Alexandole Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

[Summerbuzz]

I like him. I think Boris is an unteachable student. He'll do it his way whatever. Pannick's given him the right strategy. Show your respect. Demonstrate it! You have a shot at a defence to avoid the worst.

Boris, however, is fighting for something else. You can see it in his inability to resist the impulse to throw his weight around at the first sign of his being pinned. That, for me, is the entire Brexit Boris dynamic.

He had enough, with that political moment, and the numbers invested in it, to make it work. But now he's just like all the rest. And he hasn't adapted - It's possible this will go a lot further for him and some of the acolytes.

I think he's going to struggle with never being that important again. Every time it's made clear to him that he really isn't running things, that consequences are the same for him as everyone else, it will get him back in the mood to prove, against all reality, that it is still 2018. And he can get away with anything, just as he felt he could, when he had all that momentum behind him, and all that power to play with.

He'll never stop wanting to believe that it was his personality and genius that made it all possible. That it's his enduring character and power that allows for him to escape and blather through things. But it isn't, because it wasn't true back then. It was simply the effect of his being the figurehead of a particular cause at the time that gave him the power that made it possible. Then that power was taken from him.

It appears far, far too much to admit that, because it's hardly a jump from there to think that all he ever actually did was to identify Brexit and all the complications as the perfect platform for him to use opportunistically, to bolster his own status and ego. It's hardly a jump from there to realising that all any of it means about him, is that he was the only one who wouldn't stop themselves from using that moment in such an irresponsible way.

 

[BayernMan]

Just so we are fair and balanced

 

[Summerbuzz]

Just so we are fair and balanced

Key facts; The kangaroo court was even more crooked, bias, corrupt and unfair than we thought possible.

LOL. People watching this stuff... some of them deserve it, I'm sure. If you can accept that as reporting of a standard that you've always accepted, then good luck with the rest of your lives. We all have a responsibility not to fall for sob stories. Not to mug ourselves, not to fool our own brains. I know it gets harder as you get older, and there's almost certainly a reasonable kernel of truth in you somewhere that started you off down this path. But seriously.

Bye bye, enjoy your stay in your parallel reality, as Britain quickly realises there's no fucking way we did you any favours by listening in the first place.

 

[BayernMan]

Key facts; The kangaroo court was even more crooked, bias, corrupt and unfair than we thought possible.

LOL. People watching this stuff... some of them deserve it, I'm sure. If you can accept that as reporting of a standard that you've always accepted, then good luck with the rest of your lives. We all have a responsibility not to fall for sob stories. Not to mug ourselves, not to fool our own brains. I know it gets harder as you get older, and there's almost certainly a reasonable kernel of truth in you somewhere that started you off down this path. But seriously.

Bye bye, enjoy your stay in your parallel reality, as Britain quickly realises there's no fucking way we did you any favours by listening in the first place.

It sucks but I have come to accept some people will choose the blue pill in live in fantasy land. The Fox News thing is especially damning. These journalists, producers, and executives admit they don’t believe what they’re saying yet people lap up their drivel because they want to be lied to. They are in Murdoch’s hands and we can only pray he thinks of their material needs as much as people like you I do.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

The cult of Johnson would be in a state of exultation, he is the Messiah, the golden haired warrior who makes their miserable lives a little bit more fun through his ridiculous antics. They ignore his narcissism because they see him as their guru, they ignore his lies because there lives are one big lie too. As people know I was in favour of Brexit, but his cult followers believed in his Brexit, they bought the bendy bananas, they bought the prawn crisp stories. He gave them a reason to believe in a country that was great, a re-imagined nirvana of a past that was long gone. They could accept the lies if the promise of renewal was the outcome, they could accept the attempts of destruction of democratic process because he promised them an England that had purpose.

They will still defend him now, because in their eyes Johnson has become a quasi-religious figure and we who dare to say different are far left nut jobs who adore Stalin, we are woke globalists (whatever that means) but most of all we are envious of their messiah.

I hope for the good of this great country he is finished and never ever plays any part in politics ever again. The cult though is strong and it would not surprise me one bit to see him as PM again in 2030. After all its in his mind that it is his birthright.

Whilst you might be right, the truth is many people find it very difficult to admit they’ve been had, in any capacity.
If you have gone all in with him and he’s finally called out, in an official capacity, then it’s likely he’s been telling these whoppers all along. That is what some people don’t want to accept so, the path which leads to the least self harm, is to believe he’s never lied and he’s actually a victim and this is evident by looking at who’s lining up behind him.

 

[Vic]

There are a lot of people like this….

Conservative Post told members to bombard the Tory members of the Privileges Committee with emails telling them to support the Liar. I'd have thought that was contempt of Parliament.

 

[Vic]

It's a sad state of affairs that there is no accountability with any of our TORY politicians right across the board. Profumo lied to parliament but at least admitted it after and resigned now TORIES just keep telling lie after lie no matter how ridiculous it sounds. If you wanted to be extremely generous to Johnson and say he misunderstood the rule at that time surely he should still accept that as PM in not knowing he failed in his job and should have resigned from politics. It's depressing to see other TORY politicians defending him they are just mocking the public now.

Fixed that

 

[Idesofmarch69]

If Lord Pannick advised Johnson on strategy in the Committee Hearings today, I would be seriously look at finding someone else to advise you in your recent "troubles".

 

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What amazes me is how Boris ever become PM
Will he go down as a charlatan?

So long as he goes down, I'll be happy.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

If Lord Pannick advised Johnson on strategy in the Committee Hearings today, I would be seriously look at finding someone else to advise you in your recent "troubles".

Ha, indeed, assuming Johnson followed his advice!