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[steviewevie]

Just now, Gingerfish79 said:

Hoping for his Falklands moment.

If Russia invades Ukraine don't think there will be much that NATO can or will do...just look on and hope ends as quickly as possible.

[jimmillen]

5 minutes ago, Gingerfish79 said:

Hoping for his Falklands moment.

Dear god, nothing is more terrifying than the thought of Johnson in charge during any sort of armed conflict. Genuine nightmare scenario, he’d probably try to make a joke & accidentally invade the Canary Islands or something. 😬

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, jimmillen said:

Dear god, nothing is more terrifying than the thought of Johnson in charge during any sort of armed conflict. Genuine nightmare scenario, he’d probably try to make a joke & accidentally invade the Canary Islands or something. 😬

I was just thinking something similar, he failed epically to handle the pandemic let alone anything like a war with Russia.

[Andre91]

Time to storm No.10 and emerge with Johnson’s head. Someone get Slowthai on the phone. 

[Gingerfish79]

16 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

If Russia invades Ukraine don't think there will be much that NATO can or will do...just look on and hope ends as quickly as possible.

His people will try to put him front and centre of the international response though, however laughable it would be. It could be fun watching a 90 year old Biden put him in his place though!

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Time to storm No.10 and emerge with Johnson’s head. Someone get Slowthai on the phone. 

I’m suprised there hasn’t been any civil unrest yet …

[Lycra]

The danger for those who want to oust Boris is that the Tory MPs, with whom have the power lays, get used to the drip, drip, drip of bad news. It's only when they get into true self preservation mode that their will be change.

[steviewevie]

3 minutes ago, Gingerfish79 said:

His people will try to put him front and centre of the international response though, however laughable it would be. It could be fun watching a 90 year old Biden put him in his place though!

Hopefully a more united NATO and the threat of sanctions puts Putin off.

[steviewevie]

[Lycra]

18 minutes ago, jimmillen said:

Dear god, nothing is more terrifying than the thought of Johnson in charge during any sort of armed conflict. Genuine nightmare scenario, he’d probably try to make a joke & accidentally invade the Canary Islands or something. 😬

It's the scientists and NHS that's saved his bacon during covid. He's had little input yet keeps trying to take the credit.

[Lycra]

5 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Boris got piles 🤔

[steviewevie]

One party or gathering can be argued away...but it's the amount of these stories coming out... cumulative damage, surely it's got to be all over for Boz.

[Ozanne]

You’d think it would be all over but the Tories seem to want to forgive him for many of these things. 

[fatyeti24]

Anyone just see Newsnight?  Peter Bone giving the worst defence of Johnson since the last time Fabricant was on.

It's just comedy at this point.

[Ozanne]

Just now, fatyeti24 said:

Anyone just see Newsnight?  Peter Bone giving the worst defence of Johnson since the last time Fabricant was on.

It's just comedy at this point.

This one?

[fatyeti24]

3 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

This one?

That's it.

[fraybentos1]

1 hour ago, Ozanne said:

It wasn’t obviously a joke 🤷‍♂️

It clearly was if you a) have a bit of a sense of humour and b) aren’t extremely highly strung. Clearly neither applies to you as you’ve demonstrated repeatedly on here

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, fatyeti24 said:

Anyone just see Newsnight?  Peter Bone giving the worst defence of Johnson since the last time Fabricant was on.

It's just comedy at this point.

Yeah, I watched it. No one is talking about partygate, they're all talking about Ukraine apparently.

[Ozanne]

10 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Yeah, I watched it. No one is talking about partygate, they're all talking about Ukraine apparently.

It’s straight out of the Johnson/Tory playbook, start gaslighting to change the subject. 

[steviewevie]

[steviewevie]

 

[Ozanne]

Only 1 person has resigned, a woman laughing about a party she didn’t attend.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I rarely come into this thread as the complexity and hypocrisy of politics is a subject beyond me, I tend to have a more simplistic, aspirational (some would say unrealistic or naive) and compassionate view on life but it appears to me as though the vast majority are preoccupied with arguing about these parties and not questioning why politicians on all sides are seemingly slowly guiding us towards the next global conflict. 

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I rarely come into this thread as the complexity and hypocrisy of politics is a subject beyond me, I tend to have a more simplistic, aspirational (some would say unrealistic or naive) and compassionate view on life but it appears to me as though the vast majority are preoccupied with arguing about these parties and not questioning why politicians on all sides are seemingly slowly guiding us towards the next global conflict. 

I get that and yeah it would be nice if we could focus on the next global conflict (it would be nicer if that wasn’t happening at all!) but I think the video above shows why people are understandably angry over the parties. People made unthinkable sacrifices because the people in charge told us we needed too when sadly they were breaking the rules all along. It’s so close to home for so many. 

[steviewevie]

26 minutes ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

I rarely come into this thread as the complexity and hypocrisy of politics is a subject beyond me, I tend to have a more simplistic, aspirational (some would say unrealistic or naive) and compassionate view on life but it appears to me as though the vast majority are preoccupied with arguing about these parties and not questioning why politicians on all sides are seemingly slowly guiding us towards the next global conflict. 

I think they're trying to find a diplomatic solution, but Putin might have gone too far now and maybe can't back down to save face.