| Time to go? on 14:55 - Apr 13 with 4015 views | Laveritty |
Not forgetting of course his recent attempt to discredit Keir Starmer with an embarrassing, totally unfounded and factually incorrect smear in relation to the (non) prosecution of Jimmy Savile!
Tried to pass it off as an error of judgement (where have we heard that in the last 24 hours?) but he knew exactly what he was doing! | |
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| Time to go? on 15:01 - Apr 13 with 3998 views | rafc_ryan |
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| Time to go? on 21:55 - Apr 13 with 3781 views | jonahwhereru |
Truly believe he is the worst of a moderate, not bad, bunch. He has prospered on the basis of keep you friends close and your enemies even closer. Appointing him as Foreign Sec cause at ripple of laughter in a White House press conference when the spokesman was asked to comment from America’s perspective. That job did’t go well, ask Mrs Ratcliffe.
What’s the saying “regret the things you haven’t done not the things you have done”. I reckon the Tory rank and file will regret not choosing Hunt of the two in the end.
As for the establishment being against him because of Brexit that has no bearing on his level of competence. Brexit was a pipe dream when he stuffed up two journalist jobs by writing falsehoods about people. One of whom was actually a relative. He is always the architect of his own downfall.
I”ll give you this though he is the luckiest PM I have know. The other saying is better to be lucky than good. | | | |
| Time to go? on 19:05 - Apr 15 with 3462 views | JumeirahDale |
I doorknocked for Liz Truss when I was 18 in Halifax. I'm not proud of it these days, but I was young, stupid and manipulated.
I've voted for both parties in my life. Boris is a self-serving, dishonest, coke-snorting, egotistical, thick-as-fook (swored, soz) chancer.
This is about far more than f*cking political persuasions. | | | |
| Time to go? on 19:40 - Apr 15 with 3391 views | nordenblue |
Perfect description 👌 | | | |
| Time to go? on 19:52 - Apr 15 with 3327 views | since58 |
Still stupid!!! | | | |
| Time to go? on 21:04 - Apr 15 with 3222 views | nordenblue |
He certainly is, very much so  | | | |
| Time to go? on 21:23 - Apr 15 with 3170 views | rich_dale |
Yep perfect description, he's clearly always been a chancer and serial liar, that was obvious from early on, way before he was PM. He'll do anything to deflect and save his own skin rather than own up to his own wrongdoings - the cynically timed Rwanda policy being the latest example, trying to push the same populist Brexit buttons that won him the election.
The level of corruption is horrendous as well, on the level that many on the right would be appalled by if it was carried out by a 'socialist' - taxpayers' money being wasted on vanity, or nationalist, projects, and siphoned into the bank accounts of rich cronies. Where is the public outcry about that. Most seem more bothered about 'migrants'. It's enough to make you yearn for the days of John Major, or at least someone with a shred of integrity.
It's baffling how many people want to defend him, and usually because he has a 'personality' which seems to equate to smiling sometimes and having messy hair. The rest of the world thinks he's an idiot. There are a few Tory MPs who have spoken out against him and have clearly had enough of being led by a thug but too many seem happy to just toe the line. Helped by the fact that he's constructed a government of like-minded thugs. | | | |
| Time to go? on 21:27 - Apr 15 with 3150 views | D_Alien |
When i refer to 'personality' i'm referring to the ability to withstand once-in-a-century crises, come through unscathed, and move on
Don't expect his critics to fathom that
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| Time to go? on 21:39 - Apr 15 with 3123 views | rich_dale |
How has he 'withstood' crises? Called the first lockdown way too late. He's only 'unscathed' because he's got enough weak willed supporters, a fair bit of media backing, and zero nobility to cause him to resign or leave his post. Also he's thrown a few people under the bus along the way to protect himself, and will continue to do that. | | | |
| Time to go? on 22:08 - Apr 15 with 3080 views | D_Alien |
I'd defy any of you to name a UK politician in the last 30 years who'd still be standing, ready and willing to fight another day after the battering he's taken. Of course, it's his choice to be in that position, but not a single one of you could get anywhere near that level of determination to see things through
Referring to decisions taken during multiple crises is purely a matter of speculation, and of course you have all the facts at your disposal.......... don't you?
Criticism is oh so easy. He's even been called "thick as f*ck". Hmmm... i read that with a massive slice of irony | |
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| Time to go? on 22:21 - Apr 15 with 3052 views | rich_dale |
There's no nobility in politics these days, otherwise he would have resigned, and his party are too toothless to remove him. The 'battering' he's taken has been due to his own behaviour, he's been hanging on like a pathetic limpet, nothing to admire about that. And the mainstream media have done their best to protect him. Imagine a Labour leader doing what he's done, he'd have been hounded out of office by now.
Wouldn't say he's thick, he's clever enough to know how to progress himself, and to do everything to save his position. But he's (supposed to be) a politician. Granted there are many career politicians out there, but there are also many that want to try to help society and make a positive difference to people's lives. Johnson is the opposite of that. | | | |
| Time to go? on 22:32 - Apr 15 with 3010 views | D_Alien |
And that's why he's been voted in as London Mayor (twice) and PM, with a huge majority?
