Kay Burley - 60th Birthday Party rule break

[Cherie]

The Sky News presenter Kay Burley has apologised after she admitted to holding a 60th birthday party that broke Covid regulations on Saturday night.

Burley, who was facing an internal inquiry on Monday night over the incident, went to the Century Club in Soho, London, to mark the occasion in a group of 10 that included Sky colleagues Beth Rigby, Inzamam Rashid and Sam Washington.

The group sat at two tables, of six and four, before going on to a nearby restaurant, Folie. A smaller group of four then returned to Burley’s home to continue the celebrations.

All of the Sky staff are now facing a review of their conduct by their employer, which said it was “disappointed” by the incident.

On Monday evening, after the Guido Fawkes website published the story, Burley – who has held a series of politicians’ feet to the fire over lockdown rules this year – admitted to breaking tier 2 restrictions, tweeting: “I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment. On Saturday night I was enjoying my 60th birthday at a Covid-compliant restaurant. I am embarrassed to say that later in the evening I inadvertently broke the rules.


“I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo, I briefly popped into another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise.”

Burley is understood to have blamed the situation on misunderstandings in planning and organising the event. But she did not address why a group of four people, including Rashid and former Sky News royal correspondent and Huawei PR executive Paul Harrison, returned to her home after the dinner, a claim that is not believed to be in dispute. Other Sky News staff are understood to be irritated by details of the event.

Burley has been a stern interrogator of politicians who have been perceived as making excuses over lockdown breaches this year.

In May, she conducted a widely shared interview with cabinet minister Michael Gove about the Dominic Cummings affair, repeatedly asking him to clarify what the government advice would be for a member of the public “struggling with Covid-19 and you think you’ve got a problem with your eyesight”, in reference to Cummings’ explanation of his trip to Barnard Castle.

She also interviewed the health secretary, Matt Hancock, after Prof Neil Ferguson was forced to resign as a government adviser and asked: “What did you think when you read it? Did you bang your head on the desk?”

A Sky News spokesperson said: “We place the highest importance on complying with the government guidelines on Covid, and we expect all our people to comply.

“We were disappointed to learn that a small number of Sky News staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines. Although this took place at a social event in personal time, we expect all our people to follow the rules that are in place for everyone. An internal process is under way to review the conduct of the people involved.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/07/kay-burley-apologises-over-birthday-party-that-broke-coronavirus-rules

what does she mean later in the evening she broke the rules, its no household mixing, and there were various households involved?

sack ha!

[Crimson Dynamo]

let me just cut through the BS for people:

“I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment."


Is BS speak for: - I deliberately disregarded the rules because i thought I was above them

[Cherie]

let me just cut through the BS for people:

“I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment."


Is BS speak for: - I deliberately disregarded the rules because i thought I was above them

wonder who outed her :laugh:

a disgruntled non invitee!

[Marsh.]

Same as Rita Ora, knew what she was doing. Pretends it was a mistake but pays the fine she can afford to pay anyway. Selfish.

Scum.

[arista]

Yes she was a bit Cocky
and poor Beth also of duty

[arista]

wonder who outed her :laugh:

a disgruntled non invitee!


It was that Guido Fawkes site
Good on them


https://order-order.com/2020/12/08/kays-bog-standard-apology-leaves-more-questions-than-answers/

[Nicky91]

The Sky News presenter Kay Burley has apologised after she admitted to holding a 60th birthday party that broke Covid regulations on Saturday night.

Burley, who was facing an internal inquiry on Monday night over the incident, went to the Century Club in Soho, London, to mark the occasion in a group of 10 that included Sky colleagues Beth Rigby, Inzamam Rashid and Sam Washington.

The group sat at two tables, of six and four, before going on to a nearby restaurant, Folie. A smaller group of four then returned to Burley’s home to continue the celebrations.

All of the Sky staff are now facing a review of their conduct by their employer, which said it was “disappointed” by the incident.

