If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
Also, in the Vanilla forums, the buttons at the top have become invisible for me (but they still exist, just to the right of the still-visible username at the top).
They are invisible on my chromebook but visible on my iPhone.
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
Also, in the Vanilla forums, the buttons at the top have become invisible for me (but they still exist, just to the right of the still-visible username at the top).
They are invisible on my chromebook but visible on my iPhone.
The home button at the bottom has disappeared in vanilla on the iphone. Makes it much more inconvenient to refresh.
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
Actually I thought Boris was superb on HIGNFY, genuinely funny. Foreign Secretary is proving a little more problematic for him.
Interesting that there haven't been any homicides so far this year in Brent, despite the fact that the area around Harlesden used to be regarded as one of the most dangerous in London about 10 to 15 years ago. They must be doing something right in Brent regarding crime which the other areas like Walthamstow might be able to learn from.
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
It's amazing the lengths you go to to avoid admitting an error. Just admit you are wrong man, it won't hurt you! People will respect you for it. Let's unpack this response, one by one. The map I posted clearly shows that WEST London is a Labour area.
Westminster [parts of it are Tory, Westminster North is Labour] the City [this in in East Central London, not West London] Chelsea [this is South West London, the clue is in the postcode, SW3] Putney [south of the river, South West 15, and only just Tory by a tiny majority anyway] Fulham [South West 6] Richmond Park [in the far SW of the capital, again south of the water] Hillingdon etc [some parts of it are Tory, not all by any means]
City of London and Westminster Tory MP. Westminster Council Tory Council. Chelsea Tory MP and Tory Council in Kensington and Chelsea. Fulham Tory MP.
All those areas make up the West Central London Assembly seat which is also Tory so I was correct to say West London was mainly Tory still even if you just confine it to central West London
No you were completely wrong to say that. The map clearly shows that that West London, i.e. that part of London that is in the west of the city and has a W postcode is overwhelmingly Labour. Why not just concede the point for once instead of dancing on ever decreasing pinheads?
Because you are wrong. Even when I have shown you the West Central London Assembly area is majority Tory and has a Tory Assembly member you persist in saying West London is overwhelmingly Labour
For crying out loud, buy a compass before you bother me again.
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
The posher bits of West London, Westminster, the City, Chelsea, Putney, Fulham, Richmond Park, Hillingdon etc are still largely Tory.
It is East London, North London up to the Essex border and with the exception of Barnet with its high Jewish population and South London up to the Kent border which are now overwhelmingly Labour
BLAH BLAH
No you were completely wrong to say that. The map clearly shows g on ever decreasing pinheads?
Do not bother trying to argue with HYUFD. He is a notorious troll.
He is a Tory politician in Essex too.
He needs to spend less time on pinheads and more time on potholes.
And their no street lighting policy.
Although, as been proven again today, he likes to keep people in the dark.
We are getting more police in Essex and there has been no rise in crime at the time street lights have been switched off
At least that anyone could see.
Reminds me of an old joke.
Daddy, daddy, there's an Essex County Council politician at the door with a canvas form.
Also, in the Vanilla forums, the buttons at the top have become invisible for me (but they still exist, just to the right of the still-visible username at the top).
They are invisible on my chromebook but visible on my iPhone.
The home button at the bottom has disappeared in vanilla on the iphone. Makes it much more inconvenient to refresh.
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
The posher bits of West London, Westminster, the City, Chelsea, Putney, Fulham, Richmond Park, Hillingdon etc are still largely Tory.
It is East London, North London up to the Essex border and with the exception of Barnet with its high Jewish population and South London up to the Kent border which are now overwhelmingly Labour
SNIP
No you were completely wrong to say that. The map clearly shows g on ever decreasing pinheads?
Do not bother trying to argue with HYUFD. He is a notorious troll.
He is a Tory politician in Essex too.
He needs to spend less time on pinheads and more time on potholes.
And their no street lighting policy.
Although, as been proven again today, he likes to keep people in the dark.
We are getting more police in Essex and there has been no rise in crime at the time street lights have been switched off
At least that anyone could see.
Reminds me of an old joke.
Daddy, daddy, there's an Essex County Council politician at the door with a canvas form.
