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To remind you how fabulous Boris Johnson is

255 replies

Snowy111 · 16/11/2019 11:48

It’s an old clip but he’s on top form.

www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/29/eddie-mair-boris-johnson-journalism?CMP=share_btn_link

Go Boris!

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Mistlewoeandwhine · 16/11/2019 15:38

He doesn’t even know how many children he has. He’s an immoral scumbag. Tommy Robinson supports him. That’s all you need to know.

ForTheFew · 16/11/2019 15:39

Why should he tell anyone how many children he has? It’s none of your business.

The proroguing was not illegal.

MockersthefeMANist · 16/11/2019 15:47

Eddie Mair was pushed out by the BBC as part of their policy of addressing the preponderance of privately educated Oxbridge white males by replacing several state-school educated non-Oxbridge males with privately educated Oxbridge white females.

Starfish28 · 16/11/2019 16:06

Okay, I'll bite @ForTheFew yeah, not knowing how many children you have, is exactly the right character to run the country.

The proroguing was not illegal

The Supreme Court begs to differ on that one.

countrygirl99 · 16/11/2019 16:09

I was going to ask why thevOP was on the gin so early until I started reading the thread😄

BackInTime · 16/11/2019 16:13

Sadly I think even if that list was printed on the Tory manifesto they would still vote for him.

NegroniOnIce · 16/11/2019 16:15

Ummm Errr

BackInTime · 16/11/2019 16:15

Oh how we scoffed and laughed at the Americans for being daft enough to vote for Donald Trump and now we have our very own Boris Trump.

NegroniOnIce · 16/11/2019 16:17

Oh well that didn't work too well but just look for the Boris Johnson BBC interview clip.

TheQueef · 16/11/2019 16:21

Aye he's a cracker all right. 🃏

CendrillonSings · 16/11/2019 16:25

Has Boris at any point been a stupid socialist like Corbyn? No? Then he’s got my vote! Grin

user1471448556 · 16/11/2019 16:27

He’s ludicrous. How many children does he have? Is it 5 or 6 or more? Does he even know?

Havanananana · 16/11/2019 16:33

Even those who know him well don't trust him:

Tory MP Keith Simpson gave a startling view of Johnson saying "at the end of the day, he will always let you down." 20th June, LBC

Nick Boles, the former Conservative minister who once worked for Johnson, calls him “a compulsive liar who has betrayed every single person he has ever had any dealings with”.

InsertFunnyUsername · 16/11/2019 16:34

Fancy putting him forward as the PM of Britain, wonder why we are a laughing stock 🤦‍♀️

justcly · 16/11/2019 16:35

@ snowy111:

  1. Calling women MP's concerns about their personal safety "humbug".
Snowy111 · 16/11/2019 16:44

Good one justcly!

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Lifecraft · 16/11/2019 17:01

Why should he tell anyone how many children he has? It’s none of your business.

Nonsense. It's a matter of legitimate public interest. We have a right to know how many children our PM has, both from his two failed marriages and from affairs with other women outside his marriages, and we have a right to know if those children are being supported, both financially and pastorally. In short, is he a loving caring father, or a posh version of the jack the lad from the estate who knocks up every girl going and then has nothing to do with his offspring.

These matters speak about his character and may help people decide whether to vote for his party's MP at the election.

Havanananana · 16/11/2019 17:09

15. Wasted £500,000 on a cable-car - the most expensive ever built - that has an average of 4 daily users

It is important that the facts are correct when criticising Johnson. An average of 4,000 journeys a day are made on the cable car - only 4 of which appear to be made by Oyster Card holders. The rest are presumably tourists. It is hardly a success and 4,000 journeys a day is only just above the capacity for one hour, so most of the time it runs almost empty at under 10% capacity.

But - the cable car has cost the taxpayer over £24 million so far, not £500,000, even after the £36 million paid by Emirates as sponsorship and a further €9.7 million paid by the European Regional Development Fund. Johnson had promised that it would not cost the taxpayers a penny.

Borisnomics at its finest - see also: £45m Garden Bridge, £662m London Stadium rented to West Ham for free, Boris Buses that cost twice the price of other buses and frequently break down, and many other examples.

Snowy111 · 16/11/2019 17:13

Thanks Havana

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Craftycorvid · 16/11/2019 17:14

Cendrillon In a choice between Boris and virtually anyone other than Stalin, I suspect ‘anyone’ might be the better choice.

Snowy111 · 16/11/2019 17:45

Another one - Tory claims about the labour pledges costing £1.2 trillion which were at best designed to mislead, at worst a lie

“Get Brexit Done” - another lie as it’s going to go on for years, even if he gets a majority

I think the problem is in our busy lives (I’m a full time working single mum) it’s hard to find time to find out the facts. That’s why they get away with it.

No excuse for the retired Tory party members who should find out the facts, and must ignore all of BJ’s misdemeanours in their worship of him.

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StillWeRise · 16/11/2019 17:50
Awaywiththepiskies · 16/11/2019 18:06

Just in case people have short Johnsonian memories:

That list again :
The life and times of Boris Johnson, actual Prime Minister

  1. Sacked from The Times for inventing a quote then lying about having invented it
  1. Sacked from Tory front-bench for lying about an affair
  1. Had police called to his house during his actual job interview as PM
Snowy111 · 16/11/2019 18:10

“I trust this clown with the UK as much as I would trust Jimmy Saville with babysitting” Grin

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floraloctopus · 16/11/2019 18:17

He's fabulous indeed, he gives something for me and my teenagers to agree about - namely how much of a useless waste of space he is. At least, that's the polite version.