Reply to: Lying to parliament a resigning matter!

[SueEllen]

Sue Gray's report has already been released!

She is currently working with lawyers to ensure the government can't retract parts.

I wonder if it will be published over night?

[WTFH]

Some need to distinguish between offering advice and taking the mickey out of our more extreme members....

We're not taking the mickey out of you!
And no, we don't believe everything we read that you write.

[malvolio]

Obviously. You've been collecting them for years on these boards

Some need to distinguish between offering advice and taking the mickey out of our more extreme members....

Or do you believe everything you read?

[Paralytic]

10 PRINT “Wait for the report.”
20 PAUSE 86.4*10^3
30 GOTO 10

Sue Gray's report has already been released!

[clearedforlanding]

10 PRINT “Wait for the report.”
20 PAUSE 86.4*10^3
30 GOTO 10

[Paralytic]

Like I said, I have a quantity of straws available.

Obviously. You've been collecting them for years on these boards

[malvolio]

So clearly shouldn't have been brought along to hang out with his work colleagues under the rules, even if that's a bit ridiculous - we all know there were many corner cases where the rules were kind of daft, and I'm sure many of us followed the spirit of the rules rather than the letter in those cases, but while it's very easy to see how "we're having cake come along while you're here" could happen in #10 just as in many other work settings it's still terrible PR.

Of course if this were the only breach then it would be just a small matter not worth much attention. It's more the icing on the cake(!) of all the other stuff that was more serious.

Like I said, I have a quantity of straws available.

[d000hg]

The interior designer was working on the PM's flat. Which is actually in No 11 and is actually government property.

So clearly shouldn't have been brought along to hang out with his work colleagues under the rules, even if that's a bit ridiculous - we all know there were many corner cases where the rules were kind of daft, and I'm sure many of us followed the spirit of the rules rather than the letter in those cases, but while it's very easy to see how "we're having cake come along while you're here" could happen in #10 just as in many other work settings it's still terrible PR.

Of course if this were the only breach then it would be just a small matter not worth much attention. It's more the icing on the cake(!) of all the other stuff that was more serious.

[malvolio]

If they were all from one office.
But not from multiple offices in different buildings, along with the wife of one, the interior designer, and who knows who else.

Ever been inside No 10? It's a rabbit warren. A very large one. For one thing, there are at least three entrances on to Whitehall, and several Ministries have offices in the complex.

The interior designer was working on the PM's flat. Which is actually in No 11 and is actually government property.

I have a nice bale of straw if you want a few strands....

[d000hg]

Somewhat from leftfield, this story about evacuating puppies seems to have come back. Boris categorically refuted the claim in an interview, which appears now to be demonstrably false.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60143279

Whether it was ever mentioned in parliament I have no idea. Lying to the media is not a resigning offence

[d000hg]

I was thinking .... if everyone in that party were fully vaccinated and also had booster shots, what was the harm ?

It's nothing to do with the harm, it's to do with the rules.
But in any case, none of the vaccinations prevent you transmitting Covid.

[WTFH]

It was while people in an office (as opposed to WFH) were outside the isolation rules, merely keeping to social distancing and similar measures for protection.

Which is a feeble excuse for No 10, but actually quite relevant...

If they were all from one office.
But not from multiple offices in different buildings, along with the wife of one, the interior designer, and who knows who else.

[malvolio]

It was before the booster roll out.

It was before younger people could get fully vaccinated.

It was while people in an office (as opposed to WFH) were outside the isolation rules, merely keeping to social distancing and similar measures for protection.

Which is a feeble excuse for No 10, but actually quite relevant...

[SueEllen]

I was thinking .... if everyone in that party were fully vaccinated and also had booster shots, what was the harm ?

It was before the booster roll out.

It was before younger people could get fully vaccinated.

[Destiny2]

I was thinking .... if everyone in that party were fully vaccinated and also had booster shots, what was the harm ?