Jennifer Arcuri publicly admitting four year affair with Boris Johnson

MaizieD I am fully aware of the publicity surrounding Ms Acuri , and what is being suggested. Where exactly in my post have I described 'corruption' as a 'little misdemeanour'? I haven't used any of those words - please read what I have written, not what you have decided I have written. I concluded by saying that anything inappropriate needs to be investigated - and as for your patronising 'You don't have any idea what the problem is do you' , you need a question mark at the end of that statement. I would prefer honest debate to mud slinging and insults - that is my opinion, and as for the Sunday Mirror and the 'tell all' , is there anyone who didn't see that coming when the hints and 'spoilers' weren't getting enough publicity?

I’m not too bothered about his private life but I wish it would stay private. I can’t abide all these tell stories and the surrounding publicity. Someone is hoping to make money.

However, the corruption surrounding this current government is appalling. Cameron of course has had his fingers in the till together with all the companies awarded contracts.

It’s our taxes that are supporting all these fat cats but our health service is underfunded, social care does not work and still they are in government. As for lobbying and non-declaration of interest......

Too many executive and politicians make money off the backs of ordinary people! It’s sickening.

Dinahmo

PS Funnily enough the French all knew about Mitterand's mistress and i doubt very much that they weren't interested.

They may have known but it was not allowed to be discussed in the public domain. Newspapers were not allowed to print anything nor discussions on the TV or radio until after his death. When the appearance of his love child at the side of his grave was seen the press exploded. My in-laws didn’t know anything, everyone was wondering who she was.

What happens if Mitterrand had handed over a substantial amount of tax payers money to his mistress?

I couldn’t care less who he messes about with, I have absolutely no respect for the man. I’m not a Bojo hater ( and god forbid a lover either!!) I just detest the way he avoids straight answers and plays on his “Bungle” animated behaviour to detract from admitting his mistakes, or lack of decision making, and accountability. I feel he makes our country look like a complete laughing stock, with his “let’s laugh about it” persona, it’s a bit like having “the King who had no clothes on” running the country. I do agree I’m more than p#ssed off he squanders the tax payers money in his floozies.... and more than likely will get nothing more than a slap on the wrist... after all the slaps on the back from all his “well done old boy” cronies.
Even a 1 step forward and 2 steps back attitude with regards to decision making with the virus would have looked like he was prepared to at least move forward.... rather than him ignoring the fire alarms going off all around him, and only acting once he could smell the smoke. He’s a fire hazard in more ways than one

Whitewavemark2

What happens if Mitterrand had handed over a substantial amount of tax payers money to his mistress?

We would never know.
I was told my one of retired pupils, a can of worms concerning him, but though I believed the man, I have no proof.

I didn’t like Mitterrand especially over him telling the public not to worry, that the Chernobyl cloud was not over France, it stopped at the borders!

Remember the days when the worst thing we had to worry about was a minister with a duck house?

Deedaa

Remember the days when the worst thing we had to worry about was a minister with a duck house?

maybe just change one letter on duckhouse
but apparently no one cares, so.... husbands having affairs is unremarkable even for the children

This is amazing to me. I couldn’t imagine it happening here, but it would be a good thing if it did, because I couldn’t care less about politician’s private lives. I just want them to run the country.

maddyone

This is amazing to me. I couldn’t imagine it happening here, but it would be a good thing if it did, because I couldn’t care less about politician’s private lives. I just want them to run the country.

“but it would be a good think if they did” You do have ‘your tongue in cheek’ when you say this don’t you maddyone? People running countries are open to blackmail if they don’t keep on the straight and narrow. One name jumps into my mind, Profumo.

mokryna
That’s very true, but I’m not interested in the private lives of politicians just the same. I really meant that the French way, where nobody talks about it is probably better.

Whatever comes of it it’s win win for the government. If they have to get rid of them (which I think has been a long term plan as he has served his purpose ie getting people to vote for good old Boris, man of the people) they’ll just replace him with Gove, who has always been hand in glove with Cummings who still seems to be lurking around in a Steerpike sort of way. We’re stuck with this appalling government for the foreseeable future and they can basically do whatever they like.

