Why does everyone hate Boris?

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Just that really. I neither like nor dislike him I don't feel any emotion towards him.
AIBU to ask why so many people on here hate/dislike Boris Johnson?

Shagging on the rates. We were
Paying him to work as Mayor and he was sloping out of office to visit numerous women.

I worked with some kids from Eton one summer. The kids themselves told me just because you go to Eton it doesn't make you bright 🤣

I'm a year younger and was at the other place. A levels from Eton and Winchester were definitely required. Not sure what you are on about.

UK not the worst, but Boris's leadership not exactly leading us to glory.

@itsgettingweird

I worked with some kids from Eton one summer. The kids themselves told me just because you go to Eton it doesn't make you bright 🤣

It doesn't, but Boris Johnson got a first from Oxford, so it makes people sound a bit silly when they say he's not academic 🤣

UK not the worst, but Boris's leadership not exactly leading us to glory.
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He didn't get a first from Oxford. His brother did.

MrsMia there's a difference though between being academic and bright.

Boris is not very bright however academic he is

Boris Johnson got a first from Oxford, so it makes people sound a bit silly when they say he's not academic wonder how many millions he bunged their way for dodgy ppe to achieve that?

@Peregrina

He didn't get a first from Oxford. His brother did.

Apologies He did get a scholarship though.

It is possible to think he's an awful prime minister AND accept he is academically bright.

He did get a scholarship though

Yes, wiki says he won a scholarship to Eton, then another scholarship to Oxford.

I don't hate him. He can be quite entertaining and amusing. I regret that he is our PM though and I am glad not to be married or similarly to him.

@OHolyTights

I don't hate him. He can be quite entertaining and amusing. I regret that he is our PM though and I am glad not to be married or similarly to him.

That's how I feel.

@Clavinova

He did get a scholarship though

Yes, wiki says he won a scholarship to Eton, then another scholarship to Oxford.

"Wiki" 🤣 well if wiki says it must be true!

Not denying it isnt btw but hardly the best source and you can usually drag a link up for everything

HannibalHayes

Your link doesn't work for me but apparently Johnson said this in May 2018;

'If Trump can fix North Korea and the Iran nuclear deal then I don't see why he's any less of a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize than Obama' says Foreign Secretary.

I don’t think people hate him I think it’s more a matter of not trusting him for obvious reasons surely.

Being at a party with Boris would be fun, but I wouldn't want him to drive me home. It's an analogy for him 'driving' the country really.

In terms of Eton, I certainly know of two boys there who are not terribly bright. Other factors come into play, including having a formidable Prep Headmaster pushing for you and for whatever reason. It used to be more so, including when Boris went. And so it follows on with University, employment and business - not forgetting politics. The old adage 'it's not what you know, it's who you know' springs to mind, as does the 'old boys' network'.

He's the perfect storm of ambition, incompetence, complacency, amorality and bombast.

It is certainly true that he had academic scholarships to Eton and Oxford. Only on Mumsnet would that mean you couldn't possibly REALLY be academic

Being at a party with Boris would be fun

It wouldn't. I've been at parties with Boris. He's rude, snobbish, breathtakingly self-absorbed and self-serving.

@Labobo

Being at a party with Boris would be fun

It wouldn't. I've been at parties with Boris. He's rude, snobbish, breathtakingly self-absorbed and self-serving.

No he isn't 🤣 I don't believe you

Not read all comments, but it doesn't matter who's in charge, there will always be people for and against, was there a prime minster who ever got it right??? Who hasn't fibbed isn't wealthy? If so why are they not in charge?? Genuine questions

Yes, I should have chosen my words more carefully in that analogy, Labobo!

How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways.

He's dire.

I think it depends what mood he is in, who he is with and what he's had to drink, MissMia.