I wouldn't call it genius. He found out a long time ago that you don't actually need to answer questions at PMQs and he simply never did. He just had a series of identical sound bites that were repeated every Wednesday and there was nothing to stop him. Fortunately for him, the vast majority of the population never watch PMQs so they never would witness his empty rhetoric.Boris was a genius at deflecting attention. Every time he was challenged on his conduct he just responded with "the people of this country want us to focus on running the country, delivering Brexit" etc and suggesting the opposition were the ones that were causing issues when he just wanted to do his job. There are people out there that lapped that up and didn't see through his bullshit.
I wouldn't call it genius. He found out a long time ago that you don't actually need to answer questions at PMQs and he simply never did. He just had a series of identical sound bites that were repeated every Wednesday and there was nothing to stop him. Fortunately for him, the vast majority of the population never watch PMQs so they never would witness his empty rhetoric.
Not only did he realise that he didn’t need to answer questions, but he also realised that he didn’t need to actually tell the truth, either in or out of parliament.I wouldn't call it genius. He found out a long time ago that you don't actually need to answer questions at PMQs and he simply never did. He just had a series of identical sound bites that were repeated every Wednesday and there was nothing to stop him. Fortunately for him, the vast majority of the population never watch PMQs so they never would witness his empty rhetoric.
And because they were so willing to do that and forego proper governance, the country now finds itself waist deep in said bovine excrement and about to find the weight of the bill pushes them under. You get what you vote for but so does everyone else, alas.Boris was a genius at deflecting attention. Every time he was challenged on his conduct he just responded with "the people of this country want us to focus on running the country, delivering Brexit" etc and suggesting the opposition were the ones that were causing issues when he just wanted to do his job. There are people out there that lapped that up and didn't see through his bullshit.
This is pretty meaningless these days. An insincere and bollock-felt apology seems to circumvent any sanction the 'code' might mandate. They haven't an ounce of shame to cover the whole fuckin' front bench!Been trying to work out which minister resigned and returned under Blair. The only one that I can find that is slightly comparable was Mandelson who resigned after late disclosure of a home loan from a colleague and he got a new role in government 10 months later. An enquiry found he hadn't broken the ministerial code anyway but the publicity was having a detrimental effect on the government so he went anyway. Not sure if there's any other examples, certainly none where there was a clear breach and a reinstatement in less than a week.
This is the only MINISTRY they should be inThis is pretty meaningless these days. An insincere and bollock-felt apology seems to circumvent any sanction the 'code' might mandate. They haven't an ounce of shame to cover the whole fuckin' front bench!
Been trying to work out which minister resigned and returned under Blair. The only one that I can find that is slightly comparable was Mandelson who resigned after late disclosure of a home loan from a colleague and he got a new role in government 10 months later. An enquiry found he hadn't broken the ministerial code anyway but the publicity was having a detrimental effect on the government so he went anyway. Not sure if there's any other examples, certainly none where there was a clear breach and a reinstatement in less than a week.