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Not a good Daily Mail front page tomorrow for the PM – politicalbetting.com
Not a good Daily Mail front page tomorrow for the PM – politicalbetting.com
Increasingly over the past week or so it has been the Mail that appears to have the most negative coverage of Mr. Johnson. Above is the latest for tomorrow’s paper.
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It will be good for democracy if the Tories have a great election next week and it shows that the days of newspaper editors wielding tremendous power and influence are well and truly behind us.
The Mail's been running critical front pages against him since the new Editor was appointed. Before then when he was the Sunday Editor the Sunday paper did the same thing. Worth remembering in 2016 the Mail on Sunday, then under the Editorship of the Mail's new Editor, backed Remain not Leave at the Referendum.
Especially Hartlepool
Keir moving into No 10 soon!
CDU/CSU 23%
Greens 23%
SPD 16%
FDP 12%
Afd 12%
Linke 8%
Others 6%
https://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
First is to keep friends close but enemies closer. He's different to Hunt et al, who pose no risk to BoJo at all.
Second is that Gove, awful as he his, can run things. Normally, that wouldn't make him worth the trouble- but in a cabinet this weak, that makes him pretty indespensible.
The irony is that it could have perhaps been useful if we'd launched it in March similar to Israel's scheme launched in February. But its both useless, crap and authoritarian. Terrible idea, nuke it from orbit.
Don't see where the "Bodies" story goes from here, an on the record denial Vs anonymous "confirmations". In a courtroom Boris would have to be given the benefit of the doubt but the damage is done even if it could be proven untrue.
Enough to declare something has changed.
Linke and AfD stable.
That's looking pretty certain now in my eyes. The collapse away from the SPD and CDU seems to have all gone to the Greens instead of Linke or AfD. Which is good for Germany in my opinion.
Oh dear! They're now calling it money laundering!
Had 35-40% of Germany backed Linke or AfD then proper governance would have become nigh on impossible.
I'm curious what form of coalition will come out of the negotiations in the end, considering the SPD really don't want to be junior partners again, and if the Greens come first neither probably do the CDU.
Green + [either CDU/CSU or SPD] + FDP would be my guess. Strange rainbow.
https://twitter.com/Samfr/status/1386784309823082500?s=20
What fun!
Whose reputation is going to be damaged long-term do we think?
I have a view.
https://twitter.com/SpinningHugo/status/1386784633409396736?s=20
I agree more likely if the Union edge it and get to keep the Chancellorship.
Green SPD Linke is the governing coalition in 3 Lander, so not impossible. But, I agree the SPD wouldn't go for that easily.
That's what they've got right now in Republic of Ireland with Fianna Fail & Fine Gael
Metro: Slurry of sleaze
Mail: Boris on the ropes
Express: Boris denies ‘let bodies pile high’ outburst
Times: Johnson ‘said he would let COVID rip” in lockdown row
Star: [Boris]- My pants are NOT on fire..
Telegraph: PM fights to move on from leaks row
Mirror: Now three people say Johnson raged ‘let bodies pile high’
Guardian: Pressure on Johnson after claim of slur on COVID dead
i: Boris tainted by sleaze, say voters
My guess is either Putin or CDU? Or maybe both!
Reckon Vlad is also bankrolling AfD?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/26/retired-generals-warning-impending-civil-war-france-sparks-political/
And the Greens level with SPD on 42 apiece.
I think we are at the floor for the Union. The Greens near their ceiling.
At which FF would receive their arses on a silver platter? Are they that stupid?
Oh. Wait.
BREAKING: California Secretary of State announces the signature threshold for recalling Gavin Newsom has been met. Election to be held later this year."
If this had happened last November, he'd have been in real trouble.
Any previous PM would be on the verge of falling on his or her sword after the revelations of the last few days. But we still love the old rascal, however tall his stories. Funny old thing, democracy.
(Holy cr&p, Bernie is 90 years old.)
As for BluestBlue's thoughts, I can be as partisan as the next man, but I'm not sure I'd joke about someone I liked allegedly talking blithely about tolerating thousands of bodies and then following policies that led to precisely that. It's not really just a game. If he didn't say it, fine. If he did, are you OK with it, BB?
