Misleading

[gulliver1]

If it is proved that Boris misled Parliament , about who paid the bill to refurbish his Downing St flat . Will he have to resign ?, Can he do a Donald Trump and Exonerate himself ?.

[tamborine]

His landlady gave Boris all the decor from Frogmore as it was too taccy for new occupants - ssshh dont tell Oprah ;)

[theshedman]

Canary, "Funny how Gulliver gets criticised for persistently panning Boris". Yes he does go on and on about Boris like a lover would about a new love in his life, but he gets criticised more because he puts threads on and then will not answer questions about them when he gets asked. He makes accusations about him and the tory party and then will not back them up with an answer. Usually just insults and name calling or saying that everyone has been radicalised.

[Cloverjo]

How is £30,000 not enough to do up a flat? Why would you hope someone would step in and pay for your gold wallpaper and whatever?

[10ClarionSt]

Whatever Johnson says, people should remember that he is a proven liar. Ipso fatso. :o)

[emmie]

a whole flat with new furnishings would cost a lot more than 30k i reckon. Perhaps when this blows over they can get back to doing what they are supposed to be doing, and that's running the country.

[Spicerack]

To be fair, he doesn't like Boris and Boris is giving him plenty of ammunition.
And Canary is confused.

[emmie]

why should the PM on a fairly measly salary be expected to pick up the tab, that's what i don't understand

[davebro]

Who cares who paid for doing up a flat. It's not Borises anyway, when he moves on someone else will benefit (or apply their own taste). Time to concentrate on more important stuff.

[DTCwordfan]

What a hoohaa about zilch....and this is all the Labour Party can focus on, rather than challenge the Government over proper policies - and their own, they seem totally bereft of, because the Tories are doing so well what the Labour Party does, spend, spend, spend.

Here's a man who found himself in hospital and also effectively fighting a war for that's what Covid has been and then probably had the Party settle the bill for No 11. So 'we'll sort it out later' in this instance it is a properly ok tactic in my book and I suspect many others. So give some latitude where it's due - the money is peanuts in comparison to other affairs of State. Bloody hell, Starmer and his cronies would have sunk Churchill before he even had first Cuban and Scotch of the day.

In other words, Gulliver, take a look at your own mob first...and they don't exactly carry a great reputation as to their past sleeze and underhand rubbish that they have pulled.

[Spicerack]

30k, emmie? Sure I've heard people talking about a £6,000 settee and a £4,000 lamp. Doesn't read well at a time when small businesses are going bust and millions are losing their jobs through no fault of their own.

[emmie]

it seems all PM's are likely to change the place, after all you wouldn't sleep in the bed that previous PM's have slept in, would you, nor have the same wallpaper, or any other thing that the previous occupants wanted in the place.

[DTCwordfan]

remember the small businesses you refer too probably made and sold him the pieces, if the story is half-true.

[emmie]

this pandemic is no one's fault, if people have lost jobs, and business going bust then you have to lay that at the door of the pandemic, what could the government have done. i guess it was all guesswork early on, and now that we have vaccination roll out to many, then one can only hope business will start bouncing back.

[Spicerack]

Nobody dislikes the Labour Party more than me but to excuse every criticism/failing of the Government with 'yeah but no, Labour would do even worse' is a cop out.
Doubt Labour will be the opposition party in a few years.

[emmie]

i doubt that Labour will be in power for a long while. Their leader isn't exactly Mr Dynamic. All he has done so far is say sleaze, and hope that some of the party faithful hear him -

[emmie]

What the party needs but won't get thank heavens is another Blair, someone who appeals across the board.

[Deskdiary]

Canary 10.25pm yesterday.

Canary has a LOT of form for false equivalences - it's a very poor way to debate.

IF Boris has lied, then the honourable thing to do is go. But if it's as reported, and however it was funded (and I truly couldn't care less how it was funded) it was paid back, then this is a total non-story.

However...I'm concerned for you Gulliver; if Johnson goes, who will be the target of your obsessive man-crush?

[gulliver1]

Its really all about lying to the Public and misleading Parliament. We all know Boris wouldn't have paid a penny towards the refurbishment if he hadn't have been found out , and no knows if he has paid anything at all.This seems like one of his Cronies rewarding him for a Government Contract Boris probably fixed for him. "There all in this together"