mike_field
Vital Football Legend
I imagine Prince Andrew thought the Cummings presser went rather well
Is there a Pizza Express at Barnard Castle?
You've just won the thread mate.
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You've just won the thread mate.
BodyButter
Vital Football Legend
It's hilarious how they have stopped even pretending that the rules apply to them. They are clearly only for the plebs.
What was that old phrase? It's something like; they only call it class warfare when we fight back.
What was that old phrase? It's something like; they only call it class warfare when we fight back.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
Douglas Ross MP has just resigned from the Conservative party
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Well done that man. Someone with integrity
If only our cabinet chose to do the same. Anyone with any backbone? Doubt it.
sirdennis
Alert Team
Michael Gove won't , although it shouldn't surprise anyone.
Totally cringeworthy display from him on the telly this morning defending Cummings.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
We are a global laughing stock with this government
Villan57
Alert Team
I don't think so mate, they are all too busy with their clowns to even take notice of us.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Totally agree. And when he was 30 (?) odd minutes late, they should have walked out. That was a power game.
But also, he is an adviser, he isn't meant to be giving pressers at Downing Street, he's not elected and should not be the centre of a controversy like this. To have not offered his resignation to his chum shows how much Johnson relies on this man. He obviously wears the trousers so to speak.
kefkat
Vital Football Legend
I've posted this link further up. Here it is again. It might give you some insight into it
https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/present...bBUGyfm9giQiLvsmvByjlR-yd9hIR1HCvG8yHlTNucvPA
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
The most disappointing thing for me, isn’t necessarily Boris or Cummings. It’s the british public who don’t know or want to know his character. I didn’t realise he had an affair when his wife was having chemo nor did I realise he had an abortion, I’m not against abortion per se but when Boris just wants to get his leg over and destroy life for a 30 second thrill it’s morally wrong.
The british public do not care about his shenanigans because the PR he has created for himself supersedes that.
He’s a despicable bloke, who can get people to vote for things that are against what is good for them and against their morals.
In some respects he’s done an amazing job of getting to where he is, whilst he’s academically smart, on the political stage he’s completely out of his depth especially in a situation like this.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
"If Boris Johnson thinks you're stupid, Dominic Cummings thinks you're scum."
They laugh at us, the Bullingdon Club types, born to rule, not to be questionned by us sorts. And sadly, it is allowed, because people like Johnson put on their act.
His mask slipped the other day and again last night (albeit not quite so much) and he showed his disdain in both briefings by not going back to the press.
He is, in my humble (!) opinion, utter scum. Not all of them are, there are some very decent politicians/tories amongst the ranks, but then there are his sort. They hate us, I hate them!
"They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool."
They laugh at us, the Bullingdon Club types, born to rule, not to be questionned by us sorts. And sadly, it is allowed, because people like Johnson put on their act.
His mask slipped the other day and again last night (albeit not quite so much) and he showed his disdain in both briefings by not going back to the press.
He is, in my humble (!) opinion, utter scum. Not all of them are, there are some very decent politicians/tories amongst the ranks, but then there are his sort. They hate us, I hate them!
"They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool."
BodyButter
Vital Football Legend
That's the thing that always amazes me about British politics. The Tory Party (or at least the Eton boys) hates the British public. They have demonstrated that time and time again.
Still, the British public votes them in time and time again.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Shows how bad the opposition parties have been mate. Especially the last shambles, they really were - as I kept saying to friends who supported them and thought they were the answer - unelectable, even in the fact of a pretty right wing group and a leader who would kick out the father of the house, etc, for disagreeing.
Corbyn and his cronies have a lot to answer for, just glad it doesn't look like the damage they caused was terminal. If Long-Bailey had been elected as their leader, that would have signalled the end in my opinion.
danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Let’s be honest, the majority of the british public are so fucking thick they turn up to a voting booth and put a cross in a box based on what they read or are fed on social media.
I also think you are massively influenced by your geography at a granular level.
British people aren’t very good at holding politicians to account, the game has changed. It’s about using reality TV to build a brand for yourself and doing it that way, rather than the more traditional methods.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
