A RIDICULE OF DEMOCRACY
The speaker of the House introduced a new meaning of lying and deception. When the Prime Minister lies from the despatch box and is caught out by the facts, British members of Parliament are not permitted to state a direct accusation of telling a lie forthright. One must add “inadvertently” to avoid PM embarrassment.
Is this Eton or Oxford linguistic to keep members honored?
The Definition of Lying and Deception | Stanford |
Johnson grilled by MPs after Gray finds 'failures of leadership' | BBC News |
- Boris Johnson is facing heavy criticism from MPs in the Commons in the wake of Sue Gray's report into lockdown parties
- Labour leader Keir Starmer says he is taking the public for fools and "hiding behind" a police investigation
- Former Tory PM Theresa May weighs in, questioning if the PM felt Covid rules didn't apply to him
- Johnson says he is sorry, that he accepts the report and that he will make changes to No 10
- Gray's report identifies "failures of leadership and judgment" in Downing Street
- Some gatherings represented a "serious failure" of officials to observe what had been asked of the public, she says
- Sue Gray looked at 16 events over a 20-month period but the Met Police are investigating 12 of them so she had to leave details out
- The findings come as some Tory MPs are still weighing up if they want Johnson to continue as PM
Coward, hiding behind and abusing a phony MET investigation … 2 years late and for what … to collect a fine 😖 the investigation should be done within a year. WTF
UPDATE-1
Partygate Interferes with last act for diplomacy by UK leader …
UK PM Johnson: I will speak to Putin as soon as I can | Reuters |
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Chris Bryant Chair of Commons Standards Cmte