On Monday evening, after the Guido Fawkes website published the story, Burley – who has held a series of politicians’ feet to the fire over lockdown rules this year – admitted to breaking tier 2 restrictions, tweeting: “I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment. On Saturday night I was enjoying my 60th birthday at a Covid-compliant restaurant. I am embarrassed to say that later in the evening I inadvertently broke the rules.


“I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo, I briefly popped into another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise.”

Burley is understood to have blamed the situation on misunderstandings in planning and organising the event. But she did not address why a group of four people, including Rashid and former Sky News royal correspondent and Huawei PR executive Paul Harrison, returned to her home after the dinner, a claim that is not believed to be in dispute. Other Sky News staff are understood to be irritated by details of the event.

Burley has been a stern interrogator of politicians who have been perceived as making excuses over lockdown breaches this year.

In May, she conducted a widely shared interview with cabinet minister Michael Gove about the Dominic Cummings affair, repeatedly asking him to clarify what the government advice would be for a member of the public “struggling with Covid-19 and you think you’ve got a problem with your eyesight”, in reference to Cummings’ explanation of his trip to Barnard Castle.

She also interviewed the health secretary, Matt Hancock, after Prof Neil Ferguson was forced to resign as a government adviser and asked: “What did you think when you read it? Did you bang your head on the desk?”

A Sky News spokesperson said: “We place the highest importance on complying with the government guidelines on Covid, and we expect all our people to comply.

“We were disappointed to learn that a small number of Sky News staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines. Although this took place at a social event in personal time, we expect all our people to follow the rules that are in place for everyone. An internal process is under way to review the conduct of the people involved.”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/07/kay-burley-apologises-over-birthday-party-that-broke-coronavirus-rules

what does she mean later in the evening she broke the rules, its no household mixing, and there were various households involved?

sack ha!

:idc: well i'm not sure if she'll be sacked


tbh my country's justice minister also broke the rules by not cancelling his wedding (which had more than 100 guests) and he wasn't sacked either, even more so he got defended by our PM Rutte whom believed his excuse to be genuine enough

[arista]

https://order-order.com/2020/12/08/kays-bog-standard-apology-leaves-more-questions-than-answers/


No sacking
just off air 2 weeks

[arista]

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[arista]

Same as Rita Ora, knew what she was doing. Pretends it was a mistake but pays the fine she can afford to pay anyway. Selfish.

Scum.


At least Rita Paid the Big money fast

[Mystic Mock]

Kay's 60!:shocked: I thought she was about 53 or something.:laugh:

But yeah she really has dropped herself in this one when she's slaughtered other people for the same incident.

[arista]

Kay's 60!:shocked: I thought she was about 53 or something.:laugh:

But yeah she really has dropped herself in this one when she's slaughtered other people for the same incident.


She has had to have a few face lifts
SkyNewsHD 1080i
shows her in very clear vision.
She gets her hair covering bits



Yes she talks like she did not realise?


All those Interviews telling off dodgy MP's

[UserSince2005]

silly cow, shed be the first to terrorise someone she was interviewing over doing this.

[arista]

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[bots]

there is nothing more people hate than hypocrites. In the USA loads of democratic governors and mayors laid down the rules to their people and then went off and broke the rules themselves. It's no wonder the USA is in a mess, the politicians are truly awful across the board

[Nicky91]

silly cow, shed be the first to terrorise someone she was interviewing over doing this.

yes very silly, many people make sacrifices these times, very dumb of her to ignore the rules bc of her birthday

[Cherie]

She has had to have a few face lifts
SkyNewsHD 1080i
shows her in very clear vision.
She gets her hair covering bits



Yes she talks like she did not realise?


All those Interviews telling off dodgy MP's

That's the worst of it, again, this was arranged, it wasn't all turn out after work with no pre-planning

Her interviews going foward are going to be a bit awkward for her

[arista]

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[Cherie]

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a covid compliant restaurant? given in Tier 2 there is no household mixing indoors, then they were not compliant and neither was she?

[GoldHeart]

What a surprise another rule breaker :notimpressed:

[Cherie]

What a surprise another rule breaker :notimpressed:

what makes it even worse is she is claiming the rule break was going for a pee in a different restaurant while waiting for a taxi, the mind boggles

I mean

I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo I briefly popped into another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise 2/2

[joeysteele]

Kay's 60!:shocked: I thought she was about 53 or something.:laugh:

But yeah she really has dropped herself in this one when she's slaughtered other people for the same incident.