If the Tories have the good sense to keep him as leader he'll do the same at the next general election. (The local elections in May are a different matter - they're always a protest against the incumbent government whatever's happening)
I have faith in the great British public (overall) to make the right decisions about who they think should be in office. I'm under no illusions whatsoever about his behaviour, neither are those who continually vote him in. Unless you'd prefer a system that only votes in those who you think are "fit for office"?
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| Time to go? on 22:47 - Apr 15 with 2975 views | rich_dale |
Just because someone wins votes to get into office doesn't mean they have a desire to serve the public and help people. He knows how to gain popularity - switching to the Brexit camp was a calculated career move, as is his cultivated 'personality'. The Tories spend pretty much all their time thinking about how to gain power, how to keep power, and how to cover their arses for all the things they do that don't benefit the country and the public. He may well win the next GE, there are enough dupable voters out there. Plus large elements of the media that will back him, which is a huge factor. | | | |
| Time to go? on 10:13 - Apr 16 with 2700 views | D_Alien |
So i was right about that as well?
You want a system where only those you think are fit for office are voted in power
Must be bloody awful living in the UK! | |
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| Time to go? on 11:46 - Apr 16 with 2616 views | rich_dale |
It'd just be nice to be represented by public servants who have honesty and integrity and are passionate about trying to improve people's lives - rather than unscrupulous, self-serving, power-hungry egomaniacs, that's all. | | | |
| Time to go? on 11:59 - Apr 16 with 2600 views | D_Alien |
What'd be nice and what's most effective in the battle of wills against competing (and often malign) forces are two very different things
I'll take someone who has the bottle to take anything on, and do so willingly, over "nice" anytime - always providing its in what imo are the best interests of the UK
We can certainly disagree on what those best interests are, but i fear you're railing against the reality of power. Or, you might wish to ask the Ukrainians (certainly their President) how they feel about BJ. At a guess, i reckon you'd regard Boris' actions in their interests as grandstanding and a photo opportunity
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| Time to go? on 12:25 - Apr 16 with 2572 views | rich_dale |
He doesn't have the interests of the country at heart, only his own. Can't say he has 'bottle' either, he comes across as a squirming, irresponsible coward. He's always been a lying opportunist who will do what he thinks is right to further his own cause - this has become a pretty universally accepted truth, even for some within his own party. | | | |
| Time to go? on 12:57 - Apr 16 with 2533 views | YadHoDale |
"I'd defy any of you to name a UK politician in the last 30 years who'd still be standing, ready and willing to fight another day after the battering he's taken"
Jeremy Corbyn?
Or, from across the parties, people of integrity, such as David Davis (C), Wera Hobhouse (LD), Richard Burgon (Lab) or the de facto Leader of the Opposition, Ian Blackford (SNP).
All have principles, which to Johnson (and Starmer for that matter) don't exist... | | | |
| Time to go? on 13:39 - Apr 16 with 2476 views | D_Alien |
None of whom have actually been in the hot seat during one of the most turbulent periods (outside actual war) for the UK in living memory. That makes a huge difference
None of them have been tested in the furnace of ultimate responsibility, i.e. political power. To do so, keep your mental equilibrium and move on without rancour is a feat of huge political skill and resourcefulness
There's plenty of people waiting in the wings who're happy to talk a principled game - then reality hits. I (and, it seems, the electorate) would dread to think of the sinkhole the UK would collapse into with some of those names you've mentioned in actual charge
Instead, we're coming out of the other side of the constitutional crisis that was Brexit, the pandemic is starting to recede and BJ is gaining a lot of credit with his steadfast support for Ukraine
The economy can now be rebalanced away from having to put most of the country into furlough and towards starting to pay down those bills, instead of leaving them for future generations (or an incoming Tory government) to pick up, as Labour does every single time | |
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| Time to go? on 19:47 - Apr 16 with 2288 views | EllDale |
The same Wera Hobhouse who used to be a councillor in Norden/Bamford?
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| Time to go? on 20:53 - Apr 16 with 2199 views | nordenblue |
I find it more amazing there's still folk genuinely willing to try and defend such an absolute hypocritical, self serving, deceitful tosser......
An ex employer who seems to know him fairly well.
His former employer, Max Hastings.
"Johnson would not recognise truth, whether about his private or political life, if confronted by it in an identity parade. In a commonplace book the other day, I came across an observation made in 1750 by a contemporary savant, Bishop Berkeley: “It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true to the public.” Almost the only people who think Johnson a nice guy are those who do not know him." | | | |
| Time to go? on 21:56 - Apr 16 with 2110 views | D_Alien |
Amazing googling, nb!
What do you reckon to Berkeley's theory on immateriality?
Have you come across any instances where you've perceived something and thought it might not actually exist recently?
I sometimes think that when watching Dale defend set pieces | |
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| Time to go? on 21:59 - Apr 16 with 2098 views | jonahwhereru |
When you have an unshakeable believe that you have never made a mistake, and the world is your puppet I imagine it would be easy to face into the next day.
Hitler and Trump are two other like that who spring to mind. | | | |
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