When will this shit end?

[zahidf]

Loooolllll

 

 

[philipsteak]

They can't even do a good old fashioned cover up. No wonder they are fucking up the pandemic response so badly

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Loooolllll

 

 

I was just abut to post this.

 

Wow, going straight from the Trump book. You know they have no defence when they simple say it didn't happen. This is a government on its knees.

[dotdash79]

Classic Dom

[Brownie30]

I'd bet now that following that rebuttal they will pull Shapps from Sky tomorrow and claim that they aren't answering to "fake news". 

[Cherry Tree]

The key to this will be how The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph and possibly The Sun headline tonight. The Mail and The Express will continue to toe the Downing Street line. If the others break ranks then he will be gone, I can imagine there are a lot of calls between No10 and various editors going on at the moment.

If he survives the next 48 hours, it will become like WMD, Grenfell and the handling of Covid 19 and be kicked into the long grass of a long public enquiry.

[Ozanne]

From The Guardian:

In the latest Opinium poll for the Observer this weekend, the political dangers for Boris Johnson are clear. For the first time since the Covid-19 crisis began Labour leader Keir Starmer has a higher approval rating than the prime minister for his handling of the pandemic. Some 47% of people approve of Starmer’s leadership against 45% who back Johnson’s. The government’s net approval rating (when the percentage that disapprove is subtracted from the percentage that approves) has fallen from +42% on 26 March to -4% now.

[Brownie30]

 

[fatyeti24]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm going to stick my neck out and say he will get sacked, but will be back within 18 months.  I suspect sooner.

Has he yet had that operation he was postponing?

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, fatyeti24 said:

Has he yet had that operation he was postponing?

Lobotomy ? 

[semmtexx]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

this makes their defence of him all the more ridiculous  

Especially when you consider that they all probably know the correct timelines surrounding this. Economical with the truth I thinks. 

Edited May 23, 2020 by semmtexx

[reflekting]

4 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

From The Guardian:

In the latest Opinium poll for the Observer this weekend, the political dangers for Boris Johnson are clear. For the first time since the Covid-19 crisis began Labour leader Keir Starmer has a higher approval rating than the prime minister for his handling of the pandemic. Some 47% of people approve of Starmer’s leadership against 45% who back Johnson’s. The government’s net approval rating (when the percentage that disapprove is subtracted from the percentage that approves) has fallen from +42% on 26 March to -4% now.

Intended to point to the response from Mike who is an election analyst (not the cheese grater although the wide holes are underrated), but this is great news for Starmer. As soon as people get to see him stack up against Johnson in campaigning I really rate his chances. He certainly seems like the most appealing Lab leader since Blair went in first time around. 

[Ozanne]

To be honest I have no idea what half of those holes on the cheese grater are for. Obviously grating cheese, but yeah.

Edited May 23, 2020 by Ozanne

[Crazyfool01]

Ah classic Cummings diversion tactics ... we now start to discuss cheese grater holes  

[Ozanne]

It's happening *waves arms frantically in the air*

[Ozanne]

Pippa Crerar is going to be on Andrew Marr tomorrow morning.

[stuartbert two hats]

19 minutes ago, semmtexx said:

Especially when you consider that they all probably know the correct timelines surrounding this. Economical with the truth I thinks. 

I expect virtually none of them know the true timeline, although Johnson's silence suggests he might have known more about the risks of sticking up for him than everyone else.

[Brownie30]

 

Well there's the unsurprisingly bollocks angle the MOS are taking...

[Cherry Tree]

2 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I expect virtually none of them know the true timeline, although Johnson's silence suggests he might have known more about the risks of sticking up for him than everyone else.

If only we had a contact tracing system based on tracking the mobile phone of those diagnosed with Covid 19.

[stuartbert two hats]

2 minutes ago, Brownie30 said:

 

Well there's the unsurprisingly bollocks angle the MOS are taking...

There was me saying Boris was wisely not getting involved.

[zahidf]

2 minutes ago, Brownie30 said:

 

Well there's the unsurprisingly bollocks angle the MOS are taking...

Talking about public fury makes it sound like the mail arent on his side...

[zahidf]

Just now, stuartbert two hats said:

There was me saying Boris was wisely not getting involved.

That what shapps said: boris has been missing...

[JoeyT]

Can't believe I'm this excited for sky news and the Marr show tomorrow.

What on earth? 

[st dan]

Edited May 23, 2020 by st dan

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, st dan said:

Very good.