Not fit to be prime minister

According to MP Michael Fabricant it’s part of the normal work routine of nurses and teachers.

I spent 4 months in hospital - just prior to the zenith of the pandemic. I got to know some of the nurses and heard their stories.

They worked 12 hour shifts - some stayed over their time because they were so short-staffed. I helped one frazzled and tired nurse feed the lady in the next bed to me, she was physically disabled and suffered from dementia... she couldn't hold her 'sippy' cup, nor guide a spoon to her mouth. The nurses took turns, when they could, to give her the next spoonful, or the next 'sip'. But there were not enough nurses or HCAs to operate at a safe level. They were often running after other patients who were at risk of falling (and sometimes did fall).

When they finally did come to the end of their shift, they went home immediately because they had children and families to care for. The last thing on their mind was having a little drinkie in the staff room..

My surgeon / consultant was there at 7 in the morning, ready for theatre at 8... and still traversing the ward at 10 in the evening. He told me that one night he was so dog-tired that he had a fall at home - got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom - was so tired he stumbled and hit his head on the bathroom radiator. He told me this because his injury was apparent and I asked him what happened.

This man, Fabricant, is an arrogant fool who does not have a clue, and suggesting that nurses and teachers behave in the same way as pampered, over-fed, over-indulged MPs is a testament to his contempt for the much-vaunted "British public" whose interests they pretend they are serving.

When will people realise that this government is simply protecting their own interests and those of the wealthy individuals they represent? They are as far removed from the life of the ordinary working individual as they are from the moon. I don't believe they care one jot about the 'British public' frankly.

I’m at my daughter’s house for the day looking after the children. I’ll have a meal ready to serve up when their parents are due home from work. My daughter is an NHS nurse. I fully expect to receive a text from her saying “running late, just eat without me” She and her colleagues very rarely get away on time. I’m not talking minutes, it’s often an hour or more and it’s unpaid.

I’ll reply to her text tonight and let her know their secret is out and Fabricant has let it slip how they all gather in the staff room for post work drinks. I suppose that’s what my son’s wife is up to as well in the school staff room when she’s late home.

But he has been paid the £50.00 fine so that makes everything ok. ? NOT. Grant Shapps must have said that line about 50 times at least this morning on Sky News. They definitely need to go but if they resign it doesn't mean an election They will rest replace them and we will get another tosser running the country .
I am not surprised that Johnson lied he is well known for lying throughout his career and his personal life.

Totally dishonest, shameless and a disgrace to the UK. But he has the support of the Cabinet and the Tory MPs. What does that tell us about them?

trisher

The problem is who is going to take on the job? It's a poisoned chalice. You can see the Tory big-wigs brains whirring, leave Boris in charge, dump him just before the next GE and blame everything on him. Enter GE with a new leader who promises to sort everything out. If things are too desperate run a lousy campaign and let Labour in. Then blame them for everything.

TBH, for all the good he is we 'd be better off with no PM at all.

I wonder if they're still all partying, now that it's legal?

It is not even about the drinks, the disregard, the sneering contempt for us little people who followed the rules, he followed it up by repeatedly lying to the House, and if he is allowed to get away with this, our democracy and parliamentary process is in grave danger. I have long banged on about how my dislike of Johnson isn't just political, it is to do with his moral code, his constant lies, obfuscation, deceit and down right dishonesty. This is not how I raised my children, and I seriously wonder what kind of parent those GN members are who think this liar is fit to remain in office. Or do you think that morals and honesty are only for the plebs and that your 'betters' can do what they wish? You people who defend this man are just as bad, if not worse than he is, because you put him there and will do so again given the opportunity. Unbelievable

MaizieD

trisher

The problem is who is going to take on the job? It's a poisoned chalice. You can see the Tory big-wigs brains whirring, leave Boris in charge, dump him just before the next GE and blame everything on him. Enter GE with a new leader who promises to sort everything out. If things are too desperate run a lousy campaign and let Labour in. Then blame them for everything.

TBH, for all the good he is we 'd be better off with no PM at all.

I wonder if they're still all partying, now that it's legal?

I think life is one long party for Boris. He hasn't changed since his Bullingdon Club days.

So Fabricant thinks we all wind down by having a little ‘drinking in the staff room’ does he ? Firstly I wouldn’t have thought that was allowed on NHS premises - even if it was, the staff would probably be too tired. And secondly, as far as I’m aware, alcohol isn’t allowed on council premises - sackable offence. Contrast that with the fact that not only are you allowed to drink alcohol, but you don’t need a licence to actually sell alcohol, on Crown premises. It’s just diversion tactics. Has it struck anyone else - given the lies and cover ups coming out of Downing Street lately - that Fabricant is a wonderful name for a Tory MP ??!!!

I remember the days when teachers could go down the pub and have a drink. They've been gone a long time. As for drinks in the staff room-that's a definite NoNo.
I'm just wondering though was Fabricant privately educated? Maybe teachers in those schools still knock it back.

trisher

The problem is who is going to take on the job? It's a poisoned chalice. You can see the Tory big-wigs brains whirring, leave Boris in charge, dump him just before the next GE and blame everything on him. Enter GE with a new leader who promises to sort everything out. If things are too desperate run a lousy campaign and let Labour in. Then blame them for everything.

Exactly what I think will happen too. They know Johnson is a liability, but until election time it doesn't really matter. They will get rid of him a few months before the election; a new leader will make wonderful promises (again) which will be believed and Bob's your uncle, the electorate will fall for it again.

Forty years teaching, a decade as school governor/ volunteering. Never found the after school drinks bar in the staffroom. Must be there, the Prime Minister said so: maybe it was hidden from me. Perhaps in the staffroom at Eton or Harrow, it's easier to locate...

Fabricant was state educated. It doesn’t seem to have given him any insight into what goes on in a state school though.

I had never heard of Fabricant before. I kept seeing a small picture of him on the BBC News app, and thought it was someone in a Boris wig doing a joke impression. Was I surprised when I looked on Wikipedia.

Ailidh

I had never heard of Fabricant before. I kept seeing a small picture of him on the BBC News app, and thought it was someone in a Boris wig doing a joke impression. Was I surprised when I looked on Wikipedia.

That's what I thought when I first caught sight of him!! I thought it was someone having a joke, masquerading as Johnson.

Is it a wig or is it real?

Surely no-one would choose a wig that bad?

It has to be a wig! Surely?

I read that he’d admitted to some “enhancement”. Money well spent if true, surely?

Apparently it is real.

Anybody remember him being on First Dates?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHsP0Sxvlps

Good grief he's dreadful! He was MP for Lichfield, is he still in post, I can't find out.

Maggiemaybe

I read that he’d admitted to some “enhancement”. Money well spent if true, surely?

???

His eyebrows are blond too so perhaps it's natural.

Well after watching that clip volver I'm even more convinced that it's a wig - look at the way it sticks out at the back of his neck (usually a dead giveaway that it's a wig). Also, I've never seen real hair that's the consistency of straw!

Joane123

Good grief he's dreadful! He was MP for Lichfield, is he still in post, I can't find out.

members.parliament.uk/member/280/contact

Curlywhirly

Well after watching that clip volver I'm even more convinced that it's a wig - look at the way it sticks out at the back of his neck (usually a dead giveaway that it's a wig). Also, I've never seen real hair that's the consistency of straw!

Oh, I shouldn't laugh ?

He’s a Boris Johnson tribute act, or one of Stanley Johnson’s love children.

A despicable little man. A moral cess pit who should immediately remove himself from HM Government. However, since he appears to lack any moral compass, he won't.