I've always liked Philip May, so not surprised this is happening, people I know who have met him say he's very engaging, and will talk to everyone who attends an event (or will try to)
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
No you were completely wrong to say that. The map clearly shows that that West London, i.e. that part of London that is in the west of the city and has a W postcode is overwhelmingly Labour. Why not just concede the point for once instead of dancing on ever decreasing pinheads?
Because you are wrong. Even when I have shown you the West Central London Assembly area is majority Tory and has a Tory Assembly member you persist in saying West London is overwhelmingly Labour
For crying out loud, buy a compass before you bother me again.
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
On that basis - Brian Blessed for PM!
I loved Brian Blessed's first stint on HIGNFY, he was shamelessly flirting with Alan Duncan.
I've always liked Philip May, so not surprised this is happening, people I know who have met him say he's very engaging, and will talk to everyone who attends an event (or will try to)
I got one of these this afternoon as well. Which is a little odd since there are no local elections in Scotland this year. But I suppose with a phone bank it doesn't really matter where you are.
I've always liked Philip May, so not surprised this is happening, people I know who have met him say he's very engaging, and will talk to everyone who attends an event (or will try to)
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Interesting that there haven't been any homicides so far this year in Brent, despite the fact that the area around Harlesden used to be regarded as one of the most dangerous in London about 10 to 15 years ago. They must be doing something right in Brent regarding crime which the other areas like Walthamstow might be able to learn from.
NW10 is one of the largest postal districts in London so people less likely to accidental stroll into enemy territory (which is usually the trigger for the aggro) ?
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
Rubbish,the man can speak in front of a audience with authority and answer questions honestly .
Go on YouTube and watch him,read the comments underneath of the thousands who have watched him and the likes.
This is a man not made by the BBC but of a gap in hard leave side and he's taken it,maybe Mercer is to much a remainer to put himself forward?
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
I imagine the PM is saving the major reshuffle for about this time next year, with lots of new blood promoted and old wood cleared out. She won’t want to rock the boat before we actually leave the EU though.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
He's still got about 30 hardcore supporters.
One of whom is a minister who has publicly said he would like to cut off Michael Gove's penis.
The most interesting story I've heard is that Boris has realised his time is up and is now looking at installing his brother as PM.
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
I've always liked Philip May, so not surprised this is happening, people I know who have met him say he's very engaging, and will talk to everyone who attends an event (or will try to)
I got one of these this afternoon as well. Which is a little odd since there are no local elections in Scotland this year. But I suppose with a phone bank it doesn't really matter where you are.
I'm old fashioned, I prefer to do it on the doorstep, not on the phone.
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
I seem to recall a BBC political editor saying they kept two piles of letters on their desk. One from Lefties saying he was bias, the other from Righties saying he was bias. As long as the two piles were roughly of equal height, he slept at night.
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
I seem to recall a BBC political editor saying they kept two piles of letters on their desk. One from Lefties saying he was bias, the other from Righties saying he was bias. As long as the two piles were roughly of equal height, he slept at night.
Probably apocryphal.
John Sergeant shared that story about Robin Oakley.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Theresa's fear will be that the media will feast on his every utterance. Unrestrained by high office, Boris could mock and deride whatever she does, particularly concerning Brexit. The euro-sceptic Right would love to have Boris as their master of the hounds. Together they'd rip her to pieces.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Theresa's fear will be that the media will feast on his every utterance. Unrestrained by high office, Boris could mock and deride whatever she does, particularly concerning Brexit. The euro-sceptic Right would love to have Boris as their master of the hounds. Together they'd rip her to pieces.
Keeping a rival at FO has always been a smart move. They are away from the UK a lot.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Boris’s job is to act as a lightning rod for the Brexiteers. For now he is still needed.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Theresa's fear will be that the media will feast on his every utterance. Unrestrained by high office, Boris could mock and deride whatever she does, particularly concerning Brexit. The euro-sceptic Right would love to have Boris as their master of the hounds. Together they'd rip her to pieces.
Yep. She already has one George Osborne, she doesn’t need another one in Boris.
Mr. Observer, indeed. Boris isn't fit to be Foreign Secretary.
That said, axing him right now would feed right into the Russian propaganda machine.
