bickster Posted March 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just now, Genie said: None of the other papers seem to have gone with it either. You wouldn't expect them to today, it's an exclusive interview in the Mirror Online they should be covering it by now though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 28, 2021 The BBC has gone into full arse covering mode for this one - you've got Marr picking up every newspaper and going over the front pages, finishing with the Telegraph which he didn't pick up as it had the Mirror underneath it, which he didn't mention. Not only is there not a single mention of Acuri on the BBC's website, they've also removed all of the (always selective) 'have your say' sections from every other story on the front page in case the public mention it. It's a disgrace and in a better world the Director of the BBC really ought to be facing calls to go on the back of it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: So a woman claims that she had a four year affair with the Mayor of London/Prime Minister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 So she wasn't just giving him computer lessons? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I did wonder what these young women kept seeing in Boris Johnson. I'll admit it, I assumed it was money or status. If this doesn't make a woman weak at the knees though, nothing will. Quote He requested racy images of her and said one raunchy picture was “enough to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I am assuming Stratton was laughing her tits off when she said it. I wasn't sure what the Nolan principles were, other than being in the mood for dancing, but apparently they are the 7 principles of public life - Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, Leadership. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Kind of feels like a waste of time, he may as well turn himself in for giving his booty call £100k of public money for no reason. Nothing will happen, he won’t even apologise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2021 "He [Johnson] acts with integrity and honesty" might just be the least true statement anybody has ever uttered 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: "He [Johnson] acts with integrity and honesty" might just be the least true statement anybody has ever uttered I hope she said it from the Very Expensive Lying Room, it would make me very annoyed if lying was done from somewhere other than the Lying Room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2021 Not impressed with the new Downing Street press room. £2.6m and we only got 2 flags? I hope it's still a work in progress and we end up with a USA. USA. USA style forest of them once work is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Not impressed with the new Downing Street press room. £2.6m and we only got 2 flags? I hope it's still a work in progress and we end up with a USA. USA. USA style forest of them once work is completed. It’s probably all they could afford within the constraints of the strict budget. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 There are more flags coming apparently but they got delayed somewhere around Egypt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Not impressed with the new Downing Street press room. £2.6m and we only got 2 flags? I hope it's still a work in progress and we end up with a USA. USA. USA style forest of them once work is completed. Seriously though, I’d love to see the itemised bill. I bet they played something like £500 each for the IKEA chairs and about £10k each for the flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Genie said: Seriously though, I’d love to see the itemised bill. I bet they played something like £500 each for the IKEA chairs and about £10k each for the flags. It's money-laundering, plain and simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 8 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: It's money-laundering, plain and simple. Out of interest I was Googling houses that have been built for £2m. They are state of the art, sprawling mansions. Every room done out to 5* standard, pools, gyms, cinema rooms, you name it they have it. Our government spent £2.6m on a stage, a curtain, some chairs and some flags. I’ve genuinely no idea how they spent anywhere near that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 How on Earth do him and the others in the cabinet keep getting away with this shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Genie said: How on Earth do him and the others in the cabinet keep getting away with this shit? It hasn't just happened over night. They have gradually pushed the boundaries of what is acceptable from politicians, paused, realised they have gotten away with it, laughed their bollocks/tits off (in Therese Coffeys case almost certainly both) , and then pushed the boundaries a little further and so on and so on. Edited March 31, 2021 by markavfc40 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: It hasn't just happened over night. They have gradually pushed the barriers of what is acceptable from politicians, paused, realised they have gotten away with it, laughed their bollocks/tits off, and then pushed the barriers a little further and so on and so on. I agree entirely, they have “nickel and dimed” their way to the point where it’s hardly worth challenging them on their blatant corruption or disregard for people’s welfare. Who is to blame? Is it the lack of any meaningful opposition from Labour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted March 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, Genie said: Who is to blame? Is it the lack of any meaningful opposition from Labour? What would you expect Labour could do about this? Party's will rarely get involved in this personal stuff, glass houses and stones etc If the Mail and the Telegraph ran stories about it, the Party would get worried, the Mirror and they couldn't care less, it's not their voters being told the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 On 29/03/2021 at 23:04, StefanAVFC said: It's money-laundering, plain and simple. Money laundering in reverse, it’s taking clean money and making it dirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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