Ian Blackford wasn't in trouble, he was just ordered to take the rest of the day off. He still has his political career and has somewhat boosted his reputation, unlike Johnson whose career and reputation lie in tatters.
Its just one of the rules of the house. Calling someone a liar gets him kicked out for the day. Its to stop MP's just slandering each other all days. There are still ways to imply somwone is a liar. A common one one is to call them Liberal with the truth. The guy who said it isn't in any real trouble and probably said it knowing he would be out for the day after.
@@benry007 I'm aware he isn't in real trouble but it still bothers me that they have rules for petty and pointless things yet but let MPs and the PM get away with lying through their back teeth
@@cruelmole the rules we have in place keeps some kind of civility. We dont have to watch MP's punching each other or slandering each other constantly. It makes it so that when someone is called a liar its with good reason and to make a stand.
After the "Vote Remain/Leave arc", "Brexit discussional arc", and the Coronavirus pandemic arc", I didn't think the "Boris Party Scandal arc" was gonna live up to the hype, but this season has me hooked. Sue Grey coming in as a main character after being in the background and teased for so long back in previous seasons was wild. She is a big player here now, I legit can't wait to see how this season ends.
For me this is now less about what did or didn’t happen, it’s about integrity and the lack of accountability for the endless lies. I find it appalling that members of the cabinet and some backbench MPs continue to defend someone that is patently lying through his teeth. We all know that politicians bend the truth, and take positions that suit them at the time. The PM, however, has taken things to another level and is an embarrassment to us all.
This is exactly my stance. Bending the rules and the truth is just part of politics, they all do it and if you think your dear leader of your party doesn't, then you are deluded and incorrect. But to so openly laugh in our faces is disgusting and I cannot support this government at all. They all need to resign now for defending this man despite so many awful events clearly having taken place.
@KW One of the most famous bending of truth’s of course is Michael Howard’s appearance on Newsnight were he failed to answer a question multiple times …BUT the key thing is he didn’t lie. Johnson lies outrageously so often it just takes the piss. He and his cabinet are bad faith operators that started with Brexit and is ongoing to this day with Blojob being the ultimate manifesto of it.
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 I agree. What happens is that they lie, usually in an obvious and over-the-top manner and when challenged over these individual lies they then fire back with "Well, you're lying ...about EVERYTHING!" This is another reason why our politics is in trouble, because in terms of sides we cannot agree on objective truth even when sources prove it and even with verifiable sources proving the argument (see Trump literally asking Russia for help during the election during a TV interview).
@@emilymcplugger yeah Johnson should never have gotten elected. Just like Trump. It is a result of the major conservative/right wing mainstream in anglo-american media, and the political illiteracy of large parts of the population.
It's even worse than that. He's apologising for how the matter was handled - that could mean anything from it being found out at all, to anyone daring to rat him out. It sounds like he's more sorry about being caught than the behaviour in the first place.
@@lawrencium2626 do you know the history of the royal we? It's not much different than the regular plural. If he's using the royal one, that implies that he's speaking for not just the monarchy, but every citizen of the UK.
I found Theresa May's comments particularly stinging. Her voice is very recognizable, and her accusation of either ignorance or hypocrisy were direct and strong.
How do you tell someone is pro Scottish independence? They'll immediately scream it in your face. But in all seriousness, there's no chance of a referendum going through Westminster right now. I will say though that I very much appreciated Ian Blackford's stance yesterday, he refused to back down and after all of this, that was sorely needed, ideally from Starmer.
He will stay. The Party Controllers will see to that. Boris is controllable, simply by playing on his vanity. 'Looby LOO', Bully BLOGGS or any other contender may not be so !
@@Wozza365 The SNP are viewed in Scotland by the younger generations more and more as the new 'labour' and less as the 'Tartan Tories' that our parents and grandparents hated. Their popularity isn't going anywhere while they espouse what the UK is currently lacking from traditional labour.
Looooooool loooool " Scottish independence "Run and owned by the French and Germans. Hilarious. "Yes,please go and be 'independence '.Stop your debt ridden whinning ." Go.
I am from a country, where the previous prime minister is known USSR agent, and had conflicts of interest. Yet he became 2nd most voted party this year.
From the people who can deal with brexit, he is the most rational person. Any other people can’t get it done. So as long as brexit is still an issue, then conservative still needs him.
In a way, I suppose the real issue is that over time the threshold for what is considered a career ending "you have no choice but to resign now" offence has slipped more and more, as so many politicians have decided to just holdout and hope the moment passes.
It's clear he won't resign. We have a smoking gun and it's made no difference. He's clearly without any honour. It seems he's prepared to take his party down with him as this really does not look good for anyone still supporting him.
If killing 150,000 people by his mismanagement of the Covid response wasn't enough to finish his career, I don't see how having a few illegal parties is going to do so. He'll only go when someone else in the Tory party wants the job and can garner enough support to knife him in the back.
We also know he will never resign voluntarily. There will either have to be a successful vote of no confidence and a failed (tory) subsequent election or some serious legal action. I don't see either happening any time soon.
Christ, are people really this politically gullible? You think Blackford didn't WANT to get kicked out? Raise his profile? The SNP have NO INTEREST in Westminster. They only contest seats in Scotland. If one of them gets kicked out of the house it's a win-win for them.
@@0w784g oh I didn't doubt he did it specifically, there were enough opportunities to say sorry and retract, but I don't think that highlighting that the house has been mislead should necessarily be an offence that gets you kicked out, presuming it is true
you know you are old when you realise you actively follow the news. then you realise that the "regular" news is boring and dragged out. 😴 TLDR news brings me bite sized daily digestable news. thank you team!
Part of the reason I consume a lot of international news. British, American, Chinese, ... XD Swiss news are boring, there's never anything worthy of note happening here, but there's so much entertaining drama in the rest of the world.
I say toss the cake ambusher into the catacombs of the London Tower! Clearly a modern day Guy Fawkes, wishing to tear down the government with powder (not quite gunpowder, flour powder baked into a cake, but its purpose none the less evil)!
Mandates are different from laws. This would be irrelevant usually but a prime minister could technically have the state of emergency declared retroactively invalid and effectively pardon himself. If anyone's got the nerve to try it it would be Boris.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 Sure he could but the initial infringement wouldn't even matter at that point. It would be political suicide if he did and would all but guarantee a no confidence vote.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 he doesn't need to do that though, he can just wait it out, people don't remember what happened last month, the electorate is dumb af, if they weren't BoJo wouldn't be in office, Brexit would have been rejected at the referendum; let's face it, BoJo really does represent the UK's electorate and I'm loving how karma is fucking up your kingdom. The neoliberal chicken came home to roost :)
Correct. It does not matter what it says. All others surrounding him will suffer and fall over this. He himself will ascend onward and ever upward. Even if the electrorate one day become 99% sick of him and want shot of him - they still won't be able to overcome him. I think he has plan for a subtle and swift dismantling of our 'democracy' . UK electorate vs Boris Johnson is the real 'battle royale' - but guess who will win. Parliament, his own party, SueGray, The Met...whoever it is - is just a mere distraction . They have no chance of unseating him.
