Most definitely. I expect he has plenty more tricks up his sleeve too. A wrecking ball, but far more politically astute, aware and knowledgeable than most of those he propped up, which is why I assume he's decided to bring down the house of cards.

i think you are far more politically perceptive than me. I thought Boris would ride it out, like he always does. There seems no way back at this point. The longer he delays getting out, the more he risks more information/photos coming to light and getting worse.

He, and his Government, committed a criminal offence(s)during lockdown. And that booze no doubt, went on expenses.

Edited by Forest Hillbilly (13 Jan 2022 6.56am)

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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It could be a Gove/Cummings combo doing this - Gove knifed him once before!
There is more to come sadly.

I have studied the origins of Christianity and whilst I don't believe it tells a factual story it's undeniably true that it's moral compass is what has guided our development as a nation.

Not being a believer allows for some wriggle room. So I would have fought in WW2. If you and yours are under threat then you defend yourself. What I would not have done is support judicial killing, even for war crimes. In the heat of battle, when it's kill or be killed, is different.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Not true.

Because of its size changing rules in the EU is quite a long drawn out affair as all members have to be consulted and may have conflicting interests.

How our government changes its rules is solely up to them and will depend on the type of government we have.

Exporting to the EU we have to abide by their rules it is no different to exporting to any other country in the world. If the EU wishes to continue to be belligerent in trying to punish us with ridiculous export rules the same applies to them.

Exports and imports to the rest of the world have gone up significantly since Brexit the EU are only harming themselves.

The ability for government to adapt business regulations to fast changing circumstances is a competitive edge whether the current government is up to that challenge is another matter, the point is we have the ability.

One more point

Somewhat true, mostly not true. On balance your argument is spurious.

There is objectively more red tape with respect to trade and travel with the EU. This was not as advertised.

To say we’ve done away with red tape wrt rule making as part of the EU is disingenuous because we’re no longer in the EU and no longer hold any power to change or decide on rules. Yes there’s less red tape but only because we’re no longer able to participate.

That is not the same thing as reducing red tape from an efficiency point of view.

So now if we wish to influence interactions between ourselves and the EU approaching the way we used to be able to, it has to be done via the mechanism of a trade deal. An onerous process full of red tape which, after being billed as the easiest trade deal in history has resulted in two internal U.K. borders and continues to be a problem with the NI protocol. All continuing negotiations are red tape.

As the government said at the time, the U.K. Parliament has always been sovereign.

Also, Parliament and the lords and the queen decide the rules. It happens to be the case that the majority the tories have is significant enough to be able to pass almost anything - albeit the lords do have their amendments they can suggest.

D'oh!