Boris's Darkest Hour, or High Noon?

We shall see!

#BYOBGate

 

The media is fulminating with faux anger and doing its best to whip people up into a frezy over #BYOBGate, when the PM allegedly attended drinks (with crisps and sausage rolls) in the Number 10 garden on 20 May 2020.

Whilst Twitter is going apeshit over this, it is worth remembering that Downing Street is an office to hundreds of advisers and civil servants, and a home to the PM, chancellor and their families. Those who live in No. 10 or No. 11 had a right to use their own garden during lockdown. Work and meetings often took place in the garden throughout the day and well into the evening.

This is not the same as a group of people turning up at someone else's house/garden for a piss up. 

That being said, there are a number of points that people need to consider:

1 The optics of this are terrible, anyone with half a political brain could see that this was a bad idea invite people (socially distanced or not) by email (ie provide a written trail of pre planning). Whoever authorised/organised this needs a sound kicking.

2 The fact that the email was sent to 100 people pretty well guarantees that this would leak. Whoever authorised/organised this should have known that.

3 Why has the media.leaker(s) sat on this for 20 months? This is clearly a coordinated attempt by certain people to undermine the government and get rid of Boris.

4 The ITV journalist, Paul Brand, to whom this email (and other partygate type stories) was leaked is married to Joe Cuddeford who (by happenstance) is the Deputy Director at The Cabinet Office. 

5 Oddly, ITV have redacted the date on the email. Why?

6 Bournemouth on the day of #BYOBGate

Corbyn The Poultice

 

Rumours are the Corbyn is considering setting up a new party. 

In the event this comes to fruition, it will do Starmer a big favour; as Corbyn will act a poultice, and draw the poison of extremism away from Labour and into Corbyn's new party.

Michael Gove in Need of an Extra Lift This Morning

 

Attorney General Considers Referring Colston Verdict

 

Trial by jury is an important guardian of liberty & must not be undermined. However, the decision in the Colston statue case is causing confusion. 1/2

— Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) January 7, 2022

The Old Switcheroo - Geidt It? Got It? Good!

 

New: Boris Johnson has told Lord Geidt his failure to disclose key messages regarding the financing of his Downing Street flat refurbishment was because he had recently changed phone numbers.

Correspondence expected later todayhttps://t.co/UmKaeAdqrr

— Harry Yorke (@HarryYorke1) January 6, 2022

Sir Keir Tests Positive Again!

 

 The tally now stands at

- Isolating six times. 

- Positive three times. 

 Poor Sir Keir, he's not very lucky!