@@bbbf09 Then when Liz kicks it, what then? The acrid political landscape will continue to get worse, agitation from the Scots and Irish Republicans will grow, the EU will choke out the UK economy, COVID will continue to linger, the new trade deals won't be worth the paper they're printed on once China, India, the US and EU can ensure better products and services, and one PM after another lying up and down from 10 Downing Street to Westminster ain't gonna stop the shit from piling up. Face it, the UK embroiled in scandal over a bloody silly party or two is a symptom of a very sick patient about to take a turn for the worst.
@@davidpeterson5647 Couldn't agree more. Bad to worse and then very (very) worse. Doesn't mean the end of BJ. Bad for UK electorate but then we (or the majority of 'we') are to blame and deserve what is coming. All brought on ourselves by inviting a cancer to lead us. ...and look where he led us
There was a third option. The Met's request was just that. There was no court order. She could have decided to publish the full report, as it is not in the public interest to withhold it. At the very least she should have asked the Met to explain how this could "prejudice" their investigation. If Cressida Dick doesn't not believe her officers are capable of conducting an impartial investigation, that doesn't show much faith in her organisation, does it?
To be fair had she not withheld, the met government lawyers would have easily prevented any fixed penalties based on the investigation being "tainted". I'm saying this because I agree with the lawyers, only that these skilled professional lawyers would have found it easy to do. If they don't get fined the politicians would be able to say.....go government employee or member of Parliament we're found to be in breach of the law. It sacks and its shady as he'll but nevertheless it would have been a bad move to ignore the request from the met police.
@@PatrickStarfishman Indeed, there could have been good reasons to withhold it and it might have been the best thing to do, but I am only pointing out that there was a third option, not just two as stated in the video. If the options had been weighed and discussed openly and explanations had been sought and given, then it might not all seem so damn shady...
The Met is not only about to find out who didn't bring his own booze, but also the names of the officers on guard, who were watching criminal action as it happened. Guess what the Met is going to find and when it will be published.
Came here to find this. One of the problems that I have with news organizations like TLDR News that say they are "unbiased" is that, really, what they are, is uncritical. When you're not critical, you are serving the interests of those currently in power. TLDR News trusts what people say way too much. Just because she says she was limited in what she could say, it doesn't mean she was actually limited. I appreciate their effort but it's psychologically impossible not to introduce bias into your reporting, and a failure to recognize that is a failure to correct your reporting for your own views. Even if you attempt to strictly report facts and not opinions, if you don't evaluate critically what the parties are saying are facts, you're gonna fail. And even if you manage that, you still have the bias of what you select are the most important facts to present. The wording with which you present them. The body language you show when you present them. Unfortunately, not evaluating stuff critically is, however, a good way to look like you're not biased.
The “Jimmy Saville” jibe has to be to absolute bottom of the dung heap. Keir Starmer followed Napoleon’s maxim “never interrupt an opponent when he’s making a mistake”, Johnson is in desperate need of a good hiding. What a tossed. Where’s Rory Stewart when you need him???
@@callum1131 Not at all True, Boris PR trolls are trying to spread the lie on youtube news videos too. Not only is it not true, Kier investigated CPS and changed old processes to make it easier for sexual assault victims to report the crime... But he's put the outlandish lie out there as Kier is clean and Boris is desperate. He's taking a play out of Trunps outlandish fake news disinformation playbook
Ian Blackford is as good a shouter as they come. Perhaps someone should remind him of his own party's behaviour regarding Alex Salmond. Not that this gives an excuse to Mr Johnson mind.
Its the Muller report situation. Release a report that doesn't explicitly state he should be removed as a consequence or legal proceeding should take place and then have your cabinet distract until the public concede defeat and we move on to the next problem.
Every two bit wannabe dictator does this, Trump with the Muller report, BoJo with Sue Gray, Piñera and his endless constitutional hearings, etc. Capitalism in general and Neoliberalism in specific are intrinsically biased towards Fascism and that is an inescapable fact. Sadly most people in the Anglo area of influence are brainwashed by over a century of propaganda. Dark days will be on the horizon as long as we allow these rich oligarchs to control society, hopefully Adorno, Marx, Engel and Parenti are becoming more and more known, let's hope we have enough time.
I think it's a bit different because his party isn't 100% backing him, unlike with Trump. Only once in US history has a president resigned. In the UK it's a bit more common.
@@tricepratops It still makes 0 sense at all. Liberalism as an ideology can’t be biased towards an ideology that is anti-liberalist. That just makes no sense.
Theresa May proving she was the right prime minister at the wrong time. Very respectable lady who has evolved over the years into a formidable MP. Much respect to her, and that Vogue photo shoot was ICONIC
Even though she was trying to go though with brexit, i'd rather her than Boris The Clown, Scotland was meant to get a special passport so we could still work in the EU, i'm planning on moving to Germany and it's impossible to do that now, Brexit was a massive mistake from England and believing that we'd get more "freedom".
Theresa May has many handlers and sycophants like Cockwomble, she is just as bad, she’s in the back pocket of financial institutions who are in the back pocket of the Russian mafia. FFS, how can anyone support anything to do with this criminal lot?
Nah she really wasn't good. She oversaw the Windrush Scandal, amongst other things. Just because she's more competent doesn't make her a better leader or person
Genuine Question: The Speaker allows the phrase that Mr Johnson "inadvertently mislead the house"... and for some reason the word "inadvertently" seems to protect him, despite clear contradictions throughout this ordeal. When is The Speaker of the House actually allowed to do something? The definition of inadvertently is: "without intention; accidentally." - but clearly Mr Johnson's actions follow every intention to try and keep his job... even claiming that he "wants to get on with it" which surely proves intention... right? 😅
An MP is not allowed to assert that another MP has deliberately said something which is not true to parliament - thems the rules. It's the accuser not the accused that breaks the rule.
The PM is in charge of enforcing the ministerial code. It wasn't envisioned that a PM might not have the integrity to do so, while still enjoying the support of most of the government.
@@Iazzaboyce If MPs were allowed to call each other liars every question Bozo was asked he'd just accuse the questioner of lying. There are reasons for such rules. It is also worth noting that the speaker represents the MPs and as the Tories have the majority then they get more representation. What we need to do is to reform Parliamentary privilege to allow legal redress of abuse of power because clearly there is a weakness in our system that has now been exploited by 2 authoritarian Tory PMs, Maggies Thatch and Bozo were and are basically driven by dictatorial instincts which can be seen by the way they filled their cabinets and the wider Tory party with snivelling weak yes men with no talent or ability, just there to do what they're told including lying to the public. It is worth noting that both oversaw calamitous deaths to disease during their regimes, Maggie saw 40,000 pensioners die of flu in the winter of 1987 largely caused by the extreme poverty she forced upon them by removing the index link to pensions which left millions of pensioners unable to heat their homes or feed themselves properly.
@@darthwiizius Tony Blair was heavily criticised for not involving his cabinet in decisions - his 'illegal war' caused many deaths - he now has personal wealth of £60 million. Let's not be too hard on the Tories...
No surprise the Sue Gray report was redacted and watered down, no doubt Spaffers lawyers did all the work to make this happens so it drags on for another month or so. The fact he brought up that outrageous smear against Keir Starmer shows how desperate and pathetic he is.
