Therese Coffey has been on the today programme, sounding distinctly uncomfortable and pissed off for having to defend the various allegations against the PM.
more than enough time to find tens of thousands of pounds for carpets and curtains.
"Wait and see what declarations are made" seems to be the only defense coming from Johnson and his people re: funding of the refurb. Sounds to me like they know they've fucked up but don't want it to come out until after 6th May.
Quote from: ali k on April 27, 2021, 02:39:36 pm"Wait and see what declarations are made" seems to be the only defense coming from Johnson and his people re: funding of the refurb. Sounds to me like they know they've fucked up but don't want it to come out until after 6th May.(Working a lot atm and wrote this yesterday, has aged fine today though now I've caught up...)Well quite. Apparently this is also "under review" by the cabinet secretary for the next few weeks. Sorry, but if so it is a simple matter of dates of the ridiculous "renovation" (of the most renovated flat in existence), and who paid what when. 5 minutes with bank statements and contractor's invoices would suffice - at least it would if it was the "little people" (us) who fell under suspicion. They are covering something up. The media, and actually the select committee who questioned the cabinet secretary, are failing us here; anyone with an ounce of sense could ask the right questions and yet they don't. This could be resolved in no time. Aside - today they voted against banning leaseholders being liable for footing the bill for dangerous cladding, yet the PM can quite happily choose not to pay for new sofas for himself??? (Until of course someone acts as his conscience and tells him it might not be a good idea).I have been working so not well up on whether there has much discussion of this out in the world, but surely the dates are important? I.e. if this flat stuff went on in July 2019 say, then it would look comparatively better than say mid-very bad-pandemic-response in 2020 when you would think it should be all hands on deck at No. 10, rather than wallpaper selection. Anyone know? RE the alleged "let the bodies pile high" comment. Frankly the government's defence is correct - this is Westminster tittle-tattle. I.e. who may or may not have said what when in an SW postcode = nonsense, unless of course a recording emerges. The simple fact is regardless of of what words were or were not used, the bodies *have* piled high. It seems like the media have forgotten this fact and preferred to concentrate on more "Westminster tittle-tattle" about whether this is "cutting through". There are circa 150,000 families for whom it has cut through pretty definitively.RE the Cummings factor. The man is known as a liar throughout the land since last year, so obviously we shouldn't believe him should we? However there was one notable group of people who apparently believed every word he said RE his trip to Barnard Castle....at the time......
Well quite. Apparently this is also "under review" by the cabinet secretary for the next few weeks. Sorry, but if so it is a simple matter of dates of the ridiculous "renovation" (of the most renovated flat in existence), and who paid what when. 5 minutes with bank statements and contractor's invoices would suffice - at least it would if it was the "little people" (us) who fell under suspicion. They are covering something up. The media, and actually the select committee who questioned the cabinet secretary, are failing us here; anyone with an ounce of sense could ask the right questions and yet they don't. This could be resolved in no time. Aside - today they voted against banning leaseholders being liable for footing the bill for dangerous cladding, yet the PM can quite happily choose not to pay for new sofas for himself??? (Until of course someone acts as his conscience and tells him it might not be a good idea).
RE the alleged "let the bodies pile high" comment. Frankly the government's defence is correct - this is Westminster tittle-tattle. I.e. who may or may not have said what when in an SW postcode = nonsense, unless of course a recording emerges. The simple fact is regardless of of what words were or were not used, the bodies *have* piled high. It seems like the media have forgotten this fact and preferred to concentrate on more "Westminster tittle-tattle" about whether this is "cutting through". There are circa 150,000 families for whom it has cut through pretty definitively.
Quote from: Nigel on April 28, 2021, 08:27:50 pmRE the alleged "let the bodies pile high" comment. Frankly the government's defence is correct - this is Westminster tittle-tattle. I.e. who may or may not have said what when in an SW postcode = nonsense, unless of course a recording emerges. The simple fact is regardless of of what words were or were not used, the bodies *have* piled high. It seems like the media have forgotten this fact and preferred to concentrate on more "Westminster tittle-tattle" about whether this is "cutting through". There are circa 150,000 families for whom it has cut through pretty definitively.As a member of one of those 150,000 families I can say the bodies comment is categorically not Westminster tittle tattle.
The wallpaper was supplied by a Tory/VoteLeave donor too… Though whether that meant he got it for free
There’s one of the most gushingly effusive ‘critiques’ of Boris by Laura K on the BBC website today - that really she should be embarrassed about…
Quote from: tomtom on May 02, 2021, 10:18:23 amThe wallpaper was supplied by a Tory/VoteLeave donor too… Though whether that meant he got it for free Benefit in kind- gifts are declarable.
