Alexandole Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

Gaudion M said:
The criticism from what should be supportive commentators is coming in thick and fast now. He might have a massive majority and 4+ years on the clock but this will be eating away at his authority.
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and encouraging those back stabbers who covert his job too
 
bluethrunthru said:
and encouraging those back stabbers who covert his job too
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Not sure there are many that see a path to the top job right now but there are many, many, that BJ trampled over to get to where he is now.

There are also many cabinet members who were forced to back Cummings against their better judgement and will be getting less and less keen to put up with any more BS. BJ has burned messes of political capital for no gain.
 
George Hannah said:
I'm like a moth to a flame when anybody mentions Rory - where is he when we need him?
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like so many level headed moderate Tories not in the party. And people used to bang on about Momentum ffs..............just coz Cummings and his mentalists don't choose to band together under a single name hasn't made them any less of a threat and a danger to the future of the country
 
Gaudion M said:
Not sure there are many that see a path to the top job right now but there are many, many, that BJ trampled over to get to where he is now.

There are also many cabinet members who were forced to back Cummings against their better judgement and will be getting less and less keen to put up with any more BS. BJ has burned messes of political capital for no gain.
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Gove would chuck Johnson under a train to get his job - or to be more accurate Mrs Gove would
 
bluethrunthru said:
like so many level headed moderate Tories not in the party. And people used to bang on about Momentum ffs..............just coz Cummings and his mentalists don't choose to band together under a single name hasn't made them any less of a threat and a danger to the future of the country
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Brexiteers?
 
carlosthejackal said:
For all those spouting the hindsight argument just have a look back at the interviews given by Rory Stewart on and around the tenth of March , it blows your bullshit hindsight theory right out of the water .
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Yep. Would have made for such a different type of politics in general too had he won the conservative leader vote. Was never likely with his brexit stance though (which also would also have been better for the country!).
 
karen7 said:
At this stage ? Where have they been
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Not sure what they can do. They are a single issue party now. They never claimed to be competent - their only commitment was to get Brexit done.
Everyone new BJ was a lazy weasel of a politician so there is no point expressing disappointment at the way it is panning out.
 
bluethrunthru said:
like so many level headed moderate Tories not in the party. And people used to bang on about Momentum ffs..............just coz Cummings and his mentalists don't choose to band together under a single name hasn't made them any less of a threat and a danger to the future of the country
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Cummentum?
 
I think he's actually lost control of the cabinet. It's in the Brexit thread but this week we've had a joint letter from Defra and DIT saying no lowering of food standards - but also reports of higher tariffs for imported food that doesn't meet our current standards (EU standards). Tories can't even believe what they tell each other at the moment.

The Agriculture Bill is a mess - a new ELMS scheme that is asking farmers to invest in environmental schemes with no indication of what payments will be, and nothing beyond the first year of a commitment to replace (and phase out) CAP payments. It's crazy to move from subsidising food production in the UK and allow in food subsidised by competitor countries (especially food produced to lower standards).
 
meltonblue said:
The week in Tory is always a good read...

1. The govt said “we will work around the clock to ensure nobody goes hungry as a result of this crisis”

2. Four days later the govt ended free meals for the poorest 1.3m children

3. The govt ruled that teachers must wear face-masks on public transport whilst travelling to school “for safety reasons”

4. The govt then ruled that teachers must NOT wear face-masks in schools

5. Matt Hancock said he was “100% guided by the science”

6. A leading govt scientist said the failure to enter lockdown sooner “has cost a lot of lives”

7. Matt Hancock said that bit of science was wrong

8. The govt said nurses had received a “significant pay rise” in response to Covid-19

9. Nurses have not been awarded a pay rise since 2018

10. The govt said “a protective ring had been thrown around care homes”

11. The head of Outbreak Modelling at Imperial College said Covid-19 is still “spilling out of hospitals and into care homes”

12. The govt said “we have now managed successfully to offer tests to every care home”

13. National Care Forum found 13% of care homes had not been tested, and 43% had tests which were void due to testing infrastructure problems

14. Boris Johnson said the lockdown would "remain until the R rate falls below 0.7"

15. The govt announced “R rate is below 1 in each region of the country”

16. In some UK regions, the R rate was recorded as 0.98

17. Serco was granted the contract to do contact-tracing, despite having been recently fined £1m for multiple failures on a previous govt contract

