Boris & His Bus Vindicated (Again)

[Khandro]

The High-Court agrees that £350 million is an acceptable figure & this creep can repent at his leisure;
https://order-order.com/2019/09/30/anti-boris-private-prosecutor-facing-financial-ruin-losing/

[dannyk13]

Good, let this be an end to this fiasco.

[Old_Geezer]

It was blatantly obviously correct at the time. Even the BBC reality check section agreed and explained how it added up, but folk insisted on lying about it, making themselves look foolish and dishonest. But it seems none more so than this guy.

[CrapAtCryptics]

He`ll be opening a crowd fund so all the undemocratic can subsidise his blinkered attitude.

[ToraToraTora]

I've always said the detractors need to brush up on their English.

[ToraToraTora]

Apparently he faces financial ruin, wrong fight to pick then sunshine wasn't it? Anyway I thought it was crowd funded by similarly grammatically challenged supporters. Not a dry eye in the house!

[1ozzy]

//I've always said the detractors need to brush up on their English.//

Maybe you could give them some lessons TTT?

[davebro]

I hope he is ruined financially - discourage others from bringing vexatious litigation, wasting public money & clogging up the courts.

[hereIam]

Jolly Good !

[ToraToraTora]

1ozzy, I am familiar with a statement followed by a suggestion, many seem flummoxed by it.

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm sure a few folk could think of a statement followed by a suggestion for you, TTT.

[ToraToraTora]

well if they were grammatically able, no doubt, but that's the remainers out!

[ichkeria]

The appeal against the ruling in favour of Mr Bsll was in the grounds that Johnson’s actions did not constitute an abuse of state power or misconduct in public office. as alleged.
Not that the claims in the bus were actually true, which they manifestly weren’t.
Personally I don’t agree with this legal challenge and apart from its being hugely expensive, unfavourable judgments can be misunderstood, misrepresented, or spun by agenda-based media outlets, as here.

[dannyk13]

Ich,did you miss this bit?
//Judges ruled that £350m is an acceptable figure to use in the context of British contributions to the EU budget.//

[ToraToraTora]

ich the court ruled the figure was accurate.

[ichkeria]

The ruling said that as Johnson had subsequently claimed that he was talking “gross” amounts then it was reasonable, as that covers the deductions. However of course they’d have needed a very large bus indeed to get all that on. The plain, and misleading, implication was that we are £350 billion “out of pocket”. Which plainly is untrue.
But it shows how easy it is in legal cases to worm your way out of things, and like I say I think the whole thing is a shocking waste of money.

[dannyk13]

Ich, // The plain, and misleading, implication was that we are £350 billion “out of pocket”. Which plainly is untrue.//
The implication was that if we did not give the EU £350 million then it could be spent on other things including the NHS.

[royfromaus]

The plain, and misleading, implication was that we are £350 billion “out of pocket”. Which plainly is untrue.


Who other than you has said we're £350 billion “out of pocket”?

[ToraToraTora]

we pay £350m, ok so they deign to give us some of our own money back to spend on what they specify. if we were out of the EUSSR we would not be paying them £350 we could then spend it how we choose, that is the whol point of the bus. The court, like the bus, is correct.

[ichkeria]

They were being economical with the truth to put it mildly.
Even Farage was to call it out as dishonest, although it’s true that the two leave campaigns were at each other’s throats a lot of the time.
(Million not billion yes lol)
But in campaigns this sort of dishonesty happens all the time say. Personally I think the “breaking point” poster was a lot more shameful but sometimes you just have to get over these things and move on.