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So Carrie is the reason Boris is not a great Prime Minster?

160 replies

SpiffingPoppycock · 05/02/2022 22:58

Did anyone really think he would be?

He can’t even get his hair in order let alone a country.

Not that I’m a fan of hers but come on, he’s got his own mind (and being governed by your dick is still a conscious choice as an adult man).

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youvegottenminuteslynn · 06/02/2022 01:16

@Viviennemary

But Adam knew the rules too. As did Boris.
I know you like to be contrary on as many threads as possible but you've just agreed with a poster in an attempt to challenge their point... while undermining your own previous post. You must get exhausted with all this!
givethatbabyaname · 06/02/2022 01:26

Boris was a lying, entitled, arrogant narcissist before Carrie AND she’s playing him.

DreamTheMoors · 06/02/2022 01:38

@Viviennemary

But Adam knew the rules too. As did Boris.
I guess Adam didn’t study the bible nearly well as he should have. 😂😂😂
TooBigForMyBoots · 06/02/2022 01:48

What is she supposed to have made him do?

Sodullincomparison · 06/02/2022 02:30

I think he can manage to make a mess of it all on his own!!!

He was just as incompetent ( and dangerous) when married to the formidable Marina Wheeler.

Neither woman can or should hold any responsibility for this buffoon.

GingerScallop · 06/02/2022 02:45

The world over has a long tradition of blaming women for men's incompetencies and misdeeds. It's beyond pathetic

TheWaterNokk · 06/02/2022 03:23

He will blame her for the fuckups and move on to whoever he's shagging on the side right now

CoughNadineCough

Combustablecustard · 06/02/2022 04:43

Genuinely cant see how anyone from Team Boris thinks this is a defence. Either its nit true and hes this shite all by himself or it is true and hes that easily controlled by someone else and cant make his mind up by himself in which case he shouldn't have the responsibility of doing the weekly shop let alone running the country.

Rainbowqueeen · 06/02/2022 05:06

It doesn’t really matter if the article is designed to support Boris or be negative about him. It’s just disgusting that a journalist would think this is ok to do

It has implications for her career as well as his. Saying she used his phone and sent messages ‘from him’

Just vile

Lolamento · 06/02/2022 05:16

Boris aside to understand this? What was that business of Dominic Cummings and Carrie?

Lampzade · 06/02/2022 05:30

@Sodullincomparison

I think he can manage to make a mess of it all on his own!!!

He was just as incompetent ( and dangerous) when married to the formidable Marina Wheeler.

Neither woman can or should hold any responsibility for this buffoon.

This
travellinglighter · 06/02/2022 05:30

It’s misogynistic crap and even if it’s true then it’s another reason why the useless tosser is unfit for the job.

Lampzade · 06/02/2022 05:49

I don’t know why people are ‘surprised’ that BJ is a shit Prime Minister.

Spookytooth · 06/02/2022 05:55

Don't know what you are talking about - need a link

lljkk · 06/02/2022 06:04

Crikey, busy middle of night thread.

D.Wail is weird... "We're paying Ashcroft to serialise his book which is a hatchet job on Carrie !"
followed by "Tory rebels are trying to do a hatchet job on Carrie!"

So the Mail are Tory Rebels now?
I've read both articles -- D.Wail is trying to play all angles.
Pah.

In meantime, I give you Adam Rutherford's summary.

So Carrie is the reason Boris is not a great Prime Minster?
Spookytooth · 06/02/2022 06:47

Boris was a man of integrity and honour - yeah, right!

Pinkyantelope · 06/02/2022 06:47

He's awful and an execrable leader of anything, let alone a whole country. It was bad enough having him as mayor of London, which he was pretty shit at. But why anyone thought such a conniving self-serving, self publicist with no real conviction but just a hotchpotch of ideas from focus groups, personal concerns and advisers' hobby horses would make a decent PM is beyond me.

She's awful too though as I think she believes all his shit. But she's not the problem as she's not PM: he is.

merrymouse · 06/02/2022 06:50

@Mumoftwoinprimary

They’ve only been together since 2018. What is his excuse in 2017?
Exactly
Starfish1021 · 06/02/2022 07:01

Boris Johnson is human garbage and he needs to get in the bin. It isn’t just the Daily Fail the guardian also had ran a fairly unflattering article about it. Claiming she loved ABBA and made him dance to it. The whole situation reeks of misogyny. Not exactly a fan of Carrie. But my god. He is incapable of running anything, and not because of any women.

Pedallleur · 06/02/2022 08:09

He was a lying, unfaithful buffoon long before she was on the scene and will be when she has got rid of him.

MushMonster · 06/02/2022 08:16

No way, Boris needs to face the consequences of his own actions.
No more blaming it on the puppeteer, whoever is chosen for the role via the newspapers.
It is 100% his show.

AuntieStella · 06/02/2022 08:18

I'm not gonna no to blame a woman for the failings of the elected Prime Minister

dottydodah · 06/02/2022 08:18

So hes fucked up and its all her fault! She has even been blamed for "setting women back" FFS .Totally stupid IMO . She is certainly not the only Trophy wife about.He is power hungry but cant really handle life at the top. Obv "the wifes fault"!

EmmaGrundyForPM · 06/02/2022 08:23

Agreed @AuntieStella

The misogyny in this story is truly appalling.

Cornettoninja · 06/02/2022 08:30

Well Boris is a twat so there’s a high chance Carrie is too. Like attracts like and all that.

Even so, even if he has been influenced by her it’s still on him. He’s not some wet behind the ears child, he’s a grown man with a cv in politics and she’s not some enchantress capable of mesmerising him. I’m sure he’d love us all to buy into the narrative he was led astray but he’s in the wrong century for that to wash.