Political onanism

No the phrase got deleted

Shame. Suppose it would have lost votes amongst the small-minded though.

Blimey Riverwalk, you're going back a few years!

I'm saying no more Growstuff. You'll have to work it out for yourself. (NO pun intended)

Meaning wasn't what you suggest though.

but always come back

Takes skill that does. And opportunity.

He did not use phrase in speech. He dropped it but don't let the facts get in the way of the gossip.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/13/boris-johnson-drops-word-onanism-from-speech-after-criticism

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

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.

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.

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

What growstuff said x a million

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

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

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....

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

So why do you think it was leaked lemongrove?

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

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

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).

Johnson a masturbator? Humbug!

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

Or of course that it was all JC’s fault

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

Exactly, SparklyGrandma.