Why do Conservatives like Johnson?

Remind us who took police off the street?

Hmm, that is a good point Suzie, and well put.

( retires quickly back to the shed)

Grandad - the election is for the leader of the Conservative Party. This man will become PM but of a country that had a General Election 2 years ago based on a manifesto which was put to the electorate. The ‘promises’ these men are making are being put to party members alone and the rest of us whatever party we support, cannot express our opinions through a vote. The only thing these candidates should be discussing is the detail of implementing the referendum result - not tax changes, NI changes , fox hunting or anything else for that matter.

suzi ?absolutely. They have spent billions upon billions in their spending plans and that without factoring in the no deal cost.

This is The summer of Lies

But it is a selection process for our next PM, so it doesn't get much more important than that

Anyone who believes anything at the moment that Boris and Jeremy are saying really needs to give their head a wobble. Does anyone else keep having to remind themselves that this election is neither a General Election or a Presidential Election or is it just me?

Boris has said a lot of things. Whether he will fulfill his promises is a completely different matter.

Boris did not rugby tackle child, he just pushed him. I am pretty sure if Boris had wanted to hurt child he could have by tackling him properly. I still think Boris is going to win and lead us out of EU by Oct 31st. He has just added he will put more police on the streets. There is a lot of knife crime so that is good.

newnanny- have you ever severely injured a child- broken bones, concussion,,or worse- beating them at Ludo?

There is a good reason why rugby is played within age groups- as in any responsible club or school. GD is 9 and is the youngest in under 11s- she does not play with her brother who is in under 14s- and should never be confronted at full pelt by a fat bully like Johnson. The comparison is just nonsense.

Boris likes to win. I understand that because I do too. I don't play rugby but when I play Ludo with children I build up double counters and do not let them pass, I beat them at Monopoly and draughts too. I never let children win just because they are a child. It would be condescending. I am sure Boris introduced the bikes in London and painted them blue. Jura2 I had never thought of woman with faces covered as letter boxes and have a few Muslim friends who cover their hair but not their faces. I like the French, so much so that I have bought a house in France and spend a lot of time there. I do not think I am racist in the slightest. I let my buy2let houses to Polish and Romanian as well as English tenants. I don't discriminate on race. I just think Boris will get us out of the EU because his political career will depend upon it.

newnanny You cannot be serious!

Callistemon- just watched again- you are right he didn't- by miracle and because the kid was quick and nimble. Nevertheless- anyone who tackles a small kid like that, is not quite right in the head.

He's just an over-excitable idiot!

fell with his whole weight on him.
we must have been looking at a different video then.

Look at his face - against a small kid

youtu.be/IBt8AoLBCoo

Just watched the video again- he pushed him very hard and fell with his whole weight on him.

Both GDs play rugby, and sil and DD1 are trained rugby coaches- no cotton wool in our family for sure.

He didn't rugby tackle him - he gave him a glancing shove with his arm and the child was laughing jura.
Perhaps should have wrapped them all up in cotton wool first.

Honest in the sense the people who like him would have liked to call Muslim women 'letterboxes' themselves, or the French 'turds', and on and on- racist, bullying, inexcusable insults.

newnanny- he could have seriously injured that kid- how would you feel about his 'honesty' if he had broken his arm or worse, his neck. Honesty? for sure not- just a massive selfish bully, no less.

Newnanny the Boris bikes were instigated by Ken Livingstone
Really?
The bikes were introduced in 2010 and Boris had been Mayor for two years by then.

Perhaps Ken had thought about it but got nowhere. The quickest move he ever made was when he somehow, by fair means or foul, became Leader of the GLC in 1981 in a takeover by the left.

But Boris Johnson did not introduce the congestion charge. That was Ken Livingstone.

Newnanny the Boris bikes were instigated by Ken Livingstone as was the Oyster card which improved London transport making the city cleaner. Boris did very little in his term as mayor except spend money on plans for bridges etc which were not feasible.

Good to read a post on this thread, newnanny, that simply sets out the reasoning for an opinion without getting personal with other posters. Well done.

I like him because he is competitive. I saw him rugby challenge a child in a contest. It was so funny as most politicians would have just let the child win and I really hate that insincerity and fake behaviour. In that sense he is honest that he wants to win. He won London, a very Labour City, twice and when he was in charge he ran London well. He did a brilliant job of hosting Olympics in 2012. The Olympics ran like clockwork in London. I went to several events myself and the transport links and security around events was really good. All of the stabbings we keep hearing about in London were not happening when Boris was in charge. He is popular among younger voters who like him because he is funny. My boys do not like politicians at all but they do like Boris because he has a big personality. One son also has just reminded me that Boris also improved the air quality in London with his Boris Bikes and charging zones to reduce car pollution. Most importantly I believe he is the candidate most likely to lead us out of EU on 31st October if we have no deal by then. I don't believe Hunt will do that. That is why I like Boris. Hunt is too establishment for me. Those are my reasons.

I think they are all idiots, so they like him. It doesn't make sense. This is the worse government that we have ever had and Boris will make it worse. x