Boris is on holiday.....again

Apologies, I thought you were defending Patel and she should not be sacked.

There is no defence for bullying and both should have gone.

I have confidence that the Labour Party would not condone bullying in any form under the current Leadership, I believe Corbyn will not get the whip (Starmers only recourse until the independent structure is in place) until he formally accepts that his Leadership did not take anti-semiitism seriously and the other sacked ministers remain outside the cabinet to my knowledge, expelling a previous Leader is unprecedented so sacking a bully would not even register as one requiring thought.

I believe in change, in the current Labour Party bullying by a Minister would not be tolerated, actions speak louder than words and since Starmer got into a position of Leadership he has acted quickly and decisively when needed to.

I believe all Political Parties should have high standards and since becoming Leader he has demonstrated his values consistently and decisively.

I do like it that the only criticism of Starmer is that he was in Corbyn’s Cabinet and therefore has no principles and therefore Johnson is as good as it gets.

The reinstatement of the Whip lies with Starmer and cannot see it happening, Starmer has said he has to be more contrite and one thing is sure he wants Corbyn gone and will not rest until he is.

Have you massively missed the good Dr's point there?

Surely Patel will have to go. As a matter of urgency. The Cummings debacle was one thing. This is much more serious. Boris Johnson has told the whole of the UK that not only is it fine to bully, but the victim and the person who wrote the code have left instead of her. Seriously, how long will it he until there is civil unrest in the UK? We can't be far off.

It's four years out from the next election. Has a opposition party ever set out what it intends to do that far out from an election.

It would seem particularly odd to do so right now when we're in the middle of a global pandemic when we don't know what the world is going to look like by the next election.

They're opposing and criticising the government for what its doing wrong, that's what opposition parties do.

Do we know what the goverment stands for right now other than handing over money to its mates and making it clear there's no consequences for wrongdoing and failure if you're part of it.

Well at the moment Labour to me stand for actual listening to scientific advice not bullsh*tting about it and stand against the rampant corruption in this goverment which is enough for me right now. A sensible opposition party doesn't give away too much this far out, why make it easy for the goverment.

The money announced towards the so called Green agenda was a pittance compared to other countries and it wasn't even all new money. As with most things from this goverment it's image not substance.

And if they were truly interested in leveling up the North it's odd that they couldn't be bothered to fully extend furlough until the South had to go into lockdown as well.

Assuming BJ did cycle and wasn't driven. His journey to the Olympic Park (7 miles) is ok isn't it? A 14 mile journey is suitable for cyclist?

I think so. People are just looking for reasons to complain. Personally I couldn't care less if he travels 100 miles. As long as he hasn't met anyone else along the way then there's no more risk than if he'd stayed at home.

I think he's only got himself to blame with the muddle he's made of everything and after the Cummings incident last year but yes this is far down the list of reasons to have an issue with Boris Johnson.

You had those 2 ladies, who went 5 miles out from there hometown for social distanced walk because where they lived was not suitable.

Parked there cars 2 meters, had grabbed a coffee and was stopped and fined by police (even though it overturned later on)

Then same day you got Boris on 7mile bike ride. Yesterday you got Matt Hancock doing this (on link below)

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9154677/Englands-streets-lie-deserted-amid-Covid-19-lockdown.html

If our own government don't follow there own guidelines, what hope do they have asking the nation to?

I've got to agree. As much as I dislike many (pretty much all) of the government, I find the attempts to make a story about of them going for a bit of exercise a massive distraction from the real issues.

I thought it was wrong for those women to be given fines for driving a short distance to what appeared to be a suitable place to walk that is by most standards, local to where they live. There may be an argument that Boris could have cycled around St James' park instead, but perhaps they decided that was a security risk, or that there was a chance he'd run over too many joggers or whatever.

This does feel like an extension of the twitchiness during the first lockdown when irresponsible parts of the media decided that paying photographers to take deliberately misleading photos of people spread out in parks was the best way to keep their readers frightened and therefore clicking on links.

It might feel justified to criticise Johnson for everything, but IMO, making a big deal out of a bike ride is letting him off the hook for all of the stuff that deserves condemnation. The same applies to employers who are not following proper protocols. How convenient for them to have the general public blaming socially distanced joggers for the spread of the virus so people aren't asking too many questions about what's happening in warehouses, call centres or building sites.

It's only Monday and what a terrible week for this adorable scamp...