To feel sorry for Boris Johnson

[LonerGirl]

I know people didn’t have a high opinion of him, tbf neither did I before this, but he’s doing his best. He’s doing what experts are advising him to do. He’s ordered temporary hospitals to be built & thousands of ventilators, asked for help through NHS volunteering.

I think he’s coping okay despite his wife being pregnant too, now he’s unwell himself.

What are your opinions?

I don’t want any fights or arguments I’m
Just curious to what others are thinking

One of the worse options is the current leader of the opposition who is 70 and should be self isolating anyway

Jezza was squeezed right up next to Dawn Butler on the opposition frontbench the other day. It was really unfortunate!

This would not be an easy job for anyone - he may not be the best choice but he’s certainly not the worst either - time to give the man a break and let him get covid19 done ... this is not the time for political posturing

hopefully this will be a turning point for him on a personal level & change his view

I really hope so too but I doubt he's capable of such insight

What wife? The one he cheated on while she was suffering with cancer?

At the beginning of March he claimed to be happily shaking hands with everyone. Hardly sensible.

March 12th he advocated herd immunity.
March 16th Hancock says they are not aiming for that.

Ventilators fromn EU: first they refused because Britain could do it on it's own, later it became because 4 emails went to the spam folder. Oh, and they turned down offers from UK companies to supply them, these companies now supplying ventilators, all set up and safety checked to foreign governments.

He's been behind the curve all the way.

It's a major event. All of his cabinet are new to their posts. It's a hell of a time, and if he'd had any sense he'd have sought support and advice from those with more experience. Typically he didn't.

I think he's handled it appallingly.

I've been saying this for the past week or 2. I dont follow politics AT ALL, I have no clue why people think he's an idiot but i feel sorry for him having to deal with this. Hes never come up against something like this before, nobody has. Hes doing what he can. Me, you or Susan from the chippy couldnt do a better job so people need to get off his back

time to give the man a break and let him get covid19 done

It's not the same as brexit you know

No, I don't. He has lived a completely selfish, immoral existence and now he's totally out of his depth. I really hope we will soon see the end of his political career

This. I'm baffled as to how anyone could believe he's doing a good job.

@housemdwaswrong nailed it !

@esjee I was going to comment but you have basically took the words out of my mouth. You couldn't make it up could you!

Bad news for the miserable Boris-bashers!

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9:07 am · 28 Mar 2020

I think he's doing really well and I do feel sorry for him having coronavirus.

I actually think is he doing ok. Much better than I expected!

No.
I don't feel sorry for Johnson. Not one titsy teensy bit.
He and his party have spent years decimating public services and are now reliant upon the public sector to deal with this mess.
His party voted down a pay increase for nursing staff whilst awarding themselves high increases.
His decision to put the economy before individuals initially has no doubt costs lives which he so flippantly told us it would.
And I would imagine it will come as a surprise to his actual wife to find out she is pregnant.

It's a relief that he's proved himself to be very different to the orange one.

@CendrillonSings oh no I was just about to vote for Corbyn in the upcoming GE

Ventilators fromn EU: first they refused because Britain could do it on it's own, later it became because 4 emails went to the spam folder

Honestly, I don’t know if it’s me, but I don’t get this? The EU quite clearly cannot supply the countries they currently have, let alone adding another one (us) into the mix.
Maybe I’m being dense, but can someone please explain, because I’ve just heard Italy’s death toll is 10,000, they clearly can’t provide enough for Italy and Spain, so how would there have been enough for us as well?

Me, you or Susan from the chippy couldnt do a better job so people need to get off his back

Frankly I would trust Susan from the chippy over Johnson any day. I bet Susan wouldn't put the emails about the EU ventilators into the spam folder 'accidentally'.

I think Boris has shown a lot of initiative by seeking other options such as Dyson. Unless I’m missing something

British companies are building ventilators at cost to NHS. The government approached then weeks ago and it’s been organised behind the scenes and the news broke this morning officially.

Do you mean Dyson who was a massive brexit supporter and tory doner?
That Dyson?
hmmm

www.itv.com/news/2020-03-26/the-ventilators-the-nhs-needs-going-into-mass-production-and-dyson-isn-t-involved/

^ this explains the ventilator situation.

No, I don't. He has lived a completely selfish, immoral existence and now he's totally out of his depth. I really hope we will soon see the end of his political career

Did you miss the part where he won a landslide majority a few months ago? It was kind of a thing in the news

@TheWordWomanIsTaken does it really matter at this stage who is making them?

Dyson has tried to take credit but they aren’t in production for ventilators and won’t be for some time.... in an unprecedented move companies who don’t normally produce ventilators (such as GKN aerospace) have got together putting rivalries aside and thousands will be produced over the coming weeks - all going to the NHS