Pay close attention to Boris and the people who still support him speak. When he says sorry he's not apologising for making a mistake/doing something wrong. He's not taking accountability. The only thing he's sorry for is getting caught. He thinks he's above the law and can ride this out. People who aren't angry at him are probably guilty of break the law as well and using the excuse of if the leader of the country can do it, then so can I. I'm ashamed to be British. There are too many people in this country only worried about themselves and not about others or our future generations 😡
@@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín You think the aren't still being deported? Now if you are British of Bangladeshi descent you can have your citizenship revoked.
If the votes are there, and the time is right they will. May election aftermath could be that time, but who knows - like anything else, especially in recent years.
You know I have to say, I've been saying Johnson should go for quite a while, and while it's good to see him finally getting called out on one of the many occasions in which he's made a complete fool of himself, I doubt it's going to do him in. He seems to always manage to wriggle his way out of any scandal he gets himself into, no matter the severity. I sincerely hope that he resigns, or is forced to, but I doubt it'll happen.
@@Gary-bz1rf Bit of a mix of both I'd say, there are some valid concerns that have been brought up against him which he seems to somehow deflect until people forget, but you're not wrong. There have been a lot of times where it's mostly empty accusations which, whether true or not, can't really be substantiated.
Be grateful that you live in a country where such matters are even discussed in the parliament. In my country, such a thing will be swept under the rug, no one will be held accountable and even a majority of the people will applaud that he broke the rules. Justice must be served, but I can bet that a large number of politicians in other countries broke those rules and will never be held accountable.
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First round, he kept saying in parliament "I'm not answering bc waiting for Sue Gray report". Then out it comes and it tells us nothing. This round, he kept saying "I'm not answering bc waiting for the Met investigation". It's absolute BS. We all know by now what happened, he must resign.
That was my initial reaction, but _technically_ it is true. Starmer _didn't_ prosecute Savile... but then again neither did Johnson. It wasn't either of their jobs to do so.
Ian Blackford embodies what I enjoy about the SNP the most - they say it like it is, and do not fall victim to the typical "political filter" through which most politicians speak. They speak clearly, meaningfully and concise to the point. I am thoroughly thankful that we have a viable party up north.
@@Jirolin1 Glad to hear support for the SNP from south of the border. They aren't perfect, but at least they dont play games nearly as much as the Tories and Labour do.
@@Jirolin1 hahaha you mean the party lead by wee jimmy cranky? The party that thinks you should never be allowed to leave your house and saying something "offensive" in your own home is a hate crime? Get a grip, all the parties are garbage.
There had been so many times when his fall seemed unavoidable and yet he is here. So to any "could it" question my answer is yes, it could - but don't have high hopes for it.
Definitely not everyone, I know many people (all of them extremely wealthy) who have not suffered, despaired or have any sort of problem during the pandemic, as always. Rich traitors, pardon the redundancy, are insulated from the world's problems while we die to keep then insulated.
He’s not desperate. He’s just himself. He’s got nothing to worry about apart some from his own party. He can literally take his pants down on national tv and take a crap and he will be fine.
Hi there - just reporting in with update on my so far 100% correct track record on this saga The answer to the question '.... Could it End Johnson? ' ...is no, it won't. Thankyou
What about the person who manufactured the alcohol? They likely knew it was going to be used at a party and still thought it was ok to keep selling it during a pandemic! Disgraceful!!!
I very much doubt if we (the public) will ever get the full transcript of either Ms. GRAY'S or the METS investigation. Ah well! that's democracy UK Style .
My concern is this - if Boris Johnson has lied about this then what else has he lied about. If No10 is so disorganised then that is a security risk of national importance.
Anyone know whether a sitting PM has ever been the subject of an active police investigation before? Of course, it's still sort of possible to say that Johnson isn't directly under investigation but I'm just curious as to whether there are any historical precedents.
@@callumcrichton5787 According to Wikipedia, he was a potential prosecution witness. The CPS opted not to prosecute saying there wasn't a realistic prospect of conviction but it didn't look like Blair would have been the target even if it had gone ahead.
The crime minister is currently under investigation for misleading the Queen and his attempt to prolong parliament for an unusualy long time. But he might get away from the latter coz Bercow simply refused.
While there were conservatives speaking against Johnson, there were also quite a lot who still supported him. I don’t think we’ll see action from the 1922 comity until the police investigation has ended. Still, I could be wrong
You gotta love the irony of this situation! The most antisocial and awkward looking bloke is about to get nailed because he couldn't help the urge of being socially surrounded by party goers! Once again: Rules for thee, but not for me!!!
Agreed!! The UK need to dump Johnson before he irreparately causes damage to the Union. His behaviour is going to promote an independent Scotland and a United Ireland! England can then go it alone and explain to the world what a mess Westminster is
This seems like the end of the road for the prime minister. Both those who support the restrictions and those who feel they are too harsh, for the economy or the individual, have every reason to find every bit of this outrageous. Added to that, the dishonesty when answering questions in parliament, the criminal investigation, the media coverage and the public pressure makes defending the prime minister openly an act of political self harm. Also there is the fact that many those possibly complicit in these parties have been given an easy way out in the update discussed: turn on the PM now, and at least you can claim you wouldn’t have done whatever you did without the pressure from the prime minister.
I wonder if any NHS staff were given drinks parties when they were bone-weary and exhausted after “working hard” like the Downing Street staff? This disgraceful Prime Minister MUST go.
Could you imagine if after Starmer asked BoJo to resign he did. Just stands up and is like "Okay, sure. Anyone got some paper? I'm fuckin' done, Mate." The absolute chaos that would happen in the Conservative Party would be amazing.
It says something about Boris Johnson's current situation that the announcement that he's under multiple criminal investigations by the police is considered a huge win.
Bojo might survive any controversy thrown his way. But the longer he stays the more damage he will do to the uks democracy and damage the Tories for years to come
She genuinely looks happier being Johnson's chief critic within the Tory benches. She's already been PM, no longer cares about sucking up to anyone in the party beyond her local constituency voters and her "right honourable" self can tear into him with dry acerbic wit. Johnson would probably love to politely shuffle her off to the Lords (much as it would goad him to give her anything as desireable as a title, she's a thorn in his side) or push her into a quiet retirement but I imagine she's quite enjoying the front row seat to Johnson's misery and only planning to retire once he's gone. I swear she'd munch popcorn during the sh*tshow if it didn't offend her ever so conservative aesthetics. I must say that she's much more entertaining these days.
There is nothing in a Westminster system to impeach or get rid of a PM if the latter simply wants to hang on to their seat until the next election. The 2 possible "exit solutions" are: -PM resigns (unlikely to happen with Johnson) -Leadership spill, Australian-style. That needs to be led by his own camp, voters or the judiciary have no say in it. Therefore all he needs is to maintain enough support within his party.
Who is investigating the failure of the Met Police for failing to investigate the matter in the first place. Were they unable to report to their senior officers?
Boris Johnson wouldn't let this have gone to the police unless he knew he would get away with it. The big question is, does Boris Johnson have the police chefs in his pocket.
Johnson only ever apologises, meaningless apologies. He then blames other people for the things he says he's sorry for. Throughout his life, however, he never, EVER admits to lying. No matter how outrageous, no matter how obvious, no matter if it's on record (e.g. in Hansard or interview). In Parliament, if he admits to lying to the House, he's out. So, even when it's on public record, he'll never admit he's lied.