She has indeed.

[rusticgal]

a covid compliant restaurant? given in Tier 2 there is no household mixing indoors, then they were not compliant and neither was she?



Both the restaurant and Burley should have hefty fines...it was all planned just like Ora in her venue...
Do they think we are stupid..

[arista]

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[arista]

Both the restaurant and Burley should have hefty fines...it was all planned just like Ora in her venue...
Do they think we are stupid..


Yes Fine them all £10,000
EACH

[Marsh.]

At least Rita Paid the Big money fast

Not really the point though is it. Shows a total disregard or thought for other people.

[Zizu]

The Sky News presenter Kay Burley has apologised after she admitted to holding a 60th birthday party that broke Covid regulations on Saturday night.



Burley, who was facing an internal inquiry on Monday night over the incident, went to the Century Club in Soho, London, to mark the occasion in a group of 10 that included Sky colleagues Beth Rigby, Inzamam Rashid and Sam Washington.



The group sat at two tables, of six and four, before going on to a nearby restaurant, Folie. A smaller group of four then returned to Burley’s home to continue the celebrations.



All of the Sky staff are now facing a review of their conduct by their employer, which said it was “disappointed” by the incident.



On Monday evening, after the Guido Fawkes website published the story, Burley – who has held a series of politicians’ feet to the fire over lockdown rules this year – admitted to breaking tier 2 restrictions, tweeting: “I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment. On Saturday night I was enjoying my 60th birthday at a Covid-compliant restaurant. I am embarrassed to say that later in the evening I inadvertently broke the rules.





“I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo, I briefly popped into another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise.”



Burley is understood to have blamed the situation on misunderstandings in planning and organising the event. But she did not address why a group of four people, including Rashid and former Sky News royal correspondent and Huawei PR executive Paul Harrison, returned to her home after the dinner, a claim that is not believed to be in dispute. Other Sky News staff are understood to be irritated by details of the event.



Burley has been a stern interrogator of politicians who have been perceived as making excuses over lockdown breaches this year.



In May, she conducted a widely shared interview with cabinet minister Michael Gove about the Dominic Cummings affair, repeatedly asking him to clarify what the government advice would be for a member of the public “struggling with Covid-19 and you think you’ve got a problem with your eyesight”, in reference to Cummings’ explanation of his trip to Barnard Castle.



She also interviewed the health secretary, Matt Hancock, after Prof Neil Ferguson was forced to resign as a government adviser and asked: “What did you think when you read it? Did you bang your head on the desk?”



A Sky News spokesperson said: “We place the highest importance on complying with the government guidelines on Covid, and we expect all our people to comply.



“We were disappointed to learn that a small number of Sky News staff may have engaged in activity that breached the guidelines. Although this took place at a social event in personal time, we expect all our people to follow the rules that are in place for everyone. An internal process is under way to review the conduct of the people involved.”



https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/07/kay-burley-apologises-over-birthday-party-that-broke-coronavirus-rules



what does she mean later in the evening she broke the rules, its no household mixing, and there were various households involved?



sack ha!



Exactly... given her standing and the way she’s continually grilled people for making smaller errors in judgement she has to be sacked !!


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[Zizu]

let me just cut through the BS for people:



“I want to apologise to you all for an error of judgment."





Is BS speak for: - I deliberately disregarded the rules because i thought I was above them



Exactly


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[Zizu]

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So Uber SMUG Beth is also involved !!


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[arista]

Exactly... given her standing and the way she’s continually grilled people for making smaller errors in judgement she has to be sacked !!


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No she is their Top Player
started when SkyNews Started.


She has to be off
air for 2 weeks

[Cal.]

Not our Kay </3

[arista]

So Uber SMUG Beth is also involved !!


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Beth was also a guest
so another losing 2 weeks pay.

