Is the new PM, still married ...

It’s not really very ‘French’ at all, as lulu says, surely in France the politicians stash their mistresses in charming little apartments (and lavish money on them, visiting them every Tues and Fri afternoons.)?
Here, men just leave their wives and move in with their girlfriends until the divorce comes through.

Jura

" She is not 'just another blond bimbo or bit of fluff'

" she would hold a lot of important strings and be in a strong position to blackmail or worse."
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I honestly thought you had repeated them from a paper or one of those loathsome bloggers /sites.

Each to his/her own I guess.

Varian

A lot of it about and yet some are seen as saints, others are sinners.

Q
Why is one politician different to another with the same/similar histories,?
A
Depends if you like them usually.

So much for the party which used to promote "traditional family values"

Good point Callistemon , in response to Jura. "pillow talk' - is that only dangerous if the couple aren't married?

In answer to the poster who felt sympathy for Marina Warner, I suspect she's relieved to be out of her marriage to Boris Johnson. He's been serially unfaithful to her throughout their marriage. One of their 4 children, a daughter in her mid twenties, recently described her father as a 'selfish b******'.

Evidently Boris Johnson and his current girl friend have bought a house together. it's expected she'll move into number 10 and spend some time there.

I read she was let go by her last employer for expenses issues, . I think her employer was the Conservative party.

all my own - and no, I have not 'raised the subject on various threads'.

jura2 Wed 24-Jul-19 18:22:50

"not interested in his personal morals or lack of"
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Really? You have raised the subject on various threads have you not.
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jura2 Wed 24-Jul-19 18:28:05

" She is not 'just another blond bimbo or bit of fluff'

" so another row, another woman, another break up-and she would hold a lot of important strings and be in a strong position to blackmail or worse."
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Are they ' your' words or were they the words of ' another' and you copied and pasted without attributing.

boudoirs, dear, bourdoirs ...

I don't think the French live with their mistresses surely they visit them in charming little apartments!?!

Is she his Philip? or Philippa I wonder?
(See other thread)
Everyone needs a helpmeet.
Sounds as if she might be a shade more sensible than him.

Just interesting jura.

I read she was drunk and didn't know if she had been a victim or not. Consensus seemed to be she wasn't.

for sure, but irrelevant in this context, or ?!?

She was a victim of Warboys the rapist taxi driver so I have a certain amount of sympathy for her.

Or American

I think until he’s divorced she’s his mistress. It’s all very French.

I wonder if they played that for their first dance?

Boris Johnson is ahead in the marriage stakes - onto no 3 at age 55 whereas Corbyn didn’t marry for the third time until he was 64.

Oh, I see you answered your own question, jura, more fully than me.

She was Tory Party Communications Director, not sure now.

Or dish the dirt...

She is not 'just another blond bimbo or bit of fluff' - she knows a lot from the inside, and is a journalist for Bloomberg:

'Ms Symonds worked for Tory MP Zac Goldsmith in 2010 and later on his failed London mayoral campaign. She also advised Mr Johnson in his role as London Mayor.

In 2013 she was the Tory Party’s head of broadcasting and after the 2015 General Election she became special adviser to Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.

She has also been an adviser to Home Secretary Sajid Javid when he was Communities Secretary, and directed Conservative media operations during last year’s General Election.

After eight years working for the Tory Party she recently quit and is due to start a new job for US media group Bloomberg'

so another row, another woman, another break up-and she would hold a lot of important strings and be in a strong position to blackmail or worse.

I wonder if she will go to Balmoral with Boris when he goes for the usual weekend. I do feel for his ex wife, she had to put up with a lot and has missed the chance to be PM wife and live at No 10. Or maybe she is not bothered.

Would being married make pillow talk acceptable?