He apologizes and says that something has to change, but he doesn't want to take responsibility and give up office. Should we believe him this time? A PM speaks the truth and tells him to resign, but the PM is expelled from the room. At least one has the courage to say it straight to him. Even though Gray wasn't allowed to publish everything she said was clear. No acquittal.
Parliament has to end Johnson's lack of credibility and disregard for any one or anything, but himself . If he contines, what is left of a democracy will crumble.
The Metropolitan police insisted that " it did not normally investigate retrospective breaches of the Covid regulations" but this has changed. Why? Because it is convenient for Johnson. It is getting difficult to work out whether the worst stink is coming from the Met or the Cabinet.
Boris' apologies remind me of the husband who has gone astray, and profusely apologizes over and over to his spouse, and then goes out and does it again. Too late for apologies, just resign!
It is not 1 party at #10 Downing Street, but 16. It is not that this government signed PPE contracts with friends and family, but that a large number of those contracts have cost us, the taxpayers £8,700,000,000 out of a budget of £12,100,000,000. It is the pattern of behaviour that this PM and cabinet are not accountable and show us, the taxpayer utter contempt through a smirk of arrogance.
Someone should tell the backbencher that no one can act in the best interests of the country and the best interests of the conservative party at the same time. They don't intersect at any point.
It is very unusual for me to ever agree with anything ever spoken by the honourable member who leads the SNP at Westminster, but unfortunately, in this particular case,I cannot disagree. The PM lied to the house, and has now been found out. If he has a shred of honour or decency, he MUST resign.
So in refusing to correct the record, Johnson has admitted misleading parliament and should thus resign. Is the speaker useless? Or are our procedures totally unfit for purpose? We urgently need a written constitution and parliamentary standards written by independent experts and approved by a people's assembly. Britain is broken.
It's not actually the Speaker's job to oblige Johnson to resign - the presumption of the Ministerial Code is that any minister found to have lied to the House should tender their resignation to the PM, i.e. it's meant to be about personal integrity. So really, we're expecting Boris not to just admit to lying, but to find himself guilty of it and accept his own resignation - in short, we're expecting him to shown personal integrity. It is time for the Ministerial Code to be updated to give it more teeth.
@@buskergirl what money? You mean his Tory donor money he needs to keep borrowing because he's a broke, alcoholic, lying, cheating scumbag? Yeah I thought so
@Paul Davies He isn't broke. He comes from a very wealthy family who could afford to send him to Eton. He just *perefers* to spend other people's money because of his shameless greed.
There's a big problem when pointing out a liar gets you in more trouble than actually lying...
Ian Blackford wasn't in trouble, he was just ordered to take the rest of the day off. He still has his political career and has somewhat boosted his reputation, unlike Johnson whose career and reputation lie in tatters.
Welcome to our modern world.
Its just one of the rules of the house. Calling someone a liar gets him kicked out for the day. Its to stop MP's just slandering each other all days. There are still ways to imply somwone is a liar. A common one one is to call them Liberal with the truth. The guy who said it isn't in any real trouble and probably said it knowing he would be out for the day after.
@@benry007 I'm aware he isn't in real trouble but it still bothers me that they have rules for petty and pointless things yet but let MPs and the PM get away with lying through their back teeth
@@cruelmole the rules we have in place keeps some kind of civility. We dont have to watch MP's punching each other or slandering each other constantly. It makes it so that when someone is called a liar its with good reason and to make a stand.
After the "Vote Remain/Leave arc", "Brexit discussional arc", and the Coronavirus pandemic arc", I didn't think the "Boris Party Scandal arc" was gonna live up to the hype, but this season has me hooked.
Sue Grey coming in as a main character after being in the background and teased for so long back in previous seasons was wild. She is a big player here now, I legit can't wait to see how this season ends.
'I take full responsibility and my deputies will resign'
For me this is now less about what did or didn’t happen, it’s about integrity and the lack of accountability for the endless lies. I find it appalling that members of the cabinet and some backbench MPs continue to defend someone that is patently lying through his teeth. We all know that politicians bend the truth, and take positions that suit them at the time. The PM, however, has taken things to another level and is an embarrassment to us all.
This is exactly my stance. Bending the rules and the truth is just part of politics, they all do it and if you think your dear leader of your party doesn't, then you are deluded and incorrect. But to so openly laugh in our faces is disgusting and I cannot support this government at all. They all need to resign now for defending this man despite so many awful events clearly having taken place.
@KW
One of the most famous bending of truth’s of course is Michael Howard’s appearance on Newsnight were he failed to answer a question multiple times …BUT the key thing is he didn’t lie.
Johnson lies outrageously so often it just takes the piss.
He and his cabinet are bad faith operators that started with Brexit and is ongoing to this day with Blojob being the ultimate manifesto of it.
look at the Republican Party in the US with Trump. Its the same pattern of behavior
@@zhufortheimpaler4041 I agree. What happens is that they lie, usually in an obvious and over-the-top manner and when challenged over these individual lies they then fire back with "Well, you're lying ...about EVERYTHING!"
This is another reason why our politics is in trouble, because in terms of sides we cannot agree on objective truth even when sources prove it and even with verifiable sources proving the argument (see Trump literally asking Russia for help during the election during a TV interview).
@@emilymcplugger yeah Johnson should never have gotten elected. Just like Trump.
It is a result of the major conservative/right wing mainstream in anglo-american media, and the political illiteracy of large parts of the population.
Notice how in his apology he doesn’t say I, he says we. Spreading the blame and not taking personal responsibility.
It's even worse than that. He's apologising for how the matter was handled - that could mean anything from it being found out at all, to anyone daring to rat him out. It sounds like he's more sorry about being caught than the behaviour in the first place.
actually, that's just the proverbial, royal "we", coming out early.
@@lawrencium2626 do you know the history of the royal we? It's not much different than the regular plural. If he's using the royal one, that implies that he's speaking for not just the monarchy, but every citizen of the UK.
@@rachelgarcia1790 yes, quite. We are not amused..
I found Theresa May's comments particularly stinging. Her voice is very recognizable, and her accusation of either ignorance or hypocrisy were direct and strong.
Honestly i never thought i'd miss that woman but she looks like an angel compared to Boris..
@Adrian C. you can hear the venom being injected with those words. Ouch.
Kudos to May, did not expect it.
I really hope Bojo stays, he's absolutely the best advert for Scottish Independence!
How do you tell someone is pro Scottish independence? They'll immediately scream it in your face.
But in all seriousness, there's no chance of a referendum going through Westminster right now.
I will say though that I very much appreciated Ian Blackford's stance yesterday, he refused to back down and after all of this, that was sorely needed, ideally from Starmer.
I want Scotland to leave so you all stop whining about it
He will stay. The Party Controllers will see to that. Boris is controllable, simply by playing on his vanity. 'Looby LOO', Bully BLOGGS or any other contender may not be so !
@@Wozza365 The SNP are viewed in Scotland by the younger generations more and more as the new 'labour' and less as the 'Tartan Tories' that our parents and grandparents hated. Their popularity isn't going anywhere while they espouse what the UK is currently lacking from traditional labour.