Mr. Borough, indeed.
Mr. Eagles, not directly comparable, but Boris could be Valens (shit emperor) to the pretty good Valentinian of his brother. One would hope they wouldn't be like Arcadius and Honorius.
Mr. Currystar, can't blame Khan for hiding, given the London crime rate.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
The fact that you're not a tribal Tory makes this analysis all the more persuasive.
Mr. Observer, indeed. Boris isn't fit to be Foreign Secretary.
That said, axing him right now would feed right into the Russian propaganda machine.
Mr. Borough, indeed.
Mr. Eagles, not directly comparable, but Boris could be Valens (shit emperor) to the pretty good Valentinian of his brother. One would hope they wouldn't be like Arcadius and Honorius.
Mr. Currystar, can't blame Khan for hiding, given the London crime rate.
Forget Arcadius and Honorius, they are trying to avoid being like Ed and David Miliband
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
I seem to recall a BBC political editor saying they kept two piles of letters on their desk. One from Lefties saying he was bias, the other from Righties saying he was bias. As long as the two piles were roughly of equal height, he slept at night.
Probably apocryphal.
Adonis until recently seemed a balanced and erudite man. For some reason he seems to have gone quite raving mad.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Best quote about Carlton Palmer.
"He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap" - Dave Jones
People are being a little silly when they talk about police numbers as if they are the only factor in reducing crime. They're an important part, but far from the whole story. There are legal and social factors that are just as important, which is why it is difficult to make a direct connection between changes in police numbers and crime.
As a rather extreme example: you could triple the number of police, yet have crime increasing if you keep them in the station doing paperwork, or have a legal system that makes it hard to convict, or a society that encourages criminality.
Police are just a part - albeit an important one - of an entire system.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
I like Boris, in some ways because of his personality flaws. But I fear that anything might shine when compared to Khan.
I've wittered on here before about Boris and his role in the lamentable Garden Bridge. Whatever else he may have achieved as mayor, his handling of that disastrous vanity project shows he is unsuited to be PM.
On the other hand, unlike some on here I was impressed with the way he got a coalition of countries to support us over the chemical attack.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Theresa's fear will be that the media will feast on his every utterance. Unrestrained by high office, Boris could mock and deride whatever she does, particularly concerning Brexit. The euro-sceptic Right would love to have Boris as their master of the hounds. Together they'd rip her to pieces.
When was he ever restrained by high office?
I see your point, but if you follow too slavishly a policy of keeping pissers in the tent pissing out you end up with an awfully full tent. Boris could be an embarrassment for sure, but look at Osborne - he has his lolz but is fundamentally impotent. The pen is actually not mightier than the sword, and certainly not mighty enough to bridge the gap between being a Somebody and a former Somebody.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Hitler was popular with the Germans. I could not care less what religion someone comes from, its all abour performamce.
Name something good he has done. He said he would be building 80,000 affordable homes, since he took tenure the number of social housing starts in just over a 1,000. Boris massively beat that. And Khan is a labour politician who should be helping those less well off. Its so easy to say you are going to make improvements which Khan is very good at, he is hopeless at actually doing anything.
If you want to be leader you would think you would put yourself forward in the media or do speeches or even get yourself on QT,it looks like the Mercer doesn't want the job.
Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
He’s doing it because the media loves a clown. The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation. Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
On that basis - Brian Blessed for PM!
I loved Brian Blessed's first stint on HIGNFY, he was shamelessly flirting with Alan Duncan.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Best quote about Carlton Palmer.
"He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap" - Dave Jones
Carlton Palmer 18 Engalnd Caps Matt le tessier 8 Engalnd Caps
Jacob Rees-Mogg is as false a favourite as I can recall since Marco Rubio. Assuming that Theresa May gets to see out Brexit, which now looks to be the working assumption, his USP as the most extreme Brexit extremist will be irrelevant and his lack of experience will count heavily against him.
I’d have thought that now might be a good time to think about Philip Hammond again. The Brexit obsessives will have calmed down again by the time the job comes up for consideration and he’ll have both the cv and the gravitas for the role. He shouldn’t be a 40/1 shot anyway.
