PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[quiet guy]

That leak from a private meeting made me laugh. Just goes to show how much authority he has over his Tory scum colleagues that they are leaking his comments.

 

[weepiper]

They're trying to backtrack on this a bit by saying what he meant was that devolution under the separatist SNP boogeymen has been a disaster. Yeah, such a disaster that we've repeatedly voted them back into power at every opportunity since 2007.

No matter what way you paint what he said it's pretty grossly offensive to the majority of the Scottish electorate (we voted 74% yes in the referendum asking if Scotland should have its own parliament).

 

[weepiper]

I mean, listen to this shit



It's hard not to think they're deliberately trying to stir us up to vote for independence I can only say that if they're not, they don't understand Scotland at all.

 

[two sheds]

Twat's probably accelerated independence by five years

 

[agricola]

It's hard not to think they're deliberately trying to stir us up to vote for independence I can only say that if they're not, they don't understand Scotland at all.

TBF an awful lot of what they've done since 2010 with regards to Scotland do appear an awful lot like deliberate attempts to permanently get rid of 60-odd constituencies that will rarely return Tory MPs.

 

[Artaxerxes]

TBF an awful lot of what they've done since 2010 with regards to Scotland do appear an awful lot like deliberate attempts to permanently get rid of 60-odd constituencies that will rarely return Tory MPs.

I've never really been patriotic but I never expected the last 10 years to make me actively hate living here as much as it has.

 

[Raheem]

TBF an awful lot of what they've done since 2010 with regards to Scotland do appear an awful lot like deliberate attempts to permanently get rid of 60-odd constituencies that will rarely return Tory MPs.

Think it's more like trying to build a narrative that Scottish independence is just the tragic unfolding of the consequences of lamentable decisions taken back in the day, and nothing Johnson could have had any influence over either way.

 

[sleaterkinney]

His thoughts on scotland and devolution:

 

[two sheds]

God he's a nasty slimy twat - nothing changed over the years clearly.

 

[equationgirl]

His comments on independence certainly pissed me off yesterday, if anyone is driving a wedge between people it's him. And devolution happened in 1999, how the fuck could the SNP misuse it when they didn't get into power until 2007 as weepiper said?

It's just bullshit, and not well-crafted bullshit at that.

 

[Chilli.s]

Its all bullshit to keep the arseholes that gave him the power the feeling that he's doing something serious with some kind of vision. When actually he's just a posh boy conman.

 

[A380]

 

[stavros]

God he's a nasty slimy twat

The trouble is, that slime is non-adhesive, hence there is no faeces about his person.

His long record of (I hope naïve) bigotry doesn't get broadcast and repeated often enough, for which a large proportion of the press takes a lot of responsibility. Eddie Mair's interview should be far more notorious amongst the general public than it is.

 

[Smangus]

His long record of (I hope naïve) bigotry doesn't get broadcast and repeated often enough,

There is no way in hell it's naïve, it's completely deliberate and a constant dog whistle in accordance with his politics, venal personality and views of the audience he is addressing . Don't fall for that line of argument, it's carefully crafted to ensure plausible deniability in an "Oh, I didn't realise it was offensive, sorry about that" sort of way.

 

[two sheds]

Plus the refusal to actually apologize for any of it (as far as I'm aware).

 

[Artaxerxes]

Announcing 16 billion on defence for next 4 the same day as 12 billion (only 4 of which is new to the budget) for a green industrial revolution shows where the priorities are.

 

[frogwoman]

A mate described him as 'a complete buffoon whose mind is completely colonised by throwaway classical references'

 

[teqniq]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

 

[ruffneck23]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

handouts to donors

 

[Sprocket.]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

So the troops don’t complain when they are mobilised onto the streets!

 

[Artaxerxes]

Remind me who JCB donate to

 

[existentialist]

Remind me who JCB donate to

They'll be able to bulldoze ancient Palestinian olive groves ECOLOGICALLY

 

[Orang Utan]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

Nice retirement package

 

[agricola]

Announcing 16 billion on defence for next 4 the same day as 12 billion (only 4 of which is new to the budget) for a green industrial revolution shows where the priorities are.

TBF its probably misleading to say most of this is going on defence, at least in terms of tanks, bombs, lasers, war-droids and so on - 2021 is when the defence housing deal that restricted how much rent Annington (the firm that Tories sold the housing units to) could charge expires.

Even under these restrictions, the NAO found they'd already "lost" several billion on the deal and no doubt they are going to ramp rents up massively now.

 

[kebabking]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

Because the last multi-year spending agreement ran out, so the MoD got a new one in exactly the same way as every other government department gets one.

The increase is, as with Health, Education, DWP etc.. because their workload has increased so their budget has increased.

 

[teqniq]

No payrises for NHS workers though eh? But plenty of money to spend on 'hackers' and space defense.

E2a and no money for hungry kids either until they were shamed into it, or perhaps to be more accurate their public image was not looking so good.

 

[brogdale]

And set against how they're about to renege on their 0.7% GDP ODA manifesto pledge...ploughshares into swords.

 

[hash tag]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

A fucking disgrace. We need to pay carers a decent wage, we need decent care homes, we need hospitals, nurses, doctors, scientists ( to develop new drugs). There are so many good/essential causes that need money yet we go and spend it on the least humane, most corrupt industries going. Why, partly so we can have the biggest navy in Europe. WHY.
Much better idea, let's just shoot/fire/throw the Johnstone's and their government at it.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

A fucking disgrace. We need to pay carers a decent wage, we need decent care homes, we need hospitals, nurses, doctors, scientists ( to develop new drugs). There are so many good/essential causes that need money yet we go and spend it on the least humane, most corrupt industries going. Why, partly so we can have the biggest navy in Europe. WHY.
Much better idea, let's just shoot/fire/throw the Johnstone's and their government at it.

And why does it need to be such a big spending boost for the military? The biggest since the end of the Cold War.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Why the fuck now or even at all?

Boris Johnson agrees £16bn rise in defence spending

Announcement comes after ministers resisted spending extra money on free school meals in holidays

www.theguardian.com

My understanding is also that £40 billion has already been spent on defence.