I think some people need to accept one thing - Boris is popular

Boris is popular because he's a scripted character that's not like the reality of the persona he plays, a political Jerry Seinfeld if you like, he's managed, through super injunctions and various other means to keep some of his worse misdemeanours out of the public eye.

He's a cult of celebrity politician that through careful management and astute marketing has become bigger than the Party he represents, people no longer vote Conservative but they vote for Boris. At the moment he's somehow riding on a crest of the Brexit wave but that can only last so long and once that has worn off he has no substance as a politician to last long at the top...lets just hope that the damage is limited and the Country has a leader who skills are political as opposed to performing a role.
 
I heard a story today that someone said they voted Tory in the recent elections because there were now nine foodbanks in their area whereas under Labour there were none. I am now at the point that I wouldn't be in the least surprised if it true.
 
I heard a story today that someone said they voted Tory in the recent elections because there were now nine foodbanks in their area whereas under Labour there were none. I am now at the point that I wouldn't be in the least surprised if it true.
I checked this out when I saw it. The guy who shared it on twitter is normally reliable and he swears he heard it himself. Then people on the same thread began sharing similar things they said they'd heard directly from the mouths of Hartlepudlian people who voted tory. Scary.
 
I checked this out when I saw it. The guy who shared it on twitter is normally reliable and he swears he heard it himself. Then people on the same thread began sharing similar things they said they'd heard directly from the mouths of Hartlepudlian people who voted tory. Scary.
Is this because Tory campaigners have said this sort of thing on the Hartlepool doorstep because they have sussed how challenged some of the electorate are or is it just because some of the electorate are challenged?

I‘m not sure these sort of people do much thinking for themselves so it must be put into their minds.

Another lesson for Labour to learn.
 
I actually think Boris could be the best PM in my lifetime - very Churchill like, a proper leader

Maggie (don't remember)
Major (don't remember)
Blair
Brown
Cameron
May
BORIS
 
Provided a world class vaccine plan by finally doing the 1 single thing he got right. Handing it over to the only establishment who could do this job correctly with professionalism & knowledge the NHS instead of handing it over to his mates companies who so far have made a complete cluster**k of everything they touch costing the UK billions in taxpayers money during this pandemic.
There fixed it for ya your welcome

Yes lets all applaud the moron for his role in handing it over to the right people for once🙄
 
people DO NOT CARE

Labour doesn't listen. Corruption is corruption if its from a blue rosette or a red rosette.. dunt matter. Politics isn't fair, life isn't fair, people are past caring.

Labour's chosen route is destined to fail and the people who can make the necessary changes will not make them. If effects their jobs, their financial interests and they will not sacrifice them for the benefit of the country or its people.
 
Boris is popular because he's a scripted character that's not like the reality of the persona he plays, a political Jerry Seinfeld if you like, he's managed, through super injunctions and various other means to keep some of his worse misdemeanours out of the public eye.

He's a cult of celebrity politician that through careful management and astute marketing has become bigger than the Party he represents, people no longer vote Conservative but they vote for Boris. At the moment he's somehow riding on a crest of the Brexit wave but that can only last so long and once that has worn off he has no substance as a politician to last long at the top...lets just hope that the damage is limited and the Country has a leader who skills are political as opposed to performing a role.

Judging by the infamous letter sent by the Eton headmaster to his parents.
Johnson had already... been down to the crossroads and supped from the Devil’s bowl😉
 
It's how you define popular?

Last general election the Tories got 14m votes, out of 47m possible, and that was against Corbyn, who himself wasn't exactly popular with Labour voters, or leavers, never mind the rest. Some will see Boris as "least worst" in that scenario, kind of like being mates with someone, to steal their beer at a BBQ.

How many of those actually are voting/ liking Boris, not just the party, or brexit? Or are not just Tory boys no matter what?

He's on the side that is currently "ahead", but that's about it.

We'll see what lasts longest in memory, 150k dead or a quick vaccine.
The thing is those 150k dead aren't coming back, and in a few months the EU will have matched us in vaccines and also, largely have much better death rates.
Their economy won't have been hit as hard and will recover faster
The EU doesn't have to make up or replace 50% of it's trade it just dumped
The EU won't struggle to find easy/ simple labour

BJ is at the crest of a wave, but there's a lot of "gains" to be lost for the Tory's and a lot going against BJ behind the scenes. As soon as things start turning down for the tories, he'll be in big trouble, I expect.

His approval us up from 34% to 48%, in 6 months, that's a 40% gain, and pretty much all of that is vaccine/ brexit related, which both hit the news at the same time. What happens when the vaccine gain is no more and brexit bites?
 
It's how you define popular?

Last general election the Tories got 14m votes, out of 47m possible, and that was against Corbyn, who himself wasn't exactly popular with Labour voters, or leavers, never mind the rest. Some will see Boris as "least worst" in that scenario, kind of like being mates with someone, to steal their beer at a BBQ.

How many of those actually are voting/ liking Boris, not just the party, or brexit? Or are not just Tory boys no matter what?

He's on the side that is currently "ahead", but that's about it.

We'll see what lasts longest in memory, 150k dead or a quick vaccine.
The thing is those 150k dead aren't coming back, and in a few months the EU will have matched us in vaccines and also, largely have much better death rates.
Their economy won't have been hit as hard and will recover faster
The EU doesn't have to make up or replace 50% of it's trade it just dumped
The EU won't struggle to find easy/ simple labour

BJ is at the crest of a wave, but there's a lot of "gains" to be lost for the Tory's and a lot going against BJ behind the scenes. As soon as things start turning down for the tories, he'll be in big trouble, I expect.

His approval us up from 34% to 48%, in 6 months, that's a 40% gain, and pretty much all of that is vaccine/ brexit related, which both hit the news at the same time. What happens when the vaccine gain is no more and brexit bites?
Tory vote share was down from 45% at the 2019 election to 36% at last weeks local elections (Labour 29%, similar to 2019) despite the Covid unlock bounce.

Only local elections I know but if the Tories are claiming success then they need to accept the bigger picture, and that’s quite a drop in my opinion, it would appear independents picked up the slack.
 
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