Alexandole Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

[gordondaviesmoustache]

In other words, you visit a lot of kebab shops.

Only in a professional capacity, unlike @hilts ;-)

 

[BobKowalski]

I agree that Johnson is unlikely to win. MP’s seem to loathe him by and large. Johnson has bottled out of leadership challenges before so may do so again. Johnson is an amoral opportunist and a coward at heart so bottling out is as good call as any.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I agree that Johnson is unlikely to win. MP’s seem to loathe him by and large. Johnson has bottled out of leadership challenges before so may do so again. Johnson is an amoral opportunist and a coward at heart so bottling out is as good call as any.

I agree with you that he's got no bottle, but disagree with you that May has more.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Good grief - people are now not voicing an opinion as they are frightened of being labelled snowflakes - ones of the best yet. What about just having an opinion that differs to yours?

My opinion on this matter is pretty straightforward

1) I don’t particularly like the burkha but that is my issue, no the wearers

2) I don’t want to ban items of clothing. Certainly not in the name of improving relations, as somone mentioned earlier

3) If Johnson and the like want to speak about women’s rights’ and oppression then they are free to do so. But using the burkha in the way that he did was a cynical way to drum up support from certain sections of the electorate

4) Considering the amount of people that wear a burkha, the conversation gets a disproportionate amount of coverage. I’d suggest that Boris Johnson doesn’t come into contact with people that wear them, nor do a lot of his supporters - it’s a cheap shot that will get suppprt

5) People that suppprt him and his views* on this are probably blissfully unaware that he is playing them like fiddles just to try and get in power

*I don’t think he holds particularly strong views on this matter just an easy way to get the conversation going

6) I do not think he has committed a hate crime. He is free to say what he likes but is also free to be criticised and asked to apologies if people find his remarks in bad taste

 

[BobKowalski]

I agree with you that he's got no bottle, but disagree with you that May has more.

May’s bottle capacity is not a hill I’m willing to die on :)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

May’s bottle capacity is not a hill I’m willing to die on :)

You bottled it!

 

[urban genie]

Looks like he has overstepped on his lovable outsider role this time .

Earlier on Thursday, Sajjad Karim, the party’s MEP for North-West England, said the Conservatives had to decide between being a “genuine one nation force” or “an English nationalist movement”.

Karim said Johnson’s comments had pushed the boundaries of acceptable political debate and as a result the party had to decide what future it wanted to embrace.

The MEP accused the former foreign secretary of believing that “the norms and standards of the Conservative party do not apply” to him and complained that party leaders had made “no real attempt to enforce those standards”.

Karim said that, as a result, “the Conservative party today has to decide whether it will be a genuine one nation political force or an English nationalist movement. In the latter there is no room for diversity and that is where Boris, Farage and others are dragging the party.”

The party is now going to investigate his comments amd disciplime as necessary

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Boris Johnson is either an idiot...or is being very clever.

 

[mackenzie]

Johnson actually bores the shit out of me.
He's so sodding predictable.

 

[bluethrunthru]