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Boris and Carrie- what do we think?

117 replies

JinglingHellsBells · 24/07/2019 15:50

I'm not sure about the ethics of the Other Woman welcoming BJ to No 10- she's at the door now - when he is in fact still married.

I feel adults should be free to do what they want, but this relationship seems way outside the boundaries of what is morally acceptable for a PM who is not divorced yet.

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PurpleDaisies · 24/07/2019 15:53

Boris Johnson isn’t exactly all about doing what is morally acceptable. I’m more worried about what he’s doing in his country, not his bedroom.

TheQueef · 24/07/2019 15:56

Brave new world innit.

SummerSeasoning · 24/07/2019 16:01

If I had a house that came with a job I think I would move in on my own. Bliss.

TheSpottedZebra · 24/07/2019 16:05

Isn't he seeing someone else as well? So if she's happy to be one of many/ a few - good luck to her.

Maybe him being so obviously an aldulter will loosen the Church's stranglehold on our parliamentary process a bit.

Cinammoncake · 24/07/2019 16:05

I wonder what his not-yet-ex-wife makes of it.

But yes, we have much more to worry about than his current squeeze.

ElspethFlashman · 24/07/2019 16:07

I think she's a fool. She's only 31, she's wasting the best years of her life on a bloke with grown kids who is going to be working night and day in the glare of the public eye.

A bloke who's never been faithful to anyone in his entire life. Who made one woman have an abortion.

But the world is full of silly people who think they will magically change an entire person.

dangerrabbit · 24/07/2019 16:08

That’s one area in which Boris is for the many, not the few.

Sarcelle · 24/07/2019 16:09

Annoyingly This Morning devoted a considerable amount of time today talking about his girlfriend. Apparently she is the new Meghan Markle but one able to voice her views unlike MM. They then had a session on "Carrie Style" with models going down a catwalk wearing similar to to ones she has been seen in. I despair.

NoBaggyPants · 24/07/2019 16:10

She knows what she's doing, he's a building block in her own career. Whether with him or not, she'll either get a senior position or stand for MP herself. I'm betting on the second.

urbanlife · 24/07/2019 16:12

It’s their private lives and nothing to do with anyone.
I would never want to take it on, mo matter how much I loved a man, huge life change for her.
Ultimately it’s their private life. Blair had the most affairs.

SwedishEdith · 24/07/2019 16:14

I'm not convinced it's a real relationship.

Sarcelle · 24/07/2019 16:15

Did he Urban? I was aware of rumours around Wendy Deng but no others?

Belindabelle · 24/07/2019 16:16

I think it is telling that none of his children were there.

LaurieFairyCake · 24/07/2019 16:17

Him fucking around while he's married may be the least repulsive thing about him

It's a pretty low fucking bar, but he/his morals/ his entire fucking personhood dwells in a sewer

HollowTalk · 24/07/2019 16:17

Blair had the most affairs

Really? I hadn't heard that. Where did you hear about it?

Loopytiles · 24/07/2019 16:20

Perhaps she wants proximity to power, free rent with security, and a career boost for specific types of political / comms job (what’s her current job?).

If however she wants a good relationship and to have DC with someone who will be a decent parent then she’s dating the wrong man.

jennymanara · 24/07/2019 16:21

I agree OP. Our new PM does not even pretend to be moral.

Saucery · 24/07/2019 16:21

I don’t think ‘morally acceptable’ is a Thing in politics any more. Never really has been tbh, it was just kept under wraps better.

ajandjjmum · 24/07/2019 16:21

Apparently she is very politically motivated, and has said that she fully intends to be part of the machine within no. 10. Not popular within her previous workplaces.

Can't help but wonder if Boris wishes he still had the sensible, intelligent ex. with him, to support him over the coming months/years. Although he's always been steered by a certain part of his anatomy rather than his brain - and she did put up with his rubbish for years.

Tavannach · 24/07/2019 16:23

That’s one area in which Boris is for the many, not the few.
Grin

Blair had the most affairs.

I seriously doubt that - he was a committed Christian.

Loopytiles · 24/07/2019 16:24

Is she currently employed, or hoping to be on the Tory party or civil service payroll?

Mrsjayy · 24/07/2019 16:25

She writes a cracking speech Grin Tbh she and Boris probably see themselves as a dream team and I don't know what to make of them as a couple she certainly isn't going away any time soon.

lboogy · 24/07/2019 16:30

She's there to build her career. I don't get the impression she's wanting kids so 'wasting the best years' hardly applies to her

Loopytiles · 24/07/2019 16:31

Googling suggests she was a senior Tory Party employee / special advisor and now a consultant to an environmental charity.

lboogy · 24/07/2019 16:33

Rumour is that Blair had an affair with Rupert Murdock 's Ex wife Windy Deng. A woman very skilled at ensnaring powerful men