For people who normally don't really care about local elections, I'd just like to point out that on Thursday you have the chance to make Boris Johnson's life much worse. Do it for spite.
Its a real shame for politics that the Conservative party has shed most of its more intelligent, capable MPs. Its lost Dominic Grieve, Rory Stewart etc and now has the likes of George Eustice and Priti Patel on the front bench.
Quote from: slab_happy on May 03, 2022, 08:10:00 pmFor people who normally don't really care about local elections, I'd just like to point out that on Thursday you have the chance to make Boris Johnson's life much worse. Do it for spite.Unfortunately I don't think there's a chance that the local elections will spell the end of Johnson, as they're spinnable for all the parties whatever happens. I'd certainly agree that the Conservative government has gutted local government budgets, and is directly responsible for poor public services and all associated ills; therefore don't vote for them. Any amount of lying by Johnson also seems to be tolerated, depressingly. However if Conservative MPs think that hes likely to screw up again in a way that cuts through to the electorate, he'll be out pretty quickly. If it were me, I'd say that the risk of him doing something that stupid again before the next election was extremely high, given that the pattern of his life so far is for him to do something stupid, illegal or deeply offensive on a regular basis. Its a real shame for politics that the Conservative party has shed most of its more intelligent, capable MPs. Its lost Dominic Grieve, Rory Stewart etc and now has the likes of George Eustice and Priti Patel on the front bench. Which was all a long winded way of agreeing, definitely don't vote Conservative.
Quote from: TobyD on May 04, 2022, 09:17:30 amIts a real shame for politics that the Conservative party has shed most of its more intelligent, capable MPs. Its lost Dominic Grieve, Rory Stewart etc and now has the likes of George Eustice and Priti Patel on the front bench. Is there not a route back in for the likes of Stewart once Johnson finally gets the shove?
I just really want to see Boris "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" Johnson suffer.
Forgot d) ‘I don’t really care’.To offer a counter to the ‘dystopian misuse of language’… use of the word ‘party’ in this whole affair is also disingenuous
Ever feel like you’ve been had?
I'm not sure what 'there isn't a sunny side' means.
Hard to believe it's not actually an onion article. Satire is truly dead!This was the best bit. "Johnson has also rewritten the foreword to the code, removing all references to honesty, integrity, transparency and accountability."Tells you everything really.