Boris Johnson

[Viking Don]

Don't trust anyone who impersonates a Harry Enfield character and gets famous for it. Especially if they're a politician. Just shows how easily taken in are the great british public. Boris isn't Einstein but he knows exactly how to fool sun/daily mail readers. Not that hard like.

[Mirsad Bubalovic]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

[Filo]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

Come back comrade, before the Donny KGB catch you!

[bigbadjack]

I love the word wazak.... Not used enough as far as I'm concerned

[Glyn_Wigley]

It's downright bloody scary that even a single person thinks this man is fit to be an MP - never mind our PM.

The people of Henley thought he was fit to be an MP...twice.

[southwestexile]

It's downright bloody scary that even a single person thinks this man is fit to be an MP - never mind our PM.

The people of Henley thought he was fit to be an MP...twice.

People of Henley?..........Splitters!

[newyankee]

That says it all, it's just like putting a chimpanzee up as a Labour candidate in Barnsley. Mind you I could be doing a diservice to chimpanzees, they are much smarter than Boris and the people of Henley.

[hoolahoop]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

I was thinking just the same mesen, Jeez there's some nonsense written on here. As for the man being a fool , I think perhaps some of you who would prefer the Beast of Bolsover really need your heads seeing to! As for being a buffoon , some of you might like to check up on his education qualifications.
What is it with you daft 'living in cloud nine' Socialist Workers types on here ; don't you think it's time to grow up and join the real world at your ages ? Perhaps you're all greeting the threat of a possible national strike with glee as well........I could weep.

[Chris Black come back]

His education! Do you still tug your forelock at your betters?

The guy is an absolute walking disaster. Numerous affairs, illegitimate children, sacked from the Times due to plagarism, offending entire cities with his hugely uninformed comments, very suspect views on race. All of this ignored because he acts like a fat Hugh Grant. Absolute joke of a man whether he went to Eton or Rosso Comp.

[newyankee]

So it's supposed to be that the older you get, the greedier and more selfish you get, and you don't care for others, if that's the opposite of a Socialist worker type, I am glad I am one. There is too much self, self self in the world today.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I'll be honest. He scares the living daylights out of me. In terms of how easy it is to bend the democratic process to you own ambition.

He plays on being the lovable, bumbling, Say-What-I-f**king-Well-Want-In-An-Etonian-Accent clown. And people think it makes him honest and admirable.

It's b*llocks.

He is a deeply driven, ambitious man who desperately wants to be the top dog. He actually toyed with the idea of throwing his lot into American politics because he was born in the States, but reckoned he had more chance of becoming PM here than President over there.

Every single thing that he does is done deliberately to further his own ambition to get as far on in politics as he can. If that means playing the fool so that the working class scum will idolise him and vote him in, then so be it. But if you DO vote him in, you are voting for the worst combination of personal ambition and deeply right-wing political views.

There are historical precedents...

[Mr1Croft]

I agree BST, the man is dangerous although I suppose if needs be he would be more successful in European Politics.

As far as becoming PM is concerned, when there is a leadership contest, the old saying in the bookies is put your money on the man with no enemies, its the reason IDS, Howard and Cameron were swept to Leaders of the opposition and for that reason I can't see Boris becoming PM anytime soon...

[Wellred]

One thing I have never been able to understand is why people like Hoola who come from working class backgrounds (I apologise if that makes you feel inferior Hoola) would ever want to vote for a party that looks after its own.
I don't have a problem with anyone who can afford to send their kids to private schools and would prefer to be treated in private hospitals rather than the NHS voting Tory, indeed I would do the same if I was so privileged.
What I cannot understand is why you think it is good to privatise all the utility companies so they are now mostly owned by foreign companies and we end up paying through the nose for our gas, water and electricity.
Bankers are ripping us off everyday and nothing is done about it.
The NHS is slowly being privatised as is the education system.
We have a prime minister who is clueless and a chancellor who is sticking to his one policy even though we are now worse off than when he took the job. Oh yes but that is the previous governments fault isnt it?
No sorry it's now down to the Euro.
It's anybody's fault but mine in other words.
And still you think this government is our best option.
And still the working man votes for these clowns.

[Joeking]

Absolutely spot on Wellred!
I too have never understood how working class people can support the tories.
They must think they are better than working class or they believe everything they read in the
tory press - very misguided people in my opinion.

[Mr1Croft]

One thing I have never been able to understand is why people like Hoola who come from working class backgrounds (I apologise if that makes you feel inferior Hoola) would ever want to vote for a party that looks after its own.
I don't have a problem with anyone who can afford to send their kids to private schools and would prefer to be treated in private hospitals rather than the NHS voting Tory, indeed I would do the same if I was so privileged.
What I cannot understand is why you think it is good to privatise all the utility companies so they are now mostly owned by foreign companies and we end up paying through the nose for our gas, water and electricity.
Bankers are ripping us off everyday and nothing is done about it.
The NHS is slowly being privatised as is the education system.
We have a prime minister who is clueless and a chancellor who is sticking to his one policy even though we are now worse off than when he took the job. Oh yes but that is the previous governments fault isnt it?
No sorry it's now down to the Euro.
It's anybody's fault but mine in other words.
And still you think this government is our best option.
And still the working man votes for these clowns.

