Boris Johnson-Prime Minister (Vol 8)
Discussion
OnTheBreadline said:
No, I can't stand the utter clown of a chump. I have zero love for him or any of his idiot cabinet or party. But he's clearly doing something right if neither successive Labour leaders nor a massive chunk of his own party can't get him out. And that people are on here at 7am posting about how much they hate him instead of having a nice breakfast with the wife and kids. A few of you have an awful lot of anger inside you from the minute you wake up. It must be a very stressful life. There are more important things to worry about. America survived Trump. We will survive BoJo.
The only thing BJ is doing is ensuring a lot of tory MP's will be looking for new jobs in 2 years. So long as BJ is prepared to continue despite his obvious failures there is nothing SKS can do. The tory party can get rid of him and a majority of private members voted against him. So he only in power because for some reason those who's jobs depend on him support him.
OnTheBreadline said:
Electro1980 said:
OnTheBreadline said:
Just checked, Boris is still in power
GRRRR
Do you think that this is hilarious and somehow winning? It’s a fGRRRR
king embarrassment that we let someone like this stay in office.ks.bhstewie said:
hstewie said: James O’Brien (marmite and even I’m on the hate side sometimes) made a compelling point this morning which is think of the grief Rayner got simply for crossing her legs in the Commons.
Now ask yourself why the story of Johnson allegedly getting caught receiving oral sex is nowhere to be seen.
Guess it might become more of a story if it was about him getting sucked off during PMQs to put Starmer off his stride.Now ask yourself why the story of Johnson allegedly getting caught receiving oral sex is nowhere to be seen.
BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
Conservatives closing the gap but Boris seen as the poorer leader.
If the conservatives ever get the balls to overthrow Boris they’ll be miles ahead.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-repo...
If the conservatives ever get the balls to overthrow Boris they’ll be miles ahead.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-repo...
Durzel said:
Trump proved that people care more about bombastic personality and dog whistle policies than competency or morals now. Any one of the numerous things that came out about Trump before he was elected would've buried a candidate in more honourable times.
Remember how Mitt Romney was crucified for saying that "47% of Americans would vote for Obama no matter what" ? How anodyne that seems now.
Then you have Trump who said he would grab women by the pussy because he could, and it did nothing, if anything it probably endowed him to the new electorate.
Boris is a natural conclusion of that really, and we the public are as much to blame for him ascending to where he is as the political architecture itself. We the public also voted the Conservatives in with an even bigger majority when given the chance, in spite of Boris's widely publicised issues.
Even today I would not be in the least bit surprised to see Boris & the Tories enjoying at least a 45% share of the vote. People talk a big game about morals, clapping for the NHS, decrying the need for food banks, but when it counts they think about their own lot in life and which party will improve it, with ethics being a distant afterthought.
Good post. Remember how Mitt Romney was crucified for saying that "47% of Americans would vote for Obama no matter what" ? How anodyne that seems now.
Then you have Trump who said he would grab women by the pussy because he could, and it did nothing, if anything it probably endowed him to the new electorate.
Boris is a natural conclusion of that really, and we the public are as much to blame for him ascending to where he is as the political architecture itself. We the public also voted the Conservatives in with an even bigger majority when given the chance, in spite of Boris's widely publicised issues.
Even today I would not be in the least bit surprised to see Boris & the Tories enjoying at least a 45% share of the vote. People talk a big game about morals, clapping for the NHS, decrying the need for food banks, but when it counts they think about their own lot in life and which party will improve it, with ethics being a distant afterthought.
Edited by Durzel on Thursday 30th June 12:09
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Amazing how many people don’t like him don’t support him definitely aren’t defending him but take the time to compile little lists of who’s posting and when so they can criticise them for it.
Totally normal behaviour.
In the world of statistics, that one's not exactly a difficult collation exercise on here Totally normal behaviour.
pquinn said:
Guess it might become more of a story if it was about him getting sucked off during PMQs to put Starmer off his stride.
BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
It's a weak story as it got pulled having made it all the way to print.BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
Personally I'm not about to get indignant about what he allegedly did but there's a peculiar double standard where the same media and people who get outraged by someone crossing their legs in the Commons or someone drinking Mojito on a train seem strangely silent at these allegations.
Riff Raff said:
Yes. But just think of the problems the government could be addressing with someone competent at the helm. Someone who could pick a competent cabinet. Not the shower of second rate cretins that are Boris’s picks.
You've missed his point...The party just looked at finding someone more competent and failed (somehow!).
And Labour are.... where are they? Oh yes, ditching all vestiges of what brought their leader into the game whilst having nothing to fill the void.
We are in a right mess politically. But it will get sorted eventually.
smn159 said:
That's really weak frankly. If you're bothered enough to come on here and suggest that you're happy that Johnson is still in power, at least have the guts to do it properly and say why, rather than this half hearted "I don't like him really" bks.