[Zizu]

That's the worst of it, again, this was arranged, it wasn't all turn out after work with no pre-planning



Her interviews going foward are going to be a bit awkward for her



That’s the only reason I’m favour of not sacking her ... endless politicians and celebs will have this to use against whenever she starts grilling them ..


In fact she’s basically scuppered her only useful quality.. her hard nosed doggedness.

She will now have to be nice to everyone

:)


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[hijaxers]

Shocking behaviour from someone who endlessly spouts out rules and totally ignores them , all these people believe they are above us lesser folk who do abide to the rules.

2 wks off air is no punishment at all :fist:

[Zizu]

what makes it even worse is she is claiming the rule break was going for a pee in a different restaurant while waiting for a taxi, the mind boggles

I mean

I had been waiting for a taxi at 11pm to get home. Desperate for the loo I briefly popped into another restaurant to spend a penny. I can only apologise 2/2



Maybe she was hoping to get her eyes tested at the same time


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[Zizu]

No she is their Top Player

started when SkyNews Started.





She has to be off

air for 2 weeks



She’s like a ‘toothless’ guard dog now ..

Useless


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[arista]

She’s like a ‘toothless’ guard dog now ..

Useless


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She is above a Guard Dog
spending alot on Face lifts
for SkyNewsHD 1080i and soon 4K


Sure her show in Westminster get's the Minister first
then the BBC TV
then GMBHD itv
then radio 4
radio 5
LBC
Times Radio DAB

[arista]

Not our Kay </3


Yes now getting Angry tweets:

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[arista]

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[Cherie]

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:joker: just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse for her

[hijaxers]

:joker: just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse for her

Just a short trip for an organized birthday party ! They all deserve the sack.

[arista]

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[arista]

Not back on TV until
2021.

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[arista]

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Yes he needs to Interview the Guilty Kay

[Cherie]

apparently she has gone on a pre-planned holiday to Africa so she can sit with the Lions, probably preferably than having MPs grill her on her actions when she is trying to interview them :laugh:

[Zizu]

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Yes he needs to Interview the Guilty Kay



Now that’s something I would watch .. unless they get someone she’s previously ‘grilled’ to interview HER :)


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[Zizu]

apparently she has gone on a pre-planned holiday to Africa so she can sit with the Lions, probably preferably than having MPs grill her on her actions when she is trying to interview them :laugh:



So she breaks the rules and gets punished with a holiday ... to return to nice , paid extended Christmas break .

That’ll teach her ....


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[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/09/09/36630194-0-image-m-3_1607507874379.jpg




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9033859/Kay-Burley-Beth-Rigby-four-Sky-News-stars-taken-air-60th-birthday-bash.html

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/09/09/36628698-9033859-Kay_muddied_the_waters_by_tweeting_that_she_was_al ways_due_to_be-a-22_1607507479304.jpg


Extra Holiday

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/09/09/36564662-9033859-The_veteran_journalist_said_that_she_spent_Saturda y_night_at_a_C-a-21_1607507479302.jpg

[Zizu]

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These two deserve each other .. . I’m only surprised that Sam Coates wasn’t involved


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[Kizzy]

there is nothing more people hate than hypocrites. In the USA loads of democratic governors and mayors laid down the rules to their people and then went off and broke the rules themselves. It's no wonder the USA is in a mess, the politicians are truly awful across the board

True, I firmly believe this is why the public were behinx the 1st lockdown but not the 2nd... when Cummings and others broke lock down it ruined the feeling we were all in it together. And there were different rules for some.
That was the nail in the coffin for the government expecting compliance after that.

[Tom4784]

Oh, how I despise hypocrites, even more so when they weaken a cause I care about.

[Cherie]

These two deserve each other .. . I’m only surprised that Sam Coates wasn’t involved


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Sam is probably the Sky mole

[Cherie]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/09/09/36564662-9033859-The_veteran_journalist_said_that_she_spent_Saturda y_night_at_a_C-a-21_1607507479302.jpg


you would have thought the restaurant would have booked a cab for her, can't imagine her standing on the sidewalk trying to hail a black cab somehow

[rusticgal]

True, I firmly believe this is why the public were behinx the 1st lockdown but not the 2nd... when Cummings and others broke lock down it ruined the feeling we were all in it together. And there were different rules for some.
That was the nail in the coffin for the government expecting compliance after that.


