A pathetic defence of Johnson by Nia Lici stating he did not mislead Parliament and that staff who had parties should not have put Ministers in a position where they could be implicated
IT IS A TOTALLY NUTS DEFENCE #ToriesOut347#SunakOut237#GeneralElectionNow #Sunackered
Jake Berry also jumped in with defence of Johnson #ToriesOut347
Bill Cash
Attempted a defence on the basis of the original exclusion of the word knowingly from the motion #ToriesOut347
Jacob Rees Mogg
Tries to defend by stating the motivation was political #Triesout347
Dr Caroline Johnson
Another supporting Johnson - to be honest am not entirely sure why as it has to be one of the worst speeches in the house I've heard except whe believe certain information is missing #ToriesOut347
Nick Fletcher
Gave a rambling defence of Johnson #ToriesOut347
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2/ Now as #Partygate drags on with Johnson out of the equation #BackBoris will latch on to every story and magnify it.
Sunak's role and complicity in #Partygate will be exposed by stories and inaction or by the Covid Inquiry
3/ It is obvious from recent disclosures
- no rules in Downing St where he lived and worked
- Mail story yesterday when he walked past a garden gathering in March 2021
- the desperation to hide the diaries and Whatsapp messages from the Inquiry
SUNAK was fully aware and complicit
There are many today with the wrong focus
-the #BackBoris#Boris screaming about a kangaroo Court
- Others shouting about Rayner and Starmer - get a grip that was investigated twice
- others about Jenkins and attending a party
- even more about Harriet Harman a non voting Chair on a Committee that made a unanimous decision.
Now that is out of the system focus on Sunak reality
- who is laughing at you
- who was fined for attending the same party
3/ - who registered a campaigning website months before any move
- who was one of the first to move against Johnson
- who stated in Parliament that they attended no parties
- the report appendix highlights a no rules culture in Downing St - as evidenced below
- The Covid Inquiry - the Module which will lead to questioning of Sunak and Johnson is due to start late October / Nov. This is the Module from which Sunak is trying to hide information #ToriesOut342#GeneralElectionNow#SunakOut233
2/ - The Johnson factor - the noise will not go away. Byelections to come - expectation they will be bad . Dorries delaying resignation to prolong that pain
- Tory MP response at weekend was a GE in May 2024 but indicating Sunak would be lucky to keep unity until then
3/ - sheer number of Tory MPs not standing at GE - currently 44 with at least 3 others having lost the Whip 2 of whom lost it over a year ago. Those leaving will have little interest in 'working for the future'
- the 5 pledges
Sunak already 6 months through his timescale
Starmer - Cost of Living issues and challenged why Tories spent last week arguing who gets a peerage
Sunak - Followed procedure
Starmer - PM signed the list and those who partied night before Queen buried husband get honoured
Sunak - I followed precedent and procedure
Starmer - Honour should be for public service not Tory cronies - Is message 'If you don't like it tough'
Sunak - Challenges on Tom Watson - rebuked by Speaker for criticising other member and not answering questions (also highlights no understanding of investigation process)
Starmer - Country paying the price of distraction - Mortgage payers will be paying more
Sunak - Just has a cheap crack about future Labour policy and chaos with Ed Miliband
Starmer - Tories never take responsibility - challenges Truss honours list rewarding failed policy
1/ IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE REALITY OF TORY BRITAIN
- they have destroyed the criminal justice system leaving criminals to walk the streets
- they have destroyed the NHS and associated MH services #Toriesout342#SunakOut233#GeneralElectionNow
2/ - they have destroyed the asylum system - leaving people to dwell and do nothing sometimes for years
- they have destroyed real time pay
- they have destroyed education
- they have failed to build housing
3/ - they want you to blame others
- they want you to believe culture wars and the 'woke' are responsible
- they want you to blame migrants
- they want you to blame Lefty Lawyers or the blob
- they want you to divide so they can rule
- they crave division