Poor Boris

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He looks like he hasn't slept for a week. I never thought the day would come when I'd feel sorry for Boris and think that Trump sounded professional (in his press conference today). Everything is upside down. We're fucked, aren't we?

Fucksake

Johnson is still prioritising freedom to make the right choices regarding restaurant, pub, club, gym etc attendance. There are people that simply don’t care or don’t understand enough, to stay away from these venues. He needs to close these places just as he has now closed schools.

I think too many lives will have been lost by not initiating a proper lockdown sooner. This is obviously not all Johnson’s fault as the experts he relies on for informed advice don’t appear to have taken heed of warnings from other countries further down the line.

I’m bloody glad, bearing in mind that Corbyn has said he will not be following advice for over 70s about social distancing , glad he’s not in charge. It’s important to say the things that will encourage people to follow advice and he has publicly rebelled against it which is irresponsible.

*I think Boris thought he was going to have a right jolly being prime minister and doing the Brexit thing with his champagne cronies

*This has blown those plans right out of the water, and, as he is PM, he has to appear daily and there is no chance for him to slope off to a mansion in the country or an island in the Caribbean. He is stuck, in London, right in the epicentre of Corona City and having to do socialist things to save the nation.

Karma is a bitch*

Well said NettleTea

I have no sympathy for him at all. He wanted the job, he got it he had to deal with it.
I can't believe you thought Trump sounded professional. He contradicts himself every time he speaks!

I’m not sure that Churchill was actually a kind lovely guy who did a brilliant job. You can look at the details of war decisions and think extra lives were lost because this decision and that decision.

I am sure Boris and his advisors have made and will continue to make bad decisions. They don’t have crystal balls.

As for lockdown earlier- considering how many people STILL aren’t taking it seriously and have been flying off on holidays and going out to tourist attractions etc in the last few days, I think it is more that the people of the UK are making wrong decisions rather than anyone in power.

Nobody made the thousands go to Cheltenham...

Poor Boris?? seriously?
He conned his way into the job, what did he expect? to carry on shagging about and being a clown?
As for doing well, he’s dragged his heels.
Only shit schools after Scotland & Wales did.

I think Boris is doing just fine

You are mental

His government austerity measures and cutting public sector to the absolute cliff edge is partly responsible for some of the challenges we will now face.
He is in post through duplicity and lies.
He is self serving and rather enjoying his ‘Churchill moment’.
Every decision is made to protect himself and his cronies’ monies and privilege.
His comments are at best insensitive at worse, truly offensive. His ‘only the vulnerable’ is both untrue and dismissive of those only’ being other people’s everything. Nobody is ‘only’.
Sorry for him? Absolutely not.

He's gotten what he deserves as prime minister.

He does not inspire confidence.

I was very impressed with yesterday's speech by the Irish PM.

Well he didn’t expect all this to happen when he signed up. I think he seems to be listening to what the public want. They are doing things themselves which prompts him to do what is necessary. For instance taking kids out of schools. He’s probably seen what is happening and decided to change his plan

When you compare Boris and his team of advisors with that ill-educated, inarticulate Trump and his team of sycophants - well.. how lucky we are...

He’s a massive cock, absolutely giagantic.
What’s he doing to us?

I've grown in admiration for Rishi Sunak, rather than Boris. Considering he only became Chancellor a matter of weeks ago, his delivery of the rescue package was so competent. It still had some gaps that need to be addressed eg support for people who rent, support for self-employed, but he was very credible and instilled confidence that he knows his shit.

My contempt for Trump continues to spiral out of control. I cannot believe the arrogance and delusion of him claiming to have known this was going to be a pandemic even before the experts said it would be. He's just bollox, I don't know why I get wound up by him, I should expect it by now!

I do believe Chris Whitty is excellent at what he does so as long as he’s there then fine.

My complaint with this govt is I can’t help but wonder that they asked their modellers which strategy out of mitigation and suppression would cause least economic disruption, not least lives lost. Modellers said mitigation went for that but realised death rate would be too high so changing. At least changing but lost us almost a week of keeping the spread down.

I don't like Boris but I think he's doing his best in a shitty situation, which he didn't sign up for. I don't think anyone would do a better job because there is very little that can be done.
I'm sure I'd he could stop it he would!

