Gove, who earlier this week criticised the prime minister and his entire Downing Street operation.

Gove was forced to disown his former senior aide for describing Cameron as bumbling, the No 10 chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, as a sycophant presiding over a shambolic court, and the direct of communications, Craig Oliver, as clueless.

The prime minister suggested there is now a path from special adviser to "career psychopath" in what was interpreted as a pointed remark about Gove's former right-hand man.

See also https://www.theguardian.com/politics/sh ... k-as-mince

The man who helped stab Boris Johnson in the back during his Tory leadership bid is now believed to be helping stab another potential leadership contender in the back

He was behind the Great Unpleasantness, wasn’t he? He is believed to have been influential in helping Gove stab Boris in the back to facilitate Gove’s bid for the Tory leadership, yes.

And what has his latest totally brilliant, mastermind genius move been? To call David Davis “thick as mince, lazy as a toad and vain as Narcissus”.

What masterly, deep-cover, strategic thinking lay behind this utterance? Davis has a lock on the Tory party leadership once May is defenestrated. Cummings presumably reckons that by “undermining” him he is clearing the way for someone louder and blonder to take the prize – and reward him for his help once he does.

[jimbob]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bori ... 81697.html

Looks like the new party on 15th December is now going to be investigated by police

The development suggests the latest image to surface was not among more than 300 passed to officers by the Whitehall investigation, and adds to the pressure on Mr Johnson after major Tory donor John Armitage suggested his leadership is past the point of no return.

It WAS the virtual quiz apparently, Plodder.

[Stranger Mouse]

Now they’ve given everyone plenty of time to get their stories straight they will start sending questionnaires to 50 people. No rush then. https://twitter.com/paulbranditv/status ... 80448?s=21

[Millennie Al]

Now they’ve given everyone plenty of time to get their stories straight they will start sending questionnaires to 50 people. No rush then. https://twitter.com/paulbranditv/status ... 80448?s=21

Maybe it's all part if a cunning plan. They get all the replies, cross check everything, then compare the stories against other evidence, and they can not only charge people with breaking the covid laws, but also get them for conspiracy to pervert the course of justoce for those whose stories all contain the same lies. Are they that Cummings cunning?

[Woodchopper]

Now they’ve given everyone plenty of time to get their stories straight they will start sending questionnaires to 50 people. No rush then. https://twitter.com/paulbranditv/status ... 80448?s=21

There’s hundreds of photos of the parties. So there isn’t much point lying about whether someone was there. Though they might try it.

[Stranger Mouse]

Now they’ve given everyone plenty of time to get their stories straight they will start sending questionnaires to 50 people. No rush then. https://twitter.com/paulbranditv/status ... 80448?s=21

There’s hundreds of photos of the parties. So there isn’t much point lying about whether someone was there. Though they might try it.

But they can come up with reasons for why they were there. “I was discussing how we were going to spend the Brexit bonus £350 million in the NHS with Tarquin and Oliver but can’t say what the other people were doing”

I can see”reasonable excuse “ being stretched quite a lot.

[plodder]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bori ... 81697.html

Looks like the new party on 15th December is now going to be investigated by police

The development suggests the latest image to surface was not among more than 300 passed to officers by the Whitehall investigation, and adds to the pressure on Mr Johnson after major Tory donor John Armitage suggested his leadership is past the point of no return.

It WAS the virtual quiz apparently, Plodder.

Maybe they got virtual and literal muddled up, that's an honest mistake.

[Woodchopper]

Now they’ve given everyone plenty of time to get their stories straight they will start sending questionnaires to 50 people. No rush then. https://twitter.com/paulbranditv/status ... 80448?s=21

There’s hundreds of photos of the parties. So there isn’t much point lying about whether someone was there. Though they might try it.

But they can come up with reasons for why they were there. “I was discussing how we were going to spend the Brexit bonus £350 million in the NHS with Tarquin and Oliver but can’t say what the other people were doing”

I can see”reasonable excuse “ being stretched quite a lot.

Yes, though might not cut it if they are photographed wearing tinsel and swigging prosecco from the bottle.