Looooooool loooool " Scottish independence "Run and owned by the French and Germans. Hilarious. "Yes,please go and be 'independence '.Stop your debt ridden whinning ." Go.
I can’t believe there are people STILL backing him!! Have to say this Gray lady seem formidable.
i guess that's why they called her a formidable political power in a previous video.
I am from a country, where the previous prime minister is known USSR agent, and had conflicts of interest. Yet he became 2nd most voted party this year.
Who is going to replace him, there's nobody viable and the conservatives have no-one they can rally behind.
From the people who can deal with brexit, he is the most rational person. Any other people can’t get it done. So as long as brexit is still an issue, then conservative still needs him.
@@yourstruly5706 Just because you don’t have an answer for that does not mean he shouldn’t go.
The MP asking does the PM think he's a fool? Welcome to our world for the last few years.
Honestly, while we ALL KNOW BoJo should have been gone ages ago, at this point I can't even see THIS ending him 😭
In a way, I suppose the real issue is that over time the threshold for what is considered a career ending "you have no choice but to resign now" offence has slipped more and more, as so many politicians have decided to just holdout and hope the moment passes.
It's clear he won't resign. We have a smoking gun and it's made no difference. He's clearly without any honour. It seems he's prepared to take his party down with him as this really does not look good for anyone still supporting him.
Sadly, I think you are right. Despicable man.
If killing 150,000 people by his mismanagement of the Covid response wasn't enough to finish his career, I don't see how having a few illegal parties is going to do so.
He'll only go when someone else in the Tory party wants the job and can garner enough support to knife him in the back.
We also know he will never resign voluntarily. There will either have to be a successful vote of no confidence and a failed (tory) subsequent election or some serious legal action. I don't see either happening any time soon.
Honestly Blackford shouldn't have been kicked out when, inadvertently or not, he did mislead the house. Shouldn't be kicked out for telling the truth
If he was telling the truth , the Speaker was suffering from shock as its never happened before .
it's against the rules to call someone the liar in the House of Commons saying that boris did "miss-lead the house" and the rules should be updated
Rules are rules. Applying them evenly is rather the point of this whole matter. It contrasts rather nicely with the PM's behaviour.
Christ, are people really this politically gullible? You think Blackford didn't WANT to get kicked out? Raise his profile? The SNP have NO INTEREST in Westminster. They only contest seats in Scotland. If one of them gets kicked out of the house it's a win-win for them.
@@0w784g oh I didn't doubt he did it specifically, there were enough opportunities to say sorry and retract, but I don't think that highlighting that the house has been mislead should necessarily be an offence that gets you kicked out, presuming it is true
Thanks!
you know you are old when you realise you actively follow the news. then you realise that the "regular" news is boring and dragged out. 😴 TLDR news brings me bite sized daily digestable news. thank you team!
I'm 15 😨
@@LJ-np3gc then my friend you will be a very wise and educated person when you grow up.
Part of the reason I consume a lot of international news. British, American, Chinese, ... XD
Swiss news are boring, there's never anything worthy of note happening here, but there's so much entertaining drama in the rest of the world.
@@SwissSareth As an American, I’d love some of that a Swiss boredom around here from time to time.
@@LJ-np3gc That's good you are invested at only this age. Educate yourself early, you will be more aware of your surroundings than most of the people.
But how can he have broken the law when he was ambushed with a cake 😂
I say toss the cake ambusher into the catacombs of the London Tower! Clearly a modern day Guy Fawkes, wishing to tear down the government with powder (not quite gunpowder, flour powder baked into a cake, but its purpose none the less evil)!
@@BernasLL the evils of powdered sugar 🤣
Mandates are different from laws. This would be irrelevant usually but a prime minister could technically have the state of emergency declared retroactively invalid and effectively pardon himself. If anyone's got the nerve to try it it would be Boris.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 Sure he could but the initial infringement wouldn't even matter at that point. It would be political suicide if he did and would all but guarantee a no confidence vote.
@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 he doesn't need to do that though, he can just wait it out, people don't remember what happened last month, the electorate is dumb af, if they weren't BoJo wouldn't be in office, Brexit would have been rejected at the referendum; let's face it, BoJo really does represent the UK's electorate and I'm loving how karma is fucking up your kingdom. The neoliberal chicken came home to roost :)
“This is the end of Boris Johnson”
“TLDR… this is the 7th week in a row you’ve posted this video”
Important stuff, but even without having watched it yet, I can almost guarantee that Johnson is going to weasel his way out of this one too
Correct. It does not matter what it says. All others surrounding him will suffer and fall over this. He himself will ascend onward and ever upward.
Even if the electrorate one day become 99% sick of him and want shot of him - they still won't be able to overcome him. I think he has plan for a subtle and swift dismantling of our 'democracy' . UK electorate vs Boris Johnson is the real 'battle royale' - but guess who will win.
Parliament, his own party, SueGray, The Met...whoever it is - is just a mere distraction . They have no chance of unseating him.
Of course he can weasel himself out of it, he is a pretty charismatic chump, his problem is the Tories might not be able to do the same.
@@bbbf09 Then when Liz kicks it, what then? The acrid political landscape will continue to get worse, agitation from the Scots and Irish Republicans will grow, the EU will choke out the UK economy, COVID will continue to linger, the new trade deals won't be worth the paper they're printed on once China, India, the US and EU can ensure better products and services, and one PM after another lying up and down from 10 Downing Street to Westminster ain't gonna stop the shit from piling up. Face it, the UK embroiled in scandal over a bloody silly party or two is a symptom of a very sick patient about to take a turn for the worst.
@@davidpeterson5647 Couldn't agree more. Bad to worse and then very (very) worse. Doesn't mean the end of BJ. Bad for UK electorate but then we (or the majority of 'we') are to blame and deserve what is coming. All brought on ourselves by inviting a cancer to lead us. ...and look where he led us
Boris has lied his entire life. He’s simply a vote winner and nothing else.
Just a shame he’s actually made it this far and it’s this late.
There was a third option. The Met's request was just that. There was no court order. She could have decided to publish the full report, as it is not in the public interest to withhold it. At the very least she should have asked the Met to explain how this could "prejudice" their investigation. If Cressida Dick doesn't not believe her officers are capable of conducting an impartial investigation, that doesn't show much faith in her organisation, does it?
Javids brother is heading the report... Stinky isn't it?
To be fair had she not withheld, the met government lawyers would have easily prevented any fixed penalties based on the investigation being "tainted". I'm saying this because I agree with the lawyers, only that these skilled professional lawyers would have found it easy to do.
If they don't get fined the politicians would be able to say.....go government employee or member of Parliament we're found to be in breach of the law.
It sacks and its shady as he'll but nevertheless it would have been a bad move to ignore the request from the met police.
@@PatrickStarfishman Indeed, there could have been good reasons to withhold it and it might have been the best thing to do, but I am only pointing out that there was a third option, not just two as stated in the video. If the options had been weighed and discussed openly and explanations had been sought and given, then it might not all seem so damn shady...
The Met is not only about to find out who didn't bring his own booze, but also the names of the officers on guard, who were watching criminal action as it happened. Guess what the Met is going to find and when it will be published.
