PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[gentlegreen]

That's into 'morbidly obese' territory IIRC.

40 is the tipping point I think.
I was fat, but fit-ish at the same age at a BMI of 34 - regularly cycling 50-odd miles.

 

[two sheds]

i think it boils down to 'the government's measures against the virus don't seem that clever but i really hope they're doing the right thing and not what tory governments usually do'

Most voters seem to like what tory governments usually do though

 

[SpookyFrank]

40 is the tipping point I think.
I was fat, but fit-ish at the same age at a BMI of 34 - regularly cycling 50-odd miles.

Well BMI is a crock anyway.

 

[gentlegreen]

Well BMI is a crock anyway.

It works fine if you're not an athlete - though "healthy" BMI also tends to be lower in Asians ...

 

[Pickman's model]

Most voters seem to like what tory governments usually do though

until it's being done to them

 

[two sheds]

mind you even that doesn't seem to bother them as long as it's being done more to people they don't like.

 

[Pickman's model]

mind you even that doesn't seem to bother them as long as it's being done more to people they don't like.

are we still believing that the 28% of the electorate constitutes most voters?

 

[two sheds]

true but still gave them a thumping majority

 

[Pickman's model]

true but still gave them a thumping majority

i look forward to their mps getting a thumping

 

[two sheds]

also nearly half (43%) of people who could be bothered to vote

 

[gentlegreen]

It only stuck me today that lot of people who are afraid that they will be heavily taxed by a Labour government rely on their accountant to tell them.

 

[Pickman's model]

also nearly half (43%) of people who could be bothered to vote

in my experience 43.6% is considered a minority of the whole

 

[two sheds]

true that

nearly half though

 

[two sheds]

and over 55% if you include the yellow tories

qed

 

[maomao]

It works fine if you're not an athlete .

Or too tall or too short (and most kids are too short). Or if you're just an odd shape or a bit over or undermuscled. It's bollocks basically.

 

[gentlegreen]

Or too tall or too short (and most kids are too short). Or if you're just an odd shape or a bit over or undermuscled. It's bollocks basically.

Oh well ... I guess I'm in the sweet spot ...

 

[Pickman's model]

and over 55% if you include the yellow tories

qed

aka the golden shower

 

[maomao]

Oh well ... I guess I'm in the sweet spot ...

If you're about 5`10 it tells you the right weight for a nineteenth century Belgian.

 

[not-bono-ever]

he is an utter pisspot.stinking of drink in the morning apparently.

 

[brogdale]

The man had to have one, singular redeeming feature, I suppose?

 

[ska invita]

I think the popularity boils downs to
1. Massive government bailing out of the real economy - i.e. giving a lot of people money
2. Not looking closely at what has happened and thinking Well it is a hard situation, Im sure they're doing their best

Id also add
3. Crap opposition

 

[ska invita]

also nearly half (43%) of people who could be bothered to vote

is there any polling on what nonvoters political thinking is?

 

[two sheds]

Id also add
3. Crap opposition

4. Cheerleading by the tory press (some recent dissent, perhaps contributing to more recent drop in popularity).

 

[ska invita]

4. Cheerleading by the tory press (some recent dissent, perhaps contributing to more recent drop in popularity).

standard
(no pun intended)

 

[redsquirrel]

Yes, it's the Byline Times, but still a pretty good article imo.

In a Life and Death Crisis, Will the British People Finally Wake-Up to the Reality of Boris Johnson?

Musa Okwonga explains why, despite the Government's objectively scandalous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, those in the UK remain broadly supportive of the Prime Minister.

bylinetimes.com

Sorry but fuck this shit

Broadly speaking, the UK is a place where many people are not that engaged in the political process, which is why those who intend to affect the status quo in a radical way are viewed with intense suspicion. If the past few years are any evidence, it is that the electorate is prepared to accept severe cuts to public services, so long as the natural order of things is not disturbed.

Oh yes those thick UK proles, need to be more like those engaged French/German/Spanish.

 

[gentlegreen]

he is an utter pisspot.stinking of drink in the morning apparently.

I would absolutely take up drinking if I was massively implicated in tens of thousands of needless deaths ...

 

[Ax^]

I would absolutely take up drinking if I was massively implicated in tens of thousands of needless deaths ...

he does not care about stuff like that

don't give him that much credit

if he does not care about his own offspring why the hell would he give a shit about the general public

he not in Goverment for public services just feeding his own ego

 

[William of Walworth]

he is an utter pisspot.stinking of drink in the morning apparently.

I'd love to believe this, and it sounds plausible, but evidence would be great!
Or a trustworthy story at least .....

 

[teqniq]

Sorry but fuck this shit
Oh yes those thick UK proles, need to be more like those engaged French/German/Spanish.

I didn't take that as 'thick proles' more as a general disinterest/distrust of politics and politicians.

 

[MrSki]