British Official Resigns After Boris Johnson Resists Firing Aide Over Lockdown Breach | Talking Points Memo

LONDON (AP) — A junior British government minister quit on Tuesday over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s failure to fire his top aide for allegedly breaching coronavirus lockdown rules.


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I’m really sad I never got to day goodbye to BoJo, even from thousands of miles away. I would have shed the appropriate number of tears.

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The logic blows my mind…
I may have coronavirus. Let me take a road trip so I can make sure I expose my extended family. They can take care of my potentially infected son if I get really sick.

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Cummings was the the person behind telling everyone to “Get Brexit Done” and not to act like serfs to all those elites who think they know better than you. Oops. Turns out he is the biggest elitist there is.

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The Trump and Boris Johnson administrations mantra, “Do as I say, not as I do.”

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Leona Helmsley’s motto needs updating for the Trump and Johnson administrations and COVID-19: “Laws are for the little people.”

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Welp, at least I am not using the name of another certain national figure here in the US who flaunts CDC guidelines on a regular basis. How refreshing to not see his name in an article.
(((Lays head on desk)))

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People commenting on the several Guardian posts pointed out that Cummings’ SIL lived near by in London. I wonder why that option didn’t appeal to them?:face_with_monocle:

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Johnson is too busy working on Brexit to worry about such matters.

How’s Brexit going these days?

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There has to be something more here. Something is wrong with this story.

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Spot on, and a trait held in common across the RW in general.