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Boris’ rubbish excuse - how?!

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Blinkingbatshit · 12/01/2022 12:47

How many companies/ businesses were having office parties in May 2020?!!! Seriously, that’s his excuse?! How can he genuinely keep coming out with this shit?! How can they not hold him to account? The Tory party MUST do something - any shred of credibility they have left is at risk.🤬

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boomster · 12/01/2022 15:43

@Internetio

Liz truss didn’t lift her eyes off the floor during pmq’s; she’d been told to go but wasn’t happy. Pritti Patel was like a seal clapping and cheering; clearly not bright enough to see that supporting the lying oaf will be her own downfall too!
Pritti Patel was like a seal clapping and cheering

And yet a few weeks later she would say on national TV that she would call the police if her neighbours broke the rules.

As the person in charge of the police (who ignored this social gathering) I guess she also knew about this rule breaking at the time.

PartyOnKale · 12/01/2022 15:45

No minglin' said Home Secretary Priti Patel.

SirChenjins · 12/01/2022 15:48

@PartyOnKale

No minglin' said Home Secretary Priti Patel.
FGS, she didn't mean them - she meant the rest of the country. They could do all the minglin' and partyin' and wine drinkin' they wanted.

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TooBigForMyBoots · 12/01/2022 15:49

@AssignedBlobbyAtBirth

I think the LP are a disgrace with their bullying of women and support for male rapists in women's prisons That doesn't mean I don't also think the Tories will do anything for working people and that BJ is an arse They are all terrible in different ways
^I posted this on another thread but it bears repeating^ The current trans debate has come about because of CONSERVATIVE PROPOSALS TO REFORM THE GRA. THEIR STARTING POINT WAS TWAW.

There is cross party support and opposition to the Tory government's reforms. The current shit show wrt the definition of woman is down to the Conservatives.

bubblesbubbles11 · 12/01/2022 15:50

Boris genuinely and sincerely thinks (both on a conscious and a subconscious level) that he is superior to everyone in the country. I actually think he is genuinely confused about what all the fuss is. It is an enormous character defect which has always been there for all to see.

Trouble is, a large section of the loyal Tory voters have always told themselves and everyone that his private life is totally irrelevant provided he can do the job. But now that the same standards of integrity and honesty (or lack thereof) appear in BOTH his private and his professional life, those voters are acting all surprised and angry. Ironic.

And Carrie is cut from exactly the same cloth as Boris - they are a perfect match.

OhWhyNot · 12/01/2022 15:50

Did you expect him to be honest ?

He has always always lied we know this we know this before the last election it doesn’t matter to many or hasn’t until it’s become personal

Let’s not go down the psychopath route to some extent leaders have to make judgements without emotions.

Let’s not excuse him he is a ruthless liar who is manipulative because he chooses to be not because he has a mh disorder that impacts how he views the world he is also extremely entitled which many from his background of privilege and schooling are

jgw1 · 12/01/2022 15:53

*I posted this on another thread but it bears repeating
The current trans debate has come about because of CONSERVATIVE PROPOSALS TO REFORM THE GRA. THEIR STARTING POINT WAS TWAW.

There is cross party support and opposition to the Tory government's reforms. The current shit show wrt the definition of woman is down to the Conservatives.*

Ahem. This is what is known as a fact. We do not want to know about facts they are associated with experts and we live in post expert world.
It is clearly Keir Starmer's fault that Boris is a liar.

DeliriaSkibbly · 12/01/2022 16:02

@bubblesbubbles11

Boris genuinely and sincerely thinks (both on a conscious and a subconscious level) that he is superior to everyone in the country. I actually think he is genuinely confused about what all the fuss is. It is an enormous character defect which has always been there for all to see.

Trouble is, a large section of the loyal Tory voters have always told themselves and everyone that his private life is totally irrelevant provided he can do the job. But now that the same standards of integrity and honesty (or lack thereof) appear in BOTH his private and his professional life, those voters are acting all surprised and angry. Ironic.

And Carrie is cut from exactly the same cloth as Boris - they are a perfect match.

This is quite true. I hear this many times when people say 'oh, his private life doesn't matter - it is whether he can do the job'

My counterarguments to this are that firstly, behaviour into his private life gives you insights into how he will behave elsewhere. Why would you expect a man who has cheated on several different women, leaving them high and dry with his children, to behave with complete honesty and be above board in his dealings in government ?

Why would you expect a man who is known to be racist to deal fairly with people who are not white ? Why would you expect a man who is known to be misogynistic to be fair towards women ? Why would...well, you get the idea.

Secondly, these people tell us how to live our private lives. They pass laws and rules that affect our daily lives. So why should their private lives not be under scrutiny as well ?

The sheep who will vote Tory are a lost cause. There are still enough people in England (with no disrespect to the Welsh and Scottish - I know they'll never return Tories in any quantity) who can vote to get them out if the opposition is organised enough and the waverers are made to see what voting Tory actually means. It's no good being nice (naice ?) about it - you have to take the gloves off.

In my case I've been relentless with my mother who's a dyed-in-the-wool Tory lady and she actually said last night that she liked Angela Rayner and thought she was a really good politician. She also hates Boris Johnson. My point here being that it can be done if you don't let up and each time people say "Oh, but" you simply lay it all out for them in black and white and remind them exactly what they are voting for.

AssignedBlobbyAtBirth · 12/01/2022 16:07

TooBigForMyBoots
Everything I have posted is what the LP themselves have done. I hate the Tory Party but your argument is what
They made me do it?
They are awful so it's OK for us to be awful too
The LP is very clear on its anti woman/anti gay stance

Hoppinggreen · 12/01/2022 16:12

@Mrsjayy

D C really hates them doesn't he ! Well Carrie mostly.
Well he knows what they are really capable of
TooBigForMyBoots · 12/01/2022 16:12

I wasn't making an argument @AssignedBlobbyAtBirth. I was reminding people that the Conservative party are responsible for the erosion of women's rights because of their reforms to the GRA.

A lot of people seem to have forgotten that.Confused

AssignedBlobbyAtBirth · 12/01/2022 16:33

Teresa May thought it an easy vote winner fool that she was. Tbf, although nothing would persuade me to vote for them, there are Tories speaking out about the issues and about women's rights without being excluded or expelled. Anyone who dare speak out in the LP is not treated so well

CorrBlimeyGG · 12/01/2022 16:42

A lot of people seem to have forgotten that.

Makes you question who is truly behind the anti trans sentiment. I doubt very much that their primary motivation is women's rights, because any discussion of the myriad of Tory policies that negatively impact women is swiftly shut down.

Benefit cuts, healthcare cuts, social care cuts, workers rights eroded ... Silence ...

Blinkingbatshit · 12/01/2022 17:19

To be fair, and somewhat deviating from my original question - I also can’t vote Labour because of their stance on women….surely they must see what % of the population they’ve alienated with their policies on this?! The rest I can almost see my way to but this is my red line (pun intended😆). The Lib Dem’s have an incredible chance to make ground (as demonstrated by the recent Shropshire by election) if only they can make the most of it🤞🤞!!

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ALongHardWinter · 12/01/2022 18:31

I remember thinking at the time I would bet that Boris and his cronies weren't taking any notice of the stringent rules that they'd imposed on the rest of us. Seems I was right.

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