I did vote for him but not impressed by his lack of humanity in handling either floods or Corona.

As for lockdown earlier- considering how many people STILL aren’t taking it seriously and have been flying off on holidays and going out to tourist attractions etc in the last few days, I think it is more that the people of the UK are making wrong decisions rather than anyone in power. Nobody made the thousands go to Cheltenham...

The public needed firm direction, they didn’t get it hence many carried on as normal.

I am in Ireland too and I agree with a previous poster who said the rest of the world is looking on in dismay at the UKs handling of this. While the rest of Europe has shut down Britain has up to today more or less continued on a usual. Pop concerts, mini marathons, pubs open, live tv shows with large audiences, etc. The press conferences, whereby the govt should be setting an example to the public show a large number of journalists sitting closely to one another. My own family in London just don’t seem to get the fact that play dates, extra curricular activities etc have to stop. There has been little direction up to now. They talk of the trajectory or cases but testing is minimal, they have no idea how wide spread it is. I do not think they are doing a good job.

He is doing ‘ok’. I do feel for him a bit to be honest, he is a social libertarian and you can tell he hates this massive state intervention in people’s lives. But it needs to be done. He has flip flopped a bit this week, but to be fair he has covered himself by saying situations are under constant review. Being flexible is not necessarily a sign of weakness. It shows you are prepared to listen.

As for Trump, well, we know he’s frequently unnecessarily belligerent - but imo, he is within his rights on this one to start sticking China under the spotlight. Because that country & some of its practices need putting under the spotlight. This has resulted in massive inconvenience (& ongoing deaths) to the international community.

Change - or boycott!

1. I have some sympathy for BJ. Though it's evident, as it always has been, he's not the one pulling the strings. He wanted to be Head Boy at all costs. Well, as they say, be careful what you wish for.

1. I just wish he'd listened sooner to

a) advice from the WHO

b) advice from other countries (oh, but wait, they're not predominantly Caucasian and/or capitalist, what can we POSSIBLY learn from them, oh no, it's in Italy and France and Denmark, and most importantly, the US, who were due to fly in as usual and rescue us like they do in all the Hollywood blockbusters; better pay a bit more attention now, eh)

c) advice from our own advisers sooner than he did. Mathematical models are not perfect, especially when you're dealing with something as, er, "novel" as this, but they're the best we've got right now.

1. Those of you asking where's Gove, this is the man who went to his local Minor Injuries Unit n RURAL SOMERSET in 2015 ON A SUNDAY and then whinged that he couldn't get an X-ray for his broken foot. (Or at least his wife did.) Almost like he didn't understand what his own party's policies had done.

1. Those who voted Tory, well done. This is EXACTLY what was voted for when voting for a party that has systematically run the NHS and other support systems for the less vulnerable in society into the ground. And before anyone trots out the "this is a pandemic like no other that's never happened before", many, many medical experts and scientists have known something like this would happen, it was just a case of when and how.

I just bet endemic Tory voters will also be the first ones whingeing when they and their older relatives can't get treated instantly or there aren't enough masks or respirators to keep anyone safe. (Of course, they could always go private. If they can find a privately run A&E, that is.)

Still, tally ho, jolly hockey sticks, stiff upper lip and all that, eh! Fear not, Blitz 'em Boris and his dad Superstan will keep us boosted....

Meanwhile I'm off to watch the Durrells. Again. In the hope it'll bring my blood pressure down. And if that doesn't work I'll go and knead some bread dough.

I’ve no idea how this conversation has progressed because I can’t get past the title.

Fuck Boris. He’s well and truly got the moment he wanted hasn’t he? He can ram it up his indecisive arse.

the one safety net we have is that the government has access to expert advisors and this twat and his Tory clique still seem to think they know better and will do anything they can to keep their noses on the trough including only listening to advice that fits their agenda.

Again, fuck Boris.

Fuck Boris, he wanted the job at any cost. Here have it in all it's fucking glory BoJo.

He's not cut out for the job and last weeks dithering proved it. And people will die unnecessarily as a result.

@RickOShay you are my spirit animal. My hairy arse indeed!!!