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

[LinekersLegs]

 

[summerisle]

Actual wars.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

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A couple of miles from here, two ladies were caught walking across an empty parkland and were prosecuted. Did they really break the law, or was the law too draconian or observed in a sensible manner by the police ? Unfortunately there were too many instances of police over-reaction. We had draconian laws that anyone could have fallen foul of I’m afraid….so yes I hope that future governments do take note….

So different people in a different situation with a different police force who, yer know, weren't the people who introduced the rules.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

I'm as culpable of typos as anyone else, but thought I'd got my 'brake' and 'break' correct, mate. Perhaps you'd elucidate.

That was my bad, I was skim reading and got it wrong. Sorry.

@peteblue see how that worked?

 

[Lobster Johnson]

To some degree I agree with you. However Chamberlain was patently unfit for the role, Boris is however doing a decent job of it. Just ask yourself who would Putin want in the job today, Boris or Starmer…..

At a guess, the one who leads the party his cronies have been funding for the last 20 years and led the campaign for one of his long term goals.

 

[tsubaki]

No we don't. Its the Daily Mail. The Daily, frigging Mail. I'm in my sixties and the Daily Mail has been the mouthpiece for the Tory party for the whole of my life. Everyone knows this. Give your head a wobble. The other day you were saying the British media was not much different from the Russian, which is a risible statement to make.

It’s not just the Daily Mail though, is it? It isn’t even just this topic; on any topic the majority of the print media are going to support this government irrespective of what it’s said or done. The broadcast media is heading that way too, with pro-government channels established or soon to be established on a clearly non-commercial basis and the others being a mix of unreliable, or complicit, or themselves addicted to the same commentary / punditry model that is ruining discourse.

I mean when your counter is “they’ve always done it”, that’s not a denial that there’s a problem, is it?

 

[Lobster Johnson]

It’s not just the Daily Mail though, is it? It isn’t even just this topic; on any topic the majority of the print media are going to support this government irrespective of what it’s said or done. The broadcast media is heading that way too, with pro-government channels established or soon to be established on a clearly non-commercial basis and the others being a mix of unreliable, or complicit, or themselves addicted to the same commentary / punditry model that is ruining discourse.

I mean when your counter is “they’ve always done it”, that’s not a denial that there’s a problem, is it?

6 critical, 4 uncritical by my count.

‘Liars and lawbreakers’: what the papers say about Johnson’s Partygate fine

The front pages offer differing perspectives on fines issued to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak over Covid breaches

www.theguardian.com

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

It’s not just the Daily Mail though, is it? It isn’t even just this topic; on any topic the majority of the print media are going to support this government irrespective of what it’s said or done. The broadcast media is heading that way too, with pro-government channels established or soon to be established on a clearly non-commercial basis and the others being a mix of unreliable, or complicit, or themselves addicted to the same commentary / punditry model that is ruining discourse.

I mean when your counter is “they’ve always done it”, that’s not a denial that there’s a problem, is it?

Any other time in the past these two would have resigned, in fact they would have resigned before we got to this point. If people cannot see the direction of travel " authoritarian state" my conclusion is they are comfortable with these happenings.

 

[maccavennie]

Has he resigned yet?

Didn't think so.

 

[sbbefc]

Any other time in the past these two would have resigned, in fact they would have resigned before we got to this point. If people cannot see the direction of travel " authoritarian state" my conclusion is they are comfortable with these happenings.

I don't get the excuse they're peddling. Will the UK still send aid to Ukraine if he went? Yes.

Are there wars going on all the time anyway? Yes.

Is having a law breaking PM damaging our countries reputation on the international stage? Yes. What kind of message is this to the world. We're becoming just as corrupt.

It reminds me a little bit of this story.

Hull couple order comedy refund because war has made journey to Blackpool unsafe

War in Ukraine is not a valid reason for a refund from Blackpool's Comedy Station.

metro.co.uk

 

[Amw79]

Unsurprising to see the die hard Tories and Tory supporters, on their knees, mouths open as Boris tells him about the delicious grapes he’s feeding them, whilst teabagging them and smirking.

Sorry for the image at this time of the morning, but they make me sick, and you should feel the same. What an awful country they’ve left us with after a decade of rule.

 

[Thomasc]

Unsurprising to see the die hard Tories and Tory supporters, on their knees, mouths open as Boris tells him about the delicious grapes he’s feeding them, whilst teabagging them and smirking.

Sorry for the image at this time of the morning, but they make me sick, and you should feel the same. What an awful country they’ve left us with after a decade of rule.

He’s doing great according to our resident pub landlord Al Murray (aka Pete)

 

[Ghost Rider]

So the legacy of the Tories now is repeatedly breaking the law. Both the prime minister for their own rules but the rest of them have been proven in court multiple times to have done so.

Our chancellor's wife doesn't pay tax in this country , whilst he increases tax for the country.

You could make a sitcom about this and people would say it's not believable.

 

[Amw79]

He’s doing great according to our resident pub landlord Al Murray (aka Pete)

He just keeping his eyes tightly shut, telling himself over and over “Boris said it’s grapes. Boris said it’s grapes”, so he doesn’t have to face the awful truth.

 

[Jebus_lives]

When a clown into the palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.