Only 30 guests. Shame they couldn't make an exception so all his illegitimate children could attend.

The usual Johnsonian hyperbole I guess, though I'm sure they can find some extremely minute detail to ensure that it's indeed the first of its kind in the world.

That's if it actually gets built, of course.

How can you call it a "small wedding ceremony" when it involves the maximum number of guests allowed under current rules in one of the largest cathedrals in England??

Cherie Blair was criticised for buying things from eBay, such as a 99p alarm clock.
This revealed, apparently, her ‘obsession’ with money.
Now we have a PM who doesn’t pay for his wallpaper or takeaways and his 'spokesperson' office refusing to explain who paid for his wedding.

https://twitter.com/gabrielmilland/s...340108291?s=20

“A lot of naysayers around on this new yacht business. But just imagine the reaction in important foreign capitals like Canberra, Brasilia, Beijing, Delhi, Pretoria, Berlin, Paris, Moscow etc when this majestic craft hoves into view. They'll be astonished and deeply impressed.”

Brilliant.

It's the perfect avatar for the modern day UK. Showy, useless, slow and harking back to the days of empire.

It's going to leak oil, then.

A million tenants may be facing eviction with 400,000 households having already been served notice but the papers again lead with day 2 of the twice divorced man who got married again on the front pages.

Canberra. Miles inland, no major waterways reach it. Brasilia. Miles inland. No major waterways reaches it. Beijing. Miles inland, no major waterways reach it. Delhi. Miles inland... you get the picture. Good to know his Geography is as good as his Politics and his grasp of Economics.

Did you hear a whoosh! way above your head as you typed that? :D

https://i.imgur.com/utzTCyo.png

Sorry my bad. I thought that was a genuine Johnson quote. I'll read more carefully in the future.

According to the Sun Carrie Johnson is to "Host world's most powerful spouses at the G7 Summit as her first job in her new role as the First Lady."

She should get the designers in to do up the flat if she wants to make a good impression.

First lady?

I think the Queen might have something to say about that!

Tory Party declares donations from companies that don't exist.


https://www.businessinsider.com/urge...t-firms-2021-6

So might two previous Mrs Johnsons & four known Miss Right-Nows.

G7 leader :" So how did you and boris johnson meet"
Carrie :" we met at work, I was shagging him while his wife had cancer'
G7 leader :" so are you that American woman"
Carrie :"no, she slept with him for the money"

And if I understand it correctly, the reasoning for him being allowed a Catholic wedding despite his previous marriages is that, since Uni(?), he'd denied his Catholic faith therefore those marriages 'weren't real'.

Cognitive dissonance in religion is such a blessing....

Idea for horror movie.
A rainy old island ravaged by plague finds their government is run by Boris Johnson.

Won't work - too fantastical.

Oh dear, government can't do its sums!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-catch-up-row

The person they put in place to deal with the catch up for education said it would need 15 billion, government has said 1.4 billion!

He was confirmed in the C of E while at Eton, and his previous marriages were done in that particular branch, and thus under (Catholic) canon law, they weren't considered valid marriages for the purpose of divorces.

However, someone pointed out that in order to have a Catholic wedding, Johnson would have to be in a stage of grace, ie. he'd have confess his sins and obtain absolution*. Pity the priest who had to sit through that ordeal...

* As an adherent to the C of D, I have no idea if that's the case or not.

When my mam and dad got married in the 60s he was Catholic and she was C of E.

The Catholic Church wouldn't even consider marrying them. It was done in the C of E church.

The only thing more corrupt and self serving than Boris Johnson is the Roman Catholic church.

WAs someone commented concerning the marriage.

"She's definitely not the first lady, and she won't be the last!"

My first wife was nominally Catholic but we got married in a CoE church. My second wife Catholic and wanted an RC wedding to make her parents happy. The Catholic priest made inquiries and because my first wife did not get approval from her parish priest the first marriage was not recognized by the Catholic church. I was at no point asked to attend confession. Nor would I have done so.



