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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2022 13:51:39 GMT
He has at least seven (probably more) children by a multiplicity of wives and mistresses - the child support alone must be a fortune... He famously said the PM's salary (£165k plus free accommodation) isn't enough to live on. So I doubt he's excited about £85k. Future generations are going to look back and wonder how people ever let someone be Prime Minister when they didn't even know the most basic facts about the man such as how many children he had. We can argue about whether or not the public has the right to know (I'm personally dubious about that), but the crucial fact is a hell of a lot of the voters did not care about it. Why should future generations?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2022 13:55:07 GMT
I can't see a future for him in this country after what he did yesterday. Plenty of money to be made by someone with his dubious talents in the USA. He'll make plenty of money both here and abroad. He'll go on the very lucrative speaking circuit, get paid well for columns, write more books.
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Post by stb12 on Jul 8, 2022 17:23:36 GMT
Unlike Theresa May he really doesn’t strike you has someone that fancies a spell as a backbench MP so I don’t see why Boris would even consider hanging around
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Post by Daft H'a'porth A'peth A'pith on Jul 8, 2022 19:25:15 GMT
Future generations are going to look back and wonder how people ever let someone be Prime Minister when they didn't even know the most basic facts about the man such as how many children he had. We can argue about whether or not the public has the right to know (I'm personally dubious about that), but the crucial fact is a hell of a lot of the voters did not care about it. Why should future generations? The majority of voters in the past, voters now and voters in the future do not care about future generations because it is part of human nature to prioritise oneself in the here and now over the future.
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Post by johnloony on Jul 9, 2022 0:11:10 GMT
Unlike Theresa May he really doesn’t strike you has someone that fancies a spell as a backbench MP so I don’t see why Boris would even consider hanging around I think he’s the sort of person who would be a lazy backbench MP, not doing much actual work as an MP, but swanning around the world doing other jobs while keeping the MP’s salary for the next 2 years.
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Post by Sg1 on Jul 9, 2022 1:35:03 GMT
Unlike Theresa May he really doesn’t strike you has someone that fancies a spell as a backbench MP so I don’t see why Boris would even consider hanging around I always got the impression Theresa May genuinely enjoys being a constituency MP and canvassing her constituency. Its a good and rare trait for someone who's been so successful. You can definitely tell which PM's used to be Councillors
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Post by froome on Jul 9, 2022 1:44:40 GMT
Unlike Theresa May he really doesn’t strike you has someone that fancies a spell as a backbench MP so I don’t see why Boris would even consider hanging around I think he’s the sort of person who would be a lazy backbench MP, not doing much actual work as an MP, but swanning around the world doing other jobs while keeping the MP’s salary for the next 2 years. It will be interesting to see if Boris actually shows his face at all in Uxbridge in the next 2 years.
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Post by matureleft on Jul 9, 2022 5:52:23 GMT
A more pressing issue is how he behaves over the next 10.weeks or so. Here’s one question. It’s the norm for resigning or retiring PMs to keep mum about the race to determine their successor. Johnson follows few rules and probably feels no great loyalty to the party as an institution. Will he give us all his thoughts?
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Post by neilm on Jul 9, 2022 7:30:27 GMT
A more pressing issue is how he behaves over the next 10.weeks or so. Here’s one question. It’s the norm for resigning or retiring PMs to keep mum about the race to determine their successor. Johnson follows few rules and probably feels no great loyalty to the party as an institution. Will he give us all his thoughts? I don't see it as a problem if he does. Although how keen would someone be to be seen as the anointed successor? A really long article about the pros and cons of each candidate might be interesting.
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Post by matureleft on Jul 9, 2022 7:33:44 GMT
A more pressing issue is how he behaves over the next 10.weeks or so. Here’s one question. It’s the norm for resigning or retiring PMs to keep mum about the race to determine their successor. Johnson follows few rules and probably feels no great loyalty to the party as an institution. Will he give us all his thoughts? I don't see it as a problem if he does. Although if he annoints a successor, how keen would that person be? A really long article about the 'pros and cons' of each candidate might be interesting. Simple expressions of view are one thing, a load of hyperbole quite another. I can’t see him restraining himself and the party’s leverage is quite low.
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Post by neilm on Jul 9, 2022 7:37:42 GMT
I don't see it as a problem if he does. Although if he annoints a successor, how keen would that person be? A really long article about the 'pros and cons' of each candidate might be interesting. Simple expressions of view are one thing, a load of hyperbole quite another. I can’t see him restraining himself and the party’s leverage is quite low. I don't really see it as a problem. Most people will make their own mind up although it might hole one or two no hopes under the waterline.
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Post by bsjmcr on Jul 9, 2022 9:38:02 GMT
I think he’s the sort of person who would be a lazy backbench MP, not doing much actual work as an MP, but swanning around the world doing other jobs while keeping the MP’s salary for the next 2 years. It will be interesting to see if Boris actually shows his face at all in Uxbridge in the next 2 years. Has he shown his face there at all in the past 7 years since he was elected?
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 9, 2022 10:28:14 GMT
It will be interesting to see if Boris actually shows his face at all in Uxbridge in the next 2 years. Has he shown his face there at all in the past 7 years since he was elected? I suspect he has done the bare minimum, but maybe not much more.
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Post by iainbhx on Jul 9, 2022 10:32:13 GMT
Unlike Theresa May he really doesn’t strike you has someone that fancies a spell as a backbench MP so I don’t see why Boris would even consider hanging around I always got the impression Theresa May genuinely enjoys being a constituency MP and canvassing her constituency. Its a good and rare trait for someone who's been so successful. You can definitely tell which PM's used to be Councillors I don't think its even an impression, she genuinely likes that part of being an MP and is pretty good at it.
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Post by Wisconsin on Jul 9, 2022 10:36:20 GMT
She talked about it at length in her lecture at the IfG on Thursday.
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Post by aargauer on Jul 9, 2022 11:00:29 GMT
We really got Boris and May the wrong way around. She'd have been a great candidate for these times. Not my personal brand of Conservativism but i have a lot of time for her.
Someone who unambiguously has a lot of personal integrity might be a wise pick at present.
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Post by Sg1 on Jul 9, 2022 11:17:42 GMT
She talked about it at length in her lecture at the IfG on Thursday. Is this available to watch anywhere? That sounds interesting
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Post by Sg1 on Jul 9, 2022 11:19:42 GMT
We really got Boris and May the wrong way around. She'd have been a great candidate for these times. Not my personal brand of Conservativism but i have a lot of time for her. Someone who unambiguously has a lot of personal integrity might be a wise pick at present. Especially having seen May's comments on lockdown restrictions. I often wish we had Boris for Brexit and May for Covid
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Post by aargauer on Jul 9, 2022 11:23:06 GMT
We really got Boris and May the wrong way around. She'd have been a great candidate for these times. Not my personal brand of Conservativism but i have a lot of time for her. Someone who unambiguously has a lot of personal integrity might be a wise pick at present. Especially having seen May's comments on lockdown restrictions. I often wish we had Boris for Brexit and May for Covid It could have been worse. We could have had Jeremy Hunt for brexit and Jeremy hunt for covid!
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Post by Sg1 on Jul 9, 2022 11:26:06 GMT
Especially having seen May's comments on lockdown restrictions. I often wish we had Boris for Brexit and May for Covid It could have been worse. We could have had Jeremy Hunt for brexit and Jeremy hunt for covid! Lockdown and second referendum at the same time. Oh goody
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