Now is the winter of Britain’s discontent

lemongrove

All’s fair in love, war and politics it seems.

No it is not.

You have no shame, no shame at all. Unbelievable.

I see things as they are Alegrias
A more diplomatic PM would have said ‘ it isn’t about cancer outcomes or health, the policy of levelling up is about wage growth’ but the message would have been the same.

All’s fair in love, war and politics it seems.

Oh dear God.

Have you no shame at all?

GrannyGravy13

No excuses from me, I will try and find the entire interview.

I have found and read the interview.
Johnson was asked what was the measure of levelling up for the people of this country and was asked about cancer outcomes and health....and he responded that his measure was that wage growth, never mind cancer outcomes etc was the key to the policy of levelling up.Which it is!
Just a typical Labour ( Ashworth) ploy to make out that the government ‘doesn’t care about cancer patients’.
Levelling up was always about more money for people living
In the North, not cancer outcomes, but I guess there will be faux outrage.

gree, I don't like turkey either.

There should be plenty of pork available, cheap ... gammon perhaps.

lemongrove

I’m hoping there will be no turkeys available.....then we can have beef or ham.
Have got my Ocado Christmas slot ( smug mode) and no delivery charge, yippee.

Agree lemongrove!
If turkey was so delicious we’d eat it more than once a year.
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Thank you Josianne. Apologies from me as well, I misunderstood. If your family are in the Auckland region then yes, they will be getting a bit fed up with the present situation. PM to review this week re Alert Levels but with new cases coming to light up there, who knows ??‍♀️. Huge push now to become vaccinated, that seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel. Best wishes.

Apologies * denbylover*. As I stated, "smug" refers to our good natured family competitiveness as to which of us has the better life. Those in NZ usually win out!
I hope you are able to open up soon.

It is quite disgusting that people don't even know or, it appears care, that in most cities poverty remains over-represented in inner locations and wealth in the outer suburbs. Low wages have always been an issue in York. So shall we laugh about that?

Johnson will only make the poor poorer - that's what the Conservatives do. It would be a good guess that he hoped he would be able to tell them he is saving them by the run-up to the next election - even though he is the thief of their ability to survive.

denbylover

Josianne

I think all countries have their different problems.
My family in New Zealand say they feel like hermits and despite feeling smug initially are now finding the situation onerous.

I don’t think we have ever felt ‘smug’! What a ridiculous comment. Many emotions here certainly, but smugness was never one of them. We are doing what we must as a small country to deal with a virus that is the biggest threat (but in a different way) probably since WW2. Nothing is currently ideal, we got the virus later than many Northern Hemisphere countries, it makes sense our re-emergence, opening up etc will take longer. Yes, of course we’re looking forward to
opening up, hopefully in the safest way possible.

Mind you I’d be smug if I lived in NZ???

Josianne

I think all countries have their different problems.
My family in New Zealand say they feel like hermits and despite feeling smug initially are now finding the situation onerous.

I don’t think we have ever felt ‘smug’! What a ridiculous comment. Many emotions here certainly, but smugness was never one of them. We are doing what we must as a small country to deal with a virus that is the biggest threat (but in a different way) probably since WW2. Nothing is currently ideal, we got the virus later than many Northern Hemisphere countries, it makes sense our re-emergence, opening up etc will take longer. Yes, of course we’re looking forward to
opening up, hopefully in the safest way possible.

To compound Johnson’s dreadful remark, he knows very well that any wage growth will be totally cancelled out by inflation.

So no truth either.

Josianne

MerylStreep

Zoejory

And to top it all off the latest Yougov poll has given the Tories an 8 point lead!

All together now Always look on the bright side of life, ta da ta da
??????????
Anyone know any good jokes. ?

I found you one in this thread MerylStreep.
York, beautiful city that it is, has a doughnut population.
The mind boggles at the size of its population.
Sorry to anyone in York.

I said it. Many people will say it. Where do you think we are?

No excuses from me, I will try and find the entire interview.

Not proud of being British any more - quite ashamed and embarrassed actually. Still, I seem to be surrounded by people who think Boris has done a good job - so I despair, I really do!

Deflection, imagine that.

He means poor people wont be able to pay for the privatised NHS too. Ordinary people who may have lived with the correct treatment will die because their life will be assessed by a loss adjuster

MerylStreep

Zoejory

And to top it all off the latest Yougov poll has given the Tories an 8 point lead!

All together now Always look on the bright side of life, ta da ta da
??????????
Anyone know any good jokes. ?

I found you one in this thread MerylStreep.
York, beautiful city that it is, has a doughnut population.
The mind boggles at the size of its population.
Sorry to anyone in York.

Please, Tory ladies, don't try to excuse this.

www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-labour-jonathan-ashworth-bbc-prime-minister-b958478.html

Found it

youtu.be/b630S_vwwYs

despicable, appalling, shameful

Interview on the BBC.

It is all over social media.

Whitewavemark2

This

“I've given you the most important metric which is, never mind life expectancy, never mind cancer outcomes, look at wage growth."

I work in a hospice. And I’m reeling that a remark so callous, so cruel, could have been uttered by the prime minister.

Hi have you a link please?

I would like to see what he said, where he said it and to whom?

I was sort of hoping you would say this had been made up by the press, or twisted...

but this is just so so callous, cruel and despicable. If anyone, just anyone- on GN or elsewhere still support him now- then, I just don't know where we can go from there ...

This

“I've given you the most important metric which is, never mind life expectancy, never mind cancer outcomes, look at wage growth."

I work in a hospice. And I’m reeling that a remark so callous, so cruel, could have been uttered by the prime minister.