We were asked to attend some sort of series of courses where an old celibate priest was telling us how it was ok to enjoy sex and how the rhythm method worked. "Do you understand?" At which point I'd had enough so "Oh yes, you're relying on postovulatory phase consistency and....." He shut up and moved on and we were told we probably didn't need that course. My wife thought it was hilarious.

John Bercow a Tory MP appointed as Speaker by a Tory government was punished for not being partisan by the Tories when they withheld a peerage from him so that he could not sit in the House of Lords
He was the first speaker of the house in 230 years to not be automatically given one.

Meanwhile the son of a Russian oligarch and Tory party donor was given a title.

Major design flaws have been identified in the Army's new fleet of armoured vehicles.

An internal leaked government report also raises serious doubts as to whether the £5.5bn Ajax Armoured Vehicle programme will be delivered on time and within budget.

Problems include excessive vibration and noise.
An investigation by the government's Infrastructure and Projects Authority says the "successful delivery of the programme to time, cost and quality appears to be unachievable".

There have been reports of yet more problems with the turret and gun of the main Ajax vehicle. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority criticises the current contract for focusing on "schedule and milestone payments over quality".

The M.O.D. halted trials for four months following complaints that crews were suffering from temporary hearing loss and aching joints.
The M.O.D. says the trials resumed in March. But the leaked report says crews are still having to observe strict health and safety restrictions, including "limiting time in the platform to one hour 30 before a crew change or speed restrictions of 20mph" - which is less than half its top speed.

The report also notes the "vehicle cannot reverse over an obstacle more than 20cm high". Defence experts say many of the problems stem from additional armour protection being put on the original hull, which has seen an increase in weight from 19 to more than 40 tonnes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57348573

Question is, will they get the Germans to fix it like the rifle or just abandon it like the Nimrod?

Maybe Bercow didn't offer a big enough bribe!

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/bre...s-peer-8025922

Flagship McFlagFace!

The next Ex-Mrs Johnson.

I'm sure that will be determined by the merits of GDUK's hiring practices.

The Leak Report.

Bercow was elected following a vote by MPs during Brown’s time as Prime Minister. He got over the line due to Labour MPs voting for him rather than Sir George Young - who did get a peerage.

That aside, it does seem very petty, and some of the people getting peerages have done a lot less to serve their country (for a more than decent wage, of course) than Bercow. Surely the Tories weren’t annoyed by him following proper Parliamentary procedure on Brexit?

Not to mention Bercow was more or less seen as a moderate, with there even being stories of Labour contemplating an attempt to persuade him to cross over to their side. And indeed he has subsequently described himself as a soft leftie. He certainly made few friends with Tories as a speaker, ie. recall the attempt by Cameron to change how the Speaker is elected, largely seen as a blatant attack on Bercow's position.

On top of that, I seem to recall most of the hardcore Brexiteers (lead by Reese-Mogg) were infuriated by what they saw as improper procedures improvised by Bercow in the waning days of the May premiership, ie. allowing a vote on the Grieve amendment to the government business motion, and later refusing a third vote on the original Withdrawal bill, as the same bill had already been rejected by the House.

UK Govt tells civil servants to stop referring to Scotland & Wales as “countries”.

Civil service & diplomats are to refer to the UK as “one country” in future communications.

The ‘Union Unit’ under Boris Johnson’s direct command wants to ensure the end of the phrase “constituent countries” in future.

I think this was already on The Times website on Saturday evening.
I'm having trouble accessing it at the moment the moment though.

Also reports that officials have also been asked to stop using the phrase “devolved nations” and only use “devolved administrations”.

Seems to be the Welsh who have picked up on this news far more in the last few hours than the Scots, perhaps they already expect this kind of stuff.

Isn't buying peerages a long-standing British tradition?

Certainly one which conservatives would honor and revere.

Well if you want to ensure that people living in a devolved administration continue to support the union, refusing to allow them to refer to their own country is a sure-fire way to do that. :rolleyes: