Is morality something you expect of others?

I think by saying "WE have a moral duty" he is adding weight to the decision made by a small group of people.
It is so difficult to separate the political life from one's personal life when you're in a goldfish bowl.

He is correct in as much as we know enough to reopen schools to all pupils safely, we have a moral duty to do so

Our Children and Grandchildren need to be in school for their educational and emotional needs and it is beyond doubt that all in education/ early years should work together to ensure that schools open as normal in September.

Schools and workplaces should never have closed in the first place. What should have happened was a total ban on anyone new entering the county for several months and those returning home put in quarantine.

I want even thinking of his private life I was thinking of his morals in public life.

I can see the difference between having a moral duty towards a section of society by someone in charge of those duties eg the education of children and the sexual morals of the person.

It's a matter of semantics.
Two separate meanings.

I do wonder what BJ tells his children.

That is so funny (ha ha), trisher when you are thinking about Borisovich and morals. He doesn't even know how many children he has...

Being the supposed 'leader' of the UK doesn't endow him with any right to make moral judgements. He is a deeply immoral individual; most people know that and treat his pronouncements with the contempt they deserve.

(If only his recognition of 'moral duty' extended to the rest of his governance)

trisher

lemon I think we know who he means. The question is can you expect others to behave in a moral way if you don't yourself?

From your OP it reads that you think it was BJ personally and not the government or the rest of UK society.
My answer is yes, if you are the head of the government you have to make announcements/pronouncements on what society should be doing.What else are you there for?
You have to separate the political life from the personal life.

So we’re back to ‘Let him who is without sin cast the first stone’ aren’t we? So it ain’t gonna be me!

Well he certainly can’t claim the moral high ground ...
As PM he can call for us to behave in a moral way. However, he personally sets a terrible example.

I agree MissA that he, Cummings and the rest of them appear to set ‘don’t do as I do, do as I say’ .... as their example. The rules of behaviour they expect from ordinary people, seem anathema to them (hypocrites).

lemon I think we know who he means. The question is can you expect others to behave in a moral way if you don't yourself?

I think you are on the right track gillybob
When a PM says ‘we’ he means the government and all of us.
Putting children, their education, health and mental health first is paramount.
I never expect a PM to have the high personal morals of the Archbishop of Canterbury in any case.

That's interesting gillybob and I agree we do warn our children about things we did when we were young. I do hope when we do it that we are warning about the lessons we learned and not just preaching at them. I do wonder what BJ tells his children.

Galaxy

I would no more take moral guidance from Johnson than I would fly to the moon naked.

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I would no more take moral guidance from Johnson than I would fly to the moon naked.

Don't do as I do, do as I say?

I’m not sure trisher but I do understand what you are saying.

I think being the PM he has to take a moral overview despite his own private misgivings . A bit like telling a child off for something you did yourself when you were young or being against divorce when you are divorced? I’m not explaining myself very well .