So, if you don't like Boris......

kittylester

who would you like to replace him - from either side?

Or is he the best of a bad bunch?

Nigel Farage…I loved Maggie. Didn’t always agree with her ideas but she absolutely did what she thought was in the country’s best interest and wasn’t playing politics to make herself popular!!! She stuck with her principles and was a strong leader. She’d have eaten this pathetic EU crowd! And we were respected internationally when she was around (whether you liked her or not) Don’t agree with all Nigel says but I do think he believed he was doing the best for us. There, that’s opened up a can of worms….

Annaram1

Nigel Farage seems to have his head screwed on and all he has to do is join the tory party

Just remind me again how many times he has stood for election to the House of Commons and lost? 5,6 or is it 7?

Today's prize for the most deluded post of the day goes to...

when he was young he wanted to be king of the world!
his manner is an act, he knows exactly what he is doing.his lies.affairs etc, the narcissists narcissist.............

Nigel Farage seems to have his head screwed on and all he has to do is join the tory party

Caleo - if the leader of the opposition was to cross the floor then we would be living in a parallel universe.

MollyF - I like Pete Wishart but I wouldn't want him running the country.

Johnson's damage is largely a function of his upbringing, through the highly charged abandonment to prep school then Eton. I hope that the conservative party picks someone who has escaped this awfulness, and so might have a saner worldview...

Pepper Pig ??

But I like Boris! The media, particularly the BBC, have been doing a hatchet job on him ever since he took office.

It would be nice if Sir Keir Starmer were to cross the Floor for the sake of the country.

gill that sounds brilliant.

Funnily enough, we were discussing this at lunch yesterday; most, if not all, thought that Johnson was untrustworthy, unreliable, a liar, etc., etc., but when it came to who, within the current Tory party we would be prepared to see take over, the general opinion was that we didn't really fancy any of the probable contenders! I think Hunt is keeping his powder dry, as is Gove, they are both keeping their distance from the current problems, Truss is a blabbering fool, Patel is a populist and Sunak is probably favourite. But, although he may be smart, presentable, can wear a suit and wouldn't make a complete arse of himself in public like Johnson does, he is a strong supporter of austerity, despite decades of examples that it doesn't work, and I suspect many people, including those receiving the State Pension would be far worse off under a Sunak administration. If I was in charge, I would appoint a National Government with people like Gordon Brown, Yvette Cooper, Dominic Grieves, Ed Davey, Caroline Lucas.

Doodledog That indeed is a 'tripe whammy'!

I thought I'd got away with that one ?.

I saw a meme the other day saying that autocorrect is like having a tiny elf in your phone who really wants to be helpful but is actually quite drunk. I think that could be true.

Doodledog That indeed is a 'tripe whammy'!

Perhaps things need to get Patel-grade bad before people see the problem and to quote the lady who served me in Morrisons yesterday 'start voting properly'.

I’m beginning to feel a sense of panic, realising that Patel could very much be on the cards.

Luckygirl3

Patel! - [head in hands icon here]

Well, quite. But I remember a while ago jokingly saying that we might get a tripe whammy of Trump, Brexit and Johnson as PM. I genuinely thought that all three needed people's votes, so common sense would prevail, but look what happened.

Patel! - [head in hands icon here]

Sorry wrong thread.

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Rachel Clarke
@doctor_oxford
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This morning please spare a thought for NHS staff who - at exactly the same time you did - found out last night from
@BorisJohnson
they’d be delivering 1 million boosters a day from… today.

As I said

What a way to run a country. I bet even Javid hadn’t been consulted.

I think that is highly unlikely.

Quite honestly the way this country's luck is running, she is a dead cert to be the next PM

Patel is preparing to throw her hat into the ring.

25Avalon

Calistemon it refers to the American West. Crossing a deep fast flowing river was extremely dangerous and life threatening. You stuck with your horse all the way across as swooping horse was even worse. What you did when you reached the other side was an entirely different matter.

Thanks!

Yes, it feels like negotiating a fast flowing river at the moment.

Calistemon it refers to the American West. Crossing a deep fast flowing river was extremely dangerous and life threatening. You stuck with your horse all the way across as swooping horse was even worse. What you did when you reached the other side was an entirely different matter.

25Avalon

There’s an old saying “Don’t swop horses midstream” so maybe we are better off staying where we are. Boris has been on TV stressing the importance of getting booster jabs. Keir Starmer and Labour are backing him even if some of his backbenchers aren’t.We all need to pull together.

That's why staging posts were set up (usually with an alehouse!) where exhausted horses could be changed mid-journey.
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Good message about the booster and he sounded serious.