Boris

[Not Now Kato]

[SydneyRover]

''Boris Johnson: I'm not worried over jobs gap and rising prices''

Is that because he never pays for anything himself?

[albie]

Word on the street is that Bozo will make a pledge on the Living Wage tomorrow in his conference speech.

Probably won't add up to much, just occupying the political space opened up by the inept Keith.
Always have a man on the post at a corner, Keith!

[SydneyRover]

Word on the street is that Bozo will make a pledge on the Living Wage tomorrow in his conference speech.

Probably won't add up to much, just occupying the political space opened up by the inept Keith.
Always have a man on the post at a corner, Keith!

Where's your man Albie, I presume you have got a horse in the race or is this more armchair theatre?

[SydneyRover]

misogyny, mistersogyny, raab, rubaab

hmmmmm

[BigH]

Have to say that I think Boris Johnson is still incredibly good at his 'real' job as this week has showed:

https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2021/10/07/voting-intention-con-39-lab-31-5-6-oct

Not his 'supposed' job - Prime Minister - which he's no good at.

But his real job of being the 'ra-ra' guy for the Conservative Party, the person who serves up Tory voters in their millions; brilliant. Done it time and again.

Labour's problem is that they don't have anyone like him.

[SydneyRover]

Johnson (Roy Chubby Brown)

''In his speech, Johnson said he had a mandate for his demand that business needs to pay, train and invest more. It would be difficult, “but that was the change that people voted for in 2016. And that was the change they voted for again powerfully in 2019”''

So not a mandate for johnson to get off his arse and do something a mandate for everyone else? If this levelling up thingy turns out to be a you tube sketch of tommy cooper then it is the fault of business.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/08/a-resentful-uk-plc-hits-back-at-boris-johnsons-conference-business-bashing

[SydneyRover]

a new trend?

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-58987773

[SydneyRover]

''Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others''

Marx & johnson

fmd

[SydneyRover]

this could be a page turner

'‘How Johnson pledged help for my business to win my love’
 I’ll be your throttle, he told Arcuri as mayor

 Diaries could reopen misconduct inquiry''

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/13/how-johnson-pledged-help-for-my-business-to-win-my-love

[SydneyRover]

''“I can barely control myself whenever I see you. You make me too excited. Baby I couldn’t wait. All year I have been waiting for you. All year. You drove me nuts. I have thought about no woman as I have thought of you.”''

Anyone want tickets to the Sleaze Ball at xmas?

[SydneyRover]

''Responding to the latest Arcuri revelations, a government spokesperson said: “As mayor, Boris Johnson followed all the legal requirements in the Greater London Assembly’s [sic] code of conduct at the time.”

The diaries, however, indicate that Johnson pursued Arcuri, offering to advance her business interests in the apparent hope that this might lead to a sexual relationship with the woman who dubbed him “Alex the Great”''

[SydneyRover]

''Fresh prospect of criminal inquiry for Boris Johnson after Jennifer Arcuri agrees to assist ethics watchdog
The American businesswoman, and the prime minister’s ex-lover, is to let officials at London City Hall see extracts from her diaries''

Is johnson about to cement his place at the top of the sleeze tree as he puts berlusconi's efforts in the shade?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/20/fresh-prospect-of-criminal-inquiry-for-boris-johnson-after-jennifer-arcuri-agrees-to-assist-ethics-watchdog

[Not Now Kato]

I'll say this for him, at least he's a well organised and articulate orator....
 
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1462730234537648128/vid/1280x720/xoUKF2ChR5M1M7Dp.mp4?tag=14

[Glyn_Wigley]

I'll say this for him, at least he's a well organised and articulate orator....
 
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1462730234537648128/vid/1280x720/xoUKF2ChR5M1M7Dp.mp4?tag=14

Looks like he's still trying to sort out the two lists he's written out before decided which one to go with...

[Colin C No.3]

I'll say this for him, at least he's a well organised and articulate orator....
 
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1462730234537648128/vid/1280x720/xoUKF2ChR5M1M7Dp.mp4?tag=14

Very Churchillian!!

[BillyStubbsTears]

Jesus f**king wept.

[idler]

You could imagine that as a Little Britain sketch with Matt Lucas as Boris.
It’s a shambles and even his staunchest supporter must be embarrassed by it. It certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in the leader of our country.

[Colin C No.3]

Jesus f**king wept.

Don’t forget Joseph & Mary & the wee f**king donkey!

[BillyStubbsTears]

What was it Marina Hyde said?

Johnson always liked the idea that he would one day be PM. He likes the idea that he'll one day be able to look back and say he was PM. It's the bit in the middle that he struggles with.

Max Hastings said that the air of manic disorganisation wasn't a front. He was WAS a shambles in the way he managed everything except his own ambition, where he was ruthless. That's what it gets you. An embarrassment of a PM who made his name being the loveable left-field personality, now being unable to put six sheets of paper in the right order.

Jeremy Vine told that, frankly, chilling story about Johnson apparently winging speeches. (If you haven't heard of it, you really need to read this: https://reaction.life/jeremy-vine-my-boris-story/). That threw a light on who Johnson was. Ruthlessly focussed on his appearance as the anti-politician. And that has worked spectacularly in a society that values entertainment over competence. But scratch that surface and underneath is a man so disorganised, he truly didn't know what the Customs Union was while he was signing us out of it, he bragged about shaking hands in hospital while a plague was ripping through the country, and now he's unable to keep a few pieces of paper together.

You can turn ignorance and disorganisation to your benefit when you are playing a calculated role. But if you're ignorant and disorganised as a PM, there's no way out for the country.

[Donnywolf]

It was a car crash - eeeeeeeoowwww cruuunch as he probably said

I could see early on he was picking up A4 Papers one in each hand but ditching them after literally seconds as though they had just one or two words on them - and I thought "what could go wrong" ?

Then in the middle of saying how great "tech" was and how we were "world class" at it , his speech went t**s up and I thought "have you heard of Bulldog clips"

Even a Best Man would barely make such a child lke error - Fail to prepare , Prepare to FAIL

[wilts rover]

Word of the day is 'hingum-tringum' (19th-century Scots): feeble and barely presentable; just about hanging together.

https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1462732731004198913

[Sprotyrover]

Word of the day is 'hingum-tringum' (19th-century Scots): feeble and barely presentable; just about hanging together.

https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1462732731004198913

Boris is a great advertisement for democracy and achievement in our country, if a Twit like him can become PM anybody can!

[Bentley Bullet]

If there's any solace the Tories can take from that poor performance it is that, as bad as it was, it's still good enough to get more votes than the Labour party.

[idler]

That says as much about the electorate as it does Boris though BB.

[Bentley Bullet]

I think it says more about the Labour party than it does Boris, idler.

[Filo]

Todays dead cat, to deflect attention from the Health and Social Care bill

[SydneyRover]

Todays dead cat, to deflect attention from the Health and Social Care bill

No need to be rude about bb, he's just trying to make the best of a bad decision

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

He was right on one thing today.  Peppa pig world (paultons park) is brilliant.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I suspect the CBI were chuffed to bits to be told that.