Why does everyone hate Boris?

[skidadle]

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?

Who remembers them feeding the Bush campaign against Clinton?

I bet Biden does

Quite!

Last December, Biden called the Prime Minister "an emotional and physical clone of the President"

Even greater loathing comes from Kamala Harris, the first black woman to be elected Vice- President

"If you think Joe hates him, you should hear Kamala," says another aide

I think the focus will be on rebuilding the US/EU relationship, brexit, as Obama said, puts the UK at the back of the queue.

the rump tory party has always supported the far right

But it's ok for some leaders to enter into a coalition government with a right wing party when it suits them?

2017 Ardern 'like Trump on immigration,' Wall Street Journal says.

Once upon a time, NBR compared (then) Labour leader Andrew Little to Donald Trump, based on their shared hostility to the TPP.

Now the Wall Street Journal has drawn a line between Labour’s new leader and the US president, though this time on a different topic.

“Meet New Zealand's Justin Trudeau – except she's more like Trump on immigration,” the paper tweeted overnight, linking to a Jacinda Ardern profile that’s running in its print and online editions.

It notes “Ms Ardern wants to cut the annual net migration figure by up to 30,000 people a year to help more New Zealanders find work and own homes as well as to take the pressure off infrastructure— especially in the commercial capital Auckland, which is often clogged with traffic.”

www.nbr.co.nz/article/ardern-trump-immigration-wall-street-journal-says-ck-207368

2017 - Ardern will almost certainly need to strike a deal with Winston Peters, the head of the nationalist New Zealand First Party and a staunch critic of immigration, if she is to wrest power from the conservative National Party.

The new leader officially launched Labour’s election campaign on Sunday to a packed Auckland town hall, pledging her government would be “bold”, “brave” and tackle rising inequality should it win next month’s election.

But she has no plans to drop Labour policies aimed at slashing the intake of foreigners by tens of thousands per year amid a migration boom blamed for everything from unaffordable housing to stagnant wage growth and overcrowded roads.

www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-politics-idUSKCN1B12HP

Clav Start a thread on J.Ardern and we can discuss whether she is right wing or not.

Fwiw wanting to control migration in itself, doesn't make a party "right wing"
Whereas supporting someone like Trump or Pinochet does, the nationalistic fervour that the tory party has at the moment is quite disturbing.

To be fair peregrina Gove appears to have stood staunchly by Boz since the last time he stabbed him in the back.

@longwayoff

To be fair peregrina Gove appears to have stood staunchly by Boz since the last time he stabbed him in the back.

This Michael Gove ?

@skidadle

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?

It's the hair, OP. That mop of hair.

That's the one DGRossetti. Self-immolation seems sufficient for this friend though, no help required from the Goves, they can keep their focus on the Boz.

@longwayoff

That's the one DGRossetti. Self-immolation seems sufficient for this friend though, no help required from the Goves, they can keep their focus on the Boz.

Just wanted to check. Seems there is an imposter around, or a more junior MP also called Michael Gove who has been telling the press there are problems with lorries and goods movement as a result of Brexit.

It's very confusing.

Why does everyone hate Boris?

What reasons are there to like him?

Well, I'm shocked. I distinctly recall Clavinova assuring me, by way of lots of C and P for a completely different area, that the local arrangements for Brexit lorries, announced by Highways and our local council wouldn't be happening.. Perhaps Clavinova can get in touch with Gove and let him know how wrong he is, I'm sure he'd appreciate it as much as I do.

Because he is the bogeyman. He's the reason for Brexit (even though he wasn't in charge then and the people chose). He's the reason for the virus which started in China. He's the reason people can't do what they want when they want.

I don't doubt he has faults. I could name a few myself, but the hate is irrational for the most part and would be the same of Mother Teresa had been PM.

Any reason for hating him such as too much lockdown is matched by other people who say he didn't do enough lockdowns. He didn't close schools fast enough and he shouldn't have closed schools at all.

He is most definitely the reason for Brexit, because he and Gove fronted the Leave campaign. I dare say that in years to come he might like to pretend that it was nothing to do with him.

@Peregrina

He is most definitely the reason for Brexit, because he and Gove fronted the Leave campaign. I dare say that in years to come he might like to pretend that it was nothing to do with him.

Nigel Farage was the reason for Brexit.

Nigel Farage was the reason for Brexit

Cameron (and his inability to stand up to Farage/Ukip) was the reason we had a referendum, Johnson was why Leave won.

The decision by the London mayor will have far greater repercussions than Gove’s announcement because opinion polls have shown Johnson will have a significant impact on the referendum

Just 620k leave voters switching to remain and we would still be in the EU.

Just 620k leave voters switching to remain and we would still be in the EU.

Somehow I doubt that. You know that 52% Remain/48% Leave would never have been accepted by the Tories - the ERG would still have had their "do as we say or we'll split the party" power, and craven Cameron would still have either capitulated or fucked off and left someone else to clear up.

Still, at least the bar has been set for "the will of the people" hereonin. I am sure Scotland has noticed.

And every day is a bad hair day for him.

@TacCat49

And every day is a bad hair day for him.

He should be forced to have tidy hair and a proper haircut just so we can see what happens👀 it might be like Samson and all his power dissipate when his 'crowning glory' is interfered with 🤔

Cameron (and his inability to stand up to Farage/Ukip) was the reason we had a referendum, Johnson was why Leave won.

I'd add Cameron's inability to stand up to the swivel-eyed loons in his own party.

And that Farage/Ukip contributed with the hateful Breaking Point campaign.

Farage certainly isn't innocent, but there is no getting away from the fact that Johnson and Gove fronted the Official Leave campaign. However much Johnson apologists might like to pretend it didn't have any influence.

Much as I dislike Nigel Farage's language, policies and dog whistle campaigning, he would have done a better job in the pandemic than Boris Johnson. As would thousands if not millions of other people.

I am sure Scotland has noticed. Are you trying to fight a proxy war? A lot of us Scots don't want independence and that doesn't make us the wrong sort of Scot.

A lot of us Scots don't want independence and that doesn't make us the wrong sort of Scot.

A lot of British people didn't want Brexit but we were told to shut up as though we were the wrong sort of Britons.

A lot of British people didn't want Brexit but we were told to shut up as though we were the wrong sort of Britons. I didn't want it either and I certainly don't want another shit show like that to start up.

@derxa

A lot of British people didn't want Brexit but we were told to shut up as though we were the wrong sort of Britons. I didn't want it either and I certainly don't want another shit show like that to start up.

Sadly, not wanting something to happen doesn't always translate to it not happening.

Sadly, not wanting something to happen doesn't always translate to it not happening. We Remainers sleepwalked into Brexit thinking it would never happen. I'm not going to be like that about Scottish independence. I'll personally do what I can to fight it tooth and nail.