Westminster Politics
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To be fair his evasive answers in that tory event yesterday was about as cowardly and unimpressive as you'll ever see any politicians aiming for any national job be.
Maybe grabbed by the jugular, considering this week's other Tory events...
How long before he calls it fake news ....
I find the response to this Boris dispute fecking terrifying. I mean people often spin their logic (usually unconsciously) to fit their opinions, something which happens in the football forum a lot, however we're now at the point that twitter has prominent journalists and MPs doing the same.
It's like brexit has brought the spirit of RAWK to the masses.
It's like brexit has brought the spirit of RAWK to the masses.
"When I make promises as a politician I always keep them!"
Boris has got sloppy Steve’s support despite denying the relationship previously:
Inevitable, but isn't going to make one iota of difference. He'll still get picked with ease, and if not then Hunt is a disaster too.
I agree, we are at Trumpian levels of politics in this country when politicians can state lies and no one in the media will pick them up on it. The blind public will keep on voting for these morons.
Looks like they want Hunt.
Is that from the same guardian documentary a while back. It's worth watching, Bannon has been built up massively but the documentary shows he's just a complete joke.
Why would he help Boris though?
For a populist, he's not making himself very popular.
I'd run as fecking fast as my feet carry me if I had Boris Johnson defending me
Just imagine Bojo in a fistfight. He'd knock himself out in the attempt to kick the other guy in the shin
Austerity and inequality fuelling mental illness, says top UN envoy
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ity-fuelling-mental-illness-says-top-un-envoy
And
Not so much the sick man of Europe but the dying man.
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ity-fuelling-mental-illness-says-top-un-envoy
And
Not so much the sick man of Europe but the dying man.
A decade of Tory austerity. I marvel at how they still have enough seats to form governments.
Why are the Mail and Telegraph sticking up for him? Is it tied up with Brexit?
Because like most right-wing Tory types they are hypocrites.
You have to remember that these right wing papers have an agenda and that is to project the Tories image so as to get and keep them in power.
They also have the same agenda to rubbish the opposition although Labour are doing that for them.
Never believe one single word printed by any paper. Most of it is made up and sensationalist lies to try and sell their crappy product.
Only fit for one thing and that is not for reading.
Just goes to show how rediculously gullible people really are.
And by the way. The Tories austerity programme was nothing to do with the economy.
It was everything to do with macho politics.
Remember the quote from the idiot Cameron - we are all in it together.
The bankers took the country to the brink of collapse due to their complete and utter greed.
And the workers, the sick and the vulnerable get a proper kicking as a consequence.
Austerity hasn't really hit tory voters/base. Add in the Brexit glue and these two together give the tories enough for now to something of a force(Without huge changes, which I can't see happening the tory party is fecked.)
Sadly a ton of poor and young people don't vote.
Johnson gets paid £275k/year by the Telegraph for writing a column so they'll be supporting him for that alone but his Brexit stance will be part of it too. Both papers are fascinated with him.
Absolutely correct. And of course it is in the Tories interest to keep it that way because they know that traditional Tory voters are not the young or the poor.
Does anybody seriously think that Boris is interested in them.
His only interest is Boris and power.
Totally agree but if keeping Tories in is their ultimate aim, isn’t Johnson the least safe option now after this story?
That's how the Tories will remain relevant, move further to the right. Continue and extend their pact with Bannon and his ilk as well as further with the Brexit Party.
Johnson's comments about Muslim women and letterboxes were manufactured with the entire intent of appealing to this base.
In before a few posters quote the literal definition of a phobia to defend the above.
That's Boris for you, one minute he's advocating for Turkey to join the EU, the next he's courting Islamophobes.
I wonder how people would get on living in a muslim country if they wanted nothing to do with Islam?
Muslims in islamic countries have phobias about western culture, which is why they ban a lot of things considered normal here.
For anyone with a brain then yes of course.
But diehard Tories love Boris because he is a bumbling idiot. And therefore, they can associate with him.
I'm more cynical. I think they're throwing him under the bus. Operation 'blame Boris'.
What has any of this got to do with the tweet I posted ?
What has any of this got to do with the tweet I posted ?
I tend to break out in a rash if I have to hear someone talk about GoT, I feel nauseous every time I see a advert for Love Island. What you mean when you say ''phobias about western culture''
And also just because some Muslims far right dictatorships bans lots of things considered normal in the west(Although again I would need you explain this in more detail)doesn't mean we should also do the same.
The tweet was about a supposed Islamaphobia problem within the conservative party.
What if someone wanted a beer in a bar in Saudi Arabia, and then take their girlfriend to the cinema and have a cuddle?
Let's keep it this way, and then there will be no phobias.
That's completely besides the point of what's been posted though. The issue is Tory members clearly have a warped perceptions of Islam's influence on the UK because they believe there are no-go areas and that Sharia Law has been implemented in parts of the country. Islamic countries may have their issues (and those issues are severe in some places) but that shouldn't mean we're then hostile to all Muslims as a result considering Muslims themselves are often on the receiving end of Islamic extremism.
How would you think this compares with the Labour, Liberal, Greens and Brexit Parties?