Johnson has been re-selected to stand for Uxbridge and South Ruislip at next GE.

Fleurpepper

He was in a much worse state when he left Russian Oligarch Lebedev's mansion in Italy, when Foreign Secretary. Barely could walk and couldn't put a sentence together. My guess is that he has been blackmailed ever since, the reason he appointed Lebedev, linked to the KGB, to the Lords.

Now THAT is truly worrying.

My thoughts exactly. He was photographed by several members of the public at Perugia Airport, dishevelled and with the appearance of a serious hangover. I think his KGB hosts photographed him doing something compromising. The man is a traitor.

Oreo

Depends on how Boris gets on this Wednesday, he may be out on his ear.
Saw a pic of him this morning ‘leaving his home’, in a shirt and suit, no tie, suit rumpled and mud stained on jacket and very muddy on trousers and shoes.How can he leave home in that state?

0while we can watch him being interviewed by the Privileges Committee (and make our own judgement) we won't know anything until the committee reports, with its recommendations/sanctions and the recommendations have been voted on by the House of Commons. If Johnson can garner enough support he may well avoid any sanction.

According to news reports there are a number of MPs who are Johnson supporters and are trying to persuade us that he did nothing wrong. I think they are actually from another planet, but they walk among us and are MPs...

Johnson may be the only witness to appear before the privileges committee

www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/18/boris-johnson-may-be-only-witness-called-in-partygate-investigation

I am amazed he was re-selected. I live in the constituency next door and I was of the opinion people were fed up because he rarely spent any time there.

I think (and hope) he is going to receive a nasty shock at the next general election as he has been a lying toerag for years.

Leopards do not change their spots.

MaizieD DD used to be a tevision sub-titler, specialising in live sub titling, a bit like those translators that hang around world leaders, translating every word as they say it.

It meant that she spent most of her working time watching/listening to news bulletins from all over the UK, and the world. All those innumerable vox pops from every region, so she got a very good feel for what people on the ground in High Streets country wide were saying.

She ceased to be a tv sub-titler 5 years ago and moved on to something completely different, so it will be interesting to see how highly tuned her political antennae will be to who most of the population want to win, in the next election.

I read in inews that the tories are struggling to find enough candidates to stand in the may elections cos no-one wants to fail, I guess the same could be true of the GE, loads of young, presentable Tory MP's are standing down, presumably seeking posts elsewhere before they get pushed, because they can work and be an MP and as Boris has shown, you don't need to do much constituency work to get your salary. I think he is a turd of the highest order but he is able to turn the charm on, say the right thing whether it's true or not. I think enough people see through him now & hopefully he'll be out after his performance on Wednesday.

He could stand in Mid Beds as Nadine Dorries has said she is not standing again

JaneJudge

He could stand in Mid Beds as Nadine Dorries has said she is not standing again

Rumour had it that love sick Dorries was sacrificing her seat for Johnson, but I assume that as he has decided to stay where he is, this safe seat was not offered. I expect there is a fair bit of horse trading going on as the safer seats, like where I live (would elect a goat as long as it wore a blue rosette), will be much sought after. A few, of course, are going before they are ignominiously pushed.

I don't know if it will even be a seat soon HPQ as it is one of the seats that will go under the boundary changes, I think

