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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 23, 2023, 06:58:02 PM

Title: Boris Johnson referred to police over potential Covid rule breaches
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 23, 2023, 06:58:02 PM
Why does it take so long to do this?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65690243
Title: Re: Boris Johnson referred to police over potential Covid rule breaches
Post by: SqueakyVoice on May 24, 2023, 07:54:02 AM
Chaff on top of chaff.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)

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..., in order to confuse and distract.
Might be from Sunak to give away the convict's private(-ish) diary to keep him at arms length? Or it took the civil service staff years  to correct the mistakes and grammar?
Title: Re: Boris Johnson referred to police over potential Covid rule breaches
Post by: splashscuba on May 24, 2023, 10:23:49 AM
Look out for Daily Fail headlines about Labour currys
Title: Re: Boris Johnson referred to police over potential Covid rule breaches
Post by: SqueakyVoice on May 24, 2023, 02:54:33 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/23/boris-johnson-referred-to-police-over-allegedly-hosting-friends-at-chequers-in-lockdown (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/23/boris-johnson-referred-to-police-over-allegedly-hosting-friends-at-chequers-in-lockdown)
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The visits to the former prime minister’s grace-and-favour residence were found in his official diary by his government-funded lawyers as they prepared his defence for the public inquiry into the pandemic.

Civil servants are obligated under official guidance to “report evidence of criminal or unlawful activity to the police or other appropriate regulatory authorities...

Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was Commons leader and Brexit secretary in Mr Johnson’s government, has suggested he was one of the visitors during the period but insisted rules were not broken.

He told GB News: “I can tell you that during that period, I went to Chequers, I was invited there with my children,

https://liveapp.inews.co.uk/2023/05/24/what-we-know-about-boris-johnsons-lockdown-guests-kate-garraway-rees-mogg-and-the-pms-mother/content.html (https://liveapp.inews.co.uk/2023/05/24/what-we-know-about-boris-johnsons-lockdown-guests-kate-garraway-rees-mogg-and-the-pms-mother/content.html)
JRM thinking his 'meeting' is so important, he'll take his kids? What a load of bollocks.
Just blame it on those lefty lawyers.