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To be ashamed of our Sleazebag PM?

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Sean2001 · 08/11/2021 14:17

If it wasn't bad enough, Johnson presiding over the Paterson vote last week ...

He's now refusing to attend the debate today on sleaze/corruption

He also will not allow the sleaze watchdog to look into his flat refurbishment.

Does Johnson actually think this kind of behaviour is impressive?

I find it deeply embarrassing.

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liliainterfrutices · 09/11/2021 04:14

Not sure we can really call Johnson’s time in Brussels for the DT a ‘serious’ job. He himself likened it to throwing rocks over the wall and waiting to hear the crash from the other side.

DerAlteMann · 09/11/2021 00:44

@Thepennysjustdropped

Eton teaches them that they are special and superior to the plebs.

He really is a disgrace. Can you imagine him doing a 'proper' job, in the real world? Say, head of a secondary school ? Running it efficiently? I can't. Yet he's in charge of running the country.

Same as his cronies - footage today, during a speech, of JRM struggling to get the top off a bottle of water - OK, could happen to anyone - and getting the guy next to him to do it. The issue is that neither of them gave the person giving the speech (a woman - maybe Priti Patel) who was next to that guy the respect of listening to her.

Can you imagine him doing a 'proper' job, in the real world?

Say as the EU correspondent, or a major columnist of a national newspaper? That line of attack won't work. Johnson, and Starmer, are probably the only two major politicians today who have had a serious career outside politics.

DerAlteMann · 09/11/2021 00:41

That was under Tony Blair BTW.

DerAlteMann · 09/11/2021 00:39

@DirectionToPerfection

The whole "they're all as bad as each other" mantra is infuriating.

No, they really are not.

Perhaps you are not old enough to remember the same accusations being thrown at the Labour Lord Chancellor about the cost of renovations to his official residence. I seem to recall that the cost of the wallpaper was a major concern.
Sean2001 · 08/11/2021 23:33

@Thepennysjustdropped

Eton teaches them that they are special and superior to the plebs.

He really is a disgrace. Can you imagine him doing a 'proper' job, in the real world? Say, head of a secondary school ? Running it efficiently? I can't. Yet he's in charge of running the country.

Same as his cronies - footage today, during a speech, of JRM struggling to get the top off a bottle of water - OK, could happen to anyone - and getting the guy next to him to do it. The issue is that neither of them gave the person giving the speech (a woman - maybe Priti Patel) who was next to that guy the respect of listening to her.

I know - I was listening to Johnson blustering away on the radio recently. Maybe today even. I can't remember when. It was empty bluster.

But my point is - I thought at the time, being prime minister must be the highest ambition. Highest of highest perhaps. To some. I used to think it was right at the top of the bean pole. And now ... since Boris Johnson became PM. I see it as a piece of shit job really. Where the person playing prime minister is purely a puppet - and nothing more.

Any of us could do it.

And a doctor, teacher, nurse, vet, dustman, postman, builder, dinner lady, shop assistant - anyone has more respect from me now than the goddam leader of our country.

How is that?

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Obsidiansphere · 08/11/2021 23:09

Yanbu…he’s a psychopathic 🔔🔚

TimeFlysWhenYoureHavingRum · 08/11/2021 23:00

YANBU. Unfortunately a large number of the electorate have been brainwashed by years of pro Tory propaganda and are swallowing the line that Labour "have no policies" or keir starmer is "bland". Starmer gave a passionate, eloquent and accurate statement to the house today but it won't be reported properly and too many people on here and elsewhere will keep parroting the lines from the Daily Mail commentators.

I sincerely hope for a breakthrough of some kind but people need to start thinking for themselves first. FWIW I'm a Green member. Not Labour.

Thepennysjustdropped · 08/11/2021 22:56

Eton teaches them that they are special and superior to the plebs.

He really is a disgrace. Can you imagine him doing a 'proper' job, in the real world? Say, head of a secondary school ? Running it efficiently? I can't. Yet he's in charge of running the country.

Same as his cronies - footage today, during a speech, of JRM struggling to get the top off a bottle of water - OK, could happen to anyone - and getting the guy next to him to do it. The issue is that neither of them gave the person giving the speech (a woman - maybe Priti Patel) who was next to that guy the respect of listening to her.

eddiemairswife · 08/11/2021 22:49

I wonder if public schools encourage this sense of entitlement among their pupils.

