Current Affairs The next Tory (strong and stable) leader is Boris Johnson

[mahermi1]

I could vote for Starmer, but he’s a pillock…..

So you vote for a lying buffoon instead, makes sense yeah right....

 

[Martin Alvito]

Interesting conundrum the Tories find themselves in. Fall on Johnson, and they probably lose votes. Leave him in power, and he may alienate a larger number votes through gross stupidity and incompetence between now and the next election.

What's with the real conservatives and the cult of personality thing, anyway? The Republicans had Reagan and have Trump. The Tories had Thatcher and have Johnson. They even seemed inclined to make elections about the opponent, rather than the issues. The only scholarly treatments I've seen of the issue have always treated it as a phenomenon of fully authoritarian governance, and the pre-Trump text on authoritarianism that I have goes out of its way to distinguish between conservatism and authoritarianism, yet all the conservatives I knew were running around venerating Reagan at the time it was published and lamenting the lack of a similar figure within the party.

It's worth pointing out that I didn't even notice the incongruity at the time.

 

[Thomasc]

Lack of alternatives ……

Proper lol

So the Tory’s can’t wheel anything better out than a proven deceitful, piss taking narcissistic power freak who has lied through his whole career.

And you voted for this party?

Seriously man, how do you look at yourself without feeling ashamed?

 

[Thomasc]

Can't argue with that.

It’s all well and good the country waking up to this fact now, but they would have known this 2 years ago if they bothered to do a bit of research into who they were actually voting for.

IQ tests need introducing before people should be allowed a vote. We’ve been put through this by a load of dumb arse, flag shagging scruffs who didn’t even bother to check what they were putting an X against.

 

[tsubaki]

Interesting conundrum the Tories find themselves in. Fall on Johnson, and they probably lose votes. Leave him in power, and he may alienate a larger number votes through gross stupidity and incompetence between now and the next election.

What's with the real conservatives and the cult of personality thing, anyway? The Republicans had Reagan and have Trump. The Tories had Thatcher and have Johnson. They even seemed inclined to make elections about the opponent, rather than the issues. The only scholarly treatments I've seen of the issue have always treated it as a phenomenon of fully authoritarian governance, and the pre-Trump text on authoritarianism that I have goes out of its way to distinguish between conservatism and authoritarianism, yet all the conservatives I knew were running around venerating Reagan at the time it was published and lamenting the lack of a similar figure within the party.

It's worth pointing out that I didn't even notice the incongruity at the time.

TBF I am not sure this is true - two things Johnson has probably learned from Trump is that when you entangle the press and get them invested in your campaign / government then they acquire a responsibility (including criminal) for what has gone on, and that in a divided country you can rule from a small minority of the electorate provided you can scare a larger minority into thinking they've got to go along with it or see the other lot in power.

 

[Thomasc]

He’s now going to fly with the booster vaccination success as a personal triumph for him, it’s so kin obvious. Narcissistic Cnut that he is.

 

[peteblue]

Proper lol

So the Tory’s can’t wheel anything better out than a proven deceitful, piss taking narcissistic power freak who has lied through his whole career.

And you voted for this party?

Seriously man, how do you look at yourself without feeling ashamed?

I look at Starmer…..

 

[Thomasc]

I look at Starmer…..

That’s a stain on your character Peter, not really something to boast about.
You are clearly morally bankrupt.

 

[Prevenger17]

I look at Starmer…..

Anyone even mildly competent would be an infinitely better alternative to Boris. A traffic cone has more leadership qualities and would probably do less damage

 

[peteblue]

Anyone even mildly competent would be an infinitely better alternative to Boris. A traffic cone has more leadership qualities and would probably do less damage

I understand, you are just upset because no one gives a toss about the zoom meeting anymore……

 

[gonetomorrow]

What are Boris and wife calling the new child?
Plancee ?

 

[summerisle]

I look at Starmer…..

I look at Raab ....

 

[Prevenger17]

I understand, you are just upset because no one gives a toss about the zoom meeting anymore……

 

[peteblue]

I look at Raab ....

And I go back to who would replace Boris ?….

 

[Blue 1]

I look at Starmer…..

I look at Raab ....

I look at a party that has lost the support of Michael Heseltine, Ken Clarke and John Major and gained the support of Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins.

The modern Conservative Party is the biggest threat this country faces.