bickster Posted November 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2020 Haha - Lee Cain, Johnson's Director of Communications has quit, just as he was about to be promoted to Chief of Staff. The Mekon is said to be rather unhappy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2020 *thousands of Cummings' friends bank managers and associated hedge funds cry out in terror* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted November 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, bickster said: Haha - Lee Cain, Johnson's Director of Communications has quit, just as he was about to be promoted to Chief of Staff. The Mekon is said to be rather unhappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2020 Cummings would just come straight back after he'd orchestrated Gove's ascendancy to the throne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted November 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 minute ago, bickster said: Cummings would just come straight back after he'd orchestrated Gove's ascendancy to the throne Gove. The only person that makes me glad Boris is PM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Global pandemic and Brexit to sort out and this is what they're using their time on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, bickster said: Haha - Lee Cain, Johnson's Director of Communications has quit, just as he was about to be promoted to Chief of Staff. The Mekon is said to be rather unhappy. "I quit. And I'm taking Dunning and Kruger with me" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 If they’re still fighting over control, there must still be money to be rinsed out. We’ve been looted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 It's carrying on. Is this Johnson having no choice but to go cap in hand to Brussels and his brexiteer buddies not happy about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Is that written in code? Why has she spent all day tweeting about this inside baseball shit that no normal person cares about? There's actual stuff happening in the world . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Is that written in code? Why has she spent all day tweeting about this inside baseball shit that no normal person cares about? There's actual stuff happening in the world . . . It's pretty much all she's got. She's a client journalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 6 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Is that written in code? Why has she spent all day tweeting about this inside baseball shit that no normal person cares about? There's actual stuff happening in the world . . . I thought it was Dr T for a second. Cummings + Frost - Sonic - Brexiteer brain + policy official = not confirmed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Why has she spent all day tweeting about this inside baseball shit that no normal person cares about? There's actual stuff happening in the world . . . Damn right. Parliament needs to get the important stuff sorted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 12, 2020 Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2020 Quick. Get the emergency bury some news folder out... Yep that’ll do... Brings Madges Platinum Jubilee forward 5 years and give them a forced holiday they don't want Job done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted November 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2020 As best as I can follow this deeply uninteresting story that Kuenssberg has spent 24 hours tweeting about, a guy has quit Number 10. Apparently this guy was quite important, but nobody normal knows who he is, because Westminster journalists simply credited him as a 'source close to the government' every time they put his bullshit out, and now they've forgotten that they never told anyone who he was and are breathlessly explaining why it matters. Kind of sums up a lot that's wrong with politics in this country, to be fair. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: As best as I can follow this deeply uninteresting story that Kuenssberg has spent 24 hours tweeting about, a guy has quit Number 10. Apparently this guy was quite important, but nobody normal knows who he is, because Westminster journalists simply credited him as a 'source close to the government' every time they put his bullshit out, and now they've forgotten that they never told anyone who he was and are breathlessly explaining why it matters. Kind of sums up a lot that's wrong with politics in this country, to be fair. I think the most significant and worrying part of this story (and other similar stories) is the apparent influence that Carrie Symonds has over Johnson (re: appointments, policies and other decisions). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 It's just such a shame that this lot have flushed all credibility (from a UK gov of which they are part) on this kind of matter down the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, snowychap said: I think the most significant and worrying part of this story (and other similar stories) is the apparent influence that Carrie Symonds has over Johnson (re: appointments, policies and other decisions). The whole story is about people who have never been elected, and it is considered absolutely obvious by political journalists - to a 'duhhh, of course' level - that they are more powerful and important than ministers, and that there's nothing remarkable or interesting about that. Is it bad that our chief Brexit negotiator was apparently close to quitting because he didn't like that someone unknown got fired, only a month before the end of the transition period? Who's to say I guess, more interesting to get involved in the soap opera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 14 hours ago, Chindie said: *thousands of Cummings' friends bank managers and associated hedge funds suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced* OBI oned that for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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