Bang on.
No wonder they want total control of the media. Can't have stories like this getting out.
Wasn’t very good as a mayor either but he’s good at beating those British drums which is all that matters to voters these days it seems. Says a lot for intelligence levels
Nope but the narrative seems to be that he was a brilliant mayor.
I thought that he was seen as a clown?
Depends who you talk to I guess. Lots of tories I unfortunately know talk about what a great mayor he was.
Who's narrative?
My perception is from afar, so it could be totally inaccurate. But from that point of view, the narrative that I remember was that he was a gimmicky, clownish mayor.
I think that’s the way that people outside the Tory circle saw it
They are wasting their time. Nothing will be acceptable to Frostie and the Orangemen. As usual.
It was both. He was seen as a bit of a clown but also a significant upgrade from the abomination that was Ken Livingston. Life in London got quite noticeably better after Boris arrived but whether that was down to him being good, or just not as bad as Livingston is debatable.
Honestly, call me cynical but I think he’s realised how fecked we are for fossil fuel energy supply now we are out of the EU and as we don’t have our own sources like Norway they know they’re going to have to drive towards making us self sufficient and renewable is the only PR friendly option for that.
I wouldn't call that cynical based on his track record. Maybe I'm giving him too much credit because I'm so desperate for world leader's to actually do something.
Don't you have your own sources of Oil in the North Sea? Or did I imagine it?
We’ve got fracking too. I didn’t say we don’t have any sources, I said we don’t have sources “like Norway” - a comparable country outside the EU who produce enough fuel for themselves and export the rest.Don't you have your own sources of Oil in the North Sea? Or did I imagine it?
I didn't read it that way, my apologies.
Sorry it wasn’t particularly clearI didn't read it that way, my apologies.
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Yes, when those big tubs of Celebrations, Roses and Quality Street aren't piled as high as usual.
I reckon it's cost us about £15,000 so far, possibly more. OK, we don't have to live in a European country, but we had to make a choice when free movement stopped and we own a paid-for property here in Italy.
Nope, the Tories are riding high in the polls still and everyone was pretty much ingrained as leave or remain that seemingly next to no-one has changed their minds, despite the shambles. I'm sure it can be written off as teething pains for a while yet. No-one cares who was to blame and which of the party's mates profited from it. It's every man or woman for themselves, with the main fight being elbowing your way in to get some fuel or have a stand up fist-fight in Asda over the last remaining pack of pigs in blankets.
It's impressive how effectively they manipulate the narrative/masses.
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See you do understand the British mentality after all!
Let's hope this kind of fudge is enough to draw a line under the stupid arguments and stop a trade war (or worse).Maybe I should give her a religious sermon about about how Brexit is fecking up the UK economy.
We all know what Christmas is about. Making money for the shops. Commercialised one upmanship. Bigger this. More of that. Spending far too much money on far too much crap that nobody really wants.
Correct but it’s not for her to use that as an excuse for pains caused by brexit
This reminded me that woman who was upset to see a black family in a John Lewis christmas advert. She'd be livid if she knew that you eat middle eastern food on christmas day.
I bet she would but why does Turkey have to be a mandatory dinner? I did have Turkey Shoarma a few weeks back and it was ace
I don't know, here it's more Capon but even then I don't know if anything should be mandatory. I don't think that food is the most important part.
Haven't had turkey for years, don't like it very much. Prefer a nice juicy capon, wife doesn't eat meat so usually has salmon or other fish.
