Jennifer Arcuri spills the beans about 4 year affair with Johnson

[agricola]

He has a definite charisma with (#notall) women. Remember people talking about Bill Clinton. Also, Craig Ferguson is an interesting case (not claiming he is on the dark side - ymmv).

A good friend of mine can cast a spell on all the men in the room. Mixture of chemistry and trickery imo - no reflection on character either way.

Would be nice if moral ugliness played out on all dimensions but not the case imo. Same with the converse.

Not sure "charisma" is the right word there - he certainly has an overabundance of confidence, money and position (as Clinton did). In terms of actually being able to consistently charm people himself, is there much evidence of that?

 

[8ball]

Not sure "charisma" is the right word there - he certainly has an overabundance of confidence, money and position (as Clinton did). In terms of actually being able to consistently charm people himself, is there much evidence of that?

I hear there are a lot of little bundles of evidence walking about that are rarely commented on.

 

[David Clapson]

Not sure "charisma" is the right word there - he certainly has an overabundance of confidence, money and position (as Clinton did). In terms of actually being able to consistently charm people himself, is there much evidence of that?

Arcuri says he "doesn’t have a lot of friends he can trust". That seems plausible. He is so blasé about marital infidelity and lying....why would anyone ever like him?

 

[Ax^]

Well its not like the had another affair when his wife was going thru cancer treatment and left her before she entered remission

Such a likable fella

 

[danny la rouge]

Arcuri says he "doesn’t have a lot of friends he can trust". That seems plausible. He is so blasé about marital infidelity and lying....why would anyone ever like him?

He probably didn’t introduce her to his friends so as a) they didn’t land him in it and b) he could keep his stories straight.

 

[Pickman's model]

I hear there are a lot of little bundles of evidence walking about that are rarely commented on.

they are legion

 

[8ball]

Arcuri says he "doesn’t have a lot of friends he can trust". That seems plausible. He is so blasé about marital infidelity and lying....why would anyone ever like him?

I've heard this from a completely different source, from someone who knows him. Literal quote: "the really strange thing about him is that while he obviously has loads of people around him, he seems to have no actual friends..".

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

There are a lot of unhappy peeps on twitter.

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

Mirror getting its bits of silver worth with this story.

 

[MrSki]

Lets fucking hope so.

 

[David Clapson]

"Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire." A quote from Hud, the film I'm watching. Johnson is scum, but the public likes him.

 

[Pickman's model]

"Little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire." A quote from Hud, the film I'm watching. Johnson is scum, but the public likes him.

Who are this public who like him? The people who work for the country's biggest employer, the NHS? The people on universal credit, who know he wants to cut their benefit by a grand a year? The people who work in film or theatre who he's done fuck all for? The people who usually work in pubs or restaurants who he's shafted? Teachers? Bus drivers? Students?

 

[David Clapson]

The landlord class. "Professionals". Retirees with money.

 

[Pickman's model]

The landlord class. "Professionals". Retirees with money.

Yeh, that isn't "the" public

That's a small fraction of the population

 

[David Clapson]

Beats me who the others are. I'm just going by voting intentions. Daily Mail readers, Sun readers, Times and Telegraph readers. They voted for Brexit and they'll vote for him. What can we do? Starmer seems to be paralysed. I bet he doesn't even try to humiliate Johnson with the Arcuri story at the next PMQs.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

The landlord class. "Professionals". Retirees with money.

and sexists and racists (closet and otherwise)

and people who read the sun, mail or express

working class people who have been conned in to thinking that their job (or dubious 'self employment') with shit pay and conditions is somehow the fault of trade unions / public sector workers / immigrants, and that all people on benefits are just 'scroungers'

(there may be some overlap between these)

 

[Badgers]

#sickinmymouth

 

[bmd]

Beats me who the others are. I'm just going by voting intentions. Daily Mail readers, Sun readers, Times and Telegraph readers. They voted for Brexit and they'll vote for him. What can we do? Starmer seems to be paralysed. I bet he doesn't even try to humiliate Johnson with the Arcuri story at the next PMQs.

Why are Labour so shit now? I keep wondering if I'm buying into some right wing agenda but they just seem so fucking limp. Is it because their opponents are so wank that they have nothing to fight against? Like trying to look good thrashing a lettuce kind of thing?

 

[ska invita]

Are there no implications of this?
When the case was being "investigated" did Johnson say anything that is now disproved?
I appreciate we are now in a post-consequences world for the UK establishment, so I expect nothing, just wondering

 

[MrSki]

Are there no implications of this?
When the case was being "investigated" did Johnson say anything that is now disproved?
I appreciate we are now in a post-consequences world for the UK establishment, so I expect nothing, just wondering

The silence in MSM is deafening.

 

[MrSki]

Still Cold War Steve.

 

[ska invita]

The silence in MSM is deafening.

on so many things tbh .... i think we're reaching new peaks

 

[bmd]

Are there no implications of this?
When the case was being "investigated" did Johnson say anything that is now disproved?
I appreciate we are now in a post-consequences world for the UK establishment, so I expect nothing, just wondering

Post-consequences!

Actually, it would be funnier if it wasn't true.

 

[bmd]

I genuinely wonder what Carrie told herself about this eventuality when they got together? She must have had a word with herself about him being completely untrustworthy.

 

[Edie]

The swamp needs draining.

#sickinmymouth

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He could only come in Latin

The man is scum. Utterly beneath contempt.

 

[ska invita]

I genuinely wonder what Carrie told herself about this eventuality when they got together? She must have had a word with herself about him being completely untrustworthy.

it never ceases to amaze how much people find power and wealth attractive to the degree of choosing to spend their lives with horrible human beings. it takes two though, im sure carrie holds all the same values as BJ.

 

[TopCat]

Not sure "charisma" is the right word there - he certainly has an overabundance of confidence, money and position (as Clinton did). In terms of actually being able to consistently charm people himself, is there much evidence of that?

I met him a few times when he was mayor. He remembers your name, the last chat, unafraid of being slagged off.