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Boris Johnson to face MPs' fury over 'partygate'

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Utterly shameless.

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There's no 'fury', just political discontent and agitation for position; otherwise tired resignation elsewhere. Putin must be laughing.

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Storm in a teacup (hehe). Fact is that pols all over the world made their people do stupid stuff while at the same time ignoring the rules that they imposed on Joe Public.

Political hypocrisy is nothing new. Just more annoying in the age of social media and when it relates to this type of behaviour around rules that most of us knew were ridiculous.

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I'd say he is like a worm trying to squirm his way away from the hook but that would be unfair to worms

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Leave him alone! He's the new Churchill or something, taking down that Putler guy the Libs are obsessed with.

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There is nothing in the article that could force or compel Johnson resignation.

The AFP writer appears to have ignored a date, May 5th and the local council Elections.

6,000 seats plus are up to be contested across England, Scotland and Wales.

A full on conservative tanking in these elections could well trigger a vote of confidence in Johnson leadership.

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Johnson will brazen this out with any luck - the only ones who are keeping such trivia going, are the woke-lot at the BBC - their over-zealous obsession is embarrassing to all concerned, hardly ranks as professional journalism

Most people in the free Western democracies are far more consumed with the horrendous atrocities in Ukraine which are continuing unabated, the world's recovery from the Chinavirus plague and its' aftermath, and the worrying domestic fuel-prices and supply-chain issues in their economies.

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I defend everyone's right to party! Even BJ! But the confrontation with the MPs should be entertaining and I may learn a few new words (or words I haven't heard since English literature class in secondary school).

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Oh come on, matron would have Johnson's trousers down, if this was a scoundrels aren't drinky poo at party gate.

PM's don't get voted out of office because they have erred, they should, but they don't.

This May 5th local election could provide a UK with a means to send this government a message.

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Corona-Boris should be fired NOW. He is has been lying and is a con-artist.

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lets be honest, the opposition parties haven't a clue how to bring Johnson to book.

Johnson should be held responsible.

Is Keir Starmer in a position to run government, to stand up en masse to Putin's war crimes in Ukraine?

Not on your wildest dreams.

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Matthew, I agree.

Those red wall seats though could have Tory politicians bottoms puckering.

Oh yes.

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There is a open goal here.

That could possibly nail Johnsons premiership to his failures in office.

The economy!!!!!!

Inflation, the ineptitude to empathise with families dealing with a unparalleled cost of living crises.

Not weather, Billy Bunter has a drink in lockdown!!

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Is Keir Starmer in a position to run government, to stand up en masse to Putin's war crimes

Not sure what you mean by "en masse", but I think he's better qualified than Johnson. He served as Director of Public Prosecutions for about eight years before becoming an MP. He may not have the singing and dancing skills of Johnson, but I suspect he can punch much harder.

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Is Keir Starmer in a position to run government, to stand up en masse to Putin's war crimes in Ukraine?

Not on your widest dreams

You think Starmer would do something radically different to Johnson regarding what going in Ukraine?

Where are you getting this from?

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Johnson serves as PM only as long as public opinion carries him on its shoulders and the mood of the fickle crowd now appears to be souring after a string of gaffes that show him up for what he really is, no longer "the jolly good fellow" many punters imagined they saw, but an inept, bumbling Billy Bunter-type charlatan whose dishonesty, greed and mendacity make him unfit for office.

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a firm response to the war in Ukraine.

Most of the aid hasn't got there yet. Most of the Ukrainians haven't made it through the vast amounts of paperwork to get to the UK yet.

The heavy lifting re: Ukraine has all been done by the private sector. Which didn't stop Johnson flying there for a photo op.

The key to survival is 'knowingly'. Nobody expects Boris to get through a revolving door without assistance. And there will be a few willing scapegoats.

the word "liar" the most commonly shared response.

Was that before the Brexit vote, straight after the Brexit vote, after Northern Ireland got an unexpected border with the mainland, or recently? The electorate knew the sort of person Johnson was and still voted for him.

Politicians have different priorities and are isolated from the UK population, quite a few of whom broke pandemic rules themselves, and most of whom are now much more concerned with shortages and inflation.

Partygate and other events have undermined the Tories' 'Plan B', Sunak having to dodge some awkward issues recently. With no Plan C, they will not throw themselves under a bus. Not that it may matter - the opposition has been a mess for years.

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'What a joke': Keir Starmer berates Johnson over Partygate apology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue4PwKbOwWw

A lame insulting apology from Johnson.

Starmer response was justifiably brutal.

Jimizo, If roles were reversed, I suspect Keir Starmer would go all out on sanctions, I not so convinced on sending weapons.

Just a person opinion.

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Etymology: en masse

Borrowed from French en masse (literally “in a mass”).

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