Author Topic: Deal or no deal?  (Read 9394 times)

jimmymac

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Re: Deal or no deal?
« Reply #15 on: 29 Aug, 2019, 01:05:34 pm »
You are completely correct in saying how can we trust anything said by our current PM. Sad times for the Tory party but heartbreaking for the UK. :cry:

Marcus

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Re: Deal or no deal?
« Reply #16 on: 30 Aug, 2019, 10:56:01 am »
Indeed Richard. Prorogation was something he said he was opposed to before he moved up the ranks. Professional rules may continue to be broken, and I read the Queen now regrets being boxed in by Boris.

Only at the beginning of the year did Johnson leave an Irish interviewer stumped on the Irish backstop question. He started talking about cheese ? 

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/boris-johnson-appears-on-rte-news-to-talk-about-brexit-and-ireland-1-5849783

rt21

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Re: Deal or no deal?
« Reply #17 on: 30 Aug, 2019, 12:06:49 pm »
Yes a typical Boris interview Marcus

My impression is that he enjoys the trappings of power without relishing the responsibility that goes with it.

He is a good cheerleader and also a person who is good at pressing the flesh. However, he also strikes me as a person that can't be bothered with the drudgery of the office, which normally entails endless hours of learning and keeping on top of your brief. He leaves that sort of detail to his ministers, which given their quality or to be more precise lack of it is a real challenge to this country.

I also remember some years ago listening to an interview with two of Johnson's biographers. The one who wrote a very favourable book about him was questioned about Johnson's integrity and honesty. He replied that all politicians lie and Johnson is no exception. But that people really liked to be lied to because it makes them feel good. And that Johnson makes people feel good. That I think just sums up how low the bar has fallen in the quality of people holding this great office.


Richard