O/T:- Should he stay or should he go? WARNING - POLITICAL THREAD!!!!

[sidders]

That was truly the PM's worst performance. He did not answer any of the questions - in particular the one which asked him how Demonic Cummings had managed to persuade him that he had not been to Barney Castle. (Let's face it, if that is true then no longer can Cummings claim he was doing this to protect his child).
Doris has now cleared the courtrooms so that anyone brought to book for breaking 'the rules' can give as their central defence 'I did it because I was following my parental instincts'.
Given time (and he's got plenty of it), Steer Calmer is going to take this PM to the cleaners.
Where are you, Serious Pie, are you still telling me that this pillock will be our best Premier in recent times? I don't think so. He will do some awful damage to Tory Central Office before he's on his way.

[upthemaggies]

That was truly the PM's worst performance. He did not answer any of the questions - in particular the one which asked him how Demonic Cummings had managed to persuade him that he had not been to Barney Castle. (Let's face it, if that is true then no longer can Cummings claim he was doing this to protect his child).
Doris has now cleared the courtrooms so that anyone brought to book for breaking 'the rules' can give as their central defence 'I did it because I was following my parental instincts'.
Given time (and he's got plenty of it), Steer Calmer is going to take this PM to the cleaners.
Where are you, Serious Pie, are you still telling me that this pillock will be our best Premier in recent times? I don't think so. He will do some awful damage to Tory Central Office before he's on his way.

"The problem in the UK now is basically we’ve got to get the laziest man in the world to fire the guy who secretly does his job."

[magpie_mania]

Arrogant and insulting.

He acted reasonably and with integrity, went with his instinct as any father or parent would.

So those who sacrificed their instinct to follow the lockdown regulations have acted unreasonably and without integrity.

[navypie]

Great performance by Boris.

[upthemaggies]

Great performance by Boris.

All he's done this afternoon is handcuff his fate, reputation and legacy to the ankles of Dominic Cummings.

[upthemaggies]

Stephen Reicher - "As one of those involved in SPI-B, the Government advisory group on behavioural science, I can say that in a few short minutes tonight, Boris Johnson has trashed all the advice we have given on how to build trust and secure adherence to the measures necessary to control COVID-19.

Be open and honest, we said. Trashed.
Respect the public, we said. Trashed
Ensure equity, so everyone is treated the same, we said. Trashed.
Be consistent we said. Trashed.
Make clear 'we are all in it together'. Trashed."

https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen

[navypie]

All he's done this afternoon is handcuff his fate, reputation and legacy to the ankles of Dominic Cummings.

Anyway, I'm off to visit my aunt in Barnard Castle. Nite nite.

[Elite_Pie]

Arrogant and insulting.

He acted reasonably and with integrity, went with his instinct as any father or parent would.

So those who sacrificed their instinct to follow the lockdown regulations have acted unreasonably and without integrity.

Just when you wonder why Boris had gone into hiding, that performance explains the reasons why clearly and succinctly (just for you P4U). His ministers have ranged from poor to pathetic at the daily briefing, but they were all still a level above our 'leader'. If we had all acted on 'parental instinct', there would have been no lockdown. Parental instinct means that the vast majority of us would have visited our kids and grandkids on a regular basis. We didn't, because we were told that it risked spreading the virus. After carefully considering both sides of the argument, Boris has decided to come down in favour of his close friend and chief advisor Dominic Cummings! Who would have thought it?

Before the Brexit vote when "lets take control of our own destiny" was a big buzzphrase, I posted concerns that "our own destiny" would fall into the hands of arseholes like Boris johnson, Michael Gove and Jacob Rees-Mogg. I just didn't realise that it would be this bad.

[maddogslater]

My instincts have always been opposite to the conservative's but at one time you could respect some of them, Major, Ken Clarke even Cameron, but this rabbling cackle of shysters remind me of the Nazi party inner circle.

[drillerpie]

this rabbling cackle of shysters remind me of the Nazi party inner circle.

Really?