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Title: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 02, 2020, 01:21:29 pm
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/boris-johnson-father-goes-to-greece-1-6726216?fbclid=IwAR1oaYSk8vfBiprPAhcJ5xki-BhEtFtRtvGmc6MGrQbfDw27tktloBL204g
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Hounslowrover on July 02, 2020, 04:17:33 pm
Boris can't be responsible for his dad, but his dad must know that this total ignoring of the rules will cause more problems like the Cummings case. Your right NNK, it's one rule for them, another for us.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 04:20:38 pm
Correct you couldn’t expect corbyn to take the blame for his brother getting arrested but the corbyn did break social distancing rules himself
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Donnywolf on July 02, 2020, 05:03:26 pm
They let you in if  you can spell Pinocchio so that was a shoe in for him

Again a giant 2 fingers to the little man from the elite
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: DonnyOsmond on July 02, 2020, 05:07:51 pm
Correct you couldn’t expect corbyn to take the blame for his brother getting arrested but the corbyn did break social distancing rules himself

What does a backbench MP for a party that isn't making the rules have to do with it?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Filo on July 02, 2020, 05:13:42 pm
Correct you couldn’t expect corbyn to take the blame for his brother getting arrested but the corbyn did break social distancing rules himself

What does a backbench MP for a party that isn't making the rules have to do with it?

It’s Tory supporters default position when they have nothing left to argue with, “what about Corbyn” syndrome
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: wilts rover on July 02, 2020, 05:14:29 pm
Correct you couldn’t expect corbyn to take the blame for his brother getting arrested but the corbyn did break social distancing rules himself

Yes, but Corbyn doesn't make the rules. Mr Johnson has a strong connection to someone who does.

But as you will never criticise them its not really worth my time to point it out though.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 05:30:44 pm
Ok boris should resign due to his dads actions
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: wilts rover on July 02, 2020, 06:04:31 pm
Ok boris should resign due to his dads actions

That's a bit harsh.

I would settle for a statement saying that he should obey the essential travel only rules like everyone else, 14 days quarantine in an airport hotel and a large fine on his return. But if you insist on calling for his resignation I wont stop you...
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 06:23:58 pm
Lol all these people that have gone on holiday should boris spend all day telling everyone one of them individually that they should not be flying?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 02, 2020, 08:36:18 pm
Lol all these people that have gone on holiday should boris spend all day telling everyone one of them individually that they should not be flying?

I guess it's down to who is setting the rules and keeping to them....
 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1265449109449777160.html
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 08:49:29 pm
Lol all these people that have gone on holiday should boris spend all day telling everyone one of them individually that they should not be flying?

I guess it's down to who is setting the rules and keeping to them....
 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1265449109449777160.html
what has boris dad got to do with Cummings did boris dad make laws up? And why didn’t you make a post when the labour mp joined thousands on a march? Or does he not count either? It would be better if you did a list of all the mps or there families that have broken the rules, would be fairer and not so political then
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 02, 2020, 08:51:13 pm
Lol all these people that have gone on holiday should boris spend all day telling everyone one of them individually that they should not be flying?

I guess it's down to who is setting the rules and keeping to them....
 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1265449109449777160.html
what has boris dad got to do with Cummings did boris dad make laws up? And why didn’t you make a post when the labour mp joined thousands on a march? Or does he not count either? It would be better if you did a list of all the mps or there families that have broken the rules, would be fairer and not so political then

You really don't understand, do you?  Well, either that or you're deliberately trolling!
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: ravenrover on July 02, 2020, 09:16:03 pm
well not only does his Dad flit about from house to house in this country but now he does it country to country
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 09:37:56 pm
Lol all these people that have gone on holiday should boris spend all day telling everyone one of them individually that they should not be flying?

I guess it's down to who is setting the rules and keeping to them....
 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1265449109449777160.html
what has boris dad got to do with Cummings did boris dad make laws up? And why didn’t you make a post when the labour mp joined thousands on a march? Or does he not count either? It would be better if you did a list of all the mps or there families that have broken the rules, would be fairer and not so political then

You really don't understand, do you?  Well, either that or you're deliberately trolling!
I don’t think you understand to be fair anyone who breaks social distancing rules on purpose is as bad as each other, you only post about ones nothing to do with labour because that’s what you do to suit your agenda, is boris dad any worse than the guy who joined the protests risking other people’s lives? Why did you not start a thread about him or corbyn or corbyns brother? So no I’m not trolling I’m just stating that it’s not just tories or there families
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: wilts rover on July 02, 2020, 10:16:32 pm
Of course blpool is right. Why should it only be the people who make the rules who have to stick to the rules? It's not as if they act like entitled elites is it...oh, hang on...
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 10:36:51 pm
Of course blpool is right. Why should it only be the people who make the rules who have to stick to the rules? It's not as if they act like entitled elites is it...oh, hang on...strange post wilts
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Dagenham Rover on July 02, 2020, 11:09:41 pm
and the thousands upon thousands at Bournemouth beach were sticking to the rules  ;) ;)