What I don’t get is this: surely there is no Tory MP left who seriously believes Johnson could be their leader, let alone the PM. Given that, how on earth is it a risk for Mrs May to deposit him back on the backbenches. He is not a danger to her. Only to the country.
Theresa's fear will be that the media will feast on his every utterance. Unrestrained by high office, Boris could mock and deride whatever she does, particularly concerning Brexit. The euro-sceptic Right would love to have Boris as their master of the hounds. Together they'd rip her to pieces.
When was he ever restrained by high office?
I see your point, but if you follow too slavishly a policy of keeping pissers in the tent pissing out you end up with an awfully full tent. Boris could be an embarrassment for sure, but look at Osborne - he has his lolz but is fundamentally impotent. The pen is actually not mightier than the sword, and certainly not mighty enough to bridge the gap between being a Somebody and a former Somebody.
Osborne is politically impotent primarily because he's not in parliament. All he can do now is provide words for others (were he still an MP, he would have a few other problems, such as his involvement in the Remain campaign), but would still be a formidable presence on the backbenches.
Osborne is not a threat to May other than indirectly (and even then, not much); Boris very much is a threat for the same reasons that Geoffrey Howe was a threat to Margaret Thatcher.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Best quote about Carlton Palmer.
"He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap" - Dave Jones
I have a friend who works out in the Gulf States. About 5-6 years ago, his kid came home from school and was wittering about them being coached by some international footballer and him being amazing.
He was like sure sure, whatever. His son informed my friend, that said player wanted to know if the anybody fancied a game, could they get a team together. My friend was a reasonable player as a youth playing lowly semi-pro and with his mates thought he would go and see who this billy big bollocks was.
So they turn up and it is one Carlton Palmer, there was much sniggering, then they started to play and my friend said Palmer was just absolutely class on the ball and super fit despite being a good 10+ years older than the Dads.
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
I seem to recall a BBC political editor saying they kept two piles of letters on their desk. One from Lefties saying he was bias, the other from Righties saying he was bias. As long as the two piles were roughly of equal height, he slept at night.
Probably apocryphal.
Adonis until recently seemed a balanced and erudite man. For some reason he seems to have gone quite raving mad.
Agreed. In New Labour days he came across as a slightly worthy technocrat interested in pragmatic solutions to complex problems who was willing to do a bit of homework. Now he just raves about anything and everything. He may have had some sort of a point about Vice Chancellor's pay, for example, but pretending that this was the solution or cause of the student debt mountain or would make any material difference to it was absurd. He really does seem to have lost the plot.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Most of us would have assumed that the most likely reason for someone opposing Khan is his politics. But instead Mike goes straight for the smear attack accusation of racism.
Taking too many lessons in smearing from Mr Meeks I think.
We haven’t seen a police while I’ve been here and I’ve been here for a little while now,” David Lammy told the BBC earlier....As a policeman stands in shot behind him…
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Best quote about Carlton Palmer.
"He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap" - Dave Jones
Carlton Palmer 18 Engalnd Caps Matt le tessier 8 Engalnd Caps
And we wonder why we never win anything
Phil Neville holds more England caps than Paul Gascoigne.
Redwood suggests the EU was responsible for the collapse of British Leyland!
As much as I enjoy blaming the EU for things I'm fairly sure that British Leyland and later Rover went down the pan because they had terrible British management.
Mr. Observer, indeed. Boris isn't fit to be Foreign Secretary.
That said, axing him right now would feed right into the Russian propaganda machine.
Mr. Borough, indeed.
Mr. Eagles, not directly comparable, but Boris could be Valens (shit emperor) to the pretty good Valentinian of his brother. One would hope they wouldn't be like Arcadius and Honorius.
Mr. Currystar, can't blame Khan for hiding, given the London crime rate.
Question for you, does Sadiq Khan control police funding and staffing in London?
That's not what he said but the point he is making is daft enough. Obviously Nissan and Toyota both came here whilst we were in the EU as did Tata cars who have transformed Jaguar and Land Rover. As the proud owner of a newish Jaguar XF I can attest to the latter's achievement. Its a brilliant car to drive.
