Boris Johnson #5 A vonc on the old conk

[Eirawen]

lets face it he hasn't got a clue about the value of things, in any shape or form it wasn't long ago it was announced that there was talk of reintroducing the metric system, he was asked how many ounces in a pound and he was blustering blubbering and couldn't give a straight answer

And how on earth could Rishi Sunak who is married to a millionaire tell us to tighten our belts regarding the high cost of living, slimey bas&ard I bet for all his sanctimonious claims in his resignation letter that he will throw his hat in the ring in the leadership contest.

 

[Miss Begotten]

Hmm, now what could a minor nose op be I wonder? The kind answer is sinuses - incredibly painful, maybe post covid? However he never sound sinus-y, nor did he do that rubbing your cheekbones thing that most people with sinus infections do (nb, not a medical person!)

It's clear he hasn't had a nosejob for cosmetic reasons.

The unkind answer is something to do with septum reconstruction, due to overuse of cocaine.

Not saying or speculating, oh no.

 

[monga]

I hope he survives too. When he took the "job" he successfully took us through Brexit, but had no idea he would have to deal with a pandemic. There are some decisions he made I agreed with and others that I didn't. And I think the majority of people would say the same. Then, there's the Ukraine war which is also affecting so much of the UK. And, we have the illegal immigrants who arrive into our country and need dealing with.

OK, so not everyone will agree with everything that's happened, the decisions made by the government. But times are changing, they need to too.

Throughout the pandemic rules were put into place - I certainly didn't agree with them all - and these rules were constantly changing as the situation changed. And now, throughout the Ukrainian war, Boris and his government continue to make changes.

Many people, and businesses, have gone through hell, but we're slowly coming through it all.

What I'm trying to say is that no matter who our PM was/is during these difficult times, or which party we vote for, they would all have an extremely difficult job ahead. We also have to take into account that Boris is actually popular with leaders in other countries.

When he was first elected as our PM I called him a baffoon and hated him, but I'm now convinced he's the best person for the job right now.

Happy have you been nipping at that Pimm’s too

 

[monga]

 

[bignellie]

I wonder too...Someone must have something horrendous on him? It won't be ministers persuading him

apparently the latest "Scandal" is that he has a child with his hairdresser...the scandal is that he has a hairdrsser, woman should be ashamed of herself absolute state of him

 

[Reverend]

Strap in lads! We're in the for the long haul!








This is probably the length of time he figured he needs to completely strip the country of its assets and values, and hand over the profits to his buddies.








Or he wants to add another hyperbolic achievement to his reputation.

Johnson has as much chance of beating Mrs Thatcher's post-war record as I have of going to the moon.

Mrs Thatcher was clever. She had a team of very good party managers (whips) who kept people in line and made sure anyone who was unreliable was dropped (gently, often with a peerage), she was also very good at remembering MP's wives, children etc. names, and could be very sympathetic when an MP had personal troubles (wife divorcing them etc.). Obviously, like all long-serving PMs, they become complacent and she went full mad with the poll tax.

Johnson treats everyone with contempt. He has no real close friends, only people he uses and discards (like wives). He has no real allies like Mrs Thatcher did, and his authority will drip away, hopefully before Xmas.

 

[stardust21]

Thank you to the people of Tiverton for giving the biggest majority overturn in a by-election ever!

Thank you to the people of Wakefield for finally letting Labour win a by-election!

Bye bye Boris

 

[Miss Begotten]

Honestly all those candidates and not a single one of them jumps out as a good choice.

How very dare you!
They have all pledged to undo all the damage done by ( checks notes ) themselves AND be even nastier to foreigners than before.
Personally I think they all sound marvellous.

 

[WritersBlock]

Lads! Bloody been at work all day with no time to look here. The speech was massively surreal; first he never mentions anything like resigning or stepping down. He basically did the do-si-do with words saying the Tories had decided it was time for a new leader - I can’t work out whether he couldn’t bring himself to acknowledge the truth or was getting his digs in. Both, perhaps.

