to wonder if Boris Johnson's previous behaviour indicates his (un)trustworthiness?

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Well, just that - he fathered a number of children through extra-marital affairs which presumably involved a fair amount of deception and dishonesty, disregard for the feelings of others etc. He wrote lots of lies about the EU in his journalism. He was reported as being completely lazy and disorganised as mayor of London. Etc! How can he be trusted?

Well - who'd have thought? BJ untrustworthy!

We have known this for years and we have known that he is ruthlessly ambitious

Yet he is still very popular with voters

I find it fascinating how people will block out or ignore the importance of information if they don’t want to accept it or play it down

And this is something we can all be guilty of

I find the phenomenon of Boris intriguing and baffling in equal measures

well yes - I'm finding it all so weird. I mean, we all make mistakes but all that creeping around and lying again and again. How can people think he's ok as a PM?

It's interesting. The latest polls confirm that very few people think BJ is honest, and yet people seem to like him regardless.

I don't understand his popularity tbh. Never have, never will.

It's baffling that he has become PM when clearly it was so obvious after his stint as Foreign Secretary that he's totally unsuitable for high office.

It's not like he was elected to be pm though - the very small selection of Tory members that decided he should be pm most likely did in order to protect their off-shore earnings.

I don't understand his popularity tbh. Never have, never will.

I feel the same about Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Over-privileged old Etonians who haven't a clue about the lives of the ordinary people who incomprehensibly seem to love them.

Yes Dippy, but even more baffling that, after an absolutely disastrous performance as PM so far, he actually seems to be getting more popular with the electorate.

The mind boggles!

I feel the same about Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Yes, absolutely. And Trump. It's a curious phenomenon.

Omg a politician lying, next people will criticise him for telling the truth because they don't like it too.

It’s been clear since his first stint as mayor and he became prominent in the public eye what job he was after what he was about (himself)

He won the leave vote and I have no doubt he shall win an election

I hear people say I know it’s all an act but I think he is very clever (which I don’t doubt) so maybe that many feel he is intelligent (certainly well educated) is what makes people want to vote for him and that he is truly British (well he isn’t but in attitude)

I don’t know it’s truly baffling

Gosh. Could it possibly have anything to do with a dishonest right-wing press that just happens to have a vested interest?

He’s been sacked twice for direct lies to his bosses. Seems relevant to me.

No it’s not just the right wing press

People loved his antics at the Olympics he stole the show he draws in crowds he is charismatic

I think JRM is an old school posh boy that remind many of days gone by and Farage has courted those who felt left behind - he is very manipulative and smart. People were too quick to dismiss him as a fool and someone to mock and it was seen as clever and smart to do so it wasn’t it was foolish (and played right into his hands) and it’s foolish to dismiss the Brexit Party

Is it the entertainment value?