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    Welby- an old Etonian like Johnson

    https://twitter.com/bondhack/status/1386382608163016707?s=21

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      https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/...gan/short-cuts

      I've only skimmed through this but it looks good.

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        https://twitter.com/no1guncle/status/1386660860580540417

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          No mention of this?

          https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...other-lockdown

          *Never mind, wrong thread, as usual.

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            Looks like the Heil has turned:

            https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1386789765689774084?s=19

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              Doubleheader from the Times

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                https://twitter.com/georgemonbiot/status/1387315110717308929?s=21

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                  While there are undoubtedly bigger scandals going on, the refurbishment one is sticking. The Electoral Commission opens an investigation into the funding of the refurbishment, stating it has reasonable grounds to suspect an offence has been committed.

                  Johnson under pressure in PMQs and having a tantrum, but there was a very telling detail in what he spewed out which boiled down to "someone advised me it was OK".

                  Meanwhile the opposition seem confident that there is someone about to go on the record on the "bodies piled high" quote.

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                    Johnson seems to be following the Trump path that once you get to the top, the bluster, lies, yes men and criminality eventually fails.

                    Be careful what you wish for.

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                      Given how he's fond of the Latin -


                      Quis ipsos custodiet cuntodiens?

                      https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...judge-23999078

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                        The "Ministerial Code" is such a risible embarrassment

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                          You just don't understand unwritten constitution culture.

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                            That gag actually occurred to me when writing my post

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                              Blatant jobbery. Serving the Tory party well since the 18th Century.
                              Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 28-04-2021, 16:59.

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                                I've seen some very weak attempts to trivialise the refurbishment mess. It is no different to having someone leave sixty grand in a holdall on the doorstep for him, other than his profligacy having caused him to spend it in advance.

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                                  The Metro first out of the blocks, and well played.

                                  https://twitter.com/MetroUKNews/status/1387496891957514244?s=19

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                                    Cash for cushions.

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                                        This is corrupt, the exam boards and the whole examination system is dominated by two companies; AQA and Pearson Edexcel. I wonder what their connection to the Tory Party is?

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                                          Originally posted by Greenlander View Post
                                          Cash for cushions.
                                          Wallpapergate, innit.

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                                            That is what the Mail has gone for


                                            Whereas the Guardian is using



                                            Is the Times being coy?



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                                              I wonder how skittish on the trigger the Tories will turn out to be. It may depend how much they believe their own line that Johnson's is an energetic new government rather than a decadent extension of their rule since 2010. Sacrificing the figurehead to draw attention away from how rotten the wider edifice is has always been their bottom line in the past. Johnson's self preservation strategy seems to be to corrupt and weaken the whole to the extent that nobody will want to take a chance on there being anything viable left in his wake.

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                                                They could force him to fall on his sword on the grounds that he exercised extremely poor judgment and ignored the advice of Cummings et al on a matter that severely embarrasses the party. I doubt the electorate gives a fuck about the specifics but the aroma of sleaze does eventually create an impression of decadence that grows into a dominant theme over time.

                                                There might be some yet-to-be-discovered political science law about how corrosive any party can allow corruption to go before it becomes dysfunctional to its own operations in a centralized polity.

                                                A lot depends on whether Sunak has done enough to be the obvious successor, despite the Tories having an anti-Asian history and aging support base (I have not lived in the UK since 2006 so am having trouble getting my head around the fact that there are three people of Asian descent in the top 6 betting favourites to succeed Johnson).

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                                                  Sunak seems to have had his head turned by his own publicity. He and his backers might want to go quickly as his supposed popularity has already fallen from its peak and bringing the pain for the next few years is unlikely to help it to revive it.

                                                  A third mid-term change of leader in barely five years would be some going, even for them. It is a good job that instability and chaos are foreign traits only.

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                                                    Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                                                    That is what the Mail has gone for



                                                    What on earth is happening to Prince William's head? I know he's got the family baldness, but he looks like he's turning into the Mekon.

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