Why I stopped talking to Boris Johnson | Exit Interviews 

Detached from reality….exactement.

The bit about £86K per annum MPs being in poverty when they leave. My heart bleeds purple p*ss. Lucky he is leaving as he's further out of touch with reality than he thinks.

He's a good MP and he's helped a lot with getting the importance of mental health to the forefront of society.

@@gamewithadam7235 Thats good but with 14 million living in poverty including 4.2 million children and 7 million waiting for medical assistance did it not occur to him that his party and its huge cuts to our social framework was the biggest cause of mental health problems ? Create a problem then bring it to attention is not helping anyone.

@@gamewithadam7235he could have done that - and far more effectively - in a different political party, one that hasn’t destroyed every single public service on purpose, in order to privatise them for their own benefit.

Indeed. I find it very difficult to have any level of respect for people who claim that Johnson let them down; for people who claim he has 'upsides'. About the best anyone seems to be able to say about Johnson is that he's 'charismatic'. What that really means is that he managed to win support from people who, quite clearly, lacked the knowledge and/or intelligence to vote like mature, informed adults. Johnson effectively exploited these people, in a similar (though, arguably, not quite so extreme) manner as Trump has exploited certain demographics. The Conservative Party (at least in the short/medium term) benefited, as it remained in power. In the longer term? Eh. The 'upsides' of Johnson are the 'downsides' of a significant proportion of the electorate. It was clear before he'd even become Mayor of London that he was unfit for any kind of public office. Us boring (i.e. informed, less tribal, capable of thinking critically and, clearly, more intelligent) types knew this.

Exactly, he was an incompetent Foreign Sec who also has form as a national security risk. Failing him upwards to be PM was appallingly negligent.

How could you be so mean to a little boy? 😂

Don't forget the people like the now infamous hairdresser who voted for BoJoke BECAUSE he was a known liar and that somehow made him human.

I repeat what I've said many times..the sane half of the electorate saw Johnson for what he was, a pathological lying narcissist, a bone idle clown. They could have told the Tories and the voting public what would happen if the clown was allowed into No.10. What is surprising is how approx half of those who voted couldn't see what was blatantly in front of them. These Johnson fans still brag about how he won an 80 seat majority. Je won it purely because of his Get Brexit Done(and he churned out lie after lie and delivered a pile of excrement), and because Corbyn was slaughtered by the right wing media. Neither are there this time round, and those Tories who actually think Johnson would win again are beyond deluded

DOUBLE what a teacher makes 6 years in.

Thanks for restating the bleeding obvious, MrBabylon 😊.

Classic British understatement - which always includes a hefty seasoning of low-key sarcasm.

Everything he is and everything he does.

@allanmason3201 I know. That it's very polite was my own understatement. I PERSONALLY can't stand Boris Johnson, especially not after reading Boris at 10.

Sadly, Boris Johnson represents everything I don't like in a person. He is pompous, mendacious, indulgent, lazy, self-serving, illoyal, vain, disrespectful, ignorant, immodest, and greedy. He is many other things too.

he probably knows more than you mate

That is the problem, they don't think upon what they have done... It's just another party!

Only Two, everything he says and everything he does😂😂😂😂

Doesn't he though! He has had a "super time". Fgs his party had killed people and ruined millions of lives. The private school garbage needs to go from our society

You're right about the bubble. It's not everyone's goal, but it should be perhaps (?). He's extremely lucky to have built his padded cell and to have taken control of it, but wouldn't we all like to be in his position? Part of building my bubble was leaving the UK in 1986. It's no good staying in a toxic environment. (I'm council estate comprehensive educated for context. Anyone could do it before Brexit.)

@@andrewrobinson2565 I left the UK a long time ago and have my own little bubble going. But then my opinions are not sought after by journalists then projected into the homes of millions.

@@andrewcarson5850 RU-vid exists to share opinions of all kinds 👍🇨🇵🇪🇺.

@@andrewrobinson2565 Indeed, but this was broadcast, it was a desired opinion, not just the bletherings of us lot in a comment section.

"I never _really_ liked him. *Could* have _possibly_ voted for him by accident during the leadership ballot. But hardly knew him, actually. Don't recall ever speaking to him. Might have seen him now and then around the Houses of Parliament. But wait a minute - remind me who was I talking about?"

He had a few things going for him, none of them laudable traits. He could win elections and he would get a free ride from a media who were more interested in his box office appeal than in any substantive assessment of his merits.

Like when the EU imposed austerity on Greece? Are you fine with Brussels austerity on the UK?

He was going to leave before all of this was going on anyway.

Only Johnson's old seat of Henley on Thames, where the would vote for a pig's bladder on a stick, if it had a blue rosette. Oh sorry they already did.

Just scrolled down & noticed you wrote the same 😅

I'm no Tory and I disagree with the Rwanda policy but in this he's right. First reading is a formality because it's when a new Bill is simply put on the agenda. It is not debated. To vote against anything on first reading is to decide something before listening to a single argument. At least let those who came up with this crackpot idea explain it, have an argument and vote it down on second reading.

@@johnfernleigh1352 So the first reading needs to be approved even if what is proposed is OBVIOUSLY wrong? This law tries to legislate that a country that murders asylum seekers for demanding more food is somehow safe. Would you also agree that a law that legislates that 2+2=5 or that the moon is made of blue cheese would have to be approved at the first reading just because everybody needs to turn their brain and their compassion off? Seriously?

Look at his voting record propping up a 3rd rate government for 14 years.

He's a decent *_sounding_* Tory.

Then you check their voting record and nothing decent about that.

Wilco.

@@murrayeldred3563 We’re waiting. How long do you need ?

The former is paid by the taxpayer the former is paid by customers. You are aware of the difference between public and private sector yes?

