Why is Boris still PM if he's going to do no work?

GrannyGravy13

The majority of the U.K. has worked remotely for the best part of two years.

Westminster is on its annual summer recess.

Westminster is on it’s annual summer recess.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought every employee is entitled to paid leave, in other words holidays.
If he was making decisions that’d be wrong, if he isn’t, that’s wrong.

14th August - holidaying in Greece. Presumably in fathers villa.

11th August - Johnson turned up at a meeting with the energy bosses. Nothing was decided

3- 10 August holiday (paid for by unspecified donor) in 5* eco hotel.

Throughout July he held a number of bashes paid for by various donors. Too busy to attend cobra meetings or make any decisions.

And we are paying this b…..d

Talking dogs, will the hairy sheepdog in the photo be living in No 10 soon? I assume he belongs to Liz.
I think they are comical, and are used for herding the flock.

Callistemon21

Casdon

Callistemon21

Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone)


It's how you tell 'em!!

Labs - friendly, slobbery, affectionate but can occasionally bare their teeth

You missed out highly intelligent and loveable Callistemon!

I've recently been much slobbered on by a friendly, affectionate Lab, Casdon so those seem to be the main attributes.
?

Ps he wasn't called Keir

Actually a lot more dogs are called Boris - is that significant do you think? (Mine isn’t, obviously!).

Casdon

Callistemon21

Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone)


It's how you tell 'em!!

Labs - friendly, slobbery, affectionate but can occasionally bare their teeth

You missed out highly intelligent and loveable Callistemon!

I've recently been much slobbered on by a friendly, affectionate Lab, Casdon so those seem to be the main attributes.
?

Ps he wasn't called Keir

Callistemon21

^Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone)^


It's how you tell 'em!!

Labs - friendly, slobbery, affectionate but can occasionally bare their teeth

You missed out highly intelligent and loveable Callistemon!

Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone)


It's how you tell 'em!!

Labs - friendly, slobbery, affectionate but can occasionally bare their teeth

Oh I wish (Gafa!) Lucca.

I'm sorry to bang on from my holiday perusal of French newspapers, but today I read that Macron and Boris last week had another long telephone conversation about the joint efforts in Ukraine and how both leaders need to up the momentum to support Zelensky. Also a conversation about immigration, "encore" says the report which suggests it is getting tiresome.
So there must be some work going on, overseen from the top, even if those in charge are soaking up the sun. I do, however, agree that it looks as though Boris has pretty much thrown in the towel.
Interestingly, Macron has used scholastic language about his holiday saying it is a "pause studieuse" and that he will be ready for "la rentrée" come September. Maybe back in the UK the 4 day week for schools suggestion is indicative of how Boris views his own time spent at the desk.

Oh do you like my misspelling of your name ?!

Ha ha crossed posts ! No worries.

GagaJo

Lucca

Beckett

Parliament is in recess (they are all on holiday!). I am sure he is in daily contact with his office. Still never miss a chance at a bit of Boris bashing (wasn't Starmer pictured on holiday recently?)

Oh the tired old “Boris bashing” comment plus irrelevant Starmer comment. Starmer isn’t PM.

The Starmer comment was a reply to Beckett who posted on Monday 15-Aug-22 09:42:31, saying that he was also on holiday.

Oh the irony of the PM being absent for weeks, while the not-PM is present and working.

Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone).

Gafajo. “The Starmer comment was a reply to Beckett who posted on Monday 15-Aug-22 09:42:31, saying that he was also on holiday. “

I know ! That’s my point,

Lucca, I'm an idiot. Please ignore my comment.

Lucca

Beckett

Parliament is in recess (they are all on holiday!). I am sure he is in daily contact with his office. Still never miss a chance at a bit of Boris bashing (wasn't Starmer pictured on holiday recently?)

Oh the tired old “Boris bashing” comment plus irrelevant Starmer comment. Starmer isn’t PM.

The Starmer comment was a reply to Beckett who posted on Monday 15-Aug-22 09:42:31, saying that he was also on holiday.

Oh the irony of the PM being absent for weeks, while the not-PM is present and working.

Says everything about Labour (Dictionary: work hard, make great effort) versus the cons (deceive or trick someone).

It's not really Boris bashing to ask why he's not at Downing Street when the country is in crisis. He's welcome to take a holiday but not when he's needed at work. As some of us have said earlier, our fathers had to leave us on holiday or cancel our holiday when they were required at work. It's even more important that our PM does that. Starmer is not the PM and doesn't have the same responsibilities.

Beckett

Parliament is in recess (they are all on holiday!). I am sure he is in daily contact with his office. Still never miss a chance at a bit of Boris bashing (wasn't Starmer pictured on holiday recently?)

Oh the tired old “Boris bashing” comment plus irrelevant Starmer comment. Starmer isn’t PM.

The deputy would have automatically taken over if the PM had died.

I still don't get why he didn't just leave immediately and let the deputy PM take over. Assuming there is a deputy. What if he had died? There must surely be some sort of provision there. What a shocker he is.

He's giving the populace a great big 'f**k you' for rejecting him. Taking the pay and every perk he can wring out while he can.

In answer the the WP the Guardian has kindly reported:
www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/15/boris-johnsons-summer-of-fun-what-has-the-pm-been-doing
Lots of jolly hollies with pay.

Grrrr. Lobby.

Number 10 Libby briefing had confirmed that the lazy oik is not in constant touch, isn’t not working remotely, or, indeed, at all.

He will only be contacted if something urgent happens.

I wonder what, in his world, would count as urgent? I doubt it’s be anything affecting anyone other than himself.

vq, yes and those were the days before Zoom.
I remember DH driving all the way back from our holiday (admittedly in Cornwall, not overseas) for a meeting at work, leaving us all there, then driving back again the next day, problems solved, crisis averted!

Why do we have a Deputy Prime Minister? It seems to be pointless, but then, it's not a salaried position.

Exactly Vampirequeen. My late father was in the Met Police and I can't tell you just how many family trips, events, had to be either cancelled or my Mother take us without him, because all leave would be cancelled. It was the way it was for us growing up, which makes all of those people excusing the lazy git even more irritating as far as I am concerned. As I said a while ago, Johnson always fancied the idea of being PM, and the idea of being an ex Pm with the opportunities that gives. It was the bit in between that he had a problem with. Anyone else notice how the Ukraine president has been dropped from best friends list now that he is no longer useful to Johnson to show off with?

Excellent post VQ @13.32.

I don't know where people get this idea that Parliament in recess means that MPs are all away on holiday and doing nothing..