Yesterday I asked another friend about this and she mentioned the 13th Month. What's that? Apparently, lots of professions, such as journalists. get an extra month's salary in December, if they have towed the line.

Is it the French Government that pays the extra month's salary to journalists or is it a bonus paid by the employer, which is quite a normal procedure in many businesses, usually paid before Christmas?

Or, as some salaries are paid four weekly, there is a 13th payment each year?

Interesting if the French Government pays journalists to keep quiet about certain stories.

It's not just about his private life is it.

Eloethan

It's not just about his private life is it.

That's the bit that some posters don't seem able to understand.

It's about his corruption in public office.

I wonder how many of those saying they aren’t interested in his private life, are the same people who gushed over the birth of his latest child ?

I gave up ages expecting politicians having any integrity in their private lives, I would like to know where the attraction is for most of them including Boris or just where they get the energy for tge carrying in or the memory to remember just whom they have slept with. The women just as bad, selling their dirty stories to the highest bidder, relishing in the additional perks of the arrangement, raking in the cash. They all know what they are getting into, treading over former wives for their time in the spotlight. You marry the mistress, there's another in the background. All so seedy. I don't even read the stories anymore. Look at all the problems with the Royal family, all people we used to look up to. Oh for tge days of innocence.
I am however interested in the decisions they made for this country. The economy and most importantly the Pandemic. I am pleased with the vaccine roll out and the financial help given to people to try to salvage jobs. We have been so slow closing border, that was so obvious from the beginning, the problem of giving no firm directives to the police trying to enforce the laws of social distancing, these groups of people allowed to congregate in huge groups, whilst tge rest don't see families are law breakers and threaten everyone's safety but they get away with it,must a wonder police even bother, that concerns me, not the latest mistress.

If he was your son-in-law wouldn't you want to clump him around the lughole at the very least? I'm always amazed that the Tories trumpet about being the party of the family when in fact some of them have more than one, or is that what they mean?

Callistemon

^Yesterday I asked another friend about this and she mentioned the 13th Month. What's that? Apparently, lots of professions, such as journalists. get an extra month's salary in December, if they have towed the line.^

Is it the French Government that pays the extra month's salary to journalists or is it a bonus paid by the employer, which is quite a normal procedure in many businesses, usually paid before Christmas?

Or, as some salaries are paid four weekly, there is a 13th payment each year?

Interesting if the French Government pays journalists to keep quiet about certain stories.

No, it is certainly not only for journalists, my ex used to have it as do many people in France. When you sign your contract it is or isn’t written in. Nothing to do with hush money.
I think it may date back to the ‘68 when laws were changed regarding the profit firms made and the workers not getting a share of the profits but don’t quote me on that. Treat it as a bonus.

Is can be paid in two installments

As for keeping people quiet see what I wrote higher up in reply to whitewavemark2 , and he wasn’t a journalist.

I’m definitely not a ‘Boris Babe’ and I would have objected to that sentence no matter who you were writing about. It spoiled a perfectly good post.

Sadly, to my mind anyway, this government, and Johnson in particular, who the “British people” elected with a big majority, have a free pass to do whatever they like. What is deeply depressing is that they will be in power, failing a revolution, for the rest of my lifetime.

Moral is, be careful what you wish for. I don’t think we’ve reached rock bottom yet. Now I’m off to walk in the sunshine to brighten my mood.

Greeneyedgirl

Sadly, to my mind anyway, this government, and Johnson in particular, who the “British people” elected with a big majority, have a free pass to do whatever they like. What is deeply depressing is that they will be in power, failing a revolution, for the rest of my lifetime.

Moral is, be careful what you wish for. I don’t think we’ve reached rock bottom yet. Now I’m off to walk in the sunshine to brighten my mood.

The most deeply depressing thing is that the majority of seats in Parliament does not equate to the majority of voters. Far more people didn't vote for a tory government than people who did.

The next deeply depressing thing is that the people who voted for him don't care how corrupt he and his government are. We see that over and over again on here.

I think people have completely lost their moral compass over the governments behaviour in public office.

I do wonder what they find acceptable in their private and working lives.