I would also suggest that as a generality taking time out of your day to show that Redwood is a fruit cake is perhaps not the most productive use of your time.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
This would include stop-and-search, which is opposed by Khan. Correspondingly, stop-and-search has declined dramatically, as knife (and other potentially fatal) crime has risen.
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
The posher bits of West London, Westminster, the City, Chelsea, Putney, Fulham, Richmond Park, Hillingdon etc are still largely Tory.
It is East London, North London up to the Essex border and with the exception of Barnet with its high Jewish population and South London up to the Kent border which are now overwhelmingly Labour
It's amazing the lengths you go to to avoid admitting an error. Just admit you are wrong man, it won't hurt you! People will respect you for it. Let's unpack this response, one by one. The map I posted clearly shows that WEST London is a Labour area.
Westminster [parts of it are Tory, in south of the water] Hillingdon etc [some parts of it are Tory, not all by any means]
City of London and Westminster Tory MP. Westminster Council Tory Council. Chelsea Tory MP and Tory Council in Kensington and Chelsea. Fulham Tory MP. BLAH
Do not bother trying to argue with HYUFD. He is a notorious troll.
He is a Tory politician in Essex too.
He needs to spend less time on pinheads and more time on potholes.
And their no street lighting policy.
Although, as been proven again today, he likes to keep people in the dark.
We are getting more police in Essex and there has been no rise in crime at the time street lights have been switched off
Save it for your leaflets. Few of us can vote for you. None of us *would* vote for you.
If I wanted you to vote for me I would be in a different party!
Under Theresa the Tories have very much become the party of caravan holidays and jumble sales. It's no surprise that London - a city of edginess, ambition and vim - should see them as dull and irrelevant or even a touch morbid. These days I can barely picture a Tory who wouldn't partake in tea dancing.
Though West London is still largely Tory
Absolute rubbish. The vast majority of West London is Labour. I think you are mistaking West London with South West London!
This is easily verifiable by simply searching google.
It's amazing the lengths you go to to avoid admitting an error. Just admit you are wrong man, it won't hurt you! People will respect you for it. Let's unpack this response, one by one. The map I posted clearly shows that WEST London is a Labour area.
Westminster [parts of it are by any means]
City of London and Westminster Tory MP. Westminster Council Tory Council. Chelsea Tory MP and Tory Council in Kensington and Chelsea. Fulham Tory MP.
All those areas make up the West Central London Assembly seat which is also Tory so I was correct to say West London was mainly Tory still even if you just confine it to central West London
No you were completely wrong to say that. The map clearly shows that that West London, i.e. that part of London that is in the west of the city and has a W postcode is overwhelmingly Labour. Why not just concede the point for once instead of dancing on ever decreasing pinheads?
Because you are wrong. Even when I have shown you the West Central London Assembly area is majority Tory and has a Tory Assembly member you persist in saying West London is overwhelmingly Labour
For crying out loud, buy a compass before you bother me again.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Andrew Adonis sounds like the right-wing nutjobs who have been howling about BBC bias for all these years. I wonder if any if them have the self-knowledge to recognise this!
That's not what he said but the point he is making is daft enough. Obviously Nissan and Toyota both came here whilst we were in the EU as did Tata cars who have transformed Jaguar and Land Rover. As the proud owner of a newish Jaguar XF I can attest to the latter's achievement. Its a brilliant car to drive.
I would also suggest that as a generality taking time out of your day to show that Redwood is a fruit cake is perhaps not the most productive use of your time.
Hope you have better luck with the Jag than the Audi!
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
It was hardly analysis. Just chucking out comments like his is beneath what I expect on PB.
We haven’t seen a police while I’ve been here and I’ve been here for a little while now,” David Lammy told the BBC earlier....As a policeman stands in shot behind him…
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Hitler was popular with the Germans. I could not care less what religion someone comes from, its all abour performamce.
Name something good he has done. He said he would be building 80,000 affordable homes, since he took tenure the number of social housing starts in just over a 1,000. Boris massively beat that. And Khan is a labour politician who should be helping those less well off. Its so easy to say you are going to make improvements which Khan is very good at, he is hopeless at actually doing anything.
