Perhaps Boris is not the best person........

more trains? er no, I don't think so

Khan has said that there are so many rail staff off sick or self isolating that it is not possible to run a full service.

Boris has now refused an EU offer of help and equipment. Really! Brexit is more important than lives? www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19-uk-turns-down-eu-help-supply-medical-equipment-jon-danzig/?fbclid=IwAR38O3C72G0uifQzHrWDdDYumk5YWbfzy2_WRLtvqJZ8CZgpRDM173Ro5k4

Could this be fake news? I cannot believe he would do this. It cannot be true.

It's true! In the Independent as well www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-boris-johnson-medical-equipment-eu-brexit-a9424631.html
Never underesimate the duplicity of Boris.

Yes - I have just looked it up and found it in the Independent too.

Change.org might be a platform for people to challenge this.

I’m curious how people will defend this

It was refused ages ago. I mentioned it over a week ago but was shot down for saying it....

I have never been a Boris fan but think that he is doing a very good as PM whilst this crisis is happening, I thought poor Theresa May had a Baptism of Fire when she became PM but that is as nothing compared to the current crisis.!

Let us stand firmly behind Boris when he is in the centre of a dreadful crisis. Could anyone have been better?

Apologies for over use of the word crisis!

Should people stand behind a Prime Minister who is making choices that don’t appear to benefit the public?

Apparently because he is PM we should unquestionably allow him to screw things up. Really!!?? Is it OK to refuse help? Is it OK to keep construction sites open?

On the surface, it does sound strange he would refuse help, particularly as it would do so much damage for morale and his government.However, he has commissioned Dyson to produce 10,000 ventilators, and is hopefully on the case with other equipment. I would find it hard to accept something that the offerer may need themselves. We have to trust him, we have no choice.

As an afterthought, we’ve been listening to all BBC news, on the radio, and tv, for the last month, and haven’t heard this at all.

Isn't that funny endlessstrife you might almost think we had some sort of right wing bias in the media which kept us from knowing nasty things about Tories but that's just silly isn't it???

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Johnson is refusing to make use of the EU joint procurement agreement here in the U.K. despite urgent and rising need absolutely lays bare his plan to put ideology above lives.

We have a narcissist who holds high office to the U.K. ‘s detriment.

Brexit do or die seems very apt in describing Johnson’s actions.

Another real and potentially disruptive issue are the amount of farmers calling for help with the harvesting of fruit and veg.

Brexit do or die policy will see it rotting in the fields.

Let's face it, Boris is not a good speaker, looks like a clown and seems out of his depth.

I actually feel rather sorry for him. He seems to be doing his best - but his speeches, along with the government's half measures just don't inspire confidence!

Well bringing in the harvest could be done, as it used to be done, by students who are not at college or uni. Also why are we still allowing flights into the country of people from all around the globe. If that had been stopped weeks ago we might well have saved a few deaths.

Boris isn't a natural public speaker. That's all. He's a politician not an entertainment professional. He's also only one person and he defers constantly to national experts. There is a whole cabinet and working groups behind the scenes I think he comes over as a quite straightforward front man for a whole lot of people working together in our interest.

I have mentioned this before, the front man/woman in my opinion needs to be articulate, concise, empathic and tough.

If BJ is not projecting the right image, let him be of use elsewhere with his phenomenal intellect.

I saw Matt Hancock this morning on TV, sounded fine to my ears.

Johnson's policies are what alarms me. His burbleburblewafflewaffle I simply find ridiculous and irritating.

I agree with you Greymar