Boris says lockdown parties at Downing Street were essential to boost moral.

 

Pinocchio - Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson obviously displays plausible sociopathic traits, and has been compared to an out of control shopping trolley, because of the chaos that surrounds him.  Yet, the LBC radio presenter, James O'Brien, is intrigued why so many people are prepared to defend this pathological liar and chancer and have become apologists for Boris Johnson, who has been compared to Pinocchio.

For the former culture minister, Nadine Dorries, Boris can do no wrong in her eyes. The sycophantic, and obsequious toady, Jacob Reese-Mogg, also sticks up for his former Oxford Union pal. Mogg has denounced the Commons Select Committee on Privileges- which is investigating whether Johnson inadvertently, recklessly, or intentionally, lied to Parliament - as a Kangaroo court. He declared that regardless of the Committee's findings, Johnson had already won in the court of public opinion and would win a by-election easily.

A man well known for lying and creating alternative facts and realities, Johnson has already said that he may not accept the Committee's findings if it he doesn't like their conclusions. We know from the "Partygate" report by Sue Gray, that there were regular Friday piss ups in the Downing Street Press office known as "Wine Time Fridays" and that Boris Johnson participated on more than one occasion. There was even a cheese and wine and secret Santa party and a "Bring Your Own Booze" party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020. Boris Johnson says that he asked his chief spin doctor, Jack Doyle, if office piss ups were permitted under his own lockdown rules and he claims that Doyle told him they were allowed. Doyle denies giving this advice.

Initially, Boris Johnson denied that any parties had taken place at Downing Street and maintained that he had been assured that all lockdown rules and guidance had been adhered to at all times. He recently told the Select Committee, that the leaving and retirement parties, held during lockdown restrictions, were essential activities because they boosted moral.