Saw one interview with an idiot  "I don't know anyone with coronavirus so I won't spread it"  :ermm: :ermm: :ermm:

Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 02, 2020, 11:12:12 pm
All idiots quite agree
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Donnywolf on July 03, 2020, 05:54:18 am
... and I posted this in answer to your similar question (reply #14 above) on Cummings (on the Priti Patel Thread) - and though were were discussing Cummings and why people presumably like me criticise other "rule breakers" out there I posted it here cos it applies in exactly the same way

Since then Johnson Snr has got round the rules by going to Bulgaria and entering Greece from there BECAUSE :

A) He needed to get to his Villa in Greece to tart it up for potential guests and
B) He KNEW he could not go to Greece directly

... and as I type this the Airbridges have been announced and do not include Greece as they still see us as a "Red zone" - SO I HATE Rule breakers whoever they are




Im p****d off with all breakers of ANY rule

Yellow Lines - simply not on
Using a Mobile to call in car not hands free DEFFO not on
Using Mobile to text in Car - blood beginning to boil
Parking in 2 spots - totally selfish action and crap
Parking in disabled spots blood boiling

Breaking lockdown by any person - simply not on
Breaking lockdown when you PERSONALLY laid down the rules - intolerable

Yes he was in a car on way to Durham but did he have to fuel up ? Did his kid need a pee on way. Did ne drive round and round Barnard Castle on his wifes birthday or sit by the River

Did he go home after mixing with Liar Johnson when the latter had symptoms ?

Did he go back to Number 10 (and Johnson) after visiting his Wife because she supposedly had symptoms ?

All the transgressions I mentioned above are to me "red lines" but Cummings is by far the worst and it has nothing whatsoever to do with Party politics.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: IDM on July 03, 2020, 08:07:57 am
You would think someone as wealthy as Johnson snr would employ an agent in Greece to manage his property, especially if he rents it out to holiday makers rather than private guests - and even for the latter.

I don’t see how his trip qualifies as “essential travel” either.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Donnywolf on July 03, 2020, 09:29:36 am
The cynics might think :

Cummings did what he did and was "exonerated" because he was following the "instincts of a Father"  while others of course stayed at home as the message of the time said

The cynics might think :

However it was Cummings mothers 80th Birthday and a few days later his wifes Birthday

Johnson Snr has contravened rules and travelled via a third Country to get to Greece. He has followed his instinct as a Property owner to ensure it is in top form for any future "renters"

The cynics might think :

He has gone for a holiday (simple as)
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 09:57:15 am
The cynics might think :

Cummings did what he did and was "exonerated" because he was following the "instincts of a Father"  while others of course stayed at home as the message of the time said

The cynics might think :

However it was Cummings mothers 80th Birthday and a few days later his wifes Birthday

Johnson Snr has contravened rules and travelled via a third Country to get to Greece. He has followed his instinct as a Property owner to ensure it is in top form for any future "renters"

The cynics might think :

He has gone for a holiday (simple as)

This cynic thinks he was following the "instincts of his Son".
 
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 10:02:30 am
The realists think, it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form so stop the incessant whinging like schoolgirls and get on with your life
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: IDM on July 03, 2020, 10:17:23 am
The masses who crowded the beaches last week and left litter like a bomb site would think “f**k it, if it’s ok for him, it’s ok for us.”

That’s the danger ldr..
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Filo on July 03, 2020, 10:22:27 am
The realists think, it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form so stop the incessant whinging like schoolgirls and get on with your life

Which is all well and good, unless he contracts the virus and makes the same journey back to the UK, up to 300 contacts on a flight from Greece to Bulgaria in a pressurised cabin with recirculating air, numerous contacts at the airport in Bulgaria, and again up to 300 close contacts on a flight to the UK and the airport contacts involved again, not to mention the people involved at the start and end of his journey with getting him to and from the airport. It all mounts up to a lot of potential infections coming from one person, who happens to be the father of the PM of the UK, highly irresponsible in my opinion 
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 10:24:02 am
The realists think, it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form so stop the incessant whinging like schoolgirls and get on with your life

Which is all well and good, unless he contracts the virus and makes the same journey back to the UK, up to 300 contacts on a flight from Greece to Bulgaria in a pressurised cabin with recirculating air, numerous contacts at the airport in Bulgaria, and again up to 300 close contacts on a flight to the UK and the airport contacts involved again, not to mention the people involved at the start and end of his journey with getting him to and from the airport. It all mounts up to a lot of potential infections coming from one person, who happens to be the father of the PM of the UK, highly irresponsible in my opinion 

