Political onanism

Whilst I accept some posters have no problem with ‘the f word’ there were no complaints on this forum when John
McDonald stood on stage in the O2 and called fellow labour
MP’s f*****g losers

Tooting as a general rule if I learn a new word, I try and use it as often as possible in the next few days to ‘embed’ it in my vocabulary . Not sure that would work with this one !

Well at least I learned a new word. A day without knowledge is a day lost...

I am waiting in awe to here the Johnsonites justify the figures that have just come out for the NHS. I believe there has been some attempt to blame Labour! It's almost as if they weren't the last government although I can see why they want to disown the chaos they have created.

The phrase was written down and the draft leaked - phrases like that shouldn’t even get that far. They are for behind the bike sheds whilst having a sneaky fag and giggling at rude pictures of bums and tits.

Exactly, SparklyGrandma.

It's not about clutching pearls in horror. It's about using childish name-calling and hiding behind the use of a slightly obscure word to give the impression he's well educated. It's not the first time he's used language which would be more appropriate in a playground. He's the PM, for goodness sake!

There’s no need to use rude words in politics if you’ve a brain and can structure a rational argument.

Saying that, Boris likes tossing pancakes. No cleverness there.

I'm glad I have to go out now because my brain is being scrambled with ways Corbyn could incite Johnson to masturbate.

That’s funny suziew considering that when he was elected I said I was disappointed with the choice, and he has so many flaws I am still amazed that he was chosen.
However....using a phrase, or rather thinking of using a phrase ‘political onanism’ certainly doesn’t make me clutch my pearls and shake in horror.
growstuff...almost everything is leaked nowadays, so who knows who or why it was done.

Or the child of a single parent or the third child and not eligible for Universal Credit or (heaven forfend) the child of one of those pesky furriners. Get a grip suzie! He'd have been doing us all a favour.

Or of course that it was all JC’s fault

Johnson a masturbator? Humbug!

A big girl's blouse wouldn't ever have said anything like that anyway.

I suppose BJ’s acolytes have lowered the standards against which they judge him by so much, that they accept just about anything. He could appear on live TV disembowelling and eating a baby and it would be accepted as a form of population control ( or that it was a very very bad baby).

And imagine if JC had planned to use a phrase about BJ related to masturbation? ?

So why do you think it was leaked lemongrove?

I'm afraid I have expectations of higher and more professional standards from my PM.

We are talking about plenty of other things and this - you really can’t take any criticism of BJ can you lemon ?

All this fuss......for a phrase that wasn’t even used in a speech,
You would think there aren’t enough subjects to talk about regarding politics....

...and it ought not to have been there in the first place.

Indeed Newnanny and the facts are he didn’t drop it he was advised to drop it.

What growstuff said x a million

newnanny I’d already posted that information so no facts were getting in the way of the story. However you not reading TFT certainly gets in the way of your posts being upto date

I disagree with you ladymuck. I think he's very careful to portray a certain image because it detracts from what he really is, which is a totally untrustworthy individual. I certainly don't think he's the best on offer for the job.

Yes, it's true that the Prime Minister (all MPs actually) should conduct himself with more dignity, but it matches his general persona...scruffy, self-negligent, and he doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks of him.
Running the country properly is what matters and he is the best that's on offer at the moment.

Thank you for that link. I'm very bad at keeping up with things.