politicians sniping at each other

"Mohammed Khaliel, director of the community cohesion organisation Islamix, said: “These are the type of comments you’d expect from the EDL, the BNP and possibly Ukip.

“Somebody in a position of responsibility should be making responsible comments,” he said. “For somebody allegedly aspiring to be prime minister of the country, is this really the style and level of comments that he should be making?

“He’s trying for election in Uxbridge and he thinks any publicity is good publicity, but he doesn’t care about the discord that it causes in the community.” "

Quote from the article, magpie.
All he's doing is stirring it, completely wrong in my opinion. Certainly not the sort of comments that a hopeful PM should be making, as I said in my post.

durhamjen Sat 31-Jan-15 12:04:11 Not PC enough for you, I happen to agree with him, trust the Guardian newspaper not too.

What would you call them then, nice little boys who have lost their way in life.

ethel perhaps you should've gone to that well-known opticians

Did Tone actually drink his tea?

They say Harold Wilson never smoked his pipe that much and used it more as a prop .

At least Farage drank his beer.

Nothing is at it seems, full stop.

hmm, even Boris's hair is crafted.
Nothing , it seems, politics wise, is as it seems.

riverwalk have you not heard that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Boris has the little boy lost look and his ruffled hair is so cute.

Probably because they don't want him as leader - keep him where he is!

The strange thing is that the Tory party cannot find anyone to replace him as mayor of London. Everyone they've asked so far says no thanks.

Now, given a choice between Boris, Russell Brand and Ken Livingstone who would I vote for?
Before anyone posts, this is a hypothetical question.

I've seen Bojo in the flesh ...... fully-clothed I should add (shudder)

He is NOT sexy!

And he ruffles his hair before going on camera - that dishevelled polar bear look is carefully crafted.

ethel

Certainly charismatic leaders come across better and some people willbe more inclined to vote for them! Boris has it, some politicians do not.

I think he's sexy

So who wants this man as the next leader of the Tory party?

www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/30/boris-johnson-jihadis-are-porn-watching-wankers

I couldn't agree more etheltbags1 but you do have to think about why they behave like this.

I think it has a lot to do with how they are reported. A clever quip gets on the news. If they keep repeating the same line, it gets repeated at some point (or several ) and they feel they are getting their point over. Lazy journalism and tight broadcasting mean that they have no time to explain a point without the "I'm sorry but we are running out of time".

Last Sunday, on the local portion of The Sunday Politics, we had two women from different parties being interviewed. They were allowed to talk. They agreed on some things and disagreed on others. When the interview was over I felt they not only had their own views but I knew what they were. I knew the nuances of these views too. I don't expect to hear this sort of conversation again as they will no doubt be pulled up by their parties for not attacking the other party constantly.

Funny that Ana I've just had a letter from my MP too - the first communication since last election. Do they think we're fooled?

I think our MP is good enough and seems a decent sort of individual but frankly the thought of another 90 something days of this is enough to drive me to hide under the duvet!

My MP is good as well - I had a letter from him only the other day telling me why he is and asking for my vote at the next election!

Oh for the days of Lord Tonypandy...

www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/19/police-investigate-sex-abuse-claims-labour-peer-viscount-tonypandy

Yes, he sounds a charming character.

Sorry, from my MP, not for my MP.

I've got a file of letters for my MP, and from those in government she has contacted to answer my queries. She's a very good constituency MP.

Oh for the days of Lord Tonypandy who could keep control of the house and was respected by most MP's.

When we lived in Cornwall our MP was Matthew Taylor the liberal. He was very good and although we had frequent disagreements he would take the time to write letters detailing his reasons for how he was voting. Our present MP in Berkshire is a patronising idiot and will be getting no votes from me.

I wouldn't do the ruddy job.

At a table next to my MP at one of our local coffee shops this morning. He was bearing with admirable fortitude an interminable harangue from a constituent. Probably wished he was back behind his ministerial desk, but he does at least show himself in his constituency.