Off Topic The Politics Thread

[Staines R's]

I did go round for a dinner party once but it was impossible to speak to all 700 guests.

I would suggest that the other 3452 “friends” that he has for every occasion are mostly in his head.

 

[pompeymeowth]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp....es-of-shellfish-leave-uk-fishermen-devastated

These guys are among the first, to regret voting leave.

They won't be the last.

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

Boris Johnson, on the other hand.....

Fair point, but he's tidied himself up and the hair thing is deliberate, an affectation. He stands up visually quite well next to other nations' leaders

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

But that’s the thing....the donkey jacket episode was entirely made up by the right wing press at the time....along with his supposed ‘scruffiness’. But now of course it’s been passed down and has somehow become fact. All manipulation.

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This was the occasion. It probably wasn't a donkey jacket but it was too informal for a large part of the electorate's tastes

 

[Staines R's]

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This was the occasion. It probably wasn't a donkey jacket but it was too informal for a large part of the electorate's tastes

The alleged “donkey jacket” was in fact an expensive coat bought for him by his wife to wear over his suit to stay warm....and was complimented on by the Queen Mother......

But hey, ho......why let the facts get in the way of a sensational story.

 

[ELLERS]

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This was the occasion. It probably wasn't a donkey jacket but it was too informal for a large part of the electorate's tastes

My late father was disgusted by his appearance at certain occasions/memorials. unelectable.

 

[Staines R's]

My late father was disgusted by his appearance at certain occasions/memorials. unelectable.

Can someone ask Ellers to translate this in to English please......he has me on ignore and I haven’t learnt how to speak “absolute bollox” yet.

 

[Staines R's]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...kCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

 

[Star of David Bardsley]

I’m much more disgusted by Johnson’s (in)actions than whether or not the people who dress him in the morning make him look marginally less like a giant uncooked sausage in an M&S suit.

 

[Staines R's]

I’m much more disgusted by Johnson’s (in)actions than whether or not the people who dress him in the morning make him look marginally less like a giant uncooked sausage in an M&S suit.

Just ‘cos he’s cuddly.......he’s still a Tory

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

The alleged “donkey jacket” was in fact an expensive coat bought for him by his wife to wear over his suit to stay warm....and was complimented on by the Queen Mother......

But hey, ho......why let the facts get in the way of a sensational story.

I believe that. However the general feeling at the time was that it wan't formal enough to wear at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day.

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...kCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

An interesting article. I forgot the one about Peter Mandelson thinking mushy peas was guacamole. Classic. And Hague covering his bone dome with a baseball cap. To be fair, he did wear caps, just not at the Notting Hill carnival

 

[Staines R's]

I believe that. However the general feeling at the time was that it wan't formal enough to wear at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day.

And again Goldie, that’s my point. At the time their was a complete hatchet job done on Foot.....his dress sense, his demeanour...even unfounded rumours of him working for the KGB (That still go on to this day)......if the MSM want to get you....they so surely will.

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

And again Goldie, that’s my point. At the time their was a complete hatchet job done on Foot.....his dress sense, his demeanour...even unfounded rumours of him working for the KGB (That still go on to this day)......if the MSM want to get you....they so surely will.

Yes, they did, but as I say, he did give them ammunition. They never got at Blair's appearance the same way, and I don't think they will against Starmer's. Hague had a difficult time with the bone dome.

 

[Staines R's]

An interesting article. I forgot the one about Peter Mandelson thinking mushy peas was guacamole. Classic. And Hague covering his bone dome with a baseball cap. To be fair, he did wear caps, just not at the Notting Hill carnival

I really do try to take everyone on merit.......but reckon it’s very easy to be blinded by the MSM. A prime example is Katie Price.......she’s been vilified for years by the press, and of course at times doesn’t help herself.......however after seeing the way she is coping with her disabled son, I’ve seen a different side to her.
As someone who followed England abroad for many years.....I’ve learnt the press lie about you to sell papers.

 

[Staines R's]

Yes, they did, but as I say, he did give them ammunition. They never got at Blair's appearance the same way, and I don't think they will against Starmer's. Hague had a difficult time with the bone dome.

But then isn’t it a bad thing that we as an electorate are more interested in the way our leaders look, rather than the way they act and govern ?

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

I really do try to take everyone on merit.......but reckon it’s very easy to be blinded by the MSM. A prime example is Katie Price.......she’s been vilified for years by the press, and of course at times doesn’t help herself.......however after seeing the way she is coping with her disabled son, I’ve seen a different side to her.
As someone who followed England abroad for many years.....I’ve learnt the press lie about you to sell papers.

Yes, there are lies and exaggerations is sections of the press. Katie Price has made her career out of publicity, so not much sympathy there. She's a mixture between astute and daft, but she's a good mum, and I think everyone accepts that

 

[pompeymeowth]

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Cakiest treaty seems to have gone stale.

 

[Goldhawk-Road]

But then isn’t it a bad thing that we as an electorate are more interested in the way our leaders look, rather than the way they act and govern ?

Yes, but I don't think press appearance assassinations generally stick unless the public has reservations about the individual anyway. There was probably stuff that the press could have used about John Smith's appearance but he was regarded as a competent and decent bloke, so it wouldn't have stuck

Cameron was left alone until he ducked out after the Brexit vote. Now he's know as shed-man!

 

[ELLERS]

I’m much more disgusted by Johnson’s (in)actions than whether or not the people who dress him in the morning make him look marginally less like a giant uncooked sausage in an M&S suit.

We will see who people vote for in 4 years, the uncooked sausage or 'Captain remain/leave Hindsight'. I know who my money's firmly on.