That's not what his posts were saying.... ks.Murph7355 said:
smn159 said:
That's really weak frankly. If you're bothered enough to come on here and suggest that you're happy that Johnson is still in power, at least have the guts to do it properly and say why, rather than this half hearted "I don't like him really" bks.
That's not what his posts were saying.... ks.Oh I remember now. . . he must be “adding balance”
pquinn said:
Guess it might become more of a story if it was about him getting sucked off during PMQs to put Starmer off his stride.
BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
I guess that’s where we are now. BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
The Foreign Secretary getting a BJ in his office during office hours, from his then-mistress, is only a story if he forced it on her.
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k me. El stovey said:
OnTheBreadline said:
Frik said:
You were the only one that posted anything at 7am this morning.
I didn't say this morning. There are very often plenty of posts starting at about 6am, people getting themselves wound up nice and early. OnTheBreadline said:
And that people are on here at 7am posting about how much they hate him instead of having a nice breakfast with the wife and kids.
How do you know what time they’re posting or whether they’re at work or which country they’re even in. You’ve gotten up, got upset people are criticising bojo, had a pop and are now getting salty so many people are calling you an arse. You were the only person posting at 7 am today about Boris.
I can't think of any job where getting caught receiving (or giving) a BJ would not result in getting the sack, but what, exactly, does moaning about it on the internet get one? I, like you, read these threads most days, and you will have seen as often as I, the anti Boris posts that rack up before the morning kettle has boiled. I can't get him out of office, individually, and neither can anyone else on here. So there is little point getting angry about it. Same as on the SKS thread. It's entirely out of our hands and in the hands of the parties. You can get grumpy about it, or you can have a laugh about it. The only person/people losing out with all the "grrr Boris" (or, seee below) postings, are the posters, and their stress levels/kicked cats. How does Boris's shambolic leadership and shenanigans affect you, specifically, in your day to day life? I'll bet the personal agenda of the nearest council leader has more of an impact on the vast majority of people. So why do people get so angry, supercilious and start resorting to personal insults when wound up about someone they don't like, have never met, and ultimately has little impact? Do you think life will be demonstrably better under any ofher party leader?
(Replace with Corbyn, Rees-Mogg, Abbott, Trump, whoever - but don't get angry, it's ultimately how politicians end up getting stabbed)
Gweeds said:
pquinn said:
Guess it might become more of a story if it was about him getting sucked off during PMQs to put Starmer off his stride.
BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
I guess that’s where we are now. BJ getting a BJ is something people expect - plus it's just rumour - so it's hardly likely to be a top story. Now if there were pictures or there was more of a scandal (it was Gove giving/Boris had forced it on a junior staffer/whatever) it'd be more of a thing but right now it's a weak story.
The Foreign Secretary getting a BJ in his office during office hours, from his then-mistress, is only a story if he forced it on her.
f
k me. The Guardian said:
John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, today admitted having a two-year affair with one of his secretaries.
Tracy Temple said:
We made love in John's office.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/26/politics.politicalnewshttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-384690/We...
Nothing much happened as a result of this exploitation of power.
As much as I hate the phrase, we are actually paying their wages. Why should politicians not be held to the same level of accountability as the rest of us?
Sex at work should be a stackable offence. No red or blue rosette blindness, we have paid for Boris to get a blow job.
It may be seen as a non-story but would any other occupation be allowed to get away with it without serious ramifications?
SD.
Sex at work should be a stackable offence. No red or blue rosette blindness, we have paid for Boris to get a blow job.
It may be seen as a non-story but would any other occupation be allowed to get away with it without serious ramifications?
SD.
shed driver said:
As much as I hate the phrase, we are actually paying their wages. Why should politicians not be held to the same level of accountability as the rest of us?
Sex at work should be a stackable offence. No red or blue rosette blindness, we have paid for Boris to get a blow job.
It may be seen as a non-story but would any other occupation be allowed to get away with it without serious ramifications?
SD.
Sex at work should be a stackable offence. No red or blue rosette blindness, we have paid for Boris to get a blow job.
It may be seen as a non-story but would any other occupation be allowed to get away with it without serious ramifications?
SD.
Anyway, yes I worked at a company and a cleaner walked into an office one evening to find the head of HR playing moonlight serenade on one of the directors. Nothing came of it
Odd as I thought a low tax high wage economy was pretty much core to traditional Conservative ideology.
Tory government to force three million more workers to pay higher rate tax
Got to say I am loving The Telegraph lately
Tory government to force three million more workers to pay higher rate tax
Got to say I am loving The Telegraph lately
turbobloke said:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/26/politic...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-384690/We...
Nothing much happened as a result of this exploitation of power.
And that makes it ok?https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-384690/We...
Nothing much happened as a result of this exploitation of power.
Christ. Have you been shopping at www.whatabout.com?
Gweeds said:
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