Very blowy today – makes it feel colder than it is – but the sun was shining and the sky was blue!!
It’s been a busy day. I was focused and into some heavy editing. Trying to get the Captain Beefheart book finished and in to the publisher. On page 130 now!! Reworking sentences and retaining the meaning takes time.
Meanwhile, out in Coronaland, we have further erosion of democracy and open displays of arrogance, lies and deception.
Sue Gray produced a report that was intended to produce the facts. Due to Johnson and the police, it is now a report without facts!! It has become a farce.
The Lying Prime Minister stood up with neat and tidy hair. The shambolic clownish appearance being a ploy to appeal to a gullible group of the electorate.
The only facts we do have are these:
Of the 16 parties at Number 10 brought to the notice of Sue Gray 12 were considered serious enough to send to the police for criminal investigation.
Two of these involved the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister is now being investigated by the police for criminal activity.
The other 4 lesser cases were considered serious enough to warrant a castigation of Number 10 for lack of leadership and routine breaking of rules. The other 12 were more serious.
That the Prime Minister has lied to Parliament. He said on a number of occasions that no parties took place, that all rules were followed. These are lies. He knew about the parties and was at two of them!
The police have been sent 300 photos and 500 pages of evidence.
All our lying Prime Minister said was that he would review the codes and fix it. He stood up and tried to deflect the terrible truth by banging on about Brexit, Covid and the economy.
He said he got Brexit done. Yes, he did. He got a very badly negotiated Brexit done; a Brexit that will harm this country for generations.
He crowed about Covid without mentioning the fact that we had one of the worst death rates in the world.
He crowed about having the fastest rising economy in the G7 without mentioning that he’d produced the biggest slump. It’s easy to get a rise when the slump has been so bad.
He is now going to sack the Permanent Secretary and many other staff because he is not man enough to take the blame himself. It is everybody’s fault but his.
This man has no shame, no honour, no integrity and no moral authority. He is hiding behind the police.
At any other time a Prime Minister being investigated for crimes by the police would have the decency to resign.
He will not even commit to release the report in full ASAP.
The shame for the Prime Ministers wilful lying to parliament has tarnished the whole Tory Party. For them to go out on the media supporting this liar, parroting the mantra that they have practised.
Theresa May, who I do not have a lot of time for, spoke some sense. She said that it was the duty of the Prime Minister to set an example. Number 10 was not observing the rules. He thought the rules did not apply to himself.
He has dishonoured the office.
This was the evolution of his lying to Parliament:
‘I didn’t know there was a party. We followed all the covid rules. There was a party but all rules were broken. There was a party and rules were broken but I wasn’t there. I was there at some of the parties.’
We now await the Police Report on the Priminister’s criminality. It should be here in the next decade or so!!!
TALK ABOUT A WHITEWASH!! This is a travesty.
Boris Johnson said that we could trust him. HOW CAN ANYONE TRUST A SERIAL LIAR.
All the fool says is that we have to wait for the result of the Police Report.
This liar is unfit to hold office!! But, I expect that there are enough idiots out there who will support this moron.
The Tory Party and Tory voters should all hang their heads in shame. They are supporting immorality, greed and profiteering.
The report and the Prime Ministers response is utterly predictable. IT’S A FARCE!!!
This is a very bad day for democracy.
Nothing short of a resignation will do!!
So yesterday there were another 62,399 new cases with another 85 deaths. The pandemic seems to be receding.
This liar seems to be the luckiest person on the planet. Disaster after disaster.
I despair.
Stay safe. We are in the hands of a lying chancer.