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One rule for us etc. #48732 08:39 - Oct 18 with 696 viewsHerbivore

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/carrie-johnson-broke-lockdown-friend-2523

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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:00 - Oct 19 with 550 viewsHerbivore

Bit more on this here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/18/nimco-ali-christmas-stay-boris-

At best they are stretching the word of the rules to their absolute limit to suggest they didn't break them, at worst they're just taking the piss. Either way it doesn't seem to be in the spirit of the rules that were in place at the time and that meant most of us didn't get to see those close to us at Christmas.

Seems nobody really cares anymore though. It's almost like we expect Johnson to not behave with honesty and decency so we just shrug our shoulders when he doesn't. What a state to get ourselves into.

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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:04 - Oct 19 with 533 viewsbluelagos

One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:00 - Oct 19 by Herbivore

Bit more on this here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/18/nimco-ali-christmas-stay-boris-

At best they are stretching the word of the rules to their absolute limit to suggest they didn't break them, at worst they're just taking the piss. Either way it doesn't seem to be in the spirit of the rules that were in place at the time and that meant most of us didn't get to see those close to us at Christmas.

Seems nobody really cares anymore though. It's almost like we expect Johnson to not behave with honesty and decency so we just shrug our shoulders when he doesn't. What a state to get ourselves into.


I chatted to a couple of mates about this yesterday.

Seems to that the response falls into 2 camps.

Those who don't like Boris just shrug their shoulders along the lines of "That Boris never followed his own rules, showing himself to be a dishonest charlatan, well we knew that didn't we".

Those who like Boris just shrug their shoulders along the lines of "Boris never followed the rules, but hey, that's just Boris isn't it"

That this story is not headline news, that our PM broke his own CV rules in the midst of the pandemic, says everything to me. We are in such a state where the collective response is "Meh".

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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:16 - Oct 19 with 511 viewsHerbivore

One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:04 - Oct 19 by bluelagos

I chatted to a couple of mates about this yesterday.

Seems to that the response falls into 2 camps.

Those who don't like Boris just shrug their shoulders along the lines of "That Boris never followed his own rules, showing himself to be a dishonest charlatan, well we knew that didn't we".

Those who like Boris just shrug their shoulders along the lines of "Boris never followed the rules, but hey, that's just Boris isn't it"

That this story is not headline news, that our PM broke his own CV rules in the midst of the pandemic, says everything to me. We are in such a state where the collective response is "Meh".


It's really quite something isn't it? I honestly wonder what Johnson would have to do for the country to care. At this point he could video himself cock slapping the Queen and people would just shrug and say "What did you expect? He's a character". We've reached a point where the public just have no expectations at all of the PM. Standards in public life are, by some distance, the lowest they've ever been.

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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:22 - Oct 19 with 492 viewsbluelagos

One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:16 - Oct 19 by Herbivore

It's really quite something isn't it? I honestly wonder what Johnson would have to do for the country to care. At this point he could video himself cock slapping the Queen and people would just shrug and say "What did you expect? He's a character". We've reached a point where the public just have no expectations at all of the PM. Standards in public life are, by some distance, the lowest they've ever been.


Given I now have the image of Boris cock slapping Lizzie in my head, am not sure you deserve the uppie I gave you.
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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:27 - Oct 19 with 467 viewsRadioOrwell

One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:16 - Oct 19 by Herbivore

It's really quite something isn't it? I honestly wonder what Johnson would have to do for the country to care. At this point he could video himself cock slapping the Queen and people would just shrug and say "What did you expect? He's a character". We've reached a point where the public just have no expectations at all of the PM. Standards in public life are, by some distance, the lowest they've ever been.


'Cock slap the queen' are playing near me tonight.
I heard the first album is excellent.
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One rule for us etc. #48732 on 19:02 - Oct 19 with 338 viewsSwansea_Blue

One rule for us etc. #48732 on 16:16 - Oct 19 by Herbivore

It's really quite something isn't it? I honestly wonder what Johnson would have to do for the country to care. At this point he could video himself cock slapping the Queen and people would just shrug and say "What did you expect? He's a character". We've reached a point where the public just have no expectations at all of the PM. Standards in public life are, by some distance, the lowest they've ever been.


If tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths doesn’t do it, I’m not sure what would. Cancel the next series of Love Island maybe?

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