Sean2001 · 08/11/2021 22:45

I think lack of nurture, love and care creates the base on which arrogance and self entitlement, ignorance, out of touchness, an abyss of empathy etc (all fed through Eton, I guess) grow.

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eddiemairswife · 08/11/2021 22:16

What sort of upbringing produces this kind of manchild? Home? School? Or both?

Sean2001 · 08/11/2021 21:40

@tarasmalatarocks

Well if anyone didn’t think the sight of a drunken asleep slumped PM looking a total state at a major conference last week wasn’t an utter embarrassment, I can only presume they have zero standards for public office , he has zero ideas, zero ability to understand detail and a huge ability to Make sure he appoints only naive sycophants who are so desparate to get on they will go along with any old shit
This is why Johnson is an embarrassment.

I didn’t vote for him.

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ChurchofLatterDayPaints · 08/11/2021 20:15

Yanbu. I just came on to say a big Fuck off from the bottom of my heart to Boris and all his enablers, including those on mumsnet and KS and the fucking useless cretinous Labour Party. May the penis rocket of a sociopathic capitalist transport you all to another dimension very shortly.

HandlebarLadyTash · 08/11/2021 20:14

Hes a dick

MurielSpriggs · 08/11/2021 20:10

You're pretty thick-skinned if you're only just starting to feel embarrassed!

Walkingwounded · 08/11/2021 20:09

Stone of destiny hilarious.

Just hope Labour don’t let go of this, The entitlement and arrogance of Conservative MPs in this business is awful.

tarasmalatarocks · 08/11/2021 20:09

And I am still not convinced there aren’t some Tory social media trolls on here desparate to convince you labour would be worse.

tarasmalatarocks · 08/11/2021 20:07

Well if anyone didn’t think the sight of a drunken asleep slumped PM looking a total state at a major conference last week wasn’t an utter embarrassment, I can only presume they have zero standards for public office , he has zero ideas, zero ability to understand detail and a huge ability to Make sure he appoints only naive sycophants who are so desparate to get on they will go along with any old shit

StoneofDestiny · 08/11/2021 20:05

Let's hope

To be ashamed of our Sleazebag PM?
StoneofDestiny · 08/11/2021 20:02

Doesn't give a shit

To be ashamed of our Sleazebag PM?
StoneofDestiny · 08/11/2021 20:01

Vomit inducing

StoneofDestiny · 08/11/2021 20:01

Embarrassing

To be ashamed of our Sleazebag PM?
Pineapplequeen · 08/11/2021 19:43

[quote daimbarsatemydogsbone]@Pineapplequeen

So "they are all as bad" is just your weird way of saying "Labour are worse"

By the way, in the unlikely event you're interested in the truth about Corbyn and the wreath, the BBC has a good summary and it's a better version that the Daily Mail one you are parroting -

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45196409

I notice you didn't answer my question - if they are really "all as bad" can we have a "bad" Labour government for a while instead of these filthy corrupt liars?[/quote]
I didn't get it off the daily Mail! Grin and I dont need link I remember SEEING it on the news.

You found ONE fault with the list of scandals the Labour Party has been through. ONE. Still ignoring the fact that Labour took us to war on false information. Still ignoring the fact 1000s of service men and women were mailed or killed based on Tony Blairs lies.

The national crime agency found that the LABOUR government had information on the Rotherham grooming gangs as far back as 2002 but failed to act. They failed to act because they did not want to lose the Labour votes in that area. Shaun Right Labour Councillor in charge of children services should hang his head in shame. But turning a blind eye to children being raped @daimbarsatemydogsbone is bad. Surely you must see that.

Labour sold those young girls out

Labour sold women out when they kicked us out of the party and called us transphobic.

You can have a bad labour government as much as you like but people just do not want to vote for them.

When Labour where in - the list I shown you tells you that they too were filthy corrupt liars also. Politics is and always has been corrupt.

Labour is no different than the Tories

(apart from that they know the difference between male and female)

RufustheBadgeringReindeer · 08/11/2021 19:33

@Listener2021

He is a disgrace. He's been slouching around a hospital in Hexham today with his mouth hanging open and no mask on, with staff around him 100% masked. I can't understand how he gets away with it and why no one calls him out.
Everyone else would have to wear a mask or not be let in the hospital

(Unless a medical exemption)

Listener2021 · 08/11/2021 19:24

He is a disgrace. He's been slouching around a hospital in Hexham today with his mouth hanging open and no mask on, with staff around him 100% masked. I can't understand how he gets away with it and why no one calls him out.