Boris Held Birthday Party In June

[Stickybottle]

Story first broken in ITV
BBC just starting to report on it now

But Boris was only there for 10 minutes

As my niece might say
What Eva !

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60114812

[Teapots1]

They are not stories Pat, its the truth, lots of people suffered and still are. But if the government keep on telling lies and making excuses, then the BBC and the like will use whatever pressure they can to force the government to come clean. Its fine to keep calling them sob stories if the past 2 years didn't affect you to the degree it affected others.

[Sqad]

Teapot

"They are not stories Pat,"

My idea of "sob stories" are those that are designed to pull at the heart strings, stimulate and excite the emotions and give emotional credence to the issue in mind.

Yes.......peoples funerals, birthdays etc were curtailed but so what, going on about it some 2 years later and receiving a fee ( I guess) is what I call a "sob story" as does Pat.

[Togo]

The poor dahlings having a nervous breakdown about insignificant "events"of the hyped type are the same ones previously having hissy fits about lockdown recommendations and advice. Short of something meaningfull to do, vocational or recreational, all of them.

[naomi24]

Sqad, And so do I. The really stupid thing is the suggestion that none of the people who attended these 'parties' at work were affected by restrictions outside work. They all, I guess, saw their families regularly, held proper funerals for their loved ones, visited their sick relatives in hospital, went to see their old grannies in care homes …. course they did!! No - they didn't! For goodness sake stop the hysteria and get a grip …. unless of course you’re enjoying it.

[pat2604]

Thank you Sqad. You are right!!

[gness]

I'm getting on with life, Sqad and Pat but my mother's death from Covid isn't something the family will forget.
Yes, the funeral wasn't the one she had asked for....her church....her hymns but at least she didn't know.
What hurts the family is the many, many days she took to die alone without a kiss goodbye....a hand hold....the last words my brother could have spoken to her in the hope she could get a little comfort from them.

Perhaps it doesn't hurt for TV channels to remind those who didn't lose anyone that it wasn't the easiest of times. That Johnson was partying his way through it rubs the salt in.

[pat2604]

I have a huge sob story of my own that happened in June and is continuing. It has worn me out completely, but it's private and I would never speak to anyone about it in the media or elsewhere. I still feel as I do and I consider myself a very caring person.

[burlyshirley]

Personally, I don't care about all these damn parties (a lot of witch hunting going on), but then I didn't lose a loved one during the pandemic who I was unable to visit in hospital or attend the funeral of and I'm pretty certain I would feel differently if I had, especially if it was one of my beloved parents, BUT the fact remains I didn't, so I am quite happy to move on from all of this and as I have said before, I would prefer to have Boris in power than any of the other so called likely candidates !

[pat2604]

The parties were very wrong, i agree. But they haven't rubbed salt into my wounds Gness. They haven't made any difference to my situation. My mind doesn't work like that.

[pat2604]

Shirley - I would prefer to have Boris in power than any of the other so called likely candidates.

Me too, with all his faults!!

[naomi24]

The point is the people who attended these 'parties' were work colleagues - together day in and day out. Outside work they were just like the rest of us - obliged to follow the rules - so these stories really aren't relevant. Doubtless some of those people could tell stories of heartache too.... as could many of us .... if we so chose. People having a glass of wine at work changes none of it.

[Sqad]

gness....I agree with your post, although I am sure there are many who would say......"move on"........"what if", to me is something that has never affected me in my life, for whatever reason.

[pat2604]

Very true Naomi.

[sunny-dave]

Other people in less exalted workplaces have been fined and humiliated by assorted Police Forces (including The Met) over similar workplace events between colleagues - why is Downing Street somehow exempt?

[THECORBYLOON]

"Outside work they were just like the rest of us - obliged to follow the rules - so these stories really aren't relevant."

Were they not meant to follow the Regs and guidance within and without work?

[Sqad]

sunny-dave.

There are those that have and those that haven't.

"Us and them" a reality that has always existed.

There are people of responsibility and there are also the "also rans" that is life.

[naomi24]

Corby, //Were they not meant to follow the Regs and guidance within and without work? //

Indeed ... although I'd hazard a guess that if they'd been drinking a cup of tea together - as they probably did daily - instead of a glass of wine peace would have reigned. Off with their heads, I say! This is utterly pathetic!

[gness]

I'm sure you know enough about me from my posts, Sqad to know why I have no trouble in moving on.
I still have the ability to feel for those like my brother and Mum's grandchildren who, unlike me, were so close to her and were only allowed to look through the care home window once in her dying days.

[Old_Geezer]

If a get together was arranged by another then there is little the birthday guy can do but wrap it up quickly and respectfully. I don't see why anyone should get so fussed about, aside those looking to make political capital out of it and not caring who gets psychologically hurt by the accusations.

[bobbinwales]

One difference is people were charged and fined at the time often with police raiding the event and after warnings ro disperse.
I doubt anyone was charged retraspevivly over 18 months later.
Still I hope if charges are justified on this high profile case at downing street they will be and fines given and resignations