Boris Johnson has tested positive for Coronavirus

Lucca. Thank you. Your absolutely right, just re-read it.

Whitewavemark2. I do apologise, I read it as ‘he looks ghastly’. I should be more careful .

Some nasty comments on here about a man who has become ill, who is trying to get the country through a dreadful crisis. Shame on you for not having some common decency whatever your politics.

Absolutely agree with your post at 13:31 janipat. I remember that Tory cheer very well - it was sickening. Now NHS staff are on the frontline and those same Tories will be holding their hands out to them for help if they or their loved ones fall ill - and NHS staff will do what they’re trained to do and treat them in appalling conditions without the protective equipment or testing they need and deserve. I hope those politicians take some time to reflect on their behaviour when this is all over.

Greymar Nor did I describe anyone as ignorant - that was posted by someone else. I'm not arguing, anyway.

Get well soon Boris - you are doing a great job xx

I wish him well too.

Surely the Prime Minister does deserve special treatment especially at a time of national crisis. Would we have denied the best treatment to Winston Churchill if he had come down with something during the war? Things might have turned out very differently if he hadn't been able to lead us.

These are the posts I find ignorant:

Daddima Fri 27-Mar-20 11:48:32
I suspect it’s an excuse to stop those embarrassing ‘ updates’ he was giving.
paddyanne Fri 27-Mar-20 11:51:05
Wouldn't wish even Bojo harm but I hope it makes him realise what ordinary folk are going through with the illness and all the financial issues and lack of produce in shops.I doubt it will though ,he wont have to go without bread or milk or wait 4 weeks for a home delivery
Charleygirl5 Fri 27-Mar-20 11:55:41
paddyanne I would put money on it that he would not know where the nearest supermarket is or a corner shop. I doubt if he has ever entered either.
vampirequeen Fri 27-Mar-20 12:35:45
All men should be equal. The days of automatic deference to class are long gone.and....... much more
vampirequeen Fri 27-Mar-20 13:26:43
Why should he have better treatment than anyone else? He's the Prime Minister not the government.

He is the Prime Minister, the Leader; of course he doesn't govern alone but the responsibility for decisions rests with him.
And I am sick of the frequent assertions, fortunately only from a few, that their particular target has no idea of how 'ordinary folk' live, doesn't work nearly as hard as they do, and has everything handed to them on a plate.

The ones who deserve special treatment are the frontline staff - that doesn’t seem to have been a priority for BJ and his pals until fairly recently.

Surely you don’t think Bozza and Churchill are in the same league

I honestly don't think there will be many people wishing Boris, or anyone who has the virus, ill. I hope that all recover from this, although of course the numbers dying is increasing day by day. To criticise his actions or inaccuracies, or to disagree with his methods is not to be a hater. I wonder at the mindset of posters who constantly attribute hate to anyone who criticises the actions of someone on any thread, whether that be a politician, Royalty, whatever. Is it they are really revealing their own feelings, that when they criticise someone they are hating?

Why is this post ignorant?

*paddyanne Fri 27-Mar-20 11:51:05
Wouldn't wish even Bojo harm but I hope it makes him realise what ordinary folk are going through with the illness and all the financial issues and lack of produce in shops.I doubt it will though ,he wont have to go without bread or milk or wait 4 weeks for a home delivery*

I can guarantee that Johnson will have people sourcing food and medication for him and ensuring that he has what he needs. I can also guarantee that he's not worried sick about his finances.

Well Salsa Queen, who would have guessed that you like him! What on earth has prompted you to say that he is doing a "brilliant" job? Time will tell and I fear history will not be as sycophantic as you are.

What part of 'all men are equal' do you find ignorant?

Really vampirequeen, do you not understand the way the world works? History shows us that all men are not equal and never have been. There are leaders and policy makers, kings and queens, dictators and geniuses. The rest of us are not 'equal' because we have never taken on such responsibilities or made decisions that change the world.

Sparklefizz well said

common decency is a good attribute.

You missed out the ‘men and women who save lives but who have been denied testing and adequate PPE’ Chestnut.

Are you saying that some of us are not as deserving as others? Some are 'better' than others? Where do you draw the line? Kings and queens get the job through an accident of birth? What makes them 'better'? Politicians choose to stand for election? What makes them better? Both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are elected leaders of the two major political parties. Does that make them equal but better than us? Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Pinochet, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were all dictators. Were they 'better' than us?

Obviously the sycophants who love BJ think he’s deserving of better treatment, even though he’s been in the party that’s run the NHS into the ground unable to cope in normal times, let alone in a crisis. He was so blasé about the whole thing at the beginning as if Brits will deal with it better than anyone else. I am of course not gleeful or anything of the kind because someone is ill, far from it, let’s hope anyone who has this will get the same first rate treatment and recover.

I thought they managed well at the press conference today without Boris. I am pleased that we have many many clever, articulate, calm people who can make decisions for the country at this time. It goes beyond just one man and I am sure he too is relying heavily on the wisdom of those "under" him and "above" him.

You’re. Predictive text

About time, but how many tests are available? www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52070199

I can guarantee that Johnson will have people sourcing food and medication for him and ensuring that he has what he needs. I can also guarantee that he's not worried sick about his finances.

Ignorant, as in discourteous ; rude.

You have proved my point, Growstuff; unless you are on the staff in No.10 you have no idea whether anyone is sourcing all the things he needs; you absolutely cannot guarantee he's not worried sick about his finances because you may calculate his salary but you have no idea of his outgoings.
He also has very many other worries to concern him.

eazybee can you honestly say you think there's any chance that Johnson will be left without food and drink for 7 days, barring what he may already have in the kitchen of number 10? It's really rather disingenuous to believe that a man who had the NHS come to number 10 to give him a coronavirus test would fare the same as any member of the public when it comes to provisions.

eazybee….can you tell me why 'All men are equal ...' is ignorant.

Would we have denied the best treatment to Winston Churchill if he had come down with something during the war?

What on earth is the connection betweem then and now and between the 2 men?