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At long last The Speaker finally told Johnson to answer the bloody questions and to stop asking questions of the opposition. Mind you, he didn't listen and was eventually told to sit down
I've not watched Prime Ministers Questions for quite some time now due to a fear of smashing my telly with a remote thrown at Boris and his annoying habit of never answering any questions. Looking forward to watching it this evening, although I won't hold my breath that he will behave better next time.

Its funny you know. My son never gets into international politics. He saw Boris for the first time the other day.
His words not mine......" whos that? Their prime minister?
"Yep"
" Is he mentally disabled?"

Shrugs

Hi MF, your son is very observant! Actually, he could well be right ! Boris looks so like a tramp, and he is supposed to be running our country! His brain seems to work a tad faster than his mouth can cope with, which is very encouraging for all who have to listen to him.
I can't think of anybody in Parliament who could possibly be a half decent Prime Minister. Gone are the days of 'statesmen' who managed to gain the respect of home people as well as polis from other countries. Nowadays other country leaders just seem to laugh at us, and that doesn't surprise me when our 'leader' is such a wally.

G#Gill wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:20 am I can't think of anybody in Parliament who could possibly be a half decent Prime Minister.

Kemi Badenoch, Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch

Am I the only one wondering how on Earth the modern Democracies seem to be turning out the most God-Awful leaders, these days.
Seems that the education systems in said Democracies has failed them most miserably.

spot wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 7:34 am

G#Gill wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 3:20 am I can't think of anybody in Parliament who could possibly be a half decent Prime Minister.

Kemi Badenoch, Minister of State for Levelling Up Communities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch

Badenoch elected Tory leader
Blackman is now reading out the results.
Kemi Badenoch: 53,806
Robert Jenrick: 41 – we can’t hear the rest because of the cheering
Number of members eligible to vote: 131,680
Turnout: 72.8%
Spoilt ballot papers: 655 (610 unmarked or void, and 45 rejected because they voted for more than one candidate)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/li ... ive-leader

She thanks her husband, Hamish Badenoch, and Rishi Sunak.
And she pays tribute to her rival, Robert Jenrick. She goes on:
We have all been impressed by your energy and your determination.
You and I know that you actually disagree on very much, and I have no doubt that you have a key role to play in our party for many years.

That "disagree" is the icing on the cake. The Guardian text was finally corrected half an hour later to add "don't" but it was so much more appropriate as it was first shown.

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Only another five years Kemi, and you'll be able to test your success before the country at large. I look forward to seeing that, it will be immensely gratifying. (see: How to Validate Someone When You Don’t Agree With Them, available at all good book stores.)

For the record, the Conservative Party sports far more offensive people than either leadership contender:

Helena Dollimore, a Labour backbencher, posted: “I thought nothing could shock me about the state of the Conservative party, but that was before I had to sit through Christopher Chope MP opining about whether mothers can lead political parties.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... lead-party

I'm struggling to work out what she said and what Spot said to be honest.