Well he has delivered the Night Tube for a start, which was beyond Boris who was all blither and no delivery. It has transformed the transport system, and saved London residents ££££. I don't know if you live here, but I think you'll find he's rather popular.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
For the supporters of his main opponents to give Khan a 36% "doing well" share is an exceptional achievement. I cannot think of any similar level of support from opponents.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
It was hardly analysis. Just chucking out comments like his is beneath what I expect on PB.
Really?????? How is it not analysis? Where is Khan now???? What has he acheived????
Have you actually read any threads on PB if you think what I have written is below what you would expect on PB. The mind boggles!!!!
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
This would include stop-and-search, which is opposed by Khan. Correspondingly, stop-and-search has declined dramatically, as knife (and other potentially fatal) crime has risen.
A question for you, is Khan responsible for funding and staffing the Met?
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The Government are already massively targeting diesel car owners, its hardly a political gamble
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The T-Charge is a visionary proposal and much warranted.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The Government are already massively targeting diesel car owners, its hardly a political gamble
Do you actually live in London or are you another quasi PB expert who sniffs from the sidelines?
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The T-Charge is a visionary proposal and much warranted.
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The Government are already massively targeting diesel car owners, its hardly a political gamble
Do you actually live in London or are you another quasi PB expert who sniffs from the sidelines?
Are they only focusing on diesel cars in the capital or something?
Compared to Khan, Boris Johnson's performance as London Mayor is like comparing Christiano Ronaldo with Carlton Palmer. Boris acheived a great deal as London Mayor despite all the negative stuff written about him on here and his obvious personality flaws. Khan has achieved nothing and when real leadership of the Capital is required like now he has disappeared. He is a disgraceful politician who is happy to be in front of the TV cameras to have a go at Trump or some other mad right wing loon, but not to answer for his own job performance.
Latest YouGov Well/Badly in London Khan well 54% Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters Khan Well 36% Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
When Boris left office there was a whole host of things that he had achieved. I thought he would be a terrible mayor but he wasn't. Obviously he had some stuff that went wrong but overall he can look back with pride at some definte acheivements. Khan is doing nothing. Now is a time for him to lead London and deal with the rising crime head on. Where is he? Hiding because he does not want to answer difficult questions. Whatever you think about Boris he would be in front of the press detailing what he was going to do. All we have now is other labour politicians cringefully trying to stick up for Khan and blame the Government.
What about the measures to control air pollution which is a political gamble given that diesel car owners are going to be singled out?
The Government are already massively targeting diesel car owners, its hardly a political gamble
Do you actually live in London or are you another quasi PB expert who sniffs from the sidelines?
Isn't that exactly what Khan is doing at the moment? Do you know where he is?
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Rees-Mogg taking first place because he's doing these things.
The BBC, among others, is complicit in creating these nutters. Boris for example got his big (TV) media break on Have I Got News For You.
They think it adds to the gaiety of the nation.
Actually, it just dumbs down political debate.
https://twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/status/981898017639976960
https://twitter.com/wallaceme/status/981898404610625537
https://twitter.com/wallaceme/status/981899026772692994
Sounds a bit sexist....Gordon Brown enlisted his much more human wife to try and revamp his image, as did Ed Miliband.
http://travelquaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/london_postcode_map.gif
Go on YouTube and watch him,read the comments underneath of the thousands who have watched him and the likes.
This is a man not made by the BBC but of a gap in hard leave side and he's taken it,maybe Mercer is to much a remainer to put himself forward?
Mr. Urquhart, well, putting it on at the same time as Blue Planet II was not exactly conducive to its success...
Capitulation.
One of whom is a minister who has publicly said he would like to cut off Michael Gove's penis.
The most interesting story I've heard is that Boris has realised his time is up and is now looking at installing his brother as PM.
Edit - #AccidentalInnuendo
Probably apocryphal.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2018/04/whats-worth-staying-2018-local-elections
That said, axing him right now would feed right into the Russian propaganda machine.
Mr. Borough, indeed.
Mr. Eagles, not directly comparable, but Boris could be Valens (shit emperor) to the pretty good Valentinian of his brother. One would hope they wouldn't be like Arcadius and Honorius.
Mr. Currystar, can't blame Khan for hiding, given the London crime rate.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10253871/Boris-says-he-would-never-shaft-his-brother-like-Ed-Miliband-did.html
Mr. C, the certainties of life were shattered when he found out most voters disagreed with him. How could democracy get it wrong?
