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Thursday 20 January 2022

Blackmail Bombshell Blasts Bozo

The right-leaning part of our free and fearless press, from its morning coverage, clearly believed that a little gaslighting would see off calls for alleged Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson to stand down. Bozo was safe. Business as usual could be resumed. And then came a statement from Tory MP William Wragg.

Are you going to resign, Prime Minister?

In recent days, a number of members of Parliament have faced pressures and intimidation from members of the Government because of their declared, or assumed, desire for a vote of confidence in the party leadership of the Prime Minister. It is of course the duty of the Government whips’ office to secure the Government’s business in the House of Commons. However”. It’s a significantly-sized however.

Behind the hot water pipes, third washroom along, Victoria Station

It is not their function to breach the ministerial code, in threatening to withdraw investments from members of Parliaments’ constituencies which are funded from the public purse. Additionally, reports to me and others, of members of staff at Number 10 Downing Street, special advisors, Government ministers and others encouraging the publication of stories in the press seeking to embarrass those who they suspect of lacking confidence in the Prime Minister is, similarly, unacceptable”. There was yet more.


The intimidation of a member of Parliament is a serious matter. Moreover, the reports of which I am aware would seem to constitute blackmail. As such, it would be my general advice to colleagues to report these matters to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. And they’re also welcome to contact me”.


As if that were not bad enough for those fully invested in The Adoration Of The Boris, it soon got worse: ITV political editor Robert Peston revealed “I understand Sue Gray has found the email from a senior official to PM’s principle private secretary Martin Reynolds warning him the 20 May party should not go ahead, as per Cummings’s revelation and my blog below … So huge question now for Gray to determine how PM could have thought this party was a legitimate work event as per his narrative”. Huge indeed.


Add to that the widely shared reports that those who wavered when Bozo and the member for times long past Jacob Rees Mogg tried to change the rules to save Owen Paterson were threatened in a similar manner to that described by Wragg, and you have the makings of premeditated and seriously unparliamentary behaviour. And it gets worse still.


Ben Kentish of LBC recalled “I was told by Tory MPs, at the height of the Rashford row, that members of the govt were threatening to withhold money from schools in their (deprived) constituencies if they voted to extend free school meals. These practices aren’t new but Will Wragg has shone a light on them”. So was this just normal arm-twisting?


The perpetually thirsty Paul Staines and his rabble at the Guido Fawkes blog thought it was, although they are Bozo boosters first, last and forever. In between smears of Christian Wakeford, the Tory MP who defected to Labour yesterday, they sneeredWragg needs to put his big boy pants on”. But one former head of the PM’s policy unit disagreed.

Camilla Cavendish, who served under Young Dave, observed “[Will Wragg] allegations unprecedented - whips often strong arm MPs but if they have really threatened to withdraw money, that’s mafia territory”. Time for Bozo to be given a leaving offer he can’t refuse.


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6 comments:

Ben Lapointe said...

Ian Islop: Boris, you enquired to have one of your critic's legs broken

Public: HAHAHA
Johnson: waffle waffle waffle
Public: hahaha

Why would anyone be surprised?
The man is both stupid and dangerous.

Arnold said...

As such, it would be my general advice to colleagues to report these matters to the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police

As the Met won't investigate retrospective breaches of Covid legislation, why should they investigate retrospective blackmail attempts?

Anonymous said...

@Ben
Did this really happen -- as well as the occasion when Boris was asked to provide an address for a friend who was looking for a journalist?

The Toffee (597) said...

It seems a few of my preious posts have vaished into the ehter, but in this case I'll try again.

A few years back, I seem to remember a dossier of tory MP inappropriate sexual behaviour was leaked.

Among the names/sordid details was a certain will wragg, with the addendum: "Video exists of three males urinating on him"

And yet he didn't so much as murmur 'blackmail' at the time.

So why now?

Mr Larrington said...

According to the Graun:

No 10 resists investigation into 'blackmailing' of Tory MPs critical of Johnson until 'evidence' found

There was only one catch, and that was Catch-22.

Anonymous said...

@anon, the second is certain. Eddie Mair put it to BJ on tv. Bj squirmed and waffled. Google it.