Lazy, lazy Boris

I would be cheered by:
- a leader who takes our plight seriously
- a leader whom is honest
- a proper track and trace system
- a solid plan for dealing with the second wave - prevention and response

I have no faith whatsoever in this government and its handling of the crisis. It is a mirror image of the US - lightweight unsuitable leader with a pack of civil servants and others following in his wake with a shovel to clear up the piles of nonsensical excrement that he sheds.

My life, and yours, and the lives of our families are dependent on reasoned intelligent decisions from dedicated hard-working leaders. All we have is a liar and a cheat, dancing to the tune of his "special" advisor, and doing the absolute minimum.

How did we finish up in this sorry state?

Starmer has nothing else to do all week but prepare for PMQs lol.

You're certainly right that Johnson cheers people up, Ug. He's got most of the world laughing at him. And finding it very cheering that Britain is no longer a force to be reckoned with but is like a third rate banana republic led by a madman.

I’m gutted about that. I liked AN’s questioning style. He wouldn’t let interviewees wriggle of the hook. Shame he’s gone. Probably not ‘woke’ enough for the BBC in its present form.

Bet you anything that ‘madman’ stays popular and gets re-elected!

Firecracker123

Starmer has nothing else to do all week but prepare for PMQs lol.

He does a damn sight more that Johnson, then, who is never prepared for PMQs.

I still don’t get he cheers us up even my Tory friends( yes I do have some) hold there head in their hands every time he opens his mouth Most of the country is crying not being cheered up
He’s mismanaged just about everything he touches

Urmstongran

Bet you anything that ‘madman’ stays popular and gets re-elected!

There's no staying popular about it. He's not popular. If he doesn't resign in early 2021, the Conservatives themselves will oust him.

08:54MaizieD

Firecracker123

Starmer has nothing else to do all week but prepare for PMQs lol.

He does a damn sight more that Johnson, then, who is never prepared for PMQs.

What does Starmer actually do all week I'd love to know.

Urmstongran

I’m gutted about that. I liked AN’s questioning style. He wouldn’t let interviewees wriggle of the hook. Shame he’s gone. Probably not ‘woke’ enough for the BBC in its present form.

More likely because Johnson is scared of him.

Firecracker123

08:54MaizieD

Firecracker123

Starmer has nothing else to do all week but prepare for PMQs lol.

He does a damn sight more that Johnson, then, who is never prepared for PMQs.

What does Starmer actually do all week I'd love to know.

???Starmer isn’t the PM.

We are talking about the PM.

"^I still don’t gethe cheers us up^"
I guess because he is a buffoon who gets himself out there in a down to earth manner. That might not be what is best for the role of PM but he is enigmatic and draws people in. To be fair he keeps people on their toes wondering what madness is coming next.

I knew someone who was in a very senior position at the GLA when Johnson was the elected Mayor of London.

Their view of Johnson then, was that he never read anything (briefings, reports etc) and got himself into a series of difficulties by repeatedly making gaffes and showing poor judgement.
His senior officers then had to spend considerable amounts of their time untangling issues and clearing up the messes Johnson made.
(Incidentally the person I knew is a Conservative supporter).

Well excuse me I'm asking about Starmer what does he actually do all week, seems he does nothing but prepare for his moment in the spotlight at PMQs.

Starmer and the Labour Party are irrelevant.

Love him or hate him, I actually love him, Boris has a stomping 80 seat majority, Starmer really is irrelevant.

I think that Firecracker has taken Johnson as a model of a party leader, so thinks that all a leader does is sit on their backside all week when they're not in Parliament...

78 seat majority now, Firecracker. Could well be whittled down further. Backbenchers with brains aren't too happy...

growstuff

Urmstongran

Bet you anything that ‘madman’ stays popular and gets re-elected!

There's no staying popular about it. He's not popular. If he doesn't resign in early 2021, the Conservatives themselves will oust him.

I don’t know where you get this odd idea from MaizieD?
He’s always been popular ( a Marmite character it’s true, but plenty do love Marmite!)

MaizieD

78 seat majority now, Firecracker. Could well be whittled down further. Backbenchers with brains aren't too happy...

Just wishful thinking on your part methinks.

After the election, I said Boris was a puppet controlled by Cummings. I also said Boris wouldn't last as the leader of the Conservatives.

The vociferous Tories (strangely depleted on here these days) howled in mockery.

Half of what I predicted is manifestly true.

Wait and watch for the second half to happen (ousting of Boris).

The PM is indeed a cheery chappy. He thought it was a whizzing wheeze to crack a joke about underpants when he was asked by Starmer to reassure bereaved families that the government had plans for a second wave of the virus.
Oh how we laughed.

Gaga ?you are a soothsayer now it seems.

Gaga ‘the vociferous Tories’ don’t need to be so any more on here, the Tories are in power in a big way, so these kinds of threads are simply boring, which is why they rarely bother to comment.

Let’s face it any Tory supporters havnt got much to be proud of at present. It’s all going wrong including the leader.