Not really, crime in London skyrocketed (although not entirely his fault, certainly under his watch) public transport and the tube has gotten worse (strikes, etc) that stupid garden bridge thing, the emirates air line that goes to the middle of nowhere, even Boris bikes were Ken Livingstone's idea...
Boris Johnson puts his foot in it again
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Not really, crime in London skyrocketed (although not entirely his fault, certainly under his watch) public transport and the tube has gotten worse (strikes, etc) that stupid garden bridge thing, the emirates air line that goes to the middle of nowhere, even Boris bikes were Ken Livingstone's idea...
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Nazanin and her family are local to us and the unfolding story has been absolutely heart-breaking. The dad can’t even see his own child because the child is now stuck with grandparents in Iran and he risks arrest if he enters the country. The British government have shown no willingness to help and now we have them actively harming a British national facing injustice abroad.
What Boris Johnson has done is either utterly incompetent or utterly, utterly evil.
No, he nearly bankrupted the city with his vanity projects. We’re thankful that he eventually lost interest in being mayor towards the end.
What Boris Johnson has done is either utterly incompetent or utterly, utterly evil.
No, he nearly bankrupted the city with his vanity projects. We’re thankful that he eventually lost interest in being mayor towards the end.
Thomas Reuters have made it clear that she’s not a journalist, has no training in journalism and was not over there to teach journalism.
Is it really that hard to believe that she wanted her daughter to meet the grandparents?
For some people the answer seems to be yes, when the alternative is to admit that their clay footed hero (usually Boris or Trump) is in the wrong.
Boris is clearly not stupid but he's not as smart as he believes he is. If he was, he'd be Prime Minister now instead of Theresa May.
He's the kid in school who thought that he was so smart that he got wing every exam without doing any homework.
He's the kid in school who thought that he was so smart that he got wing every exam without doing any homework.
Being PM right now is a poisoned chalice.
The problem some posters here have is bold part of the following. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Do you understand what a question mark denotes?
In the immortal words of Sam Goldwyn, include me out.
If he actually has a razor sharp political mind, and the bumbling idiot schtick is just an act, then he not
only deserves an Oscar, he should have his palm prints in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
He's very knowledgeable, but I don't think he's all that intelligent. I don't know quite how to put it, but he seems to be some sort of very clever idiot.
Trump is just an idiot. There's nothing intelligent about him. The two aren't comparable.
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You trying to say a genius wouldn't say this?
The U.S. president said he could not understand why a country of samurai warriors did not shoot down the missiles, the sources said.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...id-japan-shot-overflying-north-korea-missiles
I think it's educated vs. intelligent. Like he could speak to you in Latin but you wonder how he manages to use a toilet without breaking something.
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I think it's an act or persona he's developed over the years - the affable blonde haired bloke. But behind the scenes he's very different.
Which strikes me as only so much speculation, given that by definition we don't see him behind the scenes. All we see is him being just a bit haphazard and bumbling. What else is there to go on?
Is he really a brunette?
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Well yeah it's completely speculation.
What makes you see him as a clever idiot?
That would be the most sickening twist of all
All his documented public behaviour...