Ha! She's at work, and I'm working from home, so face the degradation and absurdity of having washing up to do too!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

"Downing Street bought a fridge for a meeting room with taxpayers' money around the time No 10 was hosting "wine time Fridays" and other parties, The Independent can reveal.

Boris Johnson was urged to "come clean" about how much public money had been spent on the lockdown bashes – a fact which is yet to have been established about the rule-breaking gatherings.

No 10 insisted that the publicly-funded fridge was not involved in the festivities but shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry told The Independent that the government had questions to answer about any potential "misuse of public funds".

The Daily Mirror reported last month that a wine fridge had been "smuggled" into No 10 through the backdoor to hold bottles for the regular gatherings – prompting anger at a time when indoor socialising was supposed to be banned." (Yahoo)

At a time where Boris's trip to the Ukraine was largely unnoticed, today it is reported Macron and Putin had progressive talks.
How do we get this clown out of 10 Downing St ?

One of the top jobs in the UK, and he's still on a learning curve. Is being a PM some sort of apprentice where it's OK to continually fck things up ?

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (08 Feb 2022 3.19pm)

I disengage, I turn the page.

And this is how you spread a fake story.

By the way, if we actually want to talk about links to Jimmy Saville, I'd suggest the Tory party should look a lot closer to home. Thatcher pushed him for a knighthood 5 times despite their being ample warnings and reports about his conduct.

Unfortunate implies it was unlucky or just bad timing or something... it wasn't, it was deliberate and calculated, and he was advised against doing it but did anyway, and now the consequences are his to own.

What "the left" (apparently one all encompassing voice) say is not an equivalent to the prime minister of the country in the house of commons about the leader of the opposition. So yes, it matters.

If you want to talk about public or media slurs, I raise you Jeremy Corbyn and that's the end of the conversation.

Mmmmm...I hardly think that if you take the line that Starmer, who was the head of public prosecutions wasn't to blame over Saville...which I agree with....you can then hardly say that there were 'ample warnings and reports' about his conduct....that would suggest that Starmer was also negligent not to order further investigation.

In my estimation, the problem here...and I'm talking entirely as a layman.... is that what was taken in evidence over Saville wasn't considered credible enough and hence wasn't pumped up the chain....whispers are not evidence.

That's just as true of Thatcher as it would be of Starmer.

I think the problem here is that Saville was an highly intelligent man and the systems meant to be protecting the vulnerable were taken in like most others.

Those who did actually have real reason for concern didn't actually do anything about it as.....similar to Weinstein in America...it represented something that was hard to be certain about and was a high risk to their careers.....So rumours stayed rumours out of fear.

Saville was loved by the vast majority of the public until his death.

Edited by Stirlingsays (08 Feb 2022 4.19pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The facts are spot on - check the timeline!
I stated that others were more culpable but that doesn't mean that when it is your turn that you do the wrong thing as well.
You are defending KS when he was plainly wrong as his subsequent enquiry stated.
All factual and easily checked.
Over to you.

Edited by The Dolphin (08 Feb 2022 5.10pm)