Makes you wonder why we bother with voting at all.
I may be a wanker but I'm very competent.
no "may be" about it.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I have seriously wondered if he is in fact a Russian agent, given that he spent some time there as a young man.
Agreed, it is treason. Such a shame The Tower is now a tourist attraction and not an active torture chamber and open for beheadings.
I think he's probably on the Kremlin's payroll
I am not at all surprised that the PM is having conversations like this with people, they are bound to consider all of the options when making decisions about Covid. Johnson's mistake was having the conversation with Cummings.
I think his goose is cooked as far as working within or with the goverment is concerned.... A man who appears to have collected information and likely (given the failure to sack him over Barnard Castle) sought to retain his position and dominance, through threats, manipulation and collecting dirt....
To be replaced by Mrs Carrie Johnson. Can't remember seeing her name on the ballot paper either.
I think this is possible. It’s also quite likely the Kremlin have kompromat on Johnson.
www.theguardian.com
You seem to have an incredible in insider knowledge of what's going on in government and Downing Street. Is that through your role in the Civil Service?
It's in every paper and on all the news if you cared to check. It was reported at the time that Carrie vetoed the new comms director after a lengthy recruitment process, and someone she knew was appointed.
And the fact that Cummings along with some anonymous group have attempted some kind of coup? How do we feel about that?
Because its not against the law?
He specifically referred to infiltrating an existing party and using them as a vehicle.... He referred to other unelected individuals he had worked with on the Brexit campaign and he aslo alluded to the fact that he was dictating the policy terms.
Arguably, Boris got in as Tory leader by staging an internal coup. Happens all the time. Is it any different than happened to Labour in the early 80s when the executive was setting policy that the Parliamentary party was totally opposed to their ideas?
Is it... ? So it's perfectly reasonable to essentially undermine the entire democratic process by wilfully misleading the public regarding the politics of the proposed government?
No... he clarified that is who the "WE" was who he referred to as essentially dictating government policy and eho he acknowledged had infiltrated the party in order to use it as a vehicle to implement the policies of this faceless group.
The fact that Cummings found a weakness and exploited that weakness does not make it right. Did Cummings tell Boris that an external group were essentially running the country and that Boris was just a puppet?
I must admit I sat there last night (watched on playback) wondering to myself whether he's suffering from some kind of 'mania'... Wide eyed and what you might describe as 'delusions of grandieur'. I mean how can you be that blase about the admissions he made during that discussion.... It was like the gravity of his admissions were totally lost on him.... Like he genuinely believes that his own personal feelings (and those of his imaginary mates) should completely trump the entire democratic process and that infiltrating and assuming control of the government by stealth was fine, because "the public had a choice of either Boris or Corbyn and so it was better that Cummings just took over"... It's the wierdest thing I've ever witnessed TBH.
So he's either a Narcissist nutter or Bang on the money with the uncomfortable truth.
If he was way off beam, the evidence and denials would be ringing out. Instead, as Keir Starmer said, Boris is answering different questions to those put to him in a desperate effort to deflect.