[lpm]

The outcome will be Tarquin claiming it was a necessary work meeting to discuss the £350 million to the NHS, while Oliver answers it was obviously-a-party-we-all-got-pissed-and-Tarquin-photocopied-his-arse. Then Oliver gets the fine and Tarquin is let off.

[IvanV]

Posted in error

[Stranger Mouse]

Cressida Dick’s gone

[jimbob]

Posted in error

The letters from the Met?

[jdc]

Cressida Dick’s gone

I'm way behind - I hadn't even seen this lunchtime's news about her definitely not resigning.

That resolve didn't last long then...

[monkey]

Cressida Dick’s gone

I'm way behind - I hadn't even seen this lunchtime's news about her definitely not resigning.

That resolve didn't last long then...

I only had about 10 mins between reading 'not resigning' and my phone going 'bing' with her resignation.

[Gfamily]

As we took some rubbish to the tip the radio was "will not resign"
it's almost poetic that as we drove home she'd gone.

[Little waster]

If you were facing resigning in disgrace you'd think you'd go "You know what, my reputation is in shreds I might as well salvage something by nailing that f.cking priapic blancmange to the wall before I go!".

It is not as if there's going to be much opportunity for career advancement for her now.

[Trinucleus]

I read that her contract was extended because they couldn't find anyone - in the Met - capable of taking over. Maybe know they'll take the radical step of advertising the post publicly. That may be surprisingly effective at getting someone to change the internal culture

[Stranger Mouse]

If you were facing resigning in disgrace you'd think you'd go "You know what, my reputation is in shreds I might as well salvage something by nailing that f.cking priapic blancmange to the wall before I go!".

It is not as if there's going to be much opportunity for career advancement for her now.

She’s Oxford Balliol like Alex De Pfeffel (separated by around 18 months) so that was unlikely.

[jimbob]

If you were facing resigning in disgrace you'd think you'd go "You know what, my reputation is in shreds I might as well salvage something by nailing that f.cking priapic blancmange to the wall before I go!".

It is not as if there's going to be much opportunity for career advancement for her now.

Why not?

Given how she's failed upwards I half expect her to end up as a peer and Home Secretary.

[Millennie Al]

I can see”reasonable excuse “ being stretched quite a lot.

Yes, though might not cut it if they are photographed wearing tinsel and swigging prosecco from the bottle.

That's easily covered. They can claim that they're a Russian spy gathering blackmail material on members of government so, despite appearances, for them it was purely a work meeting.

[Woodchopper]

I can see”reasonable excuse “ being stretched quite a lot.

Yes, though might not cut it if they are photographed wearing tinsel and swigging prosecco from the bottle.

That's easily covered. They can claim that they're a Russian spy gathering blackmail material on members of government so, despite appearances, for them it was purely a work meeting.

That would be a fine example of solving one problem by creating a bigger one.

[Little waster]

If you were facing resigning in disgrace you'd think you'd go "You know what, my reputation is in shreds I might as well salvage something by nailing that f.cking priapic blancmange to the wall before I go!".

It is not as if there's going to be much opportunity for career advancement for her now.

Why not?

Given how she's failed upwards I half expect her to end up as a peer and Home Secretary.

A peerage is about the only gong she hasn't collected yet but I imagine, even for this tin-eared shower of shite, giving her a Life Peerage for "Services to Corruption" would be a little too on-the-nose. Worse optics than a pub ran by Mormons.

[TopBadger]

Is anyone else thinking this is highly interesting timing, what with a Met investigation of No 10 ongoing?

[jimbob]

Is anyone else thinking this is highly interesting timing, what with a Met investigation of No 10 ongoing?

In this case, not particularly.

Sadiq Khan just showed his power - and he's no friend of Johnson.

The Home Secretary etc thought Dick was staying, but Khan said that Dick's plan for changing the culture was too slow - he'd given her a warning, and saw her response, which was inadequate, so he told her he no longer had confidence in her.

Given her recent* record, that seems more than reasonable of Khan.



*And earlier