With every press conference he gets worse

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Totally out of his fucking depth

Thank you, it’s really appreciated. 💐

I know it's a tense time and mistakes are easily made

Kind of you to say so. It’s a timely reminder to be more careful - and less confrontational. A lesson I badly needed, I suspect. It’s a great shame I had to upset you to learn it.

Oh no, please don't be hard on yourself, Also. The nasty posters on here would not have apologised, just slung in some more vitriol.

Only Germany out of the West is doing particularly well afaik. Lots of cases low death rate. Would be good to know why

Germany has an advanced health care system that makes ours look like 3rd world, they test in the community, isolate and treat early.
Germany has many times the numbers of doctors, nurses and hospital beds than the UK.
We've always prioritised tax cuts over public services.

Merkel is also a leader that people listen too, isn't her nickname some derivative of "mother of the nation" ?

However, its early days for Europe, we don't yet know how this is going to pan out.

Where's Boris - has he taken the weekend off...?

@LondonLass61 he's gone to have some sleep.

I'm sure he could have spared a few minutes to update the nation,
As the elected prime minister
During a crisis

Probably very naive but I had hoped we'd have heard more about these new testing measures rolling out? Hope the frontline workers are getting them in the very near future.

But they will need to be continually tested i believe.

Where's Boris - has he taken the weekend off...?

Of course - I mean, he turned up for the briefings monday to friday, what more do you want! Also, the virus is inactive at weekends so it's all fine..

I think it is very unreasonable of you to expect him never to take a break. He will be working all hours, but there is absolutely no doubt that if he never takes a break of any kind that will not be good for his wellbeing (and decision making!)

He had a nice long break all over xmas and new year - didn't seem to help his decision-making much

I think it is very unreasonable of you to expect him never to take a break.

He is the Prime Minister in an emergency situation. He shouldn't be taking a fucking break. (Of course, he might not be - he might just have much more important Prime Ministery things to do than talk to the press - and by extension - the people. But he does seem to vanish at weekends...)

I think he’s doing a good job.

Those who disagree are largely not Conservative voters so it’s rather a moot point. Nothing a Conservative PM did would please them. Other than resign and even then they’d gripe.

FFS MN if you think you can do better get up there and do it.

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Thanks

What happened to be kind shameful OP and the country is behind him

Some weekend activities listed here:

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street

From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

PM call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: 15 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.

PM call with Prime Minister Abe: 15 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with Prime Minister Abe of Japan today.

PM call with President Trump: 14 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with President Donald Trump.

PM call with Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison: 14 March 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison today.

Updated: 8 March 2020
PM visits Bewdley to meet residents affected by flooding
Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes £5.2 billion for flood defences and announces extra £200 million for innovative floods projects.

Nothing a Conservative PM did would please them. Other than resign and even then they’d gripe.

I can make you a solemn promise now, if Bozo resigns I will not gripe!

He said the other day that we are in a 'War Time' situation. PM's don't have the weekend off in War Time - he's supposed to be so Churchillian, he's nothing of the sort.

What happened to be kind shameful OP and the country is behind him

Be kind? Are you kidding me? You think a stupid social media meme of "be kind" is a reason not to criticise the person who is prime minster? 😡 Are people really this stupid? You know they're elected officials right? Criticism kind of comes with the job. Unless of course you're a fan of something a little more authoritarian.

As for "be kind" that'll be the last thing I do towards a government that's using the current situation as an excuse to remove disabled people's right to care and support. Which apparently no-one seems to care about. But why should I be surprised? Most people didn't give a fuck about disabled people before, I was stupid to expect any different now.
Oh suddenly now people are aware of how little benefits and sick pay are. Funny how no-one seemed to care when it was disabled people saying that. But now it's affecting everyone else, oh yeah, now it matters.
So yeah, I'm having a bit of trouble with the concept of "being kind" right now.

www.specialneedsjungle.com/steve-broach-public-law-barrister-on-the-coronavirus-bills-implications-for-disabled-children/

he might just have much more important Prime Ministery things to do than talk to the press - and by extension - the people.

The press seem to think he has spoken to the people today with his open letter;

"Today is Mother's Day. It is a day when we celebrate the sacrifice and the effort of those who gave us life, and across the country I know that millions of people will have been preparing to do something special; not just a card, not just flowers. I know that everyone's strongest instinct is to go and see their mothers in person, to have a meal together, to show them how much you love them."

"But I am afraid that this Mothering Sunday the single best present that we can give - we who owe our mothers so much - is to spare them the risk of catching a very dangerous disease.The sad news is, that means staying away" ...

www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2020/03/22/best-mothers-day-gift-year-staying-away/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8138693/Boris-Johnson-urges-Britons-celebrate-Mothers-Day-remotely-Skype.html

Nothing a Conservative PM did would please them

Absolute rubbish. Right now I don't care which party he's in. Can you imagine Margaret Thatcher dithering like this? He's not up to the job. The other European leaders are clear, concise and authoritative. He is not.

I'm watching Sturgeon on tv right now and whatever I think of her politics, she is very impressive.

Those who disagree are largely not Conservative voters so it’s rather a moot point. Nothing a Conservative PM did would please them. Other than resign and even then they’d gripe

Not true, I for one think Sunak’s doing an incredible job. I seriously think he’s our next PM - or at least I hope he is - and the sooner, the better.

Sunak certainly seems more impressive than Boris, or Hancock, Raab and where is Gove?