Out of the 86 years of the 20th century (not including the national goverment during ww2) The Tories were in power for 52 of them years with the liberals and Labour sharing the remaining 34 years. What made up the majority of the voting population in that century do you think; the working class or the upper class ? The Conservative Party attracted the working class to vote, and the majority usually did. It is people like yourself that attempt to poison the rest of us with an ill percieved logic that voting anything other than labour is betraying your town and your heritage. And I thought Labour stood for equality and freedom of expression.
However I do agree about Osbourne, he's an idiot and needs replacing, I would have much rather seen Vince Cable as chancellor opposed to Nick Clegg as DPM.

[wilts rover]

What you mean they stopped the Henley Regatta to vote for Boris the Morris(as in Morris dancer) i can just see him twirling the ribbons and dancing around,tell me how many children's wards have they cut down south?,kid's up north with heart problems now have to go to Newcastle instead of Leeds,have they cut any of the millions of art museums or theatre's down south?-no!!-give me Donny people any day of the week over most southerners,we might be a bit rough round the edges,but there are still good people in Donny

Earlier this year it was proposed to cut or close 5 community hospitals in towns near me, centralising services in Bath, not the easiest place to get to and impossible to park. The little community theatre (and only cinema) in my town was closed in January. Wiltshire Heritage Museum, who have the most important prehistoric collection in the country and one of the most important internationally have laid staff off & cut hours for others, Cirencester/swindon/Bristol museums have had cutbacks and face more - you have fallen into exactly the same trap that Boris sets himself, get your facts right before you get on your high horse, or you just end up looking stupid.

[southwestexile]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

I was thinking just the same mesen, Jeez there's some nonsense written on here. As for the man being a fool , I think perhaps some of you who would prefer the Beast of Bolsover really need your heads seeing to! As for being a buffoon , some of you might like to check up on his education qualifications.
What is it with you daft 'living in cloud nine' Socialist Workers types on here ; don't you think it's time to grow up and join the real world at your ages ? Perhaps you're all greeting the threat of a possible national strike with glee as well........I could weep.

troll or t**t?

you probably buy into the whole public sector versus private sector bullshit - divide and conquer anyone?

[hoolahoop]

His education! Do you still tug your forelock at your betters?

The guy is an absolute walking disaster. Numerous affairs, illegitimate children, sacked from the Times due to plagarism, offending entire cities with his hugely uninformed comments, very suspect views on race. All of this ignored because he acts like a fat Hugh Grant. Absolute joke of a man whether he went to Eton or Rosso Comp.

No I don't tug my forlock to any man and as for the rest of your diatribe .........well isn't that what most/all leaders get up to ? I never once suggested however that he was PM material nor as far as I know has he publicly stated that either. As for affairs etc wtf has that got to do with the argument after all that never affected either the careers of Bush Jnr or Clinton to name but 2 off the top of my head.

[hoolahoop]

One thing I have never been able to understand is why people like Hoola who come from working class backgrounds (I apologise if that makes you feel inferior Hoola) would ever want to vote for a party that looks after its own.
I don't have a problem with anyone who can afford to send their kids to private schools and would prefer to be treated in private hospitals rather than the NHS voting Tory, indeed I would do the same if I was so privileged.
What I cannot understand is why you think it is good to privatise all the utility companies so they are now mostly owned by foreign companies and we end up paying through the nose for our gas, water and electricity.
Bankers are ripping us off everyday and nothing is done about it.
The NHS is slowly being privatised as is the education system.
We have a prime minister who is clueless and a chancellor who is sticking to his one policy even though we are now worse off than when he took the job. Oh yes but that is the previous governments fault isnt it?
No sorry it's now down to the Euro.
It's anybody's fault but mine in other words.
And still you think this government is our best option.
And still the working man votes for these clowns.

