[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by arista

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]

Originally Posted by 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/20...onavirus-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]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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]

Originally Posted by arista

So Uber SMUG Beth is also involved !!


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[arista]

Originally Posted by Zizu

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]

Originally Posted by Zizu

So Uber SMUG Beth is also involved !!


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

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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]

Originally Posted by arista

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]

Originally Posted by Zizu

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]

Originally Posted by Cal.

Not our Kay </3

Yes now getting Angry tweets:

[arista]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

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

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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]

[arista]

Not back on TV until
2021.

[arista]

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

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by arista

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]

Originally Posted by 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

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://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hday-bash.html

[arista]

Extra Holiday

[arista]