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Are you really so sure? The evidence of his performances at PL level (when he was in his prime) suggests quite the opposite.

What voters will worry about most of all will be the economic destruction caused by brexit. They will worry about the job losses caused by the removal of furlough. They will be angered by inquiry findings that will show the bungled handling of the Covid crisis caused thousands of unnecessary deaths. They will be angered by inquiry findings that will show incompetent and corrupt use of taxpayer's money to line the pockets of Tory chums. And as all these factors (and others) combine to cause growing discontent with a Tory government's mismanagement of the country, Boris Johnson's corrupt behaviour and compulsive lying will no longer wear the garb of a lovable buffoon but be exposed as the naked selfishness of a crook willing to bring the honour of the most important office in the land into egregious disrepute for the sake of a few quid. You may wish to characterise recent revelations as trifling concerns about who paid for Johnson's wallpaper; luckily the inquiries into those affairs will not mischaracterise them in this shallow way. They will be focused upon the potentially criminal activity of money being stuffed into Johnson's back pocket in return for future favour and influence. The Electoral Commission and the Parliamentary Standards Committee will act according to legal principle and not voter bias, and that will render Johnson's "charm" irrelevant.

Oh stop it! I might die laughing. Pure comic genius!

Gosh! How do you manage to come up with such side-splitting humour???

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/matt-hancock-admits-only-6-voter-fraud-cases-at-last-election-as-protests-grow-over-photo-id-crackdown/ar-BB1gBioM?ocid=msedgntp Oh dear! Hancock pontificating on voter fraud. Well I suppose he's an expert on defrauding the voter/taxpayer, as his chums will attest from the comfort of their new million pound homes.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/litter-campaign-tory-mp-who-dropped-cigarette-butt-accused-of-hypocrisy/ar-BB1gBby2?ocid=msedgntp

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/john-bercow-calls-boris-johnson-a-liar/vi-BB1gBg39?ocid=msedgdhp

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/republican-who-backed-arizona-audit-based-on-trump-s-election-lies-now-says-it-makes-us-look-like-idiots/ar-BB1gAl2T?ocid=msedgntp As a ploddingly slow election recount in Arizona drags on, some of the Republicans who originally called for it are expressing regret. “It makes us look like idiots,” Republican State Senator Paul Boyer told The New York Times. “Looking back, I didn’t think it would be this ridiculous. It’s embarrassing to be a state senator at this point.” Some are now wondering if it’s worth it. Rejecting the work done by state election officials six months ago, the State Senate has volunteered to count the vote with its own auditors, subpoenaing all 21 million ballots. To house the effort, the Senate has rented out the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum until 14 May – this Friday. So far their auditors have recounted about 250,000 votes. At that rate, they’ll be done some time in August. Arizona’s secretary of state, Katie Hobbs, has condemned the effort, saying the equipment being used is uncertified and the counting methods deviate from “standard best practices.” “Though conspiracy theorists are undoubtedly cheering on these types of inspections – and perhaps providing financial support because of their use – they do little other than further marginalise the professionalism and intent of this ‘audit,’” she said on Wednesday. Since making those comments, Ms Hobbs has received death threats, and Governor Doug Ducey has ordered state police to protect her. Even before the current review, Arizona’s 2020 vote had already been audited. In accordance with Arizona state law, county election officials performed hand-counts of large numbers of ballots and compared them to the original machine counts. According to county officials, the machine counts were found to be 100 per cent accurate. Officials worry the new recount effort will cast doubt on legitimate election results. “It would be unfortunate if the antics and false allegations of people who didn’t like the results lead voters to question a system that is designed to be fair,” Maricopa County communications director Fields Moseley told CBS News.

Bird feed is indeed very healthy, just don't buy any from Australia.

Going by the "intellectual capabilities" displayed in your posts, you've been eating such food from birth.

Oh look! Another dreadful consequence of the rubbish Australia trade deal: UK-Australia trade deal could mean children and patients eating meat reared in ways illegal in UK, warn experts Schoolchildren and hospital patients could be fed meat from hormone-fed cattle, chlorine-washed chicken and pigs kept in cruel stalls that are illegal in the UK under a trade deal with Australia, experts are warning. Farmers and environmentalists say allowing imports that create high greenhouse gas emissions and undermine animal welfare would be grossly hypocritical of the government.

