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Not good numbers for BoJo/CON ahead of the local elections – politicalbetting.com
Not good numbers for BoJo/CON ahead of the local elections – politicalbetting.com
NEW @JLPartnersPolls in today’s @thetimesWe asked a nationally representative sample of the British public what they think about Boris Johnson.Of all 2,000 responses, 72% were negative, with 16% positive. The words most commonly used are in the image below. (1/13) pic.twitter.com/9daOfkmcE3
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Overall, partygate dominates views of Boris over Ukraine.
Fury has not receded. Many negative comments are by people who liked him previously but have now changed their minds.
When Johnson first took power, only Labour voters would call him a liar. It is now widespread.
https://twitter.com/jamesjohnson252/status/1515936789055389701
We'll put that down as a 'maybe' then?
I hope the Tories take a kicking, both for electing that toerag and for their spineless complicity in keeping him in No.10
Unless someone said 'Not fit for office'.
I can see an extremely low turnout in England overall like in 2012, maybe even 30%. Turnout in London might be better and I'm not assuming Barnet or even Wandsworth will be a slam dunk for Labour.
“At first I really liked him and felt he would be good for the country, but now he has been in power he has been one of the worst prime ministers ever… he is so out of touch and has no idea how the majority of people live their lives.”
“Utter anus”
https://twitter.com/jamesjohnson252/status/1515936776556265475?s=21&t=TqBtqUarXkFyEiTF9Qy16A
I presume "My party right or wrong..." applies here?
So now that we have got out all the denials of what we did not say, can we at least agree that Johnson is a carbuncle on the face of politics whose removal is long overdue?
And it's also easy to forget just how bad things can be for incumbent governments. The Conservatives ran precious free councils outright in 1996.
If you could overlook Brexit, Cameron v Blair would be a decent match up. But...you can't overlook Brexit.
But at no point did I doubt that he was basically trying to do his best for the country as a whole while also doing whatever he could to keep the Tories out of power. (Which frequently meant compromising Labour principles where electorally convenient; so not a "man of principle" - more of a pragmatist.)
He also dissembled about his religious conviction which set off more alarm bells.
On the other hand...
Not for a second do I think the charlatans in the cabinet now are doing anything for the benefit of the country as a whole. Indeed they betray no evidence of understanding what that might even mean. It is a shame on all of us.
Has any recent PM got in under such conditions?
They’ve been in power too long and have become stale, lazy and out of ideas.
While it’s foolish to predict a GE this far out, I think SKS will get a decent workable majority.
Con MPs only have themselves to blame.
I'm hoping if Starmer becomes PM we will be able to criticise Blair in the same way SPD supporters and even senior electoral representatives are now allowed to attack Schröder.
Sergey Radchenko
@DrRadchenko
New article from Karaganov. Synopsis: The West is falling apart. We should cannibalise Ukraine. Nuclear war is definitely a possibility. Europe is doomed. We'll build a new world, together with China and India. We are heterosexuals. https://globalaffairs.ru/articles/protiv-nas-bolshoj-zapad/.
https://twitter.com/DrRadchenko/status/1516000270592970755
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQjcxoGgg4
Boris was "on our side". Until now. Partygate has shown Boris is on Boris's side. I'm not sure how he can get that back.
@PhillipsPOBrien
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The interesting kicker in all this, is that this was, I think, one of the only ways to criticise Stalin’s rule from within the USSR. You would have to describe the horrible behaviours of other nations, when actually you meant the USSR itself.
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1516035988652535809
Removing him is not only the ethical thing for Conservative MPs to do.
It is also profoundly in their long-term interest.
https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1516054899619991563
A report, released by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto on Monday, said it believed that No 10 had fallen prey to a spyware attack in 2020 and 2021, with the United Arab Emirates being the suspected orchestrator.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/18/no-10-suspected-of-being-target-of-nso-spyware-attack-boris-johnson
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/seven-in-ten-teenagers-should-go-to-university-tony-blair-declares-wpqjb6j2x
I have been very busy and not posted much recently but I have this deep seated desire to see Boris leave office
I prided myself when I ran my business of always seeking the highest standards of honesty and integrity, something that is an anathema to Boris and the idea he can appear in the HOC and explain away partygate is deeply disturbing, unless his speech concludes with his resignation
I cannot start to imagine how his mps and local councillor candidates can face the public while he continues in office, and I hope they receive a catastrophic may election result
His mps have to decide on their integrity and they will only uphold it by voting him out of office
I am grateful that Boris got brexit done, but it is in urgent need of an overhaul with a much closer mutually beneficial agreement on defence, security and trade
On the whole he managed covid reasonably and certainly opened the economy against Starmer, Sturgeon and Drakeford's wishes and at least mitigated some of the economic and social damage lockdowns cause
He has also done well with Ukraine, but the idea he cannot be replaced is a nonsense as nobody is irreplaceable
I have no fear if Starmer becomes PM, and ironically it would be more than interesting to watch just how he performs when he has to take hard decisions on many issues and most of all public sector pay
As always there is expectations management that goes on.
I thought Blair a brilliant politician but rationally I could see that things were going to end in tears. I thought he was American style cheesy (rolled up sleeves party speeches). The Fall was signalled early - Bernie Ecclestone. New Labour gave us an optimistic time even thought there was an underlying strand of authoritarianism closer a times to a benign(-ish) corporate state.
Blair overdosed on hubris so doctoring dossiers to prove what he knew to be true was no sin in his own eyes. He was a strategic liar. Boris in contrast is an opportunist who fibs frequently almost from habit and has slipped ever upwards till meeting his nemesis, he is a tactical liar.
I’ve noticed the anti-woke brigade have dialled down their outrage recently.
It’s all a bit awkward for them.
Perhaps our free, liberal, open and tolerant society isn’t that bad? And that chicks with dicks don’t lead to the downfall of civilisation, after all?
#Ukraine security expert tells me of a recent convo with an Italian journo.
Italian: “So, to make peace with #Russia, what will you give them?”
UA: “What do you mean?”
Italian: “Well, you’ll have to give them territory of course!”
UA: “Hmmm, yes, ok. We’ll give them Lake Como.”
https://twitter.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1516021964414271494
But they’ve really f****d Russia, hard and with no lube.
Anecdotal evidence - the Russian aunts of my wife, who a month ago were asking about the Nazis in Ukraine, are now slowly coming around to the idea that they might be the bad guys in all of this. The sanctions are starting to be noticed outside the major metro areas, into the towns where Putinism has ruled for two decades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU
He surely cannot believe that tertiary education does anything much for our productivity outside STEM and the professions? Surely that theory has been tested to death by now.
If I had an 18 year old, I’d be either telling them to learn a trade, or to get a white-collar apprenticeship that might result in a sponsored degree a few years down the line.
I would think 35-45% going to traditional degrees and another 25-35% doing further learning post 18, a mix of apprenticeships, part time or intensive courses over months rather than years, would be a good balance for the country.
This was supported by the massive debt/house-price maintained economic bubble.
The unspoken secret was that, although massively outpolling the hated Tories, Labour still weren't attracting historically large numbers of votes for their historically large victories.
So in retrospect, the disappointment, decay, and disillusionment were deeper and faster than you'd have expected for such a very successful politician.