Partygate .

[gulliver1]

Why are police reports about Boris and Partygate findings being delayed until after May 5th local elections .Obviously in favour of Boris and his Con Party.... WHY ? ......Has Boris given the Met Police force a good handout from The Taxpayer funded Con Crony clubs Slush fund.

[youngmafbog]

If you actually bothered to read what is going on you would see that investigations are not complete and may indeed continue until the Autumn.

If anything I would say the timing of the fines are in favour of Sir Kier. Anything to say on that?

[gulliver1]

17.14, "Investigations are not complete and may indeed continue until Autumn", come off it YMB, when did you attend the Con School of radicalisation This is Just more corruption between The Met police .
Prity Patel , Boris and the Con party. Get real.

[youngmafbog]

It's true. Look it up.

[sandra4444]

Its pretty obvious that its delaying tactics, and its been that way from the very beginning of the first written report. I would think the ink is fading on that report.

But I don't think the thoughts of the public will fade, whatever they try. There is no more wool left to pull over the face.

[Peter Pedant]

hi gully
the Met PS are refusing to give up dates until after the elections
but they arent '"downing tools" and stopping

dawdling more like - and like you - the more it drags out by the Great and Good who rule us, the more irritated I become

I suspect Boris' behaviour is because he knows that if he has been fined for A then some more will arrive for B F and H ( the others in between being excused)

[Peter Pedant]

// you would see that investigations are not complete and may indeed continue until the Autumn.//

that is what we are whining about innit

and when it happens to us, it is all, the evidence is in, lets hear the case and get it over and done with

[Paigntonian]

Simply not true.

[Paigntonian]

Sandra: Not true.

[gulliver1]

20.04 Simply, Very Very True.

[Deskdiary]

Nobody has ever given an answer to this (btw I’m far from a Boris fan).

Can somebody please tell
me what is the difference to Boris having a meeting and being interrupted by PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH for a cup of tea and a a slice of cake (even though the cake never made it from the box) any different to anybody else having a slice of cake WITH PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH. Our “angels” did it all the time (when they weren’t making TikTok videos) during lockdown.

I just don’t see the difference.

[THECORBYLOON]

"This is Just more corruption between The Met police"

If that were true, why are they investigating in the first place, why are they looking at so many incidents and why were the top two in the Cabinet fined?

[ynnafymmi]

Im not a fan of either Johnson or Sturgeon,but i do know if we want them out,we have to vote them out.No use coming onto AB and moaning about them,vote them out at the next elections.It isnt rocket science.

[gulliver1]

Why do the police not want the electorate to know whats in their report about Partygate until after May 5
....Answers on a postcard please.

[ynnafymmi]

I could give you a few answers on the back of a Woodbine packet if it makes you any happier Gully.If you want the Tories out,vote them out.Dont come on here three hundred times a day complaining about Bojo and his gang.Next election,vote them out.Sorted.

[DonkeyHoaty]

Ian Hislop just asked the same question on Have I Got News For You.
It’s a fair observation to make and as he said, maybe the Met should be investigated as to why they aren’t doing their job properly?
The audience agreed.

[ynnafymmi]

Perhaps the Met have run out of old Woodbine packets,Donks?

[Gromit]

The Met Polices dilatoriness is unfathomable.
It is difficult not to see they have been manipulated.

The Mets very delayed involvement resulted in Partygate not being concluded in January, when Sue Grey was due to report, being pushed back to the summer or autumn. that only benefits one person - Boris Johnson.

[New Judge]

//Can somebody please tell
me what is the difference to Boris having a meeting and being interrupted by PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH for a cup of tea and a a slice of cake (even though the cake never made it from the box) any different to anybody else having a slice of cake WITH PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH.//

Let's start at the beginning. From 1st June 2020, the Coronavirus legislation said this:

"no person may participate in a gathering which takes place in a public or private place—

(a)outdoors, and consists of more than six persons, or
(b)indoors, and consists of two or more persons."

It went on to say:

"(a)there is a gathering when two or more people are present together in the same place in order to engage in any form of social interaction with each other, or to undertake any other activity with each other;"

There were exceptions, one of which was:

"(d)the gathering is reasonably necessary—
(i)for work purposes,"

Gathering for a cup of tea and a slice of cake is not reasonably necessary for work purposes. Gathering in the way some politicians and their lackies were seen quaffing wine in the garden of No 10 is not reasonably necessary for work purposes. Gathering where people were invited “to bring their own booze and take advantage of the lovely weather” was not reasonably necessary for work purposes.

So the answer to your question is that there is no difference. I quite agree that it is stupid to suggest that people who have been working together all day should not be permitted to continue their “gathering” for tea and cake. But that’s what the Covid regulations said. The particular passage is utterly ridiculous, but much of the Covid legislation was. Many people (me included) said as much at the time but were howled down because the rules “are to protect the NHS” and (as an afterthought) “keep us safe.”

I have no sympathy whatsoever for the PM, the other politicians and their aides who have become mixed up in this fiasco. They criminalised perfectly normal social behaviour; they introduced these ridiculous measures; they were publicised with the threat of criminal sanctions; the police were instructed to enforce them with gusto. But the politicians and civil servants, it seems, were not aware that they were breaking the law. So if they weren’t, how were people not blessed with their superior intellects supposed to grasp them? Sorry, but they are now reaping what they have sown.

[archibaldy]

Fair shout NJ this is the first time I've agreed wholeheartedly with one of your posts and it's quite a nice experience.

[tomus42]

They don't want to appear to be getting involved in politics by exposing people as liars before the election.

Quite happy to expose them after you've voted for them of course.