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Boris Johnstone quickly settles divorce.

142 replies

Nippybutsweet · 19/02/2020 01:53

AIBU to call it now that his girlfriend is pregnant?

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/18/boris-johnson-agrees-divorce-settlement-with-marina-wheeler

OP posts:
LellyMcKelly · 19/02/2020 07:25

He’s vile.

Noodlenosefraggle · 19/02/2020 07:29

Why would you get pregnant to a serial philanderer? I think some of the responsiblilty is theirs.
Didnt Marina get pregnant by him while he was married to someone else? Shes no shrinking violet. She was the OW in the first place. She knew what a dog he was and so does Carrie Simonds. They still go off with him. It must be something about him and them. It's not money. They are both highly accomplished and easily able to make their own money.

Nomorepies · 19/02/2020 07:30

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rose69 · 19/02/2020 07:36

If she is pg he is probably already looking for a replacement

iem0128 · 19/02/2020 07:37

Carrie might not be pregnant, but the girlfriend and his marital status is not clear cut. His now girlfriend probably wants to be called his wife if he visits the States or other countries. You wouldn't want to be living in number 10 and bit called bit on the side, which is exactly what she is right now. Boris is hilarious, not in a good way, his out-of-wedlock child to a married woman has exactly the same mop of hair as his. Moral compass in his man? Don't hold your breath! But if he can do a good job via his advisers, I don't really want to criticise. After all, what does the royal family look like and after getting all the freebies at the drop of a hint, they want to remove Harry's ability to cash in on his connection. For goodness sake, Camilla PB is now a Chancellor of a certainly university! What has the world come to and Boris is doing a much more important job!?

Mummyoflittledragon · 19/02/2020 07:38

rose
That’s a horrible thing to have to say about our PM. Not criticising you. Just the thought he’s on the prowl. 😡🤢

GoFiguire · 19/02/2020 07:39

When a man marries his mistress he creates a vacancy.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 19/02/2020 07:44

There are many reasons why I don’t think he is fit to be PM - but is he able to actually do his job is he managing his role Is his personal life getting in the way of his work it doesn’t seem to be

If he was having coke fuelled parties with young strippers then of course I would think that is morally wrong. But having affairs and lots of partners no

To be a womaniser while I don’t think it’s a nice trait many men are it doesn’t stop them being successful and good at their job

And we have no idea why he isn’t in contact with one of his children and his ex wife was originally his mistress - we all know the saying ....

I really don’t want to play the moral police on consenting adults sex lives

Dozer · 19/02/2020 07:48

Of course it’s our business. How he treats women (and his DC) in his personal life (and professional life, eg giving money to a girlfriend’s company) is relevant to his suitability for public office.

A woman who had behaved in similar ways would never even have got to be a Tory MP.

PermanentTemporary · 19/02/2020 07:51

Right, so she's NOT pregnant?

This is why I dont usually engage with pregnancy stories. I'm a bit slow. Best wait for the baby to appear.

PotteringAlong · 19/02/2020 07:53

Just out of interest, how many of you commenting on the private life not just of Boris Johnson but his girlfriend and also his ex-wife have also posted some “be kind” meme or commented on a Caroline flack thread about how awful it all was? See the irony?

Leflic · 19/02/2020 07:58

Those single mother quotes were from a piece he wrote in 1995. To be fair when is did my degree there was plenty of research to show how disadvantaged children of single parents could be ( and it’s single mothers because overwhelmingly, that’s who ended up with the responsibility). He also wrote that ”Feeble” and unreliable men were more to blame for the problem in the same article. Make of that what you will.

SirChing · 19/02/2020 07:58

A woman who had behaved in similar ways would never even have got to be a Tory MP

That's true, but with the exception of him having a conflict of interest as the Mayor with the woman he gave a grant to, none of the rest affects politics.

So.instead of men not being allowed to be PM if they don't have squeaky clean sex lives, I would prefer it if instead, women weren't judged for theirs. And were able to be PM regardless of their sex lives and children.

Having sex, having affairs, having children, fidelity in marriage, are all matters of personal morals and none of those things are (thankfully) illegal in this country. So it seems wrong to judge anyone's fitness for public office, based on intensely personal and individual morals. As long as anyone the PM or Carrie is shagging are checked out by security, then who cares? I imagine any new friends would be checked out, so how is it different? Or could a person in an open marriage, or a single person who dates, never become PM?

SeaWitchly · 19/02/2020 08:00

He is an immoral pig.
Absolutely gross in every way 😡

Mummyoflittledragon · 19/02/2020 08:04

Pottering
Yes we silly little women should just be kind. Nothing to see. No misogynists on sexual and power conquests to comment on.

Bufferingkisses · 19/02/2020 08:09

Afaik caroline flack wasn't attempting to run our country. It's quite reasonable to expect certain standards of behaviour from people in certain roles. PM is definitely one of those roles however I don't really get the bitching about it now, everyone knew he was a heel when they voted him in.

Disfordarkchocolate · 19/02/2020 08:23

As PM I expect his political and business behaviour to be of a high standard. I have no interest in his private life.

MurrayTheMonk · 19/02/2020 08:25

TheSpanielsBalls....exactly. But it would never happen because a woman with that history would get no where near the government.

TulipsTulipsTulips · 19/02/2020 08:27

YABU for spelling the Prime Minister’s name incorrectly in your thread title.

NemophilistRebel · 19/02/2020 08:29

I was pregnant before my divorce came through

I could give no shits what anyone would think to that

Hopefully if Carrie is she doesn’t give any shits either

iem0128 · 19/02/2020 08:35

Strange that the Conservative members voted him in! However, if Jeremy Hunt had been voted in instead, he would just be another pushover! I don't think Boris a capable man and his verbal diarrhoea always lands him and others in trouble! Let's hope his cabinet members are not another Jackie Smith who said years after she was Home Secretary that she hadn't run anything important in her life, and suddenly, she had to run a complicated government department. Just show you those in the upper echelon are there because of connections, Oxbridge, birth or confidence tricksters!

Boris might be settling down to marriage as he needs a decent familial facade to complete the media image! Also, he's getting older!

NemophilistRebel · 19/02/2020 08:37

Must be strange for his first daughter as her future potential step-mum is only 3 years older than her

Friendsafterdating · 19/02/2020 08:41

Where is Boris anyway ? Shouldn’t he be visiting the flood hit areas ? Off topic

On holiday in a mansion of his apparently. Now that he has been voted in he has no need to feign any interest.

SirChing · 19/02/2020 08:42

@TulipsTulipsTulips the OP did realise that herself and point it out. We all make typos. No harm done.

FuckeryOmbudsman · 19/02/2020 08:44

Obviously 'be kind' is a doomed movement.

Unless speculation on th contents of a woman's uterus is now considered 'kind'?

Privacy for private life should apply to everyone, or no-one. Not a weird hybrid of eho people think they like or not