Boris is going to write in the Daily Mail

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I google quite a lot actually, but not on this topic 😁

‘Twas a joke, Baggs. I didn’t mean you had been googling!

merlotgran

^It was certainly more interesting than the constant pusillanimity spouted about him on GN.^

OK, own up! Who’s been googling. 😂😂

Pardon? ¿?¿?

Please explain.

Fleurpepper

The fact is, that the DM has supported fascism since its beginning, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, and more. And has demonised many groups of people, including immigrants and asylum seekers, and many more. And was against women getting the vote, and women being independent and working.

The best comment on SM today 'the sinking ship has joined the rat'

So which newspaper do you read Fleurpepper? You seem to be very familiar with the DM and frequently post items from it. I don’t read it so have no idea about its history or contents apart from what I read on GN, which is most illuminating.

Fascist is far right Kandinsky.

I’m always shocked at how the caring, compassionate, left have so much hate for anyone who doesn’t think like them basically.

The fascist left always rears it’s ugly head I know, but it still surprises me.

The fact is, that the DM has supported fascism since its beginning, Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, and more. And has demonised many groups of people, including immigrants and asylum seekers, and many more. And was against women getting the vote, and women being independent and working.

The best comment on SM today 'the sinking ship has joined the rat'

HousePlantQueen

Well I hate Johnson, I hate liars and I hate traitors. I wish him ill. As to his silly column in the Daily Mail....how the (self proclaimed) mighty are fallen. Silly writing for silly readers.

“I wish him ill”. 😱 my goodness, I think you may need to take a long, hard look at yourself. That is spectacularly offensive and spiteful.

'A very truthful account.'. Well that'll be a first then.

Because it has a huge influence on some people- it's not about what they read, it is how it influences the way they think, and the way they judge and treat others, foreigners, immigrants, asylum seekers, single mothers, those in need of social/financial help, and so on

I’ll remember this the next time you quote from or post a link to the Mail Online!

Casdon

PS he said David Cameron was a girly swot because he did get a first!
www.ft.com/content/42f39f46-e01a-4632-9e9c-0172673f6efc

Maybe I got them mixed up.

I know I was wrong, so I apologise for that. I don’t know why I thought BJ got a first class degree, but for some reason I did, but I was wrong, he got an upper second class degree or 2:1 to most of us.
I did say that a degree from Oxford is considered to be equivalent to a Masters, and I said that because my son told me that and he went to Oxford. I will check tomorrow if that only applies to first class degrees or all degrees from Oxford.
So I hope that clears everything up.

Well I hate Johnson, I hate liars and I hate traitors. I wish him ill. As to his silly column in the Daily Mail....how the (self proclaimed) mighty are fallen. Silly writing for silly readers.

It was certainly more interesting than the constant pusillanimity spouted about him on GN.

OK, own up! Who’s been googling. 😂😂

Boris certainly isn’t lacking in intelligence but I suspect his dislike of detail and his enjoyment of socialising combined to ensure he didn’t get a First. An opportunity thrown away, just like the job he always wanted.

*were

Primrose53

His first column is in the Daily Mail online now. It’s a good read and is about weight loss injections and how they didn’t work for him. A very truthful account.

Thanks, primrose. I went and read it on the strength of your recommendation.

It was certainly more interesting than the constant pusillanimity spouted about him on GN.

No, I'm not a Boris fan and don't read the DM much though, to be fair, over the years I have read an article or two that I thought was good after coming across a sensible person's recommendation.

That very much depends FP on whether those who read what he writes, read it because it's inline with what they already think/believe, or if they're entire thought process is based in what BJ writes, which I very much doubt.

Allsorts

He was stitched up, it won’t do the people who did it any favours though, they won’t get onto office again. Same with Schofield, he was a very big irritation, he and Holly, acting like a couple of naught teens. He lied because he had to. If it were a straight man and a younger woman, no one would bat an eyelash. Not a fan of either but I dislike back stabbers more.

Who do you think ‘did it’ Allsorts?

I have read so many nasty comments on GN over time regarding DM and Boris so I used the word haters for those people - in inverted commas might I add. It was very much tongue in cheek.

He was stitched up, it won’t do the people who did it any favours though, they won’t get onto office again. Same with Schofield, he was a very big irritation, he and Holly, acting like a couple of naught teens. He lied because he had to. If it were a straight man and a younger woman, no one would bat an eyelash. Not a fan of either but I dislike back stabbers more.

PS he said David Cameron was a girly swot because he did get a first!
www.ft.com/content/42f39f46-e01a-4632-9e9c-0172673f6efc

maddyone

Casdon

Boris did not get a first class degree by the way, he got a 2:1.

Okay! Not what I’ve heard but I defer to you. Nonetheless any degree from Oxford is worth a Masters. I know this because my son did get a First Class degree from Oxford (not Classics though, Jurisprudence ) and he told me. It’s hard to get into Oxford and hard work once there. It isn’t for the faint hearted. You can call BJ whatever you like and I won’t argue, but lacking in intelligence he is not! And I have seen posters make that claim in the past. They’re just wrong.

I know Foxygloves, two members of my family went to Oxford too (Jesus, as for most of the Welsh), it’s tough to get in for sure, and they are both academic. Boris definitely got a 2:1, although apparently he was not happy about it. A first degree from Oxford has high status, it isn’t equivalent to a masters from elsewhere though, my family members both went on to do a Masters, then one a PhD, he didn’t leave education until he was 28.
I’ve never said Boris was lacking in intelligence, but that’s a very different thing to integrity.

Smileless2012

If the DM want to pay him to write, and people want to read it why does it matter?

Because it has a huge influence on some people- it's not about what they read, it is how it influences the way they think, and the way they judge and treat others, foreigners, immigrants, asylum seekers, single mothers, those in need of social/financial help, and so on.

Intelligence doesn't bring wisdom, nor integrity. Indeed, it can be used in malicious or harmful ways.

I was a scholarship girl at Cambridge from a Tech High School and met the equivalent Bullingdon club types who feel entitled and frankly don't give a damn for anything but themselves.