Came here to find this. One of the problems that I have with news organizations like TLDR News that say they are "unbiased" is that, really, what they are, is uncritical. When you're not critical, you are serving the interests of those currently in power. TLDR News trusts what people say way too much. Just because she says she was limited in what she could say, it doesn't mean she was actually limited.
I appreciate their effort but it's psychologically impossible not to introduce bias into your reporting, and a failure to recognize that is a failure to correct your reporting for your own views. Even if you attempt to strictly report facts and not opinions, if you don't evaluate critically what the parties are saying are facts, you're gonna fail. And even if you manage that, you still have the bias of what you select are the most important facts to present. The wording with which you present them. The body language you show when you present them.
Unfortunately, not evaluating stuff critically is, however, a good way to look like you're not biased.
The “Jimmy Saville” jibe has to be to absolute bottom of the dung heap. Keir Starmer followed Napoleon’s maxim “never interrupt an opponent when he’s making a mistake”, Johnson is in desperate need of a good hiding. What a tossed. Where’s Rory Stewart when you need him???
It's true though?
Hounded out of politics because he talked sense. Seen a lot of that since the Brexit vote unfortunately.
@@callum1131 Not at all True, Boris PR trolls are trying to spread the lie on youtube news videos too.
Not only is it not true, Kier investigated CPS and changed old processes to make it easier for sexual assault victims to report the crime...
But he's put the outlandish lie out there as Kier is clean and Boris is desperate. He's taking a play out of Trunps outlandish fake news disinformation playbook
Shout out to Ian Blackford for refusing to use "inadvertently"
Well He'd have to resign. If he said Boris had "inadvertently" misled parliament he would be misleading parliament.
Ian Blackford is as good a shouter as they come. Perhaps someone should remind him of his own party's behaviour regarding Alex Salmond.
Not that this gives an excuse to Mr Johnson mind.
Party-Boi reminds me of an old joke : " The way to ask God for a new bicycle is : you steal one and then ask for forgiveness and say you are sorry"
Its the Muller report situation. Release a report that doesn't explicitly state he should be removed as a consequence or legal proceeding should take place and then have your cabinet distract until the public concede defeat and we move on to the next problem.
Every two bit wannabe dictator does this, Trump with the Muller report, BoJo with Sue Gray, Piñera and his endless constitutional hearings, etc. Capitalism in general and Neoliberalism in specific are intrinsically biased towards Fascism and that is an inescapable fact. Sadly most people in the Anglo area of influence are brainwashed by over a century of propaganda. Dark days will be on the horizon as long as we allow these rich oligarchs to control society, hopefully Adorno, Marx, Engel and Parenti are becoming more and more known, let's hope we have enough time.
I think it's a bit different because his party isn't 100% backing him, unlike with Trump. Only once in US history has a president resigned. In the UK it's a bit more common.
@@eleSDSU „[…]Liberalism is biased towards facism.[….]“ That doesn’t even make any sense. That statement is so devoid of logic.
@@MrXxHunter can you not read or are you purposely misquoting them. They specifically referred to Neoliberalism
@@tricepratops It still makes 0 sense at all. Liberalism as an ideology can’t be biased towards an ideology that is anti-liberalist. That just makes no sense.
Boris Johnsons beyond abhorrent accusing Kier Starmer that Jimmy Savile was Keir's fault is way way beyond the pale.
Theresa May proving she was the right prime minister at the wrong time. Very respectable lady who has evolved over the years into a formidable MP. Much respect to her, and that Vogue photo shoot was ICONIC
Even though she was trying to go though with brexit, i'd rather her than Boris The Clown, Scotland was meant to get a special passport so we could still work in the EU, i'm planning on moving to Germany and it's impossible to do that now,
Brexit was a massive mistake from England and believing that we'd get more "freedom".
Theresa May has many handlers and sycophants like Cockwomble, she is just as bad, she’s in the back pocket of financial institutions who are in the back pocket of the Russian mafia. FFS, how can anyone support anything to do with this criminal lot?
Lol what?! She was terrible too!
Nah she really wasn't good. She oversaw the Windrush Scandal, amongst other things. Just because she's more competent doesn't make her a better leader or person
@@ScottishPhoenix why is that impossible now?
The police will just say that fines have been issued to staff that attended no 10 parties
So that's it dealt with
Not politically.
Not even that, they might just prolong this matter until it blows over and becomes normalized by time. UK voters are dumb af.
Genuine Question: The Speaker allows the phrase that Mr Johnson "inadvertently mislead the house"... and for some reason the word "inadvertently" seems to protect him, despite clear contradictions throughout this ordeal. When is The Speaker of the House actually allowed to do something?
The definition of inadvertently is: "without intention; accidentally." - but clearly Mr Johnson's actions follow every intention to try and keep his job... even claiming that he "wants to get on with it" which surely proves intention... right? 😅
An MP is not allowed to assert that another MP has deliberately said something which is not true to parliament - thems the rules. It's the accuser not the accused that breaks the rule.
The PM is in charge of enforcing the ministerial code. It wasn't envisioned that a PM might not have the integrity to do so, while still enjoying the support of most of the government.
@@Iazzaboyce
If MPs were allowed to call each other liars every question Bozo was asked he'd just accuse the questioner of lying. There are reasons for such rules. It is also worth noting that the speaker represents the MPs and as the Tories have the majority then they get more representation. What we need to do is to reform Parliamentary privilege to allow legal redress of abuse of power because clearly there is a weakness in our system that has now been exploited by 2 authoritarian Tory PMs, Maggies Thatch and Bozo were and are basically driven by dictatorial instincts which can be seen by the way they filled their cabinets and the wider Tory party with snivelling weak yes men with no talent or ability, just there to do what they're told including lying to the public. It is worth noting that both oversaw calamitous deaths to disease during their regimes, Maggie saw 40,000 pensioners die of flu in the winter of 1987 largely caused by the extreme poverty she forced upon them by removing the index link to pensions which left millions of pensioners unable to heat their homes or feed themselves properly.
@@darthwiizius Tony Blair was heavily criticised for not involving his cabinet in decisions - his 'illegal war' caused many deaths - he now has personal wealth of £60 million. Let's not be too hard on the Tories...
I love how you guys present this information in a neutral nature and not just clickbait. Thank you so much, keep up the good work.
"But mum, it was only a conservative party. Nothing liberal happened." 😒
Only missionary for the sole purpose of procreation.
No surprise the Sue Gray report was redacted and watered down, no doubt Spaffers lawyers did all the work to make this happens so it drags on for another month or so. The fact he brought up that outrageous smear against Keir Starmer shows how desperate and pathetic he is.
Pay close attention to Boris and the people who still support him speak.
When he says sorry he's not apologising for making a mistake/doing something wrong. He's not taking accountability. The only thing he's sorry for is getting caught. He thinks he's above the law and can ride this out.
People who aren't angry at him are probably guilty of break the law as well and using the excuse of if the leader of the country can do it, then so can I.
I'm ashamed to be British. There are too many people in this country only worried about themselves and not about others or our future generations 😡
There could be footage of him shooting some kids in kindergarten and Bonson would still hold onto power with "nobody told me it wasn't legal" 😒
Well, he thought it was a work shooting, not a party shooting. and besides, he didn't organise it, it was a surprise shooting.
