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Boris touching a baby's hand

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Lottle · 25/03/2021 22:36

Just watching the 10 o clock news. Boris was being interviewed. He was playing with a baby at some school/community centre sort of thing. He stroked the baby's hand. How is that ok?! Anyone else see this?

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AcornAutumn · 26/03/2021 00:56

@SunnySideAndMarmite

XenoBitch What rule bans you from hugging people? Confused The social distancing rules. Am I missing something?

I am hugging people who are happy to hug. But I thought I wasn't supposed to be!

Sadly the little ones I was close to (babysitting frequently, going on holiday together, closer than my own family) barely know me any more as parent super strict and hasn't let me near them, lest I accidentally touch a hand and kill them.

Social distancing is not law

There is no law banning you from hugging your loved ones.

Cowmilk · 26/03/2021 01:29

Boris needs his hands slapped for public display of hypocrisy and law breaking.

SunnySideAndMarmite · 26/03/2021 01:37

AcornAutumn
Social distancing is not law

There is no law banning you from hugging your loved ones.

I didn't say it was law.
But it is a rule the public are being told we should follow.

It's totally hypocritical for Boris to then ignore this rule.

Mygardenisnotperfect · 26/03/2021 01:40

I think people have been overly harsh to the OP here. It is a bit bloody rich for him to just be blithely going around picking up random babies when he has put the whole nation under incredibly strict lockdown rules for such a long time and we’re not even allowed to protest any more. Just not great messaging, not that I expect any better from him. And yes, it does remind me of the whole “you’ll all be very pleased to know that I shook everyone’s hand at the hospital” incident after which he landed up in ITU the utter idiot.

sorryforswearing · 26/03/2021 01:47

I agree it’s instinctive and whatever you think of him surely he can’t be demonised for what is probably a momentary lapse. I’m sure lots of us have had them.

Dontjudgeme101 · 26/03/2021 06:23

@Mygardenisnotperfect

I think people have been overly harsh to the OP here. It is a bit bloody rich for him to just be blithely going around picking up random babies when he has put the whole nation under incredibly strict lockdown rules for such a long time and we’re not even allowed to protest any more. Just not great messaging, not that I expect any better from him. And yes, it does remind me of the whole “you’ll all be very pleased to know that I shook everyone’s hand at the hospital” incident after which he landed up in ITU the utter idiot.
100% agree with this.
doireallyneedaname · 26/03/2021 06:26

I get it, OP. I’d be livid too.

Stellaris22 · 26/03/2021 06:53

I agree OP. DD hasn't seen family other than myself and DH since Christmas 2019 so seeing things like this hurts.

It's the casualness of it. We all know he and other wealthy mates aren't following rules, but to not even make an attempt on media stunts like this is awful. It's stuff like this that undermines everything.

midnightstar66 · 26/03/2021 06:55

I get where OP is coming from too. If it was a stranger in a shop then so be it but Boris should be modelling his rules (and stopping all these unnecessary visits too imo)

I imagine him and his cronies would be shouting for resignation if Nicola sturgeon had done it. Remember the fuss they made over her inadvertently pulling her mask down while having a chat (whilst maintaining a more then 2m distance)

StealthPolarBear · 26/03/2021 06:58

I'm really surprised at these responses. As the op says we are all living under social distancing and 'stay local' - two rules which yes stop us hugging our loved ones. So for him to enjoy 'normal social contact' seems hypocritical but then I think we're all used to it now. Fwiw there's a baby in my family I'd love to spend time with but I don't because we must stay local and social distance - I thought?
And why are so many people asking op what she thinks will happen? It's in the coronavirus topic.