Thats just it...when Cummings broke the rules and him and Boris created a ridiculous cover up story...it basically gave everyone a 'get out of here' card.

[Marsh.]

you would have thought the restaurant would have booked a cab for her, can't imagine her standing on the sidewalk trying to hail a black cab somehow

Oooh sidewalk is it.

[arista]

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3 Staff
stuck with No Pay
because of Kay's planned party.

[arista]

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Silly Kay
Dropped from a Press award.

Sky/Comcast not happy


https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/08/kay-burley-dropped-for-award-consideration-after-covid-breach



[Under tier 2 restrictions, indoor social gatherings
of any kind are barred except among those
who live together or have formed
a support bubble.
Groups of up to six can socialise outside
a hospitality venue
if having drinks with a substantial meal.
Police can impose fines of £200 for a first-time breach.]

[arista]

Sam is probably the Sky mole


No
it was a reporter working for Guido Fawkes Site

[Cherie]

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No
it was a reporter working for Guido Fawkes Site

Mention of a mole on a tweet you posted Sir

As Sky New’s internal investigation causes angst inside the Osterley campus, a Sky mole gets in contact with Guido to add fuel to the fire; pointing out that not only did Kay’s birthday bash break Tier 2 laws, the broadcaster’s North of England correspondent Inzamam Rashid had to travel down from his Manchester home to attend. A 206 mile journey which would was not by any means essential. Ironically, Inzamam in English means ‘to get together with friends’…

[arista]

Mention of a mole on a tweet you posted Sir

As Sky New’s internal investigation causes angst inside the Osterley campus, a Sky mole gets in contact with Guido to add fuel to the fire; pointing out that not only did Kay’s birthday bash break Tier 2 laws, the broadcaster’s North of England correspondent Inzamam Rashid had to travel down from his Manchester home to attend. A 206 mile journey which would was not by any means essential. Ironically, Inzamam in English means ‘to get together with friends’…


If thats true
SkyNews Manager will have to find out.

[Zizu]

Sam is probably the Sky mole



Mmmm that would make sense actually !


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[Zizu]

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3 Staff

stuck with No Pay

because of Kay's planned party.



I’d guess they all still get paid .. just a PR job until it all calms down


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[arista]

I’d guess they all still get paid .. just a PR job until it all calms down


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No Company can afford to pay for a month off work
nowdays Covert Days

[Stu]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/09/09/36564662-9033859-The_veteran_journalist_said_that_she_spent_Saturda y_night_at_a_C-a-21_1607507479302.jpg
I choose to read 'popped' as 'pooped'.

[Zizu]

No Company can afford to pay for a month off work

nowdays Covert Days



I don’t think that Sky are struggling for money tbh


It smacks of a PR stunt .. get their people out of the firing line until it’s all forgotten


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[arista]

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[arista]

Wow


Kay now off SkyNewsHD for 6 Months

[Crimson Dynamo]

meanwhile Grealish at Villa broke the rules AGAIN and all his weak manager said was

"well the government guidelines are confusing"

:skull:

[Zizu]

Wow


Kay now off SkyNewsHD for 6 Months



Mmmm she has a dilemma..

Hit the gym , the bottle or the larder ..


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[bots]

how can Burley do a critical interview ever again. People will just mock her

[Marsh.]

She was never any good anyway.

[Nicky91]

how can Burley do a critical interview ever again. People will just mock her

exactly what people in my country are doing when our flop justice minister speaks

which is also why most people here ignore the rules too, if you don't hand out punishments anyway

[arista]

[Kay Burley will be off air for six months
after breaching coronavirus rules with
her 60th birthday celebrations]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/10/15/36635980-9039325-From_left_Tony_Blackburn_Peter_Marshall_Derek_Jame son_Andrew_Nei-a-22_1607612722837.jpg
From left: Tony Blackburn, Peter Marshall,
Derek Jameson, Andrew Neil, Alastair Yates, Rupert Murdoch,
Penny Smith, Bob Friends,
Kay Burley during the launch of Sky TV on February 5, 1989]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039985/Kay-Burley-suspended-SIX-MONTHS-party-rule-breach.html

[Cherie]

Wow


Kay now off SkyNewsHD for 6 Months

Not surprising at all, she has lost the moral high ground

[UserSince2005]

if i was Kay id be loving this news, id be planning to sue the bastards in 5 years time when everyone has got their heads back

[Marsh.]