Still spouting bollox and making assumptions I see Wellred, what's all this 'voting for a party that looks after it's own nonsense'? I don't and never have voted Tory (not that it's any of your business anyway) neither do I  feel inferior to you or any other 'working class' person etc etc..........
Get yourself out on a General strike if that's what you wish/advocate and see how well that sort of jerrymandering and inconveniencing of the general public will do for the economy.
''It's anybody's fault but mine in other words'', well observed so let's fook everyone else up in the country whilst solely concentrating on just our personal aims i.e look after our cosy retirement ages and pensions whilst every other fooker in the private sector works until they drop paying through the nose for some worthless private pension. There is no balance here and I see little evidence of the 'crumbling' NHS due to a small amount of privatisation.
I have seen the wazaks nigh on destroy our town in the past hiding behind the supposed virtues of their brand of thieving socialism as well..........remember Donnygate do you  ?
Ok font of all wisdom which clowns do you advise me as a 'working man' to vote for the t**ts that got us here in the first place with their mismanagement ? The two Ed's are thicker than one Ed is that what you are suggesting...........sorry but you've not convinced me fella anymore than the plonkers who are currently running this country have.
Our Parliamentary system of Whips etc. needs looking at properly and then we can focus on moving into a better society notwithstanding that our kids need educating properly about politics and economics from a far earlier age.
I'm not buying ''my Dad voted Labour so must I'' type of education.

[albie]

Not really sure what all this has to do with the hooped heroes, so maybe it should be in the off topic section, unless Boris is planning to throw some hereditary coin into the Keepmoat pot.

BJ has form, and it does not show him in a good light. Really can't see how the UK, or the problems Donny has, would be moved forward by this clown.

Anyway, for those interested, a Guardian article about the man;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/12/boris-johnson-no-laughing-matter

Promise the earth to get elected, then laugh in your face for being so weak.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

I was thinking just the same mesen, Jeez there's some nonsense written on here. As for the man being a fool , I think perhaps some of you who would prefer the Beast of Bolsover really need your heads seeing to! As for being a buffoon , some of you might like to check up on his education qualifications.
What is it with you daft 'living in cloud nine' Socialist Workers types on here ; don't you think it's time to grow up and join the real world at your ages ? Perhaps you're all greeting the threat of a possible national strike with glee as well........I could weep.

troll or t**t?

you probably buy into the whole public sector versus private sector bullshit - divide and conquer anyone?

Fact is there are a lot of things the private sector can do better and at cheaper price to the taxpayer, I do it at work and see it every day.  I'm all for a stronger private sector and a reduction in the size of the public sector because it works better.  If the public sector could do things more efficiently and cheaply then things should stay there but realisitically they can't (or won't).  There's plenty of reasons private companies can do things much better, but there's this notion that we're all big bad companies.  We're not.

[southwestexile]

I see Donny is still a back water of socialist communist wannabes. Chuffed to bits I escaped when I did.

I was thinking just the same mesen, Jeez there's some nonsense written on here. As for the man being a fool , I think perhaps some of you who would prefer the Beast of Bolsover really need your heads seeing to! As for being a buffoon , some of you might like to check up on his education qualifications.
What is it with you daft 'living in cloud nine' Socialist Workers types on here ; don't you think it's time to grow up and join the real world at your ages ? Perhaps you're all greeting the threat of a possible national strike with glee as well........I could weep.

troll or t**t?

you probably buy into the whole public sector versus private sector bullshit - divide and conquer anyone?

Fact is there are a lot of things the private sector can do better and at cheaper price to the taxpayer, I do it at work and see it every day.  I'm all for a stronger private sector and a reduction in the size of the public sector because it works better.  If the public sector could do things more efficiently and cheaply then things should stay there but realisitically they can't (or won't).  There's plenty of reasons private companies can do things much better, but there's this notion that we're all big bad companies.  We're not.

erm....like providing security for the Olympics????

take the blinkers off son, a world which is run by accountants for the benefit of a few shareholders doesn't work

unless you're a shareholder....like Dave, George, Boris etc etc

[wilts rover]

I Stand corrected wilts rover,they always say don't comment on politics but i can't resist,you are right about knowing my facts before commenting ,they have absolutely decimated library's,everything's cut,cut,cut,the Heritage centre and the museums you've mentioned are a total sin,how are the kid's going to develop interest in things like these,actually seeing something that has been dug out of the ground from centuries before creates the buzz of learning,anyway i fell in to 'Boris the Morris' trap ' i will hang my head in shame,i just hope i don't develop the funny haircut and bicycle clips

No problem Sammy, I think that now you know that beacuse something is wrong in one area - it doesn't necessarily mean its going to be right in another. Do what you can mate to put it right, and to make others with more power aware of it and get them to put it right too.
Does Donny Museum have an archaeology society - get yourself joined and go dig our past up yourself, now that is a buzz.

[streatham dave]

Lego are producing a set of Olympic figures and one of them is going to be Boris on a zip wire. HaHa.

[wilts rover]

Lego are producing a set of Olympic figures and one of them is going to be Boris on a zip wire. HaHa.

Get yours here: http://minifigs.me/more-lego-olympics-dangle-boris/

[southwestexile]

do they do one on a noose?

[BillyStubbsTears]

Ah Boris.

In the words if the inimitable Malcolm Tucker, it shows how unpopular Cameron is when half the country and his entire party would prefer him to be replaced by a man who looks like he's eaten a scarecrow and vomitted it up all over himself.