8 hrs of shambolic confusion, for a

Without the troop of baboons in the backbenches to cheer him on, he's going to look and feel extremely isolated unless this is ONE HELL OF A SPEECH.

Harry Cole
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Cabinet are RAGING. On paper they’re meant to meet later to discuss 50 page doc and virus fight. But PM has already recorded his message, sent doc to the printers and seemingly made all the decisions with the so called quad... what’s the point of even dialling in, some asking.

Echoes of Mrs May and her 2017 manifesto there.

is this all the cabinet or just the ones who might have been briefing against Boris' lockdown stance to the papers

The cabinet were not alert to this

With no briefing today, they've managed to get the numbers out before 5pm for the first time in well over a week.
92,837 "tests"    64,362 people tested   3,923 new cases  269 deaths

you tell me any PM who didn't rely on a small group of trusted ministers/advisers especially for major matters. may, Cameron and blair all did the same

there's no such thing as cabinet government

give yourself a shake

Yeah we know

So where do we apportion the blame

boris of course but anyone pretending this is in any way unusual or not the done thing are just mischief making

The art of managing is making your reports feel that they have been involved in the decision making process, even if they weren't.

It must have been so difficult to outwit his cabinet colleagues

Raab not knowing calais was a French port and grayling not realising
a ferry company should own a few ships set the bar so high in recent years

wait fir it,wait for it,wait for it,,its worth waiting for,here it comes, for the oldies

THE VEGATABLES ARE STEAMING,