And if my aunt had b*llocks she'd be my uncle is the same argument
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 10:25:43 am
IDM understand your concern but everyone of us is responsible for our own decisions no one else. In my opinion using the excuse suggested is feeble. No one is responsible for an individuals actions except that individual
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 10:26:23 am
this board is fast moving from "off topic" to "what can I be outraged by today"
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 11:05:38 am
The realists think, it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form so stop the incessant whinging like schoolgirls and get on with your life

Which is all well and good, unless he contracts the virus and makes the same journey back to the UK, up to 300 contacts on a flight from Greece to Bulgaria in a pressurised cabin with recirculating air, numerous contacts at the airport in Bulgaria, and again up to 300 close contacts on a flight to the UK and the airport contacts involved again, not to mention the people involved at the start and end of his journey with getting him to and from the airport. It all mounts up to a lot of potential infections coming from one person, who happens to be the father of the PM of the UK, highly irresponsible in my opinion 

And if my aunt had b*llocks she'd be my uncle is the same argument

So are you saying that it doesn't matter thet people break the rules and risk the lives of others?  That it's all ifs and ands?
 
Oh, assuming you're talking about one of your own aunts then it would depend on whether she was by birth or by marriage!  ;)
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 01:46:42 pm
What rules has he actually broken kato?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 01:48:11 pm
https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN2440NY
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: redwine on July 03, 2020, 01:56:13 pm
I'd be quite happy for Bedblocker Johnson to be shot over this. But to be fair I'd be in favour of it in any circumstance.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 02:54:39 pm
What rules has he actually broken kato?

Greece currently has an embargo on anyone coming directly from the UK.  So Johnson Snr took a flight to Bulgaria, changed planes there, then on to Greece.  I suppose you'd call that bending the rules?  I call it blatant cheating by breaking the rules via the back door.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 03:08:53 pm
But it’s not illegal and he has broke no law would you agree with that?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 03:24:06 pm
But it’s not illegal and he has broke no law would you agree with that?

Well this is what the Greek government say....
 
Quote
CAN I COME TO GREECE FROM THE UK?

The United Kingdom, which is still in the Brexit transition period until December 31, is presently treated as an EU member country. However, due to the relatively high incidence of COVID-19 in the country, the Greek government decided to extend the flight ban from the UK until July 15 – the list of countries to which travel restrictions apply is reviewed every two weeks. The ban applies to non-essential travel only.

Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 03:30:31 pm
So no law broken then, I no you would love him to have but he could say it was essential and he went from Bulgaria, yes it might be bending the rules but he won’t be the 1st person in the world to do that
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 03:31:41 pm
Leave it Blackpool, he wants to be outraged over f**k all
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 04:30:11 pm
Leave it Blackpool, he wants to be outraged over f**k all

So both you and pool are you saying that it that it's absolutely fine for anyone to break the rules and risk the health and lives of others!  And that peoples lives are f**k all?  The mind boggles!
 

 
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Ldr on July 03, 2020, 05:11:14 pm
Leave it Blackpool, he wants to be outraged over f**k all

So both you and pool are you saying that it that it's absolutely fine for anyone to break the rules and risk the health and lives of others!  And that peoples lives are f**k all?  The mind boggles!
 

 


No, and you know I'm not
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: ravenrover on July 03, 2020, 05:52:38 pm
I hope he doesn't think of coming back before his 14 day quarantine in Greece has expired
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: idler on July 03, 2020, 06:42:21 pm
But it’s not illegal and he has broke no law would you agree with that?
Isn't it funny how big businesses and millionaires regularly exploit planning,tax loopholes and other rules.
It might not be illegal but it shouldn't sit right with any normal tax paying law abiding citizen.
I suppose you applaud  the likes of Google,Amazon, Costa Coffee driving a coach and horses through our laws to avoid paying corporation tax?
Meanwhile Joe Public has his PAYE deducted and if there is a problem feels the full force of the establishment.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 07:15:50 pm
Idler, have you never bent the rules in your life, I presume the answer will be yes as I’m sure everyone has?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: idler on July 03, 2020, 07:32:43 pm
Idler, have you never bent the rules in your life, I presume the answer will be yes as I’m sure everyone has?
I have never bent the rules to cost the country millions or billions of pounds. I have also never bent the rules in a way that could cost a lot of innocent lives.
I have also never been a public figure possibly influencing others to follow my actions.
I worked for a company once where if I hadn't bent the rules on a daily basis production would have suffered badly. I didn't profit from my actions but the company and workforce did.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 07:43:20 pm
No but you have still bent the rules so do you approve of amazon costa bending rules to dodge paying taxes?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on July 03, 2020, 08:40:39 pm
The realists think, it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form so stop the incessant whinging like schoolgirls and get on with your life

Which is all well and good, unless he contracts the virus and makes the same journey back to the UK, up to 300 contacts on a flight from Greece to Bulgaria in a pressurised cabin with recirculating air, numerous contacts at the airport in Bulgaria, and again up to 300 close contacts on a flight to the UK and the airport contacts involved again, not to mention the people involved at the start and end of his journey with getting him to and from the airport. It all mounts up to a lot of potential infections coming from one person, who happens to be the father of the PM of the UK, highly irresponsible in my opinion 

The more disgraceful aspect to this is what he could have taken INTO Greece.

