Where's the P.M.? Shouldn't he be in view, not hiding away ?

Am not interested in where mr Johnson had a holiday nor am I remotely bothered about the size of his latest offspring.
I still maintain however that he should have put in an appearance, video recorded or whatever, during the A level furore. That’s all.

Disposable nappies! geekesse and a toilet tent zipped on! And I bet you had a calor gas cooker, not a primus! Oh the luxury!

Elegran

Disposable nappies! geekesse and a toilet tent zipped on! And I bet you had a calor gas cooker, not a primus! Oh the luxury!

I had a pressurised petrol primus with THREE rings! (Are those things even legal now? I still have it. I got quite good at syphoning off petrol from the minibus we travelled around in.) I also had a home-made cooler to keep meat and milk fresh. I’m a hardened camper, me - years of scouting left their mark.

Nowadays I use a tiny one-man survival tent and a single burner primus. All my camping kit (tent, sleeping bag and roll, cooking and eating stuff) fits in a single stackable box, and if I need to escape I can sling the box in the back of the car and take off in minutes. Don’t get the wrong impression, though - I like luxury hotels too.

August is the month when photos appear of eggs frying on pavements Haven't seen one of those yet so I guess Johnson's baby is the next best thing. haven't seen any of the baby either but with all this talk about the PM's holiday, he is in the forefront of the news. Sadly as I'd like to forget about him completely.

No surprise really

Emma Kennedy

I see a story has slipped out that Boris is going to step down in 6 months.

No surprise. I was told a month ago he hates being PM.

And on top of that, why on earth is he going to hang about to be held to account for No Deal Brexit?

Running off and leaving a shambles behind him.
Pathetic and selfish.

I see a story has slipped out that Boris is going to step down in 6 months.
No surprise. I was told a month ago he hates being PM

So... if that were to happen I wonder what the fan club would be saying then?

Poor man, so difficult to be PM with a baby and the after effects of a near fatal illness and a completely taken him by surprise pandemic to cope with. No wonder he's decided to throw the towel in...
And all those nasty nit picking haters just don't understand....

Well he will have more time to enjoy the things he really likes doing..So maybe this advice from Slade is appropriate- Lock up Your Daughters www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlEv2oVTWs

Times Diary:

Prime ministers have trouble enough with ambitious colleagues briefing against them without their chief adviser’s family telling strangers they are on the way out. On a visit to Chillingham Castle in Northumberland last week, Anna Silverman, a TMS reader, fell into conversation with its owner, Sir Humphry Wakefield, father-in-law of Dominic Cummings, who merrily informed her that Boris Johnson is still struggling badly with having had Covid-19 (as if being a new father and needing to babysit Gavin Williamson isn’t tiring enough) and will stand down in six months.

A keen rider, Wakefield compared having the virus to being gone in the fetlock. “If you put a horse back to work when it’s injured it will never recover,” he said. To continue the analogy, and given Johnson’s fecundity, perhaps the PM will be put out to stud

Out to stud - about right!

I think that gelding would be a better idea(if we're going to continue with the equine analogy). He doesn't have any qualities worth passing on to offspring.

Given that Johnson has had, over the years, what seems to be a somewhat uncontrollable libido, is it just me that worries that we have a PM who is obviously open to temptation eg the Arcuri scandal, in the way that being homosexual years ago made it easy for public figures to be bribed etc. I don’t think I’ve actually expressed myself very well here so hope what I’ve said makes sense. I am pleased that public figures can now be publicly gay without fear of recrimination. But people like Putin know that the PM of this country has at least one Achilles heel.

Don't worry about Putin ! He's had more than his fair share of extra maritals! Two grown up children. wife divorced after 30 years of marriage, mistress gave birth to twins in 2019, the list is endless! Probably approved of on here as a few jolly japes, as obviously the childish pathetic comments about Boris by supposedly intellectual women would never apply to anyone else even when totally justified, particularly Putin!

The Independent claims he intends to step down, blaming after effects from Covid - so no intention of accepting responsibility for the utter shambles he has thrown us all in

I wouldn't trust a word Wakefield says. However, I really do think that Johnson won't last the course.

But I don't have a crystal ball, so who knows?

PS. A bit of gossip ... Mr and Mrs Gove had dinner with Mr and Mrs Murdoch last week (allegedly).

For some strange reason I don’t find it reassuring to realise that the PM of this country has similar moral standards to Putin: or am I missing the point?

One way or another it has often seemed to be Putin pulling the strings.

“ Probably approved of on here as a few jolly japes”

Why ? Personally it’s not the PM’s libido that distresses me, it’s his laziness (well documented from school onwards) and inefficiency and lack of honesty.

Wonder if having security guards for the rest of his life will cramp Johnson’s style somewhat? Met Wakefield once: mad as a box of frogs sprung to mind although, at the time it never occurred to me that he and his family would have an influence on the politics of this country at a time of world crisis.

Sorry should have said my post in response to Jabberwoks

Cummings’ FIL was overheard ( allegedly) saying that Johnson would step down as he wasn’t completely well and still suffering from after effects of Covid.Which he probably is, as DH is still not completely well from a similar virus ( or possibly Covid) last Christmas with a stay in ICU for several days.
However, it will get better as time goes on and he should be entirely clear of it by next Feb ( which is the date suggesting he may step down.)
Most people ( possibly all!) who become PM are usually determined to hang onto the job at all costs.

Cummings is not Wakefield’s son Maybee !

If it did happen by next Feb...meant to add, I would be pleased if Jeremy Hunt took over at that time.?

Yes: I do know that lemon grove, but one would assume Cummings wife has a certain amount of influence on him.

Most people who become PM do it for totally different reasons to those which have propelled a Johnson into the job. There was always something fishy about the way that he walked away from the leadership contest post brexit. Everything his does seems to have ulterior motives and they aren’t necessarily about what’s good for the country.

The PM is out and about today, not sure exactly where as I missed most of the lunchtime news.