Jennifer Arcuri publicly admitting four year affair with Boris Johnson

Owen joins is interviewed by Aaron Bastani on YouTube talking about how bad the press is in this country speaking as a journalist himself.

Boris and his cohorts don’t seem to get any hard scrutiny in the press for corruption and the opposition isn’t mentioning it eitherVery strange

The press are run by oligarchs who don't want to pay their fair share of tax, so support this government with propaganda they have an agenda for themselves. Our press is one of the worst in terms of giving people the truth far from it.

Now this government has free rein to do as it likes with no one to stop them. The reason is the Queen who is a Head of State gives too much power to the government with no checks and balances in place can only do as the PM asks The queen is not accountable.

The leader of the opposition now is no opposition he is useless.

This is a good written summation of him.

voxpoliticalonline.com/2021/03/31/elections-2021-labours-gutlessness-and-treachery-is-all-too-clear-in-this-tale-of-two-representatives/

My daughter had a wonderful conservative MP who was very highly thought of locally who was forced out by BJ and his ilk

I admit to voting Conservative, largely based on my Constituency MP.

It's a difficult one, isn't it, GG13? Because some constituency MPs are very good, whatever the colour of their politics.

But wasn't it obvious, from actions such as the unlawful prorogation of Parliament, removing the whip from long serving and honourable tory MPs and refusal to engage with the media while campaigning, that this wasn't going to be a government run along the usual lines of responsibility and accountability?

Not to mention the fact that the tory party's choice of leader fell on candidate whose complete unfitness for the post was flagged up by previous employers and colleagues? And they are being proved so right...

why is it the women's fault? why are they shameless hussies? they didn't have affairs on their own

My thoughts exactly Jaxjacky.
I have never understood why women who have affairs shout it from a great height.
Edwina Curry was the same,shameless hussies imo.

Whitewavemark2

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.

I didn't dare ask that question, Wwmk2. But I do wonder...

I admit to voting Conservative, largely based on my Constituency MP.

I have never been a Mr.Johnson fan girl. The current Government were voted in to Get Brexit Done which they have (would have been happier with a better deal, but realistically that was never going to happen)

I personally do not care who has slept with who however if it appears that tax payers money was used to fund a mistress of any Government Minister or Local Councillor, then they should have to pay back that money and be dismissed from their position.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Is can be paid in two installments

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.

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?

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.

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 ?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.