Hi, four weeks ago, I had a fall out with my daughter. Which resulted in a message from her, saying that she didn't want any contact with me for at least two months. This included my birthday, mother's day, Easter. All events we previously shared. She also added that there was to be no Nana time with my granddaughters. Previously, I would talk to the girls every other day on WhatsApp and tell them stories particularly the eldest one who us four, the youngest is 16 months. My daughter works full-time and I have looked after both the girls on a regular basis since they were born. They are not local and I don't drive, but I have always been there to help with child care at a moments notice. I was due to look after the girls during Easter and half term. Yesterday, it being Mother's Day was very hard, and I reached out to my son in law asking if I could have some Nana time, he hasn't responded. I feel broken inside. My daughter has also cancelled our holiday planned for May. I am now into four weeks, and I'm terrified that after another four weeks, my daughter will continue to not see me or allow me contact with the girls. I have a drawer full of thank you cards, notes from her praising me as a mum and as a grandmother. I find this all so inexplicable and I worry that my oldest grand daughter will think I have just disappeared from her life. I wouldn't wish this on anyone and I'm at a loss to understand how my previous relationship with my daughter, which I thought was strong supportive and loving, has turned into this huge barrier of silence and no contact. I have tried to reach out, but my daughter doesn't read my messages,. Any support advice, would be appreciated. Best wishes Saf

Your post is on the wrong thread EaiesNana. Ask hq to take it down and put something on the estrangement threads

Maybe he is communicating with cousin Donald and thinks if he can stand again for President he might just have a shot at PM again.

👀 just drop this here.

Look at the greens!

LAB: 45% (+3)
CON: 20% (-3)
GRN: 13% (+3)
LDM: 9% (+1)
REF: 6% (-1)
SNP: 5% (+1)

Re Johnson appearing before the privileges committee,
I can’t find the extract from the newspaper now, but I thought that it said, he chose a lawyer to defend him and that the taxpayer would be footing the bill. Is was quite a sum. As I said this was in a paper, is it true?

mokryna

Re Johnson appearing before the privileges committee,
I can’t find the extract from the newspaper now, but I thought that it said, he chose a lawyer to defend him and that the taxpayer would be footing the bill. Is was quite a sum. As I said this was in a paper, is it true?

It is true. I think it’s costing over £200,000. I’ve realised that he actually believes his own lies.

Yes, it has been reported widely that we, the taxpayer, you know the ones who obeyed the lockdown regulations, listened to his speeches every night on BBC where he told us to stay at home, don't mix with anyone.....well, we are now paying to defend him against his own lies being put to him. It is beyond parody.

It's clear the Buffoon has bamboozled the Uxbridge Tories into reselecting him in advance of the Privileges Committee outcome because if (and it's a big if) he has to fight a by-election there he would rather do that as a Tory candidate than as an Independent competing with an official Tory candidate. He hopes Uxbridge Tories would not deselect him before the by-election. Of course Sunak could withdraw the whip and thus overrule the Uxbridge Tories. Not difficult to bamboozle Tory activists whose political acumen was well demonstrated when they elected Truss.

What about those who voted for Johnson because he promised to "lie down in front of the bulldozer" if they ever tried to build another runway at Heathrow?

He avoided taking part in the vote by making a totally unnecessary 4000 mile round trip to Afghanistan at taxpayers expense. Do you think that fooled any of these voters?

Among the many things I've read about Johnson recently I did read something about journalists interviewing Uxbridge voters. They reported that although Johnson had some very staunch supporters in Uxbridge there weren't very many of them.

(Sorry, can't remember the source)

I can’t remember who was being interviewed the other day but he said he’d had a meeting with Johnson and was absolutely shocked to find that the following day he spoke to the press and gave a totally different account of their meeting.

Maizie It may have been the DM. One of their reporters described Johnson's support as deep but narrow. His supporters were totally committed to him, but there were not many of them.

M0nica

Maizie It may have been the DM. One of their reporters described Johnson's support as deep but narrow. His supporters were totally committed to him, but there were not many of them.

That'll be right. 'Deep but narrow' is the phrase I was trying to remember.

Thanks, MOnica

Johnson May well lose his seat at the next election, although it is certainly not a done deal, neither is a Labour victory.

I agree with you Whitewavemark2 Neither of the main parties are showing any promise. Has anybody got any views on the Reform Party? I believe they are planning to have candidates stand in as many constituencies as possible. The problem is, that unless there is proportional representation, an emerging party will have no chance.

The reform party are - small state low taxes - Liz Truss type of party - and not one I could support.