​@@nifralo2752the NHS , which does a significant part of the 'caring' is , at present , a public sector body , so due similar consideration as the MPs then . Also , till the Tories got in in the 1970's the Local Government sector were responsible for care homes etc and were not a highly paid group in the economy either . Privatisation did nothing to improve their lot or the level of service provided for the customers either . The Blair / Brown govts were Tory lite sellouts , maintaining the neoliberal policies of the preceeding 20 years . Tax the City types , big business and all the money hoarders and make society a more equal place to live .

@@martinparkinson3665 social care is mostly private buisness there are very very few state run care homes. Plus how many who work in the NHS are burecrates and managers who couldn't pass high school biology ?

I'm a lifelong supporter and voter for Labour, so I have no political sympathy for Charles Walker, but I don't think this is fair criticism. He has always been open about his mental ill-health and, in particular, his OCD and I believe his concern for people denied access to their vital support during lockdown was genuine. I'm sorry he's a Tory because that aside, he comes across as an honest man.

Lockdowns and school closures were unnecessary and did incalculable damage. For a virus of

Sir Charles could certainly be more wrong. It is not a sinecure....unless you want it to be. Many MPs work very hard indeed especially Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet members. Denis Skinner was a famous workaholic. It most certainly requires skills. If I'm wrong you try it and show us all how easy it is. Fair? The voting record is a "performance indicator" as is the attendance record. You really need to stop talking trash.

@@Dingbat-tb5wz The dingbat part of your tag here is very apt

Devils advocate if it's such a great deal then why don't we all do it? For every MP there'll be people who volunteer for years or run and don't get elected.

@@markhayward7400 One of the reasons I continue to use it is to tempt out those clowns who think to use it against me. It's particularly diverting when they implicitly concede this is all they have to say by not saying anything else. You don't understand how transparent you are.

@Dingbat-tb5wz I do understand exactly how transparent I am, thank you. I meant to insult you. Afterall, only someone severely lacking in brain power could actually believe that being an MP is a hard job or that MPs work hard. Your credulity must be a real boon to the MP you elect

If he quits now then there is a bi election that is paid for by the tax payer. Do you think elections are free?

My not kidding? What about his not kidding?

You might be missing my Northern sarcasm pal, its generally quite thick :)@@TesterAnimal1

Unfortunately he's part of a party that in government has underfunded mental health provision, perhaps fatally so...

And yet he collided with destroying the NHS and mental health services. Sorry, not buying it. If he had any integrity he wouldn’t be a Tory.

Why?

@rosendo3523 A honest perspective on politics. I wouldn't agree with the politics of the party he represents, but it was obvious he was frustrated at the direction his party was taking. I'm glad in some ways we have politicians who aren't interested in climbing the greasy poll but are content on serving their constituents.

False mate. It was 1982. There have been soooo many books about viruses, pandemics, etc. it is a pretty common subject matter, many of those books were made into feature films in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I remember Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak, and Charton Heston in Omega Man. More recently, 28 Days Later, the 5th Wave, and Patient Zero. So nothing sinister, just chance. And if you think not then _any_ of the authors, directors, actors, producers, of _any_ of these other books, screenplays, films, etc. could _also_ have mysteriously _invented_ Covid, right?

As well as cretinous maximus being as thick as severil buckets of excreta ..... yeah probably

Upside 3: He's taken corrupted, decrepit little sychophants, down with him, into the political abyss. Where you all belong

Starmer’s Brexit policy delivered that 2019 result, just compare w/2017, and he’s looking to be PM as his reward.

@@ejws1575 It was Corbyn and co. bringing their opinions of the EU straight from the '80s. In other words, hating the EU like Benn did.

I disagree, I think sticking with that opinion -being open about it - would've resonated with a public that had just voted leave. I think it was his weakness in dealing with the 2nd Ref crowd that doomed him, which then made the antisemitism accusations stick somewhat as he looked dodgy/unforthcoming on a core issue (Brexit). The ref wasn't legally binding so there was plenty of opportunity to fob people off with concessions from Brussels without leaving the Customs Union and Single Market. Personally I think it must have suited certain parties to have it be this big chaotic national debate.@@jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328

You must really hate this country.

You are being really sarcastic? Right?

Good? How

That is an oxymoron

Agree.

He colluded in the destruction of the NHS and the mental health services. I don’t think that makes him a good politician. Or even a good human being.

How can someone who supports Boris Johnson be 'a good politician'? Please explain.

Boris support Boris and nothing else. You have been CONNED.

Every single political interview will have questions in advance. Even question time has questions in advance. How can you not realise that? How is it a bad thing to let people have answers they have time to prepare and research? Wait until you find out about panel shows...

He said he saw one - doesn't mean he saw all of them; though if he did .... I don't see the point of even bothering to interview him, he could have telephoned the answers in. On the whole, though, I find these broadcasts interesting, and, up to a point, useful. I think I knew already, having met a fair number of them, that politicians are "human" - on the whole again; I'm not so sure that all that many of them have good judgement - and Johnson's quite lousy judgement stretches way beyond bad hiring decisions.

Curtesy of Rupert Murdock productions.

It's a pretty lighthearted show, wind your neck in.

@@SuperMikeFraser - you live in a world where it’s perfectly reasonable, indeed acceptable and expected, for politicians - the people we pay - get advanced notice of every question they are going to be asked in every interview every politician has ever done? No wonder Conservatives get fooled so easily. They have no expectation of standards at all.

So you are saying only the poor and possibly under-educated are allowed to be Labour politicians or voters? What an ignorant comment!

Why don't you emigrate to Israel and see your buddy Netanyahu

@@gordonaliasme1104 You are antisemitic. I own many shares in various Corporations. One is the private prison industry in the U.S. Would you like me to send you to one of those prisons?