Greece has been a paragon of virtue in the way it has dealt with CV-19.

They took a sovereign decision (and remember how important THAT principle is on the Right, ok kids!?!) to bar visitors from countries who didn't get their shit together and who still have high infection rates. Like us.

Johnson has just flicked the rods to that by travelling via Bulgaria. It is a PERFECT example of "I'm too important to stick to the rules that the plebs have to follow."

Like father, like adviser, like son. There's a trend...
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: wilts rover on July 03, 2020, 08:44:13 pm
Who are the fools here then?

The people who stick to the rules - or the people who get around/bend them to their own advantage?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on July 03, 2020, 09:13:00 pm
It's more subtle than that Wilts.

If a very large number of people break the rules, we are all, as a society, f**ked.

If the vast majority follow the rules, the odd few who break them will not have a big enough effect to cause a major problem for the whole of society.

Cummings ambling round Barnard Castle.

Johnson Snr going to Greece.

Johnson Jnr shaking hands in a CV-19 ward to show what a geezer he is.

They only get to do this without f**king everything up because the overwhelming majority of us have put society first and our personal desires second.

It's not about fools on either side. It's about the majority doing the right thing, and an arrogant elite minority flicking the rods to the rest of us.

If I ever forget why I despise the bas**rds' attitude, this reminds me.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: Not Now Kato on July 03, 2020, 09:21:47 pm
Leave it Blackpool, he wants to be outraged over f**k all

So both you and pool are you saying that it that it's absolutely fine for anyone to break the rules and risk the health and lives of others!  And that peoples lives are f**k all?  The mind boggles!
 

 


No, and you know I'm not

Then why the silly comment?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: wilts rover on July 03, 2020, 09:33:03 pm
I would be interested in what some of the other posters in this thread thought of my question though Billy. I wonder if they will give the same answer as you from their posts here?

Although you have missed out by far the best recent example of elite contempt for rules and the people who follow them:

Rees-Mogg saying on live radio that people only died in Grenfell because they didn't use their common sense. If he had been there he would have ignored what the emergency services were instructing him to do - as any one with common sense would have.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 09:58:42 pm
It's more subtle than that Wilts.

If a very large number of people break the rules, we are all, as a society, f**ked.

If the vast majority follow the rules, the odd few who break them will not have a big enough effect to cause a major problem for the whole of society.

Cummings ambling round Barnard Castle.

Johnson Snr going to Greece.

Johnson Jnr shaking hands in a CV-19 ward to show what a geezer he is.

They only get to do this without f**king everything up because the overwhelming majority of us have put society first and our personal desires second.

It's not about fools on either side. It's about the majority doing the right thing, and an arrogant elite minority flicking the rods to the rest of us.

If I ever forget why I despise the bas**rds' attitude, this reminds me. The problem is billy why not mention corbyn and his brother why not mention the labour mp who joined the protest standing in the middle of thousands of people with no social distancing, I don’t understand if it bothers you that much why do you only pick the Tory ones out? Are tories the only people who get this disease?
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: idler on July 03, 2020, 11:17:00 pm
No but you have still bent the rules so do you approve of amazon costa bending rules to dodge paying taxes?
I did not break rules to benefit myself and also put nobody at risk unlike the ones being discussed here.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 11:36:02 pm
No but you have still bent the rules so do you approve of amazon costa bending rules to dodge paying taxes?
I did not break rules to benefit myself and also put nobody at risk unlike the ones being discussed here.
the only ones getting discussed are Tory ones or their families do you not find that strange? And you said do I approve of amazon ect. When I haven’t broke rules for personal gain so what’s the difference from me and you? I would understand if people listed all the people rulebreaking not just the ones that suits them self I just find it quite sad
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: idler on July 03, 2020, 11:46:28 pm
bpoolrover, I don't have any time for any of them.
Don't you think that it would be a good idea for the people making the rules to set a good example though?
High profile people disregarding their own rules don't inspire others to follow.
Whichever side you are on doesn't excuse you and being under the press microscope makes it even more stupid.
Title: Re: Yet More Them and Us Rule Breaking
Post by: bpoolrover on July 03, 2020, 11:48:10 pm
Yes I quite agree with you idler no matter what party no matter who you are you should follow the rules