Missing in-action

sazz1

Really can't see what all the fuss is about. Most on here wanted Boris out. So he's going. Most wanted him to go immediately. So why do most want him to chair a meeting or be at any meetings?
Perhaps because they feel nobody is as competent as him?

No. Because if he insists on staying on as 'caretaker' he should be earning his money and caretaking.

Which he isn't.

If he were the boss of the 'can't understand what the fuss is about' folks I think they'd be complaining loudly about him taking the money while doing nothing to earn it.

He's just a grifter...

He's still PM (still getting his salary and perks) and it's his job to chair COBRA meetings. But now he's been spurned he's turning his back on the country. He's like a stroppy teenager only instead of flouncing off to his room he's off to Chequers.

This isn't Boris bashing before anyone accuses me of it. When I pay a tradesman I expect the job to be carried out properly. When I purchase something from a shop I expect the product to be fit for purpose. When I contribute to the pay of the Prime Minister I expect him/her to do what is required of him/her. This will include PMQ's, cabinet meetings, chairing committees and any other role that is congruent with and/or expected of the Prime Minister. Boris Johnson has decided not to fulfil his duties as Prime Minister. Rather he has chosen to miss Cobra meetings in favour of hosting his leaving party, playing at being Tom Cruise and visiting Farnborough Air Show. I have no problem with him doing any of these activities in his spare time but the Prime Minister is on call 24/7 and, whilst in office, I expect whoever it might be to do the job to the highest standard possible. That's what we pay for and that's what we have the right to expect.

vampirequeen

This isn't Boris bashing before anyone accuses me of it. When I pay a tradesman I expect the job to be carried out properly. When I purchase something from a shop I expect the product to be fit for purpose. When I contribute to the pay of the Prime Minister I expect him/her to do what is required of him/her. This will include PMQ's, cabinet meetings, chairing committees and any other role that is congruent with and/or expected of the Prime Minister. Boris Johnson has decided not to fulfil his duties as Prime Minister. Rather he has chosen to miss Cobra meetings in favour of hosting his leaving party, playing at being Tom Cruise and visiting Farnborough Air Show. I have no problem with him doing any of these activities in his spare time but the Prime Minister is on call 24/7 and, whilst in office, I expect whoever it might be to do the job to the highest standard possible. That's what we pay for and that's what we have the right to expect.

Very well said VQ ??????????

Well said vampire ???

Totally fed up with listening to the scaremongering of the hot weather. It’s summer, it’s hot. Do we really need to be told to drink water and stay in the shade. What is the matter with people. Use your common sense. Cobra has many people totally capable people without calling in Boris.

Oh. It doesn't seem to have posted.

Sorry ?

It's good enough to read twice though.

It’s a potential emergency as public services - the health services, ambulances , fire services have been so depleted by successive Tory governments so that any extra demands on them , which are bound to happen as a direct result of excessive heat, will make their collapse even more imminent. That’s why it’s a political issue. Most people will be fine - some vulnerable groups and the completely stupid who go swimming after drinking alcohol or getting sunburnt will sadly not be. I wouldn’t fancy being 12 or more hours in A and E at anytime , but it’s more likely to happen with extreme weather.

If Johnson is now a Caretaker he’s either a) stripping the wallpaper off ready for the next occupant b) clearing out the empties and cleaning the carpets c) planning which of his many offspring he will avoid taking care of over the holidays and which (lucky little blighter will get to take him to Peppa Pig World) d) running around Westminster shouting “here’s Johnsony” e) touting for jobs which pay more than £1M f) all.

Exactly vegansrock. The constant warnings about the heat are to minimise any further pressure on an already over-stretched health service. 13 years of Tory under-funding has finally left our NHS at breaking point. Any extra pressure might be the final straw.