You have basically just posted the same thing again. Sleaze may not be new, but never in living memory has the prime minister himself been so mired in it that he is the subject of several official investigations into his corrupt behaviour. Johnson may well be getting the benefit of the doubt under the current circunstances, but history suggests that it won't survive long if other factors erode the public's trust and happiness. And as I said, there is a veritable sh*t storm of fall-out from brexit, covid, and official inquiries awaiting this government. In the story I linked over half of those polled thought Johnson is seriously sleazy; we'll see how that affects their voting intentions when the Sh*t storm descends.

Perhaps you should read my post properly then you will see that I have said the sleaze factor will have a much more significant impact once, "the vaccine bounce wears off, and the effects of brexit hit home, when furlough stops and jobs are lost, when all the inquiries into sleaze and the disastrous and corrupt mismanagement of the Covid crisis are made public, then we shall a very different response to the sleaze rife in the most corrupt Tory Party in living memory.".

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/voters-associate-boris-johnson-with-dishonesty-and-greed-poll-finds/ar-BB1gz2Pl?ocid=msedgntp https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tory-mps-who-lobbied-judges-during-charlie-elphicke-sexual-assault-trial-under-investigation/ar-BB1gzCVq?ocid=msedgntp John Major discovered that sleaze eventually catches up with the Tories, and after being out of power since 1979, 1997 saw Labour win a 179 seat majority. Once the vaccine bounce wears off, and the effects of brexit hit home, when furlough stops and jobs are lost, when all the inquiries into sleaze and the disastrous and corrupt mismanagement of the Covid crisis are made public, then we shall a very different response to the sleaze rife in the most corrupt Tory Party in living memory.

I'm afraid you haven't paid the slightest attention to the different electoral systems at work in those countries. You coveniently forget to mention that left wing parties and the Greens get far more seats too; it's what happens when you have an electoral system that doesn't disregard the votes of millions of people as FPTP does. And as for far right policies of the Tories, they don't get much more right wing than the "hostile environment" policy that saw the wrongful deportation of many Windrush citizens.

Donald Trump; Mar-a-Lago's Peggy Ollerenshaw:

And don't forget all the hilarious QAnon conspiracy crap he posted on a daily basis during Trump's humiliating failure. He latched on to the QAnonce tripe as if it were a lost gospel. And his embarrassing admiration for all the cranks in Trump's "Keystone Cops" legal team was simply a joy to ridicule. Yep! as someone once said: "Opinions based on subjective political prejudice and narcissistic self validation is good-for-nothing and therefore much of what is offered is worthless wishful thinking and nothing more --- At its root is a complete and utter failure to understand views other than their own and that failure makes you and those pundits look like total idiots to every right-minded person who thankfully are the majority" Never a truer word was spoken about Jool's obsequious toadying at the feet of the fat orange failure.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-being-investigated-over-caribbean-holiday-and-flat-renovation/ar-BB1gyUbQ?ocid=msedgntp

A third PL quality centre back is essential in my view and I have little doubt that it is a priority for the club given last season's problems. It also wouldn't surprise me if we play three at the back sometimes next season, so a third quality centre back will be essential for that option.

Done it! He says he'll give him a call as soon as he's convinced Halfords to donate him a new bike.

I've heard exactly the same sort of thing in countless other interviews. I'm afraid this level of ignorance is indeed widespread and Labour will need to develop a strategy to combat the Tory's ability to convince such voters that it is a Labour MP and not 10 years of Tory government misrule that is cause of their woes.

Brilliant! I love The Room Next Door stuff. "Vase of wa*nk" is probably the best description of Johnson yet (I'm assuming it's a Lulu Lytle vase or Carrie wouldn't be interested).

Guess it's going to be a long thread if we list all the mayoral screw-ups of the various mayors of both parties. But thank God Boris used his expert knowledge on buses in this case.

Ditto! for Boris Johnson's time as mayor (just add in the millions wasted on garden bridges, airport schemes, and water canons)

Haha! If the OP had contained excessive swearing I would have sworn it was Paul Lambert.