Boris’s Grope?

It isn’t about a single incident, but it is certainly building a picture of an utter sleaze bag.

No one can defend his actions with any integrity.

You ask why does he think it’s ok to behave this way,
Well it’s who he is isn’t it ,the sum of his parts (?) And his parts seem to have swopped with his Brain !

Things have changed in the last couple of decades. This allegation is possibly part of a pattern of behaviour. Why now? Why not?

That plus inbred entitlement - the unshakable belief that he has the right to treat others as he so wishes without fear of consequence.

Sadly there are many many more of the same ilk

Absolutely, and in powerful positions too (although not as powerful as PM of the UK)

And believe me they come from all walks of life!!

Yes - you’re right

Being powerful just gives them more ways of hiding it, disguising it , downplaying it etc etc,
Woman have known this for years & years ,thankfully decent men are now realising & speaking out against it.

If it happened at all it was 20 years ago ! Why didn't the woman complain then ?

Exactly.

Why did the man grope a woman who didn’t want to be groped twenty years ago?

Blaming the victim is not particularly clever is it?

None of its particularly clever it's just interesting that it suddenly been resurrected at this moment. Not impressed

No - his behaviour isn’t impressive at all.

Neither is the 'journalist'!

Let’s direct our attention at the perpetrator, not the victim.

You don't actually know if this even happened. Or were you there?

I don’t need to be at the groping of women to believe them. Do you feel the need to witness a man behaving that way before you believe women?

SirChenjin, many thanks for your input here. Also others who point out the question has to be about Johnson’s alleged behaviour, not questioning the woman reporting her experience.
The idea of female journalist would expose herself to the kind of sneering, dismissal of her experience as some kind of atttempt to stop Brexit should be laughable. Currently, it seems we can be expected to accept the unacceptablebon so many levels from our PM

We have just had a couple of years discussing these issues and I rather hoped that we had finally moved on where the victim was listened to and given the benefit of the doubt.

The “me to” movement started about 10 years ago had finally caught the public imagination. So it is hoped the empowerment with empathy would encourage women of all ages to speak up.

It clearly hasn’t reached all the parts yet.

Acceptable or not its quite remarkable that the only gropee of Boris's that could be dredged up had her knee squeezed 20 years ago.

Not remarkable at all, given his general behaviour around women.

And it’s not acceptable - there’s no ifs or buts.

SirChengin. So you always believe the woman? That's very frightening.

Let's hope no man in your life gets accused of something.

It does happen.

Quite right oopsminty You don't actually know if this even happened. Or were you there?

It was 20 years ago! I don’t think any court of law would want to pass comment now.

It’s one word against another.

Trial by media? I noticed the rhetoric has been ratcheted up slightly on tv this evening. Now it’s her ‘inner thigh’ that was groped.