Dressing up

[garynortheast]

Another one.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/ne...urious-305290/

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

Another one.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/ne...urious-305290/

read reaction number 7... ermm i think the hospital broke the law as well then..

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

read reaction number 7... ermm i think the hospital broke the law as well then..

I think you would have a hard time convincing any sane person that sitting with your dying father in the ICU equates to PM attending a pizza and wine party thus breaking the rules that he had set.

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by Seeker

I think you would have a hard time convincing any sane person that sitting with your dying father in the ICU equates to PM attending a pizza and wine party thus breaking the rules that he had set.

Absolutely. There's a huge difference between a daughter wanting to spend the last few hours of her father's life with him, and a bunch of selfish turds and cokeheads having a shindig at the public's financial and ethical expense.

[Bibio]

well. you are saying rules are rules.. there is no difference regarding the law. if the PM and his cronies get punished then so should the idiot telling the public she got to sit with her father while he died. after all she broke the law at the time. or do you want one rule for others? if you do then you must forgive the "party". sorry but i don't see a difference.

[garynortheast]

Maybe that's because I think that compassion and humanity have an important place in life.

[Seeker]

Originally Posted by Bibio

well. you are saying rules are rules.. there is no difference regarding the law. if the PM and his cronies get punished then so should the idiot telling the public she got to sit with her father while he died. after all she broke the law at the time. or do you want one rule for others? if you do then you must forgive the "party". sorry but i don't see a difference.

Do you truly see life so black and white? You see no difference between the rule setter PM breaking the rules by attending a party and a daughter sitting with her dying father where she is most likely attired in PPE?

A PM that has a track record of ignoring rules and lying constantly?

I think that government ministers should lead by example and should be held to a higher standard than the average person, they chose this (well paid) life where they are in the public eye.

I think you're just trying to wind us up, I cannot believe you're serious.

[Seeker]

Boris appointed top civil servant to investigate "gatherings", Simon Case also attended a party/gathering during lockdown. No bias there, then.
https://www.independent.co.uk/politi...-b1978167.html

[Bibio]

hard to believe but i'm a fairly compassionate person. no i dont see things in black and white but i do read between the lines like any sensible person should.

yes our politicians should lead by example and i also think they should be accountable for their actions.. just like the public should, but we seem to live in a blameless society fuelled by apathy and self obsession and our current politicians are just the same.

i think the UK has a lot more problems to worry about than some booze up in Downing Street but the media have blown it all out of proportion like they always do to rile up the public.

due to the self obsession and apathy of the public in the UK they are allowing THEIR politicians to run wild, if you dont tell your MP's what to do they will do as they please as whats happening now so dont blame the politicians for the fault of the public..

i'm not trying to wind anyone up but you have to remember that there is always two sides to a coin. if you think your life is a double headed coin then you really should take a long hard look at your life.

i'm not saying that they done right but i do believe that the media has blown this all out of proportion. and i'm beginning to suspect that its a "get out clause" for another election. nobody in their right mind would want to run the UK right now as it cant be fixed.

people moan about our Gov spending money on such things as painting a plane so our Prime Minister can go as a dignitary to other country's and not look like we are poor.. FFS it should have been a new plane.. why not fly our national flag from government buildings, pretty much every country in the world do it. what is wrong with the UK public...

[Seeker]

Reading between the lines?

We were/are in the middle of a pandemic.
The government sets the rules for us to follow
We do.
They don't.
Public safety jeopardised because of their stupidity - is that blown out of proportion?

What they did was irresponsible and on top of the PPE cronyism, the corruption, the lies - it needs to be repeated enough times that the average person takes note, remembers it and chooses accordingly at the next election.
The Shropshire by-election shows it can happen if publicised sufficiently.

Write to my MP. Check - do that frequently. Even when he agrees he votes party line. Waste of time but I continue to do it.

As for painting aircraft it's another of BoZo's vanity projects. Thames Garden Bridge, Bendy buses, Press Briefing Room, Scotland-NI bridge. He should fly commercial airlines - we are a poor country with massive debt, let's not pretend otherwise. Fix the damn roads if we have that much money to waste and electrify the rail network.

Flags?
In 1775 Samuel Johnson said: "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"

Nothing has changed.