Nah feck him. He’s the human equivalent of a dish rag. Wet and listless.
Westminster Politics
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Do you ever think that having low expectations of politicians - unwilling to assess them against normal standards, as you’re doing here - helps create an environment where politicians expect very little of themselves, in terms of competence, integrity, purpose...anything really?
These are your words:
Sorry but I don't agree that this is serious....
Close to 130,000 deaths, many totally unnecessary.
I rest my case.
Didn't Tony Blair have an inquiry for his whitewash on the illegal Iraqi invasion? Bojo is going to do the same.
Wait...did Boris really suggest injecting himself with corona ? 
Ridiculous post.
It takes balls if you're a normal functioning human being with empathy and a conscience. I don't think that's a factor for a psychopath.
His weird manic laughter and crocodile tears routine keeps popping into my head.
he will spout out the usual "getting on with the job/middle of a pandemic/British people care about getting out of this pandemic/vaccine, vaccine vaccine"
You have to have iron clad skin to be in politics, but yes to ignore this and carry on you have to have something wrong with you.
No scandal seems to hit the tories hard, so I expect them to increase their lead in the polls after this.
Isint is also indicative of the world we live in today. Fragmented attention, fragmented news, hardly anyone buys a newspaper. We’ve also got fatigue from scandal. Not just politics. These things just don’t have an impact anymore, as we are busy watching Netflix.
Maticmaker is perhaps a good indication of how warmly accepting the general population is of bald faced lying in all degrees.
The pathetic thing is none of these revelations are new yet the Tories poll well.
You've really got to think lowly of yourself to vote for this lot.
You've really got to think lowly of yourself to vote for this lot.
Is the attitude similar in Denmark?
No.
It is still very early and these things can take time to sink in.
And even if only a small percentage of what was said is the truth, then there is much for the government to answer for.
Boris has underestimated the damage this can cause. He thinks that Cummings rating by the public will mean they still trust the PM.
But the fact is that if you throw enough mud around, some of it will stick.
Don't know if you realise it but these are the normal standards, for Politicians, and have been for years and yes its all the electorates fault.
In truth we get the politicians we deserve in the UK, in other countries its not so clear cut!
The 'spat' between Boris and his ex-mate is not serious... that's what I said!
Quite sad really.
Not really, see things as they are, not how we would like them to be.
Generally we get the politicians we deserve, we elect them and give them our vote, but never really trust them... its an awful job but someone has to do it!
The line that Boris and his government are spouting; we are focused on delivering the vaccine programme is now wearing pretty thin.
It is the NHS which is delivering the vaccine programme.
And the success of it means that the process itself is working and as a result, cannot be taking up much of their time.
It is the NHS which is delivering the vaccine programme.
And the success of it means that the process itself is working and as a result, cannot be taking up much of their time.
You're the one with the spade mate... and the 'I hate Boris' 'T' shirt I suspect.. have a nice day and stop taking yourself too seriously
The British electorate are apathetic to politicians who negligently let thousands of innocent people die.
To put it plainly, we're fecked.
I don't think the Daily Mail comment section is an accurate barometer of the electorate.
I'd actually disagree heavily, unfortunately. I think the Daily Mail comment section accurately captures the general sentiment of the wider nation on a wide number of current events & politics, and I'm struggling to think of a topic where that has proven to be otherwise.
From their own traffic data back in 2016, 30% of their traffic is UK based. By those rough fag packet calculations, the comment section isn't probably isn't reflective of the electorate and swamped, like Twitter and most online platforms, with agenda driven people (either paid campaigners, state funded propaganda machines, or genuine individuals with feelings on the topic - the latter probably being the smallest section).
The conservatives are not representing the majority though. They are beneficiaries of the rigged system they have carefully built.
Also, saying that all politicians are liars or crap or whatever, is not a reasonable excuse to vote for the worst liars who are clearly so ready to spend tax money for their own benefit. Surely the way to encourage a more honest breed of politician, is to reward those with geater integrity.
If all you are really concerned with is a stable housing market, low taxes for the wealthy and less regulation, then have the balls to admit to yourself that you actually don't care about the wider community. Then maybe you'll stop making such spurious arguments to justify your vote.
With @villain on this.
Which also means it will take 5-10 years by which time the people involved will likely be out of office anyway. The Iraq inquiry wasn't published until 7 years after it was announced.
Most people who visit websites are unlikely to leave comments, so the traffic doesn't really matter in this particular subject.
Secondly, I doubt that a random person in America, Europe or wherever will feel that passionate about British politics or be well versed on it to create an account to comment or vote on matters relating to it.
Thirdly, the location of the commentator is right next to the comments so you can see where someone is (i'm not sure if this is changeable though)
& finally, the top comments generally follow a trend which can't be denied & like I said - i'm struggling to think of a topic where that has gone against the trend.
I think you will find that they are, at this time, but agreed it won't last forever.
I do not have to justify my vote and you have no idea what it was/will be!
Having a stable housing market benefits anyone seeking to purchase, wanting low taxes are a given, nobody likes paying them, although of course we have to do, i.e. the only certainties in life are 'death and taxes'; regulations that work are needed, ensuring everyone adheres is the trick, of course ....spurious regulations don't work for that reason, they can be avoided.
Why didn't Hancock answer the questions directly? He didn't answer the question about care homes and testing.
You're the one with the spade mate... and the 'I hate Boris' 'T' shirt I suspect.. have a nice day and stop taking yourself too seriously
Some people never learn.
24% of the voting age population voted Tory in the last election.
And from what I understand, a fair number were from postal voting.
And yet, Nigel Farage is campaigning for the abolition of postal voting.
Now I acknowledge that this all stems from the Trump side where he was trying to convince everyone of voter fraud in the last US election.
But it is also true that he wants this stopped in the UK as well.
Minority governments always do well in a low turnout.
There are much more important things to resolve that postal voting.
But we all know what Farage is capable of.