Lay, Bonk and Kipping.
My understanding is the foolish and very insensitive remark was made in a fit of pique at having lost the argument over lockdowns. I don't consider anyone believes Johnson uttered the words (assuming he uttered them at all) with any malice aforethought, however it is the insensitivity which will hurt.
Would that political insecurity bad for Germany be great for Brexit Britain?
I think yes. I think Boris is one of the luckiest politicians ever.
Add to the imminent very weak Germany, the EU is under weak leadership lost on Ireland. The Scots Nats may box themselves in calling a referendum they lose badly.
Tory party funding painter and decorator in a flat insignificant compared to everything moving his way.
You don’t get anyone into bed telling them what they don’t want to hear.
The only thing that matters under Boris is all the right things happen. It’s an active, effective government.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9513973/At-1-500-people-complain-developed-ringing-ears-vaccine.html
"The patients who blame their tinnitis on Covid jab: At least 1,500 people complain that they developed ringing in the ears after their vaccine"
In reality though, a government with weak numbers in a parliament and in coalition with parties who don’t share views and hobby horses are likely to avoid or fudge the big or more contentious decisions. Logically this will mean drift. Stagnation even?
In reality though, a government with weak numbers in a parliament and in coalition with parties who don’t share views and hobby horses are likely to avoid or fudge the big or more contentious decisions. Logically this will mean drift. Stagnation even?
Or it can mean unnecessary vanity projects, wars and corruption as an untrammelled executive enriches themselves and their friends at the expense of joe public with little to stop them
If the prime minister continues to deny it, they will speak under oath, says @Peston
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-04-26/robert-peston-boris-johnson-did-make-bodies-pile-high-in-their-thousands-comment https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1386793997788663809/video/1
1) should Gov. Gavin Newsom be removed from office?
2) if so, who should replace him?
Note that #2 is operative ONLY if #1 receives a majority of votes cast on that question. In that case, top vote-getter wins.
So for Caitlyn Jenner to be elected Governor, she needs to NOT ONLY get the most votes on #2, she first needs majority of voters to vote to recall. Without that, does NOT matter how many votes she (or anyone else) gets.
Without that, still just they say versus he denies, regardless of how many politicos swear on a stack of Bibles.
Thought not.
Though IF you took up pole vaulting, am guessing you still have a pole to vault!
Only thing I cannot figure out, is how the damn vaccine made my ears rinng YEARS before I actually got my two jabs????
I believe Israel is at around 77% of adults jabbed - the vast, vast majority of whom have been double-jabbed. We probably won't be at that level of adults double jabbed until late June or July, given the long time gaps with the AZ vaccine.
SCANDAL: Political party pays for redecoration of official residence so it doesn’t fall on the taxpayer!!
DISGRACE: Unnamed sources disclose that man who nearly dies of covid still retains balance when assessing pros and cons of lockdown!!
If this is the best that long standing enemies can come up with after a year long cease fire, it only serves to show the PM has successfully navigated the choppy waters of both Brexit and the catastrophe of Covid. These are bulllets that would bounce off the Marshmellow Man, much less the Terminator.
If Gove is behind the briefing (Mail links suggest he might be), he will be out of government by Christmas is my guess.
Someone else invented it, sure.
https://twitter.com/MarcusReports/status/1386787809751715845
Note that it is pretty rare, and in the vast majority of cases resolves without problems, and pretty rapidly.
It’s important people are aware of it, since any vigorous exercise while you’ve got the condition can cause permanent heart damage. (Same reason you shouldn’t exercise if you’ve got a fever - it’s a condition which occurs in around 10% of flu cases, for example.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/23/boris-johnsons-text-addiction-dominic-cummings
Too angry to be funny but who isn't.......
* A hugely successful vaccine roll-out.
* The permanent easing of the lockdown after a long, hard 14 months.
* A furlough scheme protecting working age incomes.
* The triple lock protecting the incomes of retirees.
* Rising house prices.
On the back of all of this, economic optimism is soaring in a way it hasn't done for years, decades even.
Does anyone seriously believe that a bout of who said what and he should have declared that is going to have any impact on the national mood or voting intentions? It is an absurd proposition.