Is Johnson getting bored?

" Bullying" is massively overused. What's going to happen? Somebody will jump through the screen and shout at you ?

Chequers is being renovated apparently

Apparently he's not at Chequers anyway, he's hiding away at Chevening!

Easy - well yes he could be, but he certainly manages to dispel any impression of hard graft

I think it’s beginning to dawn on BJ that he has released the Kraken, that the bloke who wears shorts and a beanie and witters on about super forecasters in completely in control and hasn’t got an effing clue what to do about it. It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion.

Or of course, he could be working.

I think that is why he's underwraps, he needs to think on his feet under increasing difficult circumstances. He won't/can't read the briefing notes so literally doesn't know what's going on or what is the best way to handle it. I think that the country is in trouble. Remember the halcyon days when Brexit was the only thing we had to worry about!

Not sure he is bored, but becoming increasingly aware he has not got a clue - has NOOOOOOOOOOO idea what he has got himself into.

Well one thing he isn't doing is spending time reading extensively detailed reports or cabinet papers!
Aides to Boris Johnson have been instructed that all briefing memos for the Prime Minister should be kept to two sides of A4 paper to improve the chances of him reading them.

The Downing Street policy unit was said to have been asked to provide the PM with 'weekend reading' but was told any documents had to be an 'easy read'.

Meanwhile, the PM's top aide Dominic Cummings is apparently blocking documents due to be placed in the premier's ministerial red box if he deems them to be too long or complex.

The claims, reported by the Sunday Times, sparked a backlash as Whitehall sources suggested those running the government were operating as if they had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

SirC - spot on- tragically.

Hilarious! It's all very amusing!

If Boris wasn’t such an idiot we wouldn’t be able to ‘bash’ him (for bash read ‘hold him to account’). I suspect Dominic has told him to stay at home and do a jigsaw while Dom gets on with the important business of screwing over the UK.

Bashing = not saying anything complimentary about a Golden Boy. Just like bullying= correcting a factual error or not having the same opinion as oneself. These words and their meaning are to be found in the ‘Humpty Dumpty Book of Words and What I say they mean’

It makes a change from bashing Royalty.

I wasn't bashing. There is nothing to bash, he seems to be absent.

I think he's being directed by Cummings to stay out of the public eye. DC's reason for this is less obvious, although I'm sure we'll be lied to about why soon.

Have you never indulged in bashing a politician Opal?

e.g. 'emergency meeting' - but not until Monday!

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-coronavirus-news-emergency-cobra-meeting-latest-a9364781.html

See here! www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/26/carphone-warehouse-founder-helped-plan-exclusive-tory-fundraiser

Unlike the MM and DA bashing threads which are full of balance, nuance, rationality, logic, thoughtfulness, compassion, measured and so thought provoking ?? Who knew? What to do?

Oh now come on he has been seen!! He was at the Conservative Winter Party, organised by his mate who arranged his Christmas break and a dodgy ex-trader, of course you needed lots of cash to even be there, but the idea that no-one has seen him is so wrong. It's just the poor sods who voted for him!

I love bashing Boris! What else can we do? The man is a joke!

I love bashing Boris! What else can we do? The man is a joke!

Oh, another Boris bashing thread, so predictable.

He doesn't need to show any interest does he, as he has such a large majority. I expect we will see him more in the year leading up to the next Election though