Sue them for her breaking the law? How dumb.

She'll have a clause in her contract about bringing the show/channel into disrepute by how she conducts herself in public.

[arista]

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[arista]

Sam Washington back next week

Political editor Beth Rigby and north of England correspondent Inzamam Rashid,
who were among those with her, will be absent for three months.

[Zizu]

Sam Washington back next week

Political editor Beth Rigby and north of England correspondent Inzamam Rashid,
who were among those with her, will be absent for three months.



Sam Coates will be rubbing his hands with glee !!!

His smug face will never be off our damn screens


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[arista]

[EXCLUSIVE 'I am an idiot': Kay Burley sent
grovelling email to Sky News colleagues
after she was suspended for SIX MONTHS
over 60th birthday party Covid rule breach 'on full pay']

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9039985/Kay-Burley-suspended-SIX-MONTHS-party-rule-breach.html

[hijaxers]

if i was Kay id be loving this news, id be planning to sue the bastards in 5 years time when everyone has got their heads back

Really what would you be suing them for ? your own idiocy ~ totally ridiculous , she'll never get taken seriously again ~ hope she enjoyed her party ~ was it worth it ? wrecked your own career. Bye Kay.

[arista]

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[arista]

SkyNewsHD Breakfast now

Now Kay Burley bit in the corner of the screen
shoved in the Cupboard

[Zizu]

Latest snippets

Some of Kay Burley's colleagues at Sky News are said to be angry at the perceived leniency of punishment against the presenter after she was taken off air for six months for breaching Covid rules during her 60th birthday party.

One industry source described the outcome following Saturday night's event in London as a 'mild rebuke', while bosses refused to comment on reports that the trio would remain on full pay while she is off-screen.

Kay Burley will be off air for six months after breaching coronavirus rules with her 60th birthday celebrations
Colleagues Beth Rigby and Inzamam Rashid will be off air for three months after Saturday's party in London
Presenter Samantha Washington also attended the party but she is expected to be back on air next week
Miss Burley says she is 'sorry' and 'made a big mistake', while Miss Rigby says it was 'wrong' of her to attend
All three Sky News journalists will be on full pay during their time off air, according to unconfirmed reports


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[UserSince2005]

Really what would you be suing them for ? your own idiocy ~ totally ridiculous , she'll never get taken seriously again ~ hope she enjoyed her party ~ was it worth it ? wrecked your own career. Bye Kay.

this way of thinking will pass and we will look back at and cringe about how similar it was to the nazi regime (pre genocide).

[Denver]

Sue them for her breaking the law? How dumb.

She'll have a clause in her contract about bringing the show/channel into disrepute by how she conducts herself in public.

She is laughing all the way anyway because she is getting full pay while sitting and hope playing with herself for 6 months

[Cherie]

Hypocrite who will never be taken seriously as a journalist again

[arista]

Hypocrite who will never be taken seriously as a journalist again



She can if your owns it,
and admits how easy she got carried away.

Admitting a Full Error
would help her case

[Zizu]

She can if your owns it,

and admits how easy she got carried away.



Admitting a Full Error

would help her case



But she will NEVER be able to hold to task anyone who breaks any rules in the future or makes a huge mistake in judgement.

Like a said she’s now effectively a toothless rotweiller


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[Kizzy]

As was the govt after the Cummings debacle. .. except those hypocrites are still fining people 10k!

[rusticgal]

But she will NEVER be able to hold to task anyone who breaks any rules in the future or makes a huge mistake in judgement.

Like a said she’s now effectively a toothless rotweiller


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Exactly.

