Car crash interview again. Blustering, waffling, unable to answer any question directly. Sounded like he's completely lost his brief. Mishal Hussein interviewing him was excellent, wouldn't let him try and bully his way into turning everything into an attack on Corbyn. When she called him out and put him under pressure to answer her question on him also voting against anti terror legislation, he carefully responded with her full name, making sure everyone heard 'Hussein'. He really is a vile piece of work.
Boris Johnson interview on R4 Today this morning
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There are quotes attributed to him this morning about the London Bridge attack and saying something along the lines of, "the security services have questions to answer about how known suspected terrorists could carry out this attack". If he has said that, he should be absolutely ashamed of himself. He is part of an administration which has depleted their numbers and he is effectively damning them for not being able to predict the future.
The after timing as a result of this attack is criminal. The cuts to the police numbers were as much a scandal a month ago as they are today, the attack brings sharper focus but it shouldn't take this kind of tragedy for people to realise that cutting police numbers by 20,000 is a shocker of a decision.
The after timing as a result of this attack is criminal. The cuts to the police numbers were as much a scandal a month ago as they are today, the attack brings sharper focus but it shouldn't take this kind of tragedy for people to realise that cutting police numbers by 20,000 is a shocker of a decision.
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Mishal was brilliant this morning 
One thing surely everybody of all political persuasions would agree on, is that there has never been a poorer choice of candidates for the position of Home Secretary.
Johnson or Abbott. FFS.
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Paris
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Whatever you think about him (and I'm not saying I disagree), he was actually Mayor of London 2009 - May 2016, and not "part of an administration which depleted numbers" at all. He's been Foreign Secretary since July 2016.
Statistically crime fell significantly in London during his tenure...
Johnson is Foreign Sec
The choice for Home Sec is Rudd or Abbott: is that any better?
Who would be your choice then?
With respect, that really isn't my job to decide who is available, willing, qualified and competent to take senior government roles. That doesn't mean I can't note and comment when someone is clearly NOT suitable.
Marshy
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Surely Johnson will be moved aside in a re-shuffle of the cabinet after the election, providing the tories win ofcourse, after all it was only a post brexit appointment.
Just as, surely Abbott would be sidelined. But, we really shouldn't be presented with such a crappy choice.
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He started by paying a full tribute to the police and security services. Of course the Security services have questions to answer as at least one of these murdering scumbags was well known to them. I'm sure they will be carrying out internal reviews to see if they made mistakes.
Those 20,000 Police were in place when the 7/7 and the subsequent attack happened. More Police doesn't necessarily make us safer but it does seem an easy answer and a very useful stick to beat the government with.
I would think funding specialised counter terrorism police/security services is more important. The Government had already committed to spending £3.4bn, or 30 per cent more, in real terms between 2015 and 2020 on "key counter-terrorism capabilities". Security services budgets have not had any cuts (2011 onwards) and have seen an 11% real term increase.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...9_Blue_Book_PU1865_Web_Accessible.pdf#page=32
Seemed a typical knockabout political interview .. people hear what they want to hear.
Yeah yeah, I'll put it to you that whoever is in the job wouldn't be good enough!
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I disagree. All the Police chiefs Ive seen critiquing the cuts have said that since 2010 policing has become almost entirely reactive and they don't have the resources or man power to act on bits of information given to them by members of the public etc. Its all very well saying counter terrorism measure have been improved but if the front line police feel they are too stretched to pass or act on information then that is a very serous issue. Many serving Police officers have said this, so unless you know better than them I would suggest you are completely wrong and May has serous questions to answer.
That's a really poor argument. Boris Johnson is a nasty, hypocritical, spiteful man, who hides behind the 'Posh English Buffoon' image he's so carefully created. He'll shaft us here, he'll fail hopelessly to connect with the European leaders he HAS to build a relationship with, and he'll embarrass us on the world stage. On the other side, Diane Abbott is a shambles of a politician who is only in a front bench position, as Corbyn was short of party allies he could trust, at the time he put his team together.
Both cast their parties in a very poor light, and there simply HAVE to be better able politicians that their leaders could have chosen, if they truly wanted what is best for US rather than their own leadership positions.