18. The Health Minister responsible for the contract is a former Serco lobbyist

19. Boris Johnson said “decisions will be taken with the maximum possible transparency”

20. The detailed reasons for Serco’s fine have not been revealed, despite a 6-month freedom of information battle

21. The govt said the testing and contact-tracing system would be “world beating” and ready on1 June

22. It wasn't, and won't be ready until Sept

23. The former govt chief scientific advisor said it’s “not fit for purpose” and would miss 80% of contacts with the virus

24. Boris Johnson acknowledged the “incontrovertible, undeniable feeling of injustice” behind #BlackLivesMatters

25. Boris Johnson has previously (sub-thread):

a. Referred to Commonwealth citizens as “picaninnies”

b. Described black people as having “watermelon smiles”

c. Called the people of Papua New Guinea “cannibals”

d. Suggested reinstating the British Empire in former colonies

e. Said “Islamophobia seems a natural reaction”

f. Stated that the UK must accept “Islam is the problem”

g. Referred to Muslim women as looking like “bank robbers” and “letter-boxes”

h. Recited a racist poem in Buddhist temple, and had to be stopped by the British Ambassador

i. Called Africa a “blot” and said “the problem is that we are not in charge any more”
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26. Boris Johnson said racism in the UK “cannot be ignored”

27. Two years after the Windrush scandal was revealed, only 60 of the 1,275 victims have yet received compensation

28. Boris Johnson said “I will not support or indulge those who break the law”

29. Dominic Cummings is still in his job. So is Housing Minister Robert Jenrick, who unlawfully approved a £40m property development for a Tory donor.

30. The Attorney General tweeted Cummings breaking the lockdown was not be a crime because he acted on “instinct”

31. The Home Secretary said she “understood the instincts” of #BlackLivesMatter protesters, but they had to face justice

32. The govt said destruction of a slave-trader’s statue by #BlackLivesMatter was “vandalism and completely unacceptable”

33. When Boris Johnson joined the Bullingdon club “the whole culture was to exert vandalism - they had to have their room smashed to pieces”

34. The govt (which promised an “oven-ready” deal on Brexit) said the deal had stalled

35. The govt (which said there were no down-sides to Brexit) agreed with the IMF that No Deal would mean a permanent 5% cut to GDP

36. The CBI said Covid19 left companies with “almost zero” resilience to No Deal

37. It is reported Boris Johnson shouted “Christ!” when told No Deal, on top of Covid, would lead to 3.5 million job losses

39. The govt refused to extend the transition period to avoid No Deal

39. In January, Boris Johnson agreed a Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and called it a “fantastic achievement”

40. Boris Johnson now says the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement he agreed is “defective” and wants to change it

41. Britons receiving German citizenship rose 2,300% last year

42. Boris Johnson said “I want to share all our working, our thinking, my thinking, with you, the British people.”

43. The govt is now facing a legal challenge from doctors and other health workers, because it refuses to order and inquiry into PPE shortages

44. And we still haven’t seen the report into Russian interference with the Brexit campaign

45. Boris Johnson said he is taking “direct control” of the handling of coronavirus (it is not clear who has been in control for the previous 132 days of the outbreak)

46. It was reported Boris Johnson takes naps for as much as 3 hours per working day

47. The UK govt now has the joint-lowest approval rating worldwide for how they have managed coronavirus

48. The govt said in March that a coronavirus death toll of 20,000 would be a “good result”

49. The ONS said excess deaths from coronavirus reached have now officially reached 64,000

50. Boris Johnson’s personal approval ratings have fallen 40% in 40 days

51. Boris Johnson said he was “very proud” of the govt response

52. It’s still only Tuesday
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That is one of the all time greatest posts that I have ever seen on this forum over the last nigh on 20 years.

Chapeau.
 
bluethrunthru said:
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10 March. I think the Tories were still calling this bloke ‘a loon’ at this time. He managed to hit the nail on the head though.

And the ‘medical expert’ who managed to severely damage her reputation by publicly supporting what Dominic Cummings did.
 
Mike N said:
10 March. I think the Tories were still calling this bloke ‘a loon’ at this time. He managed to hit the nail on the head though.

And the ‘medical expert’ who managed to severely damage her reputation by publicly supporting what Dominic Cummings did.
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They should have voted him in as leader*

*My opinions are no way based on the 20/1 bet I placed.....
 
Rascal said:
That is one of the all time greatest posts that I have ever seen on this forum over the last nigh on 20 years.

Chapeau.
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You could easily conclude that that list is actually more damming on the opposition as even with all that going on, much of it before the coronavirus pandemic, they still suffered their worst GE defeat in 80yrs!
 
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