How can she lecture people in their wrong doings without it being thrown back in her face...:shrug:

[Zizu]

Exactly.



How can she lecture people in their wrong doings without it being thrown back in her face...:shrug:



She’s effectively lost her only ‘trump’ card in that she asked embarrassing/ awkward questions that most people wouldn’t dare ask or she’d just be persistent in her attack if she knew they’d done something wrong .. she just doesn’t have that at her disposal now


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[Cherie]

I don’t get the ‘but Dom’ argument here either, her job is to hold the government and opposition to account, she is now voiceless and if she does return will have to couch her words carefully as she has left herself in a precarious position, that some people are going yay Kay is a bit of a strange view

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/13/21/36797216-9049241-image-m-31_1607894775552.jpg


Yes Luv
watch out for those African Lions.
Tough trainers you have on today.

[arista]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpEmNy7XIAA04A_?format=jpg&name=small

[Cherie]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpEmNy7XIAA04A_?format=jpg&name=small

Told you it was a Sky mole Arista :smug:

[The Slim Reaper]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/13/21/36797216-9049241-image-m-31_1607894775552.jpg


Yes Luv
watch out for those African Lions.
Tough trainers you have on today.

That's it honey...

[arista]

Told you it was a Sky mole Arista :smug:



Yes she has Internal Enemies

[Cherie]

We love junior colleagues :clap1:

The idea that she had 'no idea' she was breaking rules, and so many stupid people on FB kept going on about her being in a 'covid secure' restaurant and that no rules were broken as she just had to pee :hee:

T WAS an opportunity for revenge on an over-mighty colleague that proved just too good to ignore. When a group of resentful junior production staff at Sky News heard star presenter Kay Burley boast about plans for 60th birthday celebrations which would break strict lockdown rules, they didn’t hesitate to pounce – and set in motion a chain of events that would lead to her being banished from the air for six months, her reputation severely tarnished.

As the £600,000-a-year presenter yesterday started an African safari holiday, away from the British spotlight, The Mail on Sunday can reveal the full story of how Burley was the unwitting architect of her own downfall and how she was ambushed in what has been described as the ‘perfect inside-job coup’.

The plot by colleagues – long disgruntled by her imperious ways – began when they overheard her talking in advance about last weekend’s night on the tiles, which culminated in her and three other Sky News journalists partying at her home in Knightsbridge, Central London.

They secretly recruited a paparazzi photographer to take pictures of Burley breaking lockdown rules and created an encrypted email account to leak the story to the media.

For years, Burley, who turns 60 on Thursday, has been the queen of Sky News, having been part of the team since the channel first broadcast in 1989. Hugely professional and respected by her bosses, she has, however, attracted envy among colleagues. Words such as ‘divisive’ and ‘untouchable’ are used about her – as they so often are about successful people.

And so it was that nine days ago, at Sky’s vast headquarters in Osterley, West London, that Burley was sharing her excitement about her plans to celebrate her birthday, leaving colleagues in no doubt that she would be dining inside a venue with people from outside her own household.

She was overheard explaining that she would be visiting the Century members-only club, a celebrity haunt near Piccadilly Circus, with a group bigger than six. ‘It was a case of boom, this could really bring her down,’ says a source. ‘They thought, “If she gets caught, that would be the end for her.” ’

BURLEY named certain people she had invited, including Beth Rigby, Sky News’s political editor and Burley’s best friend since joining the channel from The Times in 2016. The plotters acted swiftly. Just over 24 hours later, photographers from the top celebrity paparazzi agency Eroteme were in place outside the club, waiting for Burley and her chums.

https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=E210GB714G0&p=kay+burley+nailed+in+an+email+sting

[Cherie]

I think she is finished now, can't see her returning

[Kizzy]

I don’t get the ‘but Dom’ argument here either, her job is to hold the government and opposition to account, she is now voiceless and if she does return will have to couch her words carefully as she has left herself in a precarious position, that some people are going yay Kay is a bit of a strange view

What's not to get?..there is an obvious comparison.

His job was to enforce a government message and he failed, he rendered the whole covid restrictions during lock down requirements toothless.