Britain is turning into a nanny state we will have 2 days of hot weather mostly in the south than it's going to rain on Wednesday for 7 days . Next week it's the annual summer holidays went thousands of people jet off to hot climates .Why are the media creating this hysteria it's crazy .I don't blame boris for not attending the cobra meeting

katy1950

Britain is turning into a nanny state we will have 2 days of hot weather mostly in the south than it's going to rain on Wednesday for 7 days . Next week it's the annual summer holidays went thousands of people jet off to hot climates .Why are the media creating this hysteria it's crazy .I don't blame boris for not attending the cobra meeting

Yeah, it's only a couple of thousand predicted to die. What's all the fuss about?

katy1950

Britain is turning into a nanny state we will have 2 days of hot weather mostly in the south than it's going to rain on Wednesday for 7 days . Next week it's the annual summer holidays went thousands of people jet off to hot climates .Why are the media creating this hysteria it's crazy .I don't blame boris for not attending the cobra meeting

The thousands of people who will jet off to hot climates are not those at risk. And in any case the countries with hot climates have much better infrastructure to deal with these temperature.

But hey-ho, people will die but that's much preferable to a "nanny state".

sazz1

Really can't see what all the fuss is about. Most on here wanted Boris out. So he's going. Most wanted him to go immediately. So why do most want him to chair a meeting or be at any meetings?
Perhaps because they feel nobody is as competent as him?

Most wanted him to go immediately. So why do most want him to chair a meeting or be at any meetings?

... perhaps because he insisted on staying on as PM pro tem, and is therefore still being paid to do the job?

There's no "fuss" - people are commenting on a thread about him missing another COBRA meeting. That's what happens on social media...

You wanted him out so he has done it ! And after last nights programme god help us!

Thanks to all of the warnings people do seem to be avoiding rail travel etc unless it’s absolutely necessary. If weather warnings hadn’t began a while ago people would not have been able to change their travel plans.

ruthiek

You wanted him out so he has done it ! And after last nights programme god help us!

His party wanted him out, that’s why he has gone. We had no say in it.

ruthiek

You wanted him out so he has done it ! And after last nights programme god help us!

Seriously? You are saying that Johnson left office because the public wanted him out?

He had to be virtually dragged out of Downing Street, for goodness' sake .

Agreed that the new contenders are a shower of drips though. Johnson got rid of anyone approaching a threat to his absolute power. God help us indeed ?

katy1950

Britain is turning into a nanny state we will have 2 days of hot weather mostly in the south than it's going to rain on Wednesday for 7 days . Next week it's the annual summer holidays went thousands of people jet off to hot climates .Why are the media creating this hysteria it's crazy .I don't blame boris for not attending the cobra meeting

Yes, how stupid of them to react to conditions that might affect the whole country, they should just let everyone "get on with it" (that's the current phrase I believe - "we all just got on with it").

Strangely, that's exactly what people are doing now, just getting on with it. And the government are doing their job, which is to prepare for any crisis situation - I doubt they're making much "fuss" about it, just looking at it in practical terms.

Not sure why you think you're being 'nannied' - your trains might run a bit slower for a couple of days, or there might be a lorry in front of you on the road gritting some melting tarmac, but apart from that, how is their nannying impacting your life? And you are, of course, completely free to ignore any advice given by the Met Office.

If anyone is making a 'fuss; - it's the media with their melodramatic headlines, not the people, nor the government who are, in fact, just doing their job.

Doodledog - sadly, he's NOT been dragged out of Downing Street, he's still there!

Time reveals all in time …he should never have been in charge and the sooner the philandering big head is kicked out with a boot up his large lazy a#se the better. What a B#oody disgrace!

AshleysGran

Doodledog - sadly, he's NOT been dragged out of Downing Street, he's still there!

Good point, well made ?

He was dragged out to make his non-resignation speech though.

Would it really make any difference or not if Boris attended a meeting or not, people will die in the heat from a variety of causes, they will get into difficulty in cold water, swimming in strange places that is unfamiliar to them due to currents and depths. None of this is his fault. Responsibility lies with the individual, their family or those who care for them.