Then he addressed Ukrainian people before the British people (I know the war there is dreadful but… WTAF?) then he waffled on about three decisions he allegedly got right - but cant really claim credit for any of them given most the Brexit deal was done under May and, more recently, he was happy to unpick parts of it.

The guy has literally no achievements to his name. Surviving Covid, maybe, but fraud and the spaffing of money on contracts for his buddies is hardly the best legacy is it. And the Rwanda policy? Yeah, that’s going well isn’t it.

And the palpitating media - don’t even get me started on Beth Rigby’s insulting coverage - haven’t even bothered to examine his words other than spouting shit about how pretty Carrie looked or blathered on about the leadership race already.

It’s so fucking mental, I feel like I’m in a parallel universe.

Still we get what we deserve, eh?

PS: I might have repeated what a lot of you have said. I shall go back and read the thread, and probably laugh my head off at your excellent insights

 

[Miss Begotten]

She's tweeted that she's 100% behind him

As opposed to her usual position of 100% in front of him on her knees?

 

[Amelia99]

The thing is that most of us won't get to choose our next PM, that decision being left to the 90,000 or so Tory Party members many of whom thought Johnson was doing a fantastic job and some who no doubt thought he wasn't right wing or libertarian enough. Of the likely candidates only Sunak is possibly brave enough to tell the Brexiteers in the party that they can't have their cake and eat it after all and that 'making Brexit' work (if such a thing is remotely possible) will be incredibly painful for us all and that there won't be massive tax cuts to buy the next election. The comment in his resignation letter that "if a thing looks to good to be true, it probably is" hints at the truth but of course most Tories don't want to hear that so they'll probably choose someone who will carry on pretending they have the answers and blaming 'wokeism'.

I honestly don’t think any current or former Minister in Boris’s Cabinet has any credibility as a leadership candidate after the debacle of the past two years. Their sudden attack of principles earlier this week was good in that it finally ousted Johnson but I think it was too little too late in terms of rescuing their credibility. They were complicit in covering for him for far too long.

 

[Rach88]

Chuckled at this

 

[Gym&Tonic]

It’s pretty worrying how many of the flag shaggers still support Boris and see this as some kind of massive socialist conspiracy against him. They really don’t understand politics at all and have even been accusing the likes of Rishi and Javid of being closed socialists. Ive long said there is a cult of personality around Boris and people who aren’t very bright and who’ve probably never voted before were sucked in by him and are struggling to understand that this what the Tories do, they stab each other in the back. They even stabbed Mrs T in the back ffs.

 

[stardust21]

How I imagined May turning up to vote in her ball gown:

 

[Miss Begotten]

I just hope everyone realises that just because Johnson is going, very little will change. The Tories will still be running the country ( into the ground ) and there’s a distinct possibility the Prime Minister will be this demented fuckbucket

 

[neroli]

Larry the cat has just joined the rebels at the No 10 showdown meeting..One mogg who has no delusions of grandeur.

 

[Reverend]

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Former PM Theresa May showed up to Parliament to vote in a black lace ball gown, but would not divulge how she voted

 

[CookieZippy]

"Minor nose operation"

 

[Tyla73]

I take it you are not a fan

Never have been. Not when he was a back bencher, not when he was playing up to the camera on Have I Got News for You, not when he was Mayor of London. He’s an immoral crook who’s never hidden who he is, it‘s just that for some reason a lot of the electorate chose to ignore it.

I would have thought fibbing to the Queen would have been a deal breaker for a large number of Conservatives but apparently not.

I’d forgotten about that! He’s done so many shady things I can’t remember them all. But yes, a large number of Tory voters seem to have no problem with him lying to the Queen and having a party at his house the night before her husband’s funeral.

 

[Boring Monday]

Absolutely. It’s unprecedented and totally disgraceful behaviour. It just proves that Johnson has no loyalty or allegiance to anyone but himself. He is quite happy to see the Tory party go down in flames because he thinks he will emerge from the wreckage triumphant. That is the enormity of his ego. Thankfully people are finally realising what a liar he is and how totally unfit for office. It took way too long for the penny to drop though.

Oh, I think they knew all the time. It must suited their interests not to make eye contact with it until now.