He advocated it. He didn't formally nominate him. I hope that doesn't make a dramatic difference for you when it comes to assessing Johnson's judgment of his character.
https://twitter.com/jon_trickett/status/1347100953883906049
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He advocated it. He didn't formally nominate him. I hope that doesn't make a dramatic difference for you when it comes to assessing Johnson's judgment of his character.
https://twitter.com/jon_trickett/status/1347100953883906049
How about just ‘can’t lead’.
As a boy, he declared he wanted to be ‘king of the world’. He has always wanted to be PM but leadership or judgment (not relating to his personal ambition) have never been skills he has been blessed with.
I agree that his method is probably the opposite to Trump’s authoritarian style.
I agree that his method of leadership is the opposite of Trump's style, but his media approach is similar: Mixing truth with half-truth and all out nonsense so it's impossible to see what's actually happening is par for the course. It's been well reported that he's an admirer of Trump's relationship to the truth with the media.
I don't really think Boris is a bad person, just a bad leader. Trump is a hideous human and a worse leader.
darkwolf666
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There's a quaint old expression, "when you're in a hole, stop digging". This might be good advice for you.
Neville's Breakfast
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Quite possibly, yes, always remembering that leadership doesn’t actually fit his political philosophy. I declared I wanted to be a train driver when I was a boy and didn’t achieve that either !
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Klaas
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- Nov 1, 2017
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For some reason, when I heard about Trump being locked out of his SNS I was surprised to see he had an instagram account. I'm used to him lying and raving on twitter. The thought of him taking pictures of his lunch and selfies just seems weird. (yes I know he probably doesn't run it himself)
Do we know how many were terrorists, or police, or other?
Thunder Bolt
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I agree with the first bit but I actually think Boris is a bad person too.
His personal life is a sordid list of lies, broken families, phone calls to arrange beatings and controversial name calling & abuse. You can catch the temperament of the man by analysing how he tackles children in a friendly rugby game or opposing footballers in a celebrity friendly. That said, he does contain a charm that seduces milllions though, a charm I can’t see in Trump, I just see a horrid ***t.
Super Steve Earle
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4 rioters (one shot and three medical emergencies).
Norman Potting
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Yes. I posted on this before. He has the gift to make people like him. You need to stay very focused to not be seduced. I have worked with a couple of blokes like him, professors who have drug companies falling over themselves to give them money, even though their research is second rate (at best); emoters, salesmen.....and yet when I meet them amd listen to them I actually want to believe their lies.
In the case of Boris this talent has compensated hugely for his shallow capabilities and his inner unpleasantness.
It seem we love people with confidence and shamelessness. A third of the nation wants to be them, and another third wants to shag them. The rest would be reluctant to extinguish the flames if (you can guess the rest). This has nothing to do with politics, class or intelligence either, which is how they get away with it.
Fignon's Ponytail
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Super Steve Earle
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Whatever Boris has, it's a bloody good job otherwise we would have had a Corbyn government and an appeasers Brexit.
Meanwhile, on a residential street near the Capitol...
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