Another thread in the saga of that wallpaper
#CarrieAntoinette
#CashForCushions
#MajorSleaze

So it's been a few days, and things must be settling down now in that hallowed seat of power, 10 Downing Street, yes?

Er - well, not so much
Basically, the tactic of waving away all questions with a lofty "This is a farrago of nonsense" has failed more miserably than a Sunderland supporter at the full-time whistle. The claim that the Great British Public was not interested was also cobblers
In fact, the contrary is true - the GBP is more riveted than Harland and Wolff's Riveter-in-chief. The original story has now fathered (no pun intended) numerous articles looking back at the PM's 'colourful' private life, his various scrapes and why his finances are in such dire
....straights. It now emerges that the key players in this sordid tale of nest-feathering, and knowing this designer that probably means with real feathers from an endangered species, were all part of a WhatsApp group, or at least the No 10 version, a WhatTheFuckNow? group
Which means that all of those ''Oh shit!'' messages can now be accessed by the inquiry, a prospect which has many a Whitehall arse twitching nervously and clenched tighter than a Croydon facelift. What the investigation will find is that this has been bubbling on since early 2020
That in itself is a worry, when the country has endured the ravages of Brexit and Covid - it's not an unrealistic expectation that Johnson would be focused on those, and the fact that the economy is in the shitter, rather than going door to door trying to find someone...
.... daft enough to stump up the cash for transforming a perfectly pleasant flat into Danny la Rue's dressing room. But what will become evident is the lengths to which Johnson was prepared to go in order to get something for free. It's also going to provide a...
....fascinating glimpse into the dynamics of that relationship, where his girlfriend (an unelected and little-sought-after position) appears to have full rein over much of the No 10 decision making, including who stays and who goes, and was given licence to spend ...
.... eye-watering sums on what was essentially a vanity project/hobby for her, in full expectation that some other fucker would be paying for it.
It will also become clear that some of those consulted were vehemently opposed to the idea of getting donors to pay, and said so.
Of course the focus will now switch to finding a Carrie-approved fall guy so that will be an interesting time. It will also be interesting to see what rotting corpses are shaken loose by the rattling of this particular cage, such as the rumours that donors were paying....
... for the PM's childcare and fitness programme (suggested hashtags #DoshForDiapers and #FinancingFlabbyArse)
I wonder if the public would regard those as a farrago of nonsense?
I shall leave you with that final thought - I have a pizza on order and I need to find someone to pay

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So, a thread about #CarrieAntoinette and that wallpaper.

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A story.

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