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AIBU?

Has Boris just had enough of being PM?

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Snog · 27/05/2020 10:40

Seems to me that Boris has has enough of being PM and that is why he is now saying that he's not doing it without Dom.

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Frouby · 29/05/2020 07:15

I am not a Tory fan nor a brexiteer. I think personally that the media do have to take some responsibility if the public decide lockdown is over based on Domgate.

Was it in the publics interest for it to be reported right now? No. Is it in the publics interest for the media to keep reporting it and keep asking the same questions again and again at press conferences about C19? No.

Everyone knows why DC did what he did. It's because he's an arrogant cunt who thinks he can do what he wants. He should have been sacked. Or at least apologised, admitted he fucked up and Bojo should have at least publicly admitted as much. The spin on this has been shit.

But it doesn't mean that the press should continue to ask questions and personally I think Bojo did well last night. It's a Coronavirus briefing not Dominic Cunting briefing.

And I don't think a letchy incident or 2 is what DC has on Bojo. Got to be more to it than Jolly Japes and Innuendos. If it's not a scandal/blackmail situation then we should actually admire Bojos loyalty really.

Least he hasn't climbed in a fridge yet.

Pixxie7 · 29/05/2020 07:17

Probably but he loves the power it brings him, I just think he doesn’t know what to do so as usual he wants to hide until it goes away.

ThighThighofthigh · 29/05/2020 07:22

BJ loves being PM, he just doesn't want to do the work. I wish we could have Nicola Sturgeon.

alreadytaken · 29/05/2020 07:33

Cummings wants to be dictator and is well on his way - net step is to shut Parliament down. Recall to end the current remote arrangements but only 50 MPs to be allowed in the House and no suggestion about how anyone not present will be allowed to vote. www.parliament.uk/business/news/2020/may/speaker-agrees-to-recall-of-parliament/

I'm not moving on from Cummings, who should have been sacked - but at this rate it may have to be a revolution to deal with him.

JudyCoolibar · 29/05/2020 07:45

I think personally that the media do have to take some responsibility if the public decide lockdown is over based on Domgate.

What utter nonsense. The day the media backs off reporting on this sort of conduct is the day we give the likes of Cummings a green light to shit all over us. I really want them to keep digging, not least to find out the real reason for the trip and all about Cummings' personal connections with companies making money out of Covid.

lovelyupnorth · 29/05/2020 07:50

He’s been desperate for this job. Has fucked the country over twice. Let him carry on. It’s a shitshow and Cummings needs to go.

Good to see even the Spectator has now come out against.

Let’s hope the shitshow of a press keep the pressure on.

Cremebrule · 29/05/2020 07:54

I keep thinking about what would have happened if Theresa May or Corbyn had been in charge and whether things would have been different. I’m not sure if the policies would have been any different but I certainly think May would have been working flat out whether you agree with her or not. Not sure whether Corbyn would have been much different.

Cam2020 · 29/05/2020 07:57

I think he's still l recovering from an illness that takes a long time to get over.

dottiedodah · 29/05/2020 08:06

Mrs Spooky. And yet only the other day read Xander Armstrong saying their ratings went up on Pointless,when Matt Hancock was on the Corona Update, because no one likes him!

Frouby · 29/05/2020 08:19

@JudyCoolibar

I think personally that the media do have to take some responsibility if the public decide lockdown is over based on Domgate.

What utter nonsense. The day the media backs off reporting on this sort of conduct is the day we give the likes of Cummings a green light to shit all over us. I really want them to keep digging, not least to find out the real reason for the trip and all about Cummings' personal connections with companies making money out of Covid.

Even if the reporting contributes to more deaths, an extended lockdown, more pressure on the NHS and the economy?

The investigation can wait until we aren't in a pandemic. The public are well aware of what happened. He drove 270 miles then 60 miles because he wanted to. Simple as that. He's a cunt and Bojo is a fool for standing by him.

But there are more important issues to address than this farce. It will wait. It's nore important that the general public follow lockdown rules. The rules always allowed for rule breaking. In this case it was DC who broke to rules. He's not the only one to do so. The big scandal is that Bojo has stood by him BUT it doesn't change the fact that it being continually brought up in the press conferences is detracting from the C19 information that we need.

JuneJuly · 29/05/2020 08:21

@Cam2020

I think he's still l recovering from an illness that takes a long time to get over.

Boo fucking hoo!

nannieann · 29/05/2020 08:50

I think the issue now is that Boris and the cabinet have deliberately lied to the public, and know that the public know they have lied. At a time when it is desperately important that the public trust them and their guidance, this is an untenable situation. The press continue to interrogate about Cummings because the public are still asking questions about it.

Earnsomething · 29/05/2020 08:55

If he's not well enough to do the job, he needs to say so and appoint someone else to do it in his absence.

EsmeShelby · 29/05/2020 09:04

Boris is useless which is no surprise. The worst possible PM in these circumstances.

YouTheCat · 29/05/2020 09:22

Quite a lot of people don't have the luxury of recovering from the virus as they died from it. And anyway, Johnson caught it because of his own stupidity - shaking hands with covid patients, no mask - idiot man.

squid4 · 29/05/2020 12:17

It is obvious what Cummings has over Johnson can't be a personal scandal. There are loads of Johnson personal scandals and none of them have caused him to change his behaviour or resign.

It must be something illegal I suppose.

squid4 · 29/05/2020 12:18

The suggestion of Johnson having loyalty is amusing.

PigletJohn · 29/05/2020 12:38

Boris isn't doing the job of PM.

He is capable of ruffling his hair and bumbling to entertain the voters, he can tell a joke, and he can read a script.

His puppetmaster makes the policies, decides on hiring and firing, out-wangles ministers and Parliament, and invents the lies.

The cabinet are Cumming's placemen, not Boris's.

The Spads are Cummings appointments, report to him, and are his spies and influencers in the ministries and Downing Street.

Boris is not capable of being PM. He cannot do without his ventriloquist.

He can no more sack Cummings than Emu could sack Rod Hull.

CadburysTastesVileNow · 29/05/2020 13:19

I have a vision of Emu as PM now. He compares surprisingly well.

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