He kept his position and that ended public confidence, nothing they proposed after that had any gravitas with the public.

[arista]

I think she is finished now, can't see her returning


I would not rule her out
part of skynews from day one

[Cherie]

What's not to get?..there is an obvious comparison.

His job was to enforce a government message and he failed, he rendered the whole covid restrictions during lock down requirements toothless.

He kept his position and that ended public confidence, nothing they proposed after that had any gravitas with the public.

I don't see it personally but you do you

[rusticgal]

I don’t get the ‘but Dom’ argument here either, her job is to hold the government and opposition to account, she is now voiceless and if she does return will have to couch her words carefully as she has left herself in a precarious position, that some people are going yay Kay is a bit of a strange view



I think I mentioned before that The Cummings incident that was overlooked set a precedent for others....
However Kate Burley will find it extremely difficult to execute her tactics in her role after what she has done... unlike Cummings.

[Kizzy]

I don't see it personally but you do you

You are suggesting she can't hold the govt to account for her personal failings and I'm suggesting that the personal failing
(Durham trip) by Cummings by the same token made it almost impossible for the govt to hold the public to account for breaches of lock down rules.

[bots]

She can't hold anyone to account now, which was all she ever did ... i can't see her able to do that type of interview ever again

[Ammi]

...so some colleagues knew of the plans and put the media story it would bring above any public health/safety concerns by trying to prevent the gathering from happening by informing their employers...the whole thing is so distasteful, their actions as well...which seem quite reprehensible also...the prime concern would have been informing for public safety, surely...

[Cherie]

You are suggesting she can't hold the govt to account for her personal failings and I'm suggesting that the personal failing
(Durham trip) by Cummings by the same token made it almost impossible for the govt to hold the public to account for breaches of lock down rules.

The public should be able to think a little bit outside the box no? it's their jobs and businesses that are going, MPs will still have their job for another 4 years, so carry on saying I can do what I like because of Dom, it's not affecting him or his ilk , but it is affecting your life or if not yours per se, someone you know

[Cherie]

I think I mentioned before that The Cummings incident that was overlooked set a precedent for others....
However Kate Burley will find it extremely difficult to execute her tactics in her role after what she has done... unlike Cummings.

Exactly that is the point Rusti, Cummings is not interviewing MPs or trying to get them on the back foot which is her reason for being on Sky

[arista]

She can't hold anyone to account now, which was all she ever did ... i can't see her able to do that type of interview ever again


Of Course, she can
Just say first, I have done the same

[The Slim Reaper]

She's pretty hot for 60 though, I have to say.

[arista]

She's pretty hot for 60 though, I have to say.

2 face lifts
she is ready for SkyNews4K

[The Slim Reaper]

2 face lifts
she is ready for SkyNews4K

:joker:

[hijaxers]

2 face lifts
she is ready for SkyNews4K

Is she really on holiday or just gone off to get another new face put on:joker:

[Zizu]

Of Course, she can

Just say first, I have done the same



She really can’t .... you can’t ridicule or castigate a thief if you yourself are well KNOWN for having conviction for theft


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[Marsh.]

£600k a year.... for that.

[hijaxers]

£600k a year.... for that.

Exactly ~ stopped watching Sky news cos she does my head in , keep her gone no one will miss her.

[Zizu]

Let’s see if she also breaks the self isolation rules as well now !

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9083201/amp/Suspended-Sky-News-presenter-Kay-Burley-forced-self-isolate-new-strain.html


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[Mystic Mock]

...so some colleagues knew of the plans and put the media story it would bring above any public health/safety concerns by trying to prevent the gathering from happening by informing their employers...the whole thing is so distasteful, their actions as well...which seem quite reprehensible also...the prime concern would have been informing for public safety, surely...

You would like to think.

[Cherie]

You would like to think.

Maybe they have raised concerns previously and were ignored, she is known as ‘untouchable’

[arista]

[Suspended Sky News presenter Kay Burley is forced
to self-isolate after flying back from South Africa
as government issues new quarantine
measures to stop spread of mutant Covid strain ]


Yes she picked the Wrong
African nation.