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Baldseagull

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Jan 26, 2012
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Crawley
How could anyone have guessed the same posters turning this into a political minefield, when a man, father and father to be is seriously ill. :rolleyes:

He is a Politician, politics will always come into it. He has Fathered children, not sure any of them call him Dad though, his eldest has referred to him as a selfish *******, his youngest (confirmed) offspring he denied paternity of until proven, and will not say how many kids he has in total. He is not really a family man is he.
 


The Wizard

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Jul 2, 2009
18,401
He is a Politician, politics will always come into it. He has Fathered children, not sure any of them call him Dad though, his eldest has referred to him as a selfish *******, his youngest (confirmed) offspring he denied paternity of until proven, and will not say how many kids he has in total. He is not really a family man is he.

Simply disgraceful. Politics have nothing to do with the fact he is currently fighting for his life against a virus. Don’t try and dress up your ill wishes, we all know exactly what you are trying to say and it’s so distasteful.
 


A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
20,568
Deepest, darkest Sussex
It really comes down to whether you are able to split out the personal and the political.

On the political side, it is 100% the right thing to always question whether what the Government is doing is the correct course of action, and whether it is the appropriate means of dealing with anything. That is healthy and should be something everybody is prepared to do, and if you believe it to be wrong then it should be criticised, and people should be allowed to criticise it.

On the personal side, it is 100% the right thing to do to wish a man who is engaged and an expectant father well and to pull through this ghastly disease as soon as possible.

If you can't split these out and allow your personal opinions on either to cloud your position on the other then I'm afraid that's a sign of your own failings, not those of anyone else.
 




Baldseagull

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
11,839
Crawley
Can’t be bothered to read it all.
This should have been a thread of hoping he gets better no matter what political persuasions you have.
At the end of the day he is a father to be and has a partner which is 1st and foremost. Potentially there is a child who will be raised without a father. So get well Boris and same to anyone else on this board who is struggling through [MENTION=30242]spence[/MENTION] for one who has described his struggles, and anyone else who is currently suffering through what is a horrific virus. Thoughts with you all

At the end of the day, he is partly responsible for the condition he is in, and was happy to adopt a position at the start of this where we let the virus spread, knowing it would kill many Fathers, Mothers, Son's and Daughters.
 


Bold Seagull

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Mar 18, 2010
30,465
Hove
Fair enough, but when the direction of hmgov appears to be largely dictated by Boris's sultan of spin Dominic Cummings, then any initial reaction, well mine anyway, is to take whatever we're fed with a large pinch of salt. Especially more or less right off the back of the disinformation of the NHS Brexit Bus. Why would you not question stuff?

And as you seem so keen on tracing back through that particular thread, you might like also to highlight some of the posts questioning why it wasn't 'on the good news thread'. As opposed to just questioning if it was fake news. And as I posted yesterday, I wouldn't wish that shit virus on anyone, including Boris

I don't really think you have anything to apologise for. All that week the government PR machine was posting pictures of Boris chairing meetings via video link, fully working, very mild symptoms etc. etc. It was a legitimate question of what was being presented as to why he wasn't giving a press conference via video link.

Incredible amount of hindsight now to know actually he's been more ill than has been let on to the public, and even today, though most of us realise he is very ill, you'd still think from government briefings that he's the healthiest person in ICU care.
 


Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,888
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I shouldn’t measure UK society against NSC, frequented in majority by shouty lookat me keyboard warriors ( me included) In real life I’m certain we are all different!
I certainly am, in real life I'm a knob.
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,273
Can’t be bothered to read it all.
This should have been a thread of hoping he gets better no matter what political persuasions you have.
At the end of the day he is a father to be and has a partner which is 1st and foremost. Potentially there is a child who will be raised without a father. So get well Boris and same to anyone else on this board who is struggling through [MENTION=30242]spence[/MENTION] for one who has described his struggles, and anyone else who is currently suffering through what is a horrific virus. Thoughts with you all

No, he has admitted ownership of this one for a change.
 


Baldseagull

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
11,839
Crawley
Simply disgraceful. Politics have nothing to do with the fact he is currently fighting for his life against a virus. Don’t try and dress up your ill wishes, we all know exactly what you are trying to say and it’s so distasteful.

I have not wished him ill. I hope he recovers, but I don't think he has suddenly become a loving Father and Husband, or even a decent human being.

His political decisions at the start of this, including failure to prepare in January, do have something to do with why he, and everyone else in his condition, are where they are.
 


Dick Head

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Jan 3, 2010
13,893
Quaxxann
Will you be joining in for the round of applause for Couriers and Delivery drivers? It is due tomorrow, sometime between 9am and 5pm.

But could be the next day?
 




Springal

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Feb 12, 2005
24,785
GOSBTS
3 days in ICU as a 'precaution'
 


Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
I have not wished him ill. I hope he recovers, but I don't think he has suddenly become a loving Father and Husband, or even a decent human being.

His political decisions at the start of this, including failure to prepare in January, do have something to do with why he, and everyone else in his condition, are where they are.

I feel for his wife, who has cancer, two of his children and trying to get a divorce from him.
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,273






PILTDOWN MAN

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Sep 15, 2004
19,642
Hurst Green
I feel for his wife, who has cancer, two of his children and trying to get a divorce from him.

She HAD cervical cancer and was operated on, now considered free of the disease. She failed to apply for decree absolute in the time scales and had to apply to the courts to be given extra time to do so. The delay was due to the financial settlement being agreed.

I've written the facts without prejudice to either side.
 








Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Same old people descending threads down the same route. Why is this allowed?

The laughable thing is that I doubt there is a single poster who has changed his opinion on NSC however many repetitive alternative opinions are offered. Nothing like politics to bring out the worst in so many on here
 




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