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Jennifer Arcuri's affair with Boris Johnson in the Sunday Mirror

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CuthbertDibbleandGrubb · 28/03/2021 09:28

I wonder how much has been paid for the story? Read it briefly on the website, wonder about the timing, and of course realise the main issue is Boris Johnson not declaring the business/personal relationship.

His behaviour since is typical of his attitude towards women. Sad that she did not know what he was like, perhaps he targeted her because as someone new to the country was less likely to know what he is like.

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UntamedWisteria · 29/03/2021 13:16

Questions also need to eBay asked as to why the BBC doesn't appear to have covered this story when it broke yesterday.

Nothing to do with Boris' appointment of the new Director General, I'm sure. Hmm

UntamedWisteria · 29/03/2021 13:16

eBay? where did that come from! 'be' obviously!

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CuthbertDibbleandGrubb · 29/03/2021 13:50

@UntamedWisteria I found out from the BBC coverage of what is in the Sunday papers. However the BBC response to a number of stories because of the possible response by the government is telling. The thread to decriminalise the licence fee, which would reduce the BBCs income and/or increase costs of pursuing non-payers, is always there.

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Viviennemary · 29/03/2021 15:04

I'm not very keen on Carrie. But I expect she has her eyes open.

Norwaydidnthappen · 29/03/2021 15:10

Everyone knew this information before he was elected, it’s nothing new. His wiki page says he has ‘at least 6 children’ which is just embarrassing. We know ‘at least’ one of those was conceived during his marriage and he was shagging his current GF whilst married too. He’s a scumbag but nobody cares because he’s funny, apparently.

murbblurb · 29/03/2021 15:44

I also thought of Meghan Markle who is another one who apparently couldnt use Google. No one could seriously be surprised at being just another notch on Johnson's bedpost. Fine if that's your game, but don't whinge when the next eager beaver turns up.

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 29/03/2021 17:45

I have no interest in reading. They are both as vile as each other. If she got into a relationship with serial shagger Boris and expected a different outcome to the one she got, then she's clearly not as smart as she makes out....

Boood · 29/03/2021 18:19

@TheWashingMachine

I'm sorry I do not think Boris Johnson is a racist, homophobic, nasty man. I don't think he is a great prime minister but he is a libertarian.
Have you been in a coma for the past year? If someone tells you they are a libertarian, and then brings in emergency legislation to prevent parliament from having a say on the biggest erosion of basic civil liberties in centuries, they are a) not a libertarian and b) a liar and a hypocrite. I can’t believe how many people still give this fraud the benefit of the doubt.
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CuthbertDibbleandGrubb · 29/03/2021 18:48

@Boood I agree he is not a libertarian. No libertarian would have tried to shut down Parliament in the way he did.

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PicsInRed · 29/03/2021 19:00

@Viviennemary

I'm not very keen on Carrie. But I expect she has her eyes open.
They always think they'll be the special one, but they never are - the only special one to him is the one they're chasing. Him.
whoopsnomore · 29/03/2021 20:24

People saying they don't really care, don't you care about the corruption? It's not about the affair (though that is revolting and speaks volumes about his character, or lack of it), it's about the fact he gave away public money, our money to impress her and take her away on "trade trips" . And lied about there being a conflict of interest. What would this man have to do for the great British public to react and say "enough"?

murbblurb · 29/03/2021 21:05

How do we, the British public, get rid of a prime minister? We can't. He was elected under our system. Not my choice but that's how it is.

If women drop their knickers for him, more fool them.

Bananalanacake · 29/03/2021 21:28

He can't be doing that on Carrie, they have a baby and dog together,,,, and they're engaged.

Kimchidreams · 30/03/2021 07:34

@Bananalanacake Grin Exactly! He’d never cheat on Carrie, would he? You know the Carrie he had an affair with while his wife was going through cancer treatment and who he impregnated while still married to said wife? Didn’t he also have an affair with a violinist a couple of years ago and use a super injunction to prevent it being made public? So he had an affair with someone else whilst having an affair with CarrieConfused

dayswithaY · 30/03/2021 08:05

Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that Jennifer was on GMB simpering and flicking her hair around and avoiding questions about an affair.

Lorraine Kelly let her mask slip when she said "What was the point of coming on here and saying nothing?"

Now she's telling the newspapers everything. I'm guessing the money ran out and Boris stopped taking her calls.

How disappointing for her that no one is actually that bothered.

NoWordForFluffy · 30/03/2021 09:22

@Kimchidreams

The main issue here is him spending £126k of taxpayers money on his mistress and taking her on official trips, supporting her startup without declaring the shagging etc.
This.

I don't give a shit who's daft enough to shag him, I do care about misappropriation of taxpayers' money.

PerkingFaintly · 30/03/2021 10:20

@Kimchidreams

The main issue here is him spending £126k of taxpayers money on his mistress and taking her on official trips, supporting her startup without declaring the shagging etc.
Another vote for this.
AliceSprings123 · 30/03/2021 12:15

Would I feel differently about him if he had a proper short back and sides haircut rather than the carefully ruffled ?
No!, but the thought of this amuses me Grin

Thanks everyone for posting all the factual quotes upthread.Star

AlexaShutUp · 30/03/2021 12:22

I agree that this won't damage him at all. BJ appears to get a free pass from the public as far as morals are concerned. Nobody expects much of him, so nobody cares when he falls short. Interestingly, that seems to apply as much to his conduct in public life as it does to his conduct in his personal life.

I find it mystifying that people have such low expectations of our leaders, and that they're happy for the country to be run by someone with so little integrity, but it clearly isn't important to the majority of the electorate.

ancientgran · 30/03/2021 12:34

@whoopsnomore

People saying they don't really care, don't you care about the corruption? It's not about the affair (though that is revolting and speaks volumes about his character, or lack of it), it's about the fact he gave away public money, our money to impress her and take her away on "trade trips" . And lied about there being a conflict of interest. What would this man have to do for the great British public to react and say "enough"?
Exactly. There is also the point that this is what we know about. If he's up for corruption what else is there that we don't know about, can we trust him? I don't think so.
AlexaShutUp · 30/03/2021 12:38

If he's up for corruption what else is there that we don't know about, can we trust him? I don't think so.

I agree, but the fact that BJ isn't trustworthy isn't new. This has been evident for many years, but people don't seem bothered by it.

PerkingFaintly · 30/03/2021 13:30

TBF, I think when we say "people" here, there's a considerable extent to which we mean, "the media." And these days, astro-turfed social media too.

As mentioned above, can you imagine the shit storm the press would whip up if Teresa May, Corbyn, Diane Abbot or Sadiq Khan had given taxpayer's money to their secret lover?Shock

It would have been on the front page every day from now till the 2024 election – and brought up again every time they tried for office after.

Remember the old days, when David Blunkett actually resigned from office for having an affair? And the tabloid glee at having "got a scalp"?

Instead the press were too busy pre-election with whether Khan was the one who didn't ban the Trump blimp, and bizarre claims that Corbyn was a 1980s Czech spy and column inches devoted to calling for him release the Stasi's non-existent files on him. (And googling to check details, I've just found astroturfing on generic campaigning website pushing the Stasi non-story.)

ancientgran · 30/03/2021 18:07

It's depressing isn't it.

MinnieMous3 · 30/03/2021 18:17

Does anyone ever wonder if Carrie Symonds really knows what she has let herself in for?

HermitsLife · 30/03/2021 18:36

Well assuming she wasn't living under a rock when she was shagging him behind his wife's back I'm sure she does, buts its about costs and benefits isn't it. I'm sure she's doing very well as the partner of the Prime Minister.