I'm an essential worker. I worked hard during the pandemic too, Mr. Johnson, while my father died alone. I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire.
Man… miss the Theresa May days…
i'm sure the British POC citizens deported by her don't
@@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín You think the aren't still being deported? Now if you are British of Bangladeshi descent you can have your citizenship revoked.
@@Jay_Johnson oh believe me i know they are and i know it's only going to get worse under Patel
Full throated support isn't something I'd ever offer Boris.
His mistresses would beg to differ.
Maybe just the tip?
@@bassetts1899 It's not that big I bet.
@@AuntyEsther Illegal cake does that to a man.
If the Tories do badly in the local elections they will definitely get rid of Boris Johnson.
Don’t think they will.
If the votes are there, and the time is right they will. May election aftermath could be that time, but who knows - like anything else, especially in recent years.
You know I have to say, I've been saying Johnson should go for quite a while, and while it's good to see him finally getting called out on one of the many occasions in which he's made a complete fool of himself, I doubt it's going to do him in. He seems to always manage to wriggle his way out of any scandal he gets himself into, no matter the severity. I sincerely hope that he resigns, or is forced to, but I doubt it'll happen.
@@Gary-bz1rf Bit of a mix of both I'd say, there are some valid concerns that have been brought up against him which he seems to somehow deflect until people forget, but you're not wrong. There have been a lot of times where it's mostly empty accusations which, whether true or not, can't really be substantiated.
Be grateful that you live in a country where such matters are even discussed in the parliament. In my country, such a thing will be swept under the rug, no one will be held accountable and even a majority of the people will applaud that he broke the rules. Justice must be served, but I can bet that a large number of politicians in other countries broke those rules and will never be held accountable.
My politics a level teacher was anticipating this like a marvel blockbuster
“Isn’t quite true” - come on chaps that should have been “isn’t true”.
This TV drama show is great, I wonder how it's going to end?
These violent delights have violent ends.
With Bojo out of a job, hopefully
WW3
Like any Soap Opera, it could be years.
Stay tuned for next week's episode
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It appears BoJo also misled the house on the Starmer/Saville statement. I feel the eviction of the sitting clown is long overdue.
I think this lack of public consideration is best displayed by who's wearing a mask and who are not. There is a definitive divide between the sides.
First round, he kept saying in parliament "I'm not answering bc waiting for Sue Gray report". Then out it comes and it tells us nothing. This round, he kept saying "I'm not answering bc waiting for the Met investigation". It's absolute BS. We all know by now what happened, he must resign.
Regarding Savile, you said "It Isn't quite true?" "It's a bear face lie and it is NOT true!", that's what you should have said.
That was my initial reaction, but _technically_ it is true. Starmer _didn't_ prosecute Savile... but then again neither did Johnson. It wasn't either of their jobs to do so.
Without knowing a whole lot about him, I have to say that Ian Blackford seems amazing
Ian Blackford embodies what I enjoy about the SNP the most - they say it like it is, and do not fall victim to the typical "political filter" through which most politicians speak. They speak clearly, meaningfully and concise to the point. I am thoroughly thankful that we have a viable party up north.
@@Jirolin1 Glad to hear support for the SNP from south of the border. They aren't perfect, but at least they dont play games nearly as much as the Tories and Labour do.
@@Jirolin1 hahaha you mean the party lead by wee jimmy cranky? The party that thinks you should never be allowed to leave your house and saying something "offensive" in your own home is a hate crime? Get a grip, all the parties are garbage.
When I heard the report is out, I knew it was gonna get even more funky
One of the parties was a day before my birthday. Nice to know the PM was celebrating for me, when I couldn't.
"a man people can no longer trust"
Why has anyone ever trusted Johnson?
There had been so many times when his fall seemed unavoidable and yet he is here. So to any "could it" question my answer is yes, it could - but don't have high hopes for it.
"This pandemic is hard... for everyone."
I wouldn't say _everyone_ exactly but I guess it was hard for Boris also with this happening.
Boohoo Boris Boohoo
Definitely not everyone, I know many people (all of them extremely wealthy) who have not suffered, despaired or have any sort of problem during the pandemic, as always. Rich traitors, pardon the redundancy, are insulated from the world's problems while we die to keep then insulated.
Boris Johnson never says, "I am sorry" or "I apologize." It is either "I want to apologize" or "sorry." It is not the same thing.
Even if he did say it, it would be a lie.
I'd just like it known the police initially refused to investigate prior to Sue Gray's. Says about all you need to know.
Our politicians need an independent publicly funded fact checking body with the power to hold them truly accountable.
He’s not desperate. He’s just himself. He’s got nothing to worry about apart some from his own party. He can literally take his pants down on national tv and take a crap and he will be fine.
Hi there - just reporting in with update on my so far 100% correct track record on this saga
The answer to the question '.... Could it End Johnson? '
...is no, it won't.
Thankyou
I'm not going to be satisfied until *everyone* who participated in those parties is held accountable, not just Boris.
You won't get satisfaction ever then. Organize, mobilize and protest or just keep being an obedient pleb.
What about the person who manufactured the alcohol? They likely knew it was going to be used at a party and still thought it was ok to keep selling it during a pandemic! Disgraceful!!!
Kudos to the editor of the 'exciting evening of the house' bit at the start. I'd love to see more like that.
Gray's report should be expanded to cover whether the government intervened in police business to stall Gray's report...
As an American watching the House of Commons yesterday live was thrilling! Wish our congress was as passionate.
They aren't usually. British politics at the moment is in a similar place to when the Trump Impeachment happened in 2017
@@Jay_Johnson did you watch the impeachment hearing? It was somehow boring.
That intro was better than most multi-billionaire adverts for blockbuster films- that was intense and I mean INTENSSSEEE!!!
I very much doubt if we (the public) will ever get the full transcript of either Ms. GRAY'S or the METS investigation. Ah well! that's democracy UK Style .
I gotta say I like Theresa May way more when she’s not PM
My concern is this - if Boris Johnson has lied about this then what else has he lied about. If No10 is so disorganised then that is a security risk of national importance.
Anyone know whether a sitting PM has ever been the subject of an active police investigation before? Of course, it's still sort of possible to say that Johnson isn't directly under investigation but I'm just curious as to whether there are any historical precedents.
Tony Blair was
@@callumcrichton5787 Oh wait, yes. Cash for honours, you mean? Was he interviewed as a suspect or as a witness?
@@davidmurphy563 He was brought in for questioning but I'm not sure if it was as a suspect or as witness
@@callumcrichton5787 According to Wikipedia, he was a potential prosecution witness. The CPS opted not to prosecute saying there wasn't a realistic prospect of conviction but it didn't look like Blair would have been the target even if it had gone ahead.
The crime minister is currently under investigation for misleading the Queen and his attempt to prolong parliament for an unusualy long time. But he might get away from the latter coz Bercow simply refused.
great to see that a party can indeed question their own leaders and doesn't cover them when screwing up.
The interests of the countrys of the United Kingdoms and those of the Conservative Party are not the same ting at all.
While there were conservatives speaking against Johnson, there were also quite a lot who still supported him. I don’t think we’ll see action from the 1922 comity until the police investigation has ended. Still, I could be wrong
You gotta love the irony of this situation! The most antisocial and awkward looking bloke is about to get nailed because he couldn't help the urge of being socially surrounded by party goers! Once again: Rules for thee, but not for me!!!
