Selfish to the last

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Originally Posted by boingy

If I was Boris I would say good riddance and clear off. Let someone else get the flack, and they will mark my words. The media will find something and go at it like a dog with a bone. There is no country on earth like this one for putting someone up there and then throwing stones at them.

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Christ, I hope he does.

You can't blame the media for him being such a scumbag.

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Originally Posted by WBA123

Our Parliament really is a cesspit, where positions of power are generally leveraged by very small number of powerful people who lurk in the background.

Out of interest, is Sweden similar? We have a very favourable view of the Scandinavian countries over here.

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I do spend quite some time in England (3 1/2 weeks atm btw), and have done so over the years, so I think I can make some comparisons.

We have our fair share of dodgy politicians and political scandals, but not to the same amount and proportions, I’d say. Our present (and past) PM is probably a saint compared to BJ.

Sweden being less of a society built on classes and inequality, historically, play a vi tal part I believe to the political systems and how they function (or not). Our former PM, for instance, was a former welder (and union rep, if I dare state so on here… 😎).

But, in all honesty, things are not going in the right direction: more inequality, more extremist political parties, more tabloid media etc. Allegedly, we now have the largest amount of dollar billionaires per capita in the world…

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Originally Posted by WBA123

Christ, I hope he does.

You can't blame the media for him being such a scumbag.

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You really can be ignorant of decades of history.

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Originally Posted by WBA123

Christ, I hope he does.

You can't blame the media for him being such a scumbag.

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I agree Blair is an out and out scumbag and should be in prison! Horrible excuse for a human! Maybe that's why so many Iraqi's are coming in on dinghies due to what Blair caused over them! Is the lovely Cherie around to defend them all?

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Originally Posted by baggieal

You have hit the nail on the head!.....That's the UK! The British public are so fickle.....

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You're telling me Al'. We've got a poster on here who often derided the EU whilst extolling the virtues of Brexit who now claims he didn't vote for it. 'You couldn't make it up' said somebody once. Or maybe a thousand times, I really can't remember 😊 .

I really can't understand the references to Blair on this thread, Why not Thatcher and her support for apartheid and maybe Peel and the Corn Laws. All politicians are w*****s