The most revealing sound on @BBCr4today this morning was the sound of the pause – the sound of Tory MPs calculating whether they should defend or distance themselves from @BorisJohnson
— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) December 10, 2021
• MPs are still allowed to double job
— Jon Trickett MP (@jon_trickett) December 10, 2021
• The Pandora Papers scandal was ignored
• Boris Johnson is still untouched despite being fined by the Electoral Commission
Despite a catalogue of wrongdoing the elite continue as if nothing happened.
This is unacceptable.
8:At this rate there is going to be more Parties than Contracts…🤦♂️https://t.co/YOfaQJfAOE
— BillyBob (@BillboBagginsX) December 10, 2021
That was the day of the Cleo Watson leaving Party, in an apparent breach of Covid guidelines.
— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) December 10, 2021
According to The Guardian, Johnson “came in and made a speech, mentioning how crowded it was in the room before leaving.”
The S*n tried to ignore the Downing Street Christmas party. It wasn't on their front-page when it led for other papers.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) December 9, 2021
James Slack, then-Boris Johnson's spokesperson, was reportedly at the party. What's he doing now?
He's the S*n's deputy editor.
🤔
If this happens at the next election around 126 Conservative MPs will lose their seats, including Boris Johnson, Grant Shapps, Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Baker. https://t.co/BE5a7Uac3M
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) December 10, 2021
Look how arbitrary First Past Post is. 35% gets Blair a majority, 36% gets Cameron one, but 41% doesn’t get Starmer one. Might as well pick names from a hat. pic.twitter.com/adAsEmwhZU
— Jason O’Mahony🇮🇪🇪🇺🇺🇳🖖 (@jasonomahony) December 10, 2021
A question for Conservative MPs and Conservative Party members who voted for Boris Johnson in the 2019 leadership election and are now worried about his honesty. What did you expect?
— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) December 9, 2021
Johnson’s abject awfulness has been laid bare this week. Even with the most sycophantic media in history, he can’t blame current calamities on foreigners or lie about them being part of ‘getting Brexit done’. That’s why he’s in so much trouble & it was all, obviously, inevitable.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) December 10, 2021
this is one hell of an intro from @gordonrayner https://t.co/F18oUoiqjT pic.twitter.com/e1d3kkkHsJ
— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) December 10, 2021
Pin a blue rosette on a dogs turd and seemingly these people would vote for it. 🤦🏻♂️#NorthShropshire pic.twitter.com/jwFHeGbaYS
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) December 10, 2021
"This guy stinks in the nostrils of decent people".
— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) December 10, 2021
John Bercow eviscerating Boris Johnson on @GMB… pic.twitter.com/Kb4tMSD5Sx
All these Tory MPs calling for Boris "to get a grip". It's like demanding a Labrador recites the Gettysburg Address. It's not just that it can't do it you also look absurd for asking.
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) December 10, 2021
Amazing how in barely 10 years Gordon Brown has gone from nationally pilloried Mr Bean to Britain’s leading statesman. Something tells me Boris Johnson won’t be making a similar journey
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) December 10, 2021
Oh, and…
Says London was 'keen to find pragmatic solutions' & accepts EU Commission 'has no mandate to renegotiate Withdrawal Agreement' to remove ECJ oversight for now. Adds: 'If Protocol works as advertised, it can provide advantages' for NI economy.
— StefanieBolzen (@StefanieBolzen) December 10, 2021
Is there a deal coming? #Brexit
How sad to see the Express talking Britain down.
— James Brooks (@JamesBrooks70) December 10, 2021
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Jan 6th evidence starts to pile up
NEW: Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis authored two memos in the week before Jan. 6 arguing that Pence could prevent Biden's victory.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 10, 2021
Read them here. Story and details w/ @woodruffbetshttps://t.co/LfIZ5kUM7e
Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis confirms that the memos Politico published in which she argued that the VP has the legal authority to single-handedly overrule the Electoral College and pick the president (he doesn't) and that Pence should do it (which he legally couldn't) are authentic. https://t.co/UYNOFh5mpQ
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) December 10, 2021
BREAKING: trump met privately with rally organizers in the White House January 4th according to subpoenas issues by the 1/6 committee today. https://t.co/dEzhWzBydS
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) December 10, 2021
— Margie Lemons (@margievoter) December 10, 2021
I’m not a fancy pollster or pundit. But since one party is objectively pro coup, doesn’t that demand daily, blaring headline coverage? I understand it’s not politically wise for Dems to yell “Trump Trump Trump” but there’s an open plan to overturn the American experiment. https://t.co/kTo9ZglXSg
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 10, 2021
"There's a failure to imagine how bad it can be… If people think this is an existential threat to democracy, why aren't they acting like it? There's a reluctance… to use your imagination to imagine what the end of democracy would look like" –@SykesCharlie w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/CidplWkdi4
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 10, 2021
The plan to ‘Declare national security emergency’ to keep Trump in office was a plan for a coup and we need get serious about what the consequences for that should be. https://t.co/sNB0tBDOFM
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) December 10, 2021
🔥We are getting closer to finding out who took part in the pipe bomb planning. It was going to lay a pivotal role in giving Trump a reason to escalate the Coup. https://t.co/dH4dYtVnnq
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) December 10, 2021
Trump Coup Plot Now Includes Kanye’s Weirdo Publicist, tried to force Georgia election worker to confess to rigging election with threats of jail or violence. Told her "Harrison Ford" could help her but only if she confessed. https://t.co/O1Bdqz46LU
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 10, 2021
There should be no “moving forward” until there has been some accountability
— Jay Rouse (@JayRouseDC) December 10, 2021
The Overnight Note 