Hahahaha, you actually believe he will be "nailed", how sweet and naive some people are.
Things are looking better and better for a Free & Independent Scotland and a United Ireland!!!
Agreed!! The UK need to dump Johnson before he irreparately causes damage to the Union. His behaviour is going to promote an independent Scotland and a United Ireland! England can then go it alone and explain to the world what a mess Westminster is
The year of the Tiger... This report bites like a Tiger on BoJo...
He is the biggest gift for Labour during this lunar new year.
A toothless Tiger. Unfortunately
@@bbbf09 It definitely hurts, but whether the wounds he sustained will be enough.. I don’t know
This seems like the end of the road for the prime minister. Both those who support the restrictions and those who feel they are too harsh, for the economy or the individual, have every reason to find every bit of this outrageous.
Added to that, the dishonesty when answering questions in parliament, the criminal investigation, the media coverage and the public pressure makes defending the prime minister openly an act of political self harm. Also there is the fact that many those possibly complicit in these parties have been given an easy way out in the update discussed: turn on the PM now, and at least you can claim you wouldn’t have done whatever you did without the pressure from the prime minister.
That starting music was terrible. Sounded like one of those tabloid-ish news channels
I wonder if any NHS staff were given drinks parties when they were bone-weary and exhausted after “working hard” like the Downing Street staff? This disgraceful Prime Minister MUST go.
Could you imagine if after Starmer asked BoJo to resign he did. Just stands up and is like "Okay, sure. Anyone got some paper? I'm fuckin' done, Mate."
The absolute chaos that would happen in the Conservative Party would be amazing.
If it doesn't end him it will show how much of a farsh parliament is
Blackford was not kicked out, he left before they could do that ;)
It says something about Boris Johnson's current situation that the announcement that he's under multiple criminal investigations by the police is considered a huge win.
Bojo might survive any controversy thrown his way. But the longer he stays the more damage he will do to the uks democracy and damage the Tories for years to come
Good. Both the UK and the Tory party are blights on this world and are long past due.
Now that Brexit is dealt with I wouldn't mind Theresa May back. You have to respect that she stayed as an MP and didn't run off like the Cameron lot.
I can imagine Theresa May laughing her ass off in private at Johnson.
She genuinely looks happier being Johnson's chief critic within the Tory benches. She's already been PM, no longer cares about sucking up to anyone in the party beyond her local constituency voters and her "right honourable" self can tear into him with dry acerbic wit. Johnson would probably love to politely shuffle her off to the Lords (much as it would goad him to give her anything as desireable as a title, she's a thorn in his side) or push her into a quiet retirement but I imagine she's quite enjoying the front row seat to Johnson's misery and only planning to retire once he's gone. I swear she'd munch popcorn during the sh*tshow if it didn't offend her ever so conservative aesthetics. I must say that she's much more entertaining these days.
Incredible intro. Going from strength to strength tldr!
There is nothing in a Westminster system to impeach or get rid of a PM if the latter simply wants to hang on to their seat until the next election. The 2 possible "exit solutions" are:
-PM resigns (unlikely to happen with Johnson)
-Leadership spill, Australian-style. That needs to be led by his own camp, voters or the judiciary have no say in it. Therefore all he needs is to maintain enough support within his party.
Who is investigating the failure of the Met Police for failing to investigate the matter in the first place.
Were they unable to report to their senior officers?
Boris Johnson wouldn't let this have gone to the police unless he knew he would get away with it.
The big question is, does Boris Johnson have the police chefs in his pocket.
Johnson only ever apologises, meaningless apologies. He then blames other people for the things he says he's sorry for. Throughout his life, however, he never, EVER admits to lying. No matter how outrageous, no matter how obvious, no matter if it's on record (e.g. in Hansard or interview).
In Parliament, if he admits to lying to the House, he's out. So, even when it's on public record, he'll never admit he's lied.
He apologizes and says that something has to change, but he doesn't want to take responsibility and give up office. Should we believe him this time?
A PM speaks the truth and tells him to resign, but the PM is expelled from the room.
At least one has the courage to say it straight to him.
Even though Gray wasn't allowed to publish everything she said was clear. No acquittal.
they will threaten her family and threaten her life .. then scotland yard will just cover it all up
Parliament has to end Johnson's lack of credibility and disregard for any one or anything, but himself . If he contines, what is left of a democracy will crumble.
The Metropolitan police insisted that " it did not normally investigate retrospective breaches of the Covid regulations" but this has changed. Why? Because it is convenient for Johnson. It is getting difficult to work out whether the worst stink is coming from the Met or the Cabinet.
Boris' apologies remind me of the husband who has gone astray, and profusely apologizes over and over to his spouse, and then goes out and does it again. Too late for apologies, just resign!
That analogy for Boris Johnson is remarkably apt.
It is not 1 party at #10 Downing Street, but 16.
It is not that this government signed PPE contracts with friends and family, but that a large number of those contracts have cost us, the taxpayers £8,700,000,000 out of a budget of £12,100,000,000.
It is the pattern of behaviour that this PM and cabinet are not accountable and show us, the taxpayer utter contempt through a smirk of arrogance.
Since the Met will not disclose the names anyone who may be given a fine. We will NEVER know from the Met if Johnson was at a party.
Someone should tell the backbencher that no one can act in the best interests of the country and the best interests of the conservative party at the same time. They don't intersect at any point.
MRS May kicked hard in the debate
It is very unusual for me to ever agree with anything ever spoken by the honourable member who leads the SNP at Westminster, but unfortunately, in this particular case,I cannot disagree. The PM lied to the house, and has now been found out. If he has a shred of honour or decency, he MUST resign.
So in refusing to correct the record, Johnson has admitted misleading parliament and should thus resign. Is the speaker useless? Or are our procedures totally unfit for purpose? We urgently need a written constitution and parliamentary standards written by independent experts and approved by a people's assembly. Britain is broken.
I'm not from the UK, but isn't the speaker from the same party as boris?
@@lucjanl1262 No. Actually Labour but either his understanding of "impartial" goes too far or parliamentary procedure is a sham
@@davidmcculloch8490 oh ok, sorry for causing confusion.
@@lucjanl1262 no problem. Best to ask
It's not actually the Speaker's job to oblige Johnson to resign - the presumption of the Ministerial Code is that any minister found to have lied to the House should tender their resignation to the PM, i.e. it's meant to be about personal integrity. So really, we're expecting Boris not to just admit to lying, but to find himself guilty of it and accept his own resignation - in short, we're expecting him to shown personal integrity. It is time for the Ministerial Code to be updated to give it more teeth.
Hey guys welcome to the weekly Johnson resignation TLDR video
It's refreshing to see that my country is not the only one, where all the parties do, is call the other party a liar haha
Ngl I can't believe he has a wife, like HOW
Money
@@buskergirl what money? You mean his Tory donor money he needs to keep borrowing because he's a broke, alcoholic, lying, cheating scumbag? Yeah I thought so
@Paul Davies He isn't broke. He comes from a very wealthy family who could afford to send him to Eton. He just *perefers* to spend other people's money because of his shameless greed.