StealthPolarBear · 26/03/2021 07:00

@sorryforswearing

I agree it’s instinctive and whatever you think of him surely he can’t be demonised for what is probably a momentary lapse. I’m sure lots of us have had them.
Yes I had a momentary lapse the other day and found myself in barnard castle. Shit happens.
MessAllOver · 26/03/2021 07:05

It is a bit bloody rich for him to just be blithely going around picking up random babies when he has put the whole nation under incredibly strict lockdown rules for such a long time

I agree. Why should Boris get to cuddle random babies when the rest of us are banned from doing so? I've had to pass on cuddling so many friends' babies during walks and park trips since we've both apologetically agreed it's not a good idea in the present situation.

BobBobBobbin · 26/03/2021 07:08

I’m with you OP!

This isn’t just his behaviour casually being spotted, the whole thing will have been set up as a photo op. These things are highly stage-managed.

Why on earth they thought it was a good idea to show him touching a stranger’s baby when we’re still being advised to strictly social distance is baffling. It doesn’t send out the right message.

Does anyone remember that time when one of his aides was caught on camera whisking a disposable coffee cup out of his hands because it wasn’t a good look to be holding a single-use cup?

Sansaplans · 26/03/2021 07:11

@Lottle

ok, I'm in the minority clearly! I get it.
Thankfully yes you are.
Sparklingbrook · 26/03/2021 07:14

Oh no. Something else for me to worry about. When will it end? Hmm

Karwomannghia · 26/03/2021 07:14

Laughing at the idea of BJ as this lovely man who can’t help but instinctively reach out to babies.

megletthesecond · 26/03/2021 07:16

He's gross and still can't keep his hands to himself.
He's still elbow bumping and trying to jolly eveyone along. Knob.

howmanyhats · 26/03/2021 07:18

OP YANBU. Boris Johnson should be leading by example. He has no idea how to do that. This is one of many leadership qualities he lacks. You would think after the old hand-shsking covid patients thing he'd have learnt, but no.

We have one of the worst death rates, largely because of the incompetence of this man and his chums. People should be angry. Why aren't you all livid with this man? He's literally killing us with his incompetence, greed and lust for power.

Sarahandco · 26/03/2021 07:18

Don't be ridiculous!

TokyoSushi · 26/03/2021 07:21

Not RTFT but you could see that he quickly realised that he shouldn't really have done it and pulled back.

He has a baby, it's probably fairly natural to him, in normal times it would have been a nice thing to do.

I'm no Boris fan girl but give the man a break, it was a natural reaction.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 26/03/2021 07:21

Re the whole hand shaking thing. Now we know more about covid. Could it be the case that being in close proximity to the patients give him covid? Aerosols and all that? No ventilation, no masks. Inside? He was less than 2m away. I think that’s why he was so ill because his viral load must have been fairly high. Was it him who spread it around when they all caught it at the same time?

Pinchoftums · 26/03/2021 07:28

I wouldn't want that man touching my child outside of a pandemic let alone inside of one. He took on a job that he is incompetent at that will affect my children for decades. Without the add insult of touching them with his (probably) unwashed pink trotters.

Pinchoftums · 26/03/2021 07:29

He was also so ill because he is overweight and unhealthy as he himself has admitted.

howmanyhats · 26/03/2021 07:30

@TokyoSushi

Not RTFT but you could see that he quickly realised that he shouldn't really have done it and pulled back.

He has a baby, it's probably fairly natural to him, in normal times it would have been a nice thing to do.

I'm no Boris fan girl but give the man a break, it was a natural reaction.

But that's the thing. It's not natural for most of us to do this anymore because we've just spent a year keeping our distance from other people. I think it's clear Johnson hasn't.

He's so arrogant he thinks he's above nature, even.

Give him a break? No, why should we? If he'd steered us out of a crisis expertly then fair enough. Instead he and his cronies have used the crisis for their own ends - profiteering and consolidating power - and the price has been a hundred thousand lives. Johnson and his friends are responsible for this, not covid alone. We could have contained it so much better with better leadership, as other countries did.

Stop giving this charlatan a break, he's literally killing us!

Remmy123 · 26/03/2021 07:37

Some real nutty people on mumsnet this is a classic 🤣