"He covers every blade of grass out there, but that's only because his first touch is so crap" - Dave Jones
As a rather extreme example: you could triple the number of police, yet have crime increasing if you keep them in the station doing paperwork, or have a legal system that makes it hard to convict, or a society that encourages criminality.
Police are just a part - albeit an important one - of an entire system.
Khan well 54%
Khan Badly 27%
Amongst CON voters
Khan Well 36%
Khan Badly 53%
That suggests he is doing something right and your view simply is your view alone.
Maybe you are uncomfortable in having a Muslim mayor.
http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/75psf9zu45/QueenMary_LondonResults_Feb18_VI.pdf
I've wittered on here before about Boris and his role in the lamentable Garden Bridge. Whatever else he may have achieved as mayor, his handling of that disastrous vanity project shows he is unsuited to be PM.
On the other hand, unlike some on here I was impressed with the way he got a coalition of countries to support us over the chemical attack.
I see your point, but if you follow too slavishly a policy of keeping pissers in the tent pissing out you end up with an awfully full tent. Boris could be an embarrassment for sure, but look at Osborne - he has his lolz but is fundamentally impotent. The pen is actually not mightier than the sword, and certainly not mighty enough to bridge the gap between being a Somebody and a former Somebody.
Name something good he has done. He said he would be building 80,000 affordable homes, since he took tenure the number of social housing starts in just over a 1,000. Boris massively beat that. And Khan is a labour politician who should be helping those less well off. Its so easy to say you are going to make improvements which Khan is very good at, he is hopeless at actually doing anything.
https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/981907402902704129?s=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgOiiFv9DZ0
Matt le tessier 8 Engalnd Caps
And we wonder why we never win anything
I’d have thought that now might be a good time to think about Philip Hammond again. The Brexit obsessives will have calmed down again by the time the job comes up for consideration and he’ll have both the cv and the gravitas for the role. He shouldn’t be a 40/1 shot anyway.
https://twitter.com/johnredwood/status/981828937750892545?s=21
Osborne is not a threat to May other than indirectly (and even then, not much); Boris very much is a threat for the same reasons that Geoffrey Howe was a threat to Margaret Thatcher.
He was like sure sure, whatever. His son informed my friend, that said player wanted to know if the anybody fancied a game, could they get a team together. My friend was a reasonable player as a youth playing lowly semi-pro and with his mates thought he would go and see who this billy big bollocks was.
So they turn up and it is one Carlton Palmer, there was much sniggering, then they started to play and my friend said Palmer was just absolutely class on the ball and super fit despite being a good 10+ years older than the Dads.
Most of us would have assumed that the most likely reason for someone opposing Khan is his politics. But instead Mike goes straight for the smear attack accusation of racism.
Taking too many lessons in smearing from Mr Meeks I think.
We haven’t seen a police while I’ve been here and I’ve been here for a little while now,” David Lammy told the BBC earlier....As a policeman stands in shot behind him…
https://order-order.com/2018/04/05/we-havent-seen-a-police-while-ive-been-here/
I would also suggest that as a generality taking time out of your day to show that Redwood is a fruit cake is perhaps not the most productive use of your time.
Very poor comment mike on the - "a Muslim mayor" bit.
Maybe he doesn't like him because he thinks he's crap.
Why is it his view alone,even the poll here has him doing badly with Tories 53% and in London heading to 30%,like to see new polls after the murders in London media attention.
This would include stop-and-search, which is opposed by Khan. Correspondingly, stop-and-search has declined dramatically, as knife (and other potentially fatal) crime has risen.
It might tempt an independent like Sugar
How is it not analysis?
Where is Khan now????
What has he acheived????
Have you actually read any threads on PB if you think what I have written is below what you would expect on PB. The mind boggles!!!!
https://twitter.com/mattmoorek/status/981913668257533953
The Night Tube has changed the face of London.
The mayor does not control funding for the Met.
Can the PB Tories let us know who does?
http://www.sadiq.london/homes_for_londoners
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-03/peter-dutton-escalates-row-with-south-africa/9615496