Wednesday 16 September 2020

Moonshot

Boris Johnson is a child at heart. Everything he wants has to be bigger and better than anyone else's.

Not only that, but - like a child - he knows he cannot get it without the unconditional cooperation of all the grown-ups. They have to make it happen.

He makes unfeasible promises like a child. He breaks his promises on a daily basis, just like a child. He knows even less about negotiation than his big brother over the pond, so if the grown-ups don't give him the toy, he threatens to run away. The grown-ups know he will be back by teatime and he is never fully out of their sight, but he often tries their patience.

Like Mr Toad, he lurches between one grandiose idea and another. He is beginning to lose his natural ability to inspire enthusiasm and mirth. The cabinet no longer sits at the table together to chant the mantra of the day.

He needs to go away and tidy his room.

25 comments:

  1. He looked just like a moody, sulky child on the naughty step, as he sat slumped in the House Commons this week being chastised by those who do believe that this country should not break International Law, but uphold it.


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    1. If we as a nation disregard international law, then a dangerous precedent will be set and we will have no authority to complain about other countries doing the same. It is obvious really, but Johnson and Cummings believe that they are dealing with a bunch of idiots who did not elect them in the first place.

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  2. The parallels between our idiot and your idiot are stunning.

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    1. Our idiot did a deal with yours, and now we have both to deal with.

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  3. Marty is right the parallels are astonishing.

    Why do we need a “world beating” track and trace...one that merely works would be okay.

    The testing system is a complete shambles. How long have they had to plan this?

    At least the UK idiot didn’t say, in response, to the problems caused by man made global warming “It will get cooler”

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    1. The whole point is that we are not supposed to be in competition with the rest of the world. Winning will do us no good at all unless we pull up the drawbridge, but that would have no benefit for the people that the incompetent fool is supposed to be representing in any case. It is a very bleak scenario no matter which way you view it. It is beyond left versus right, and has been for about 9 months.

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    2. I agree, it is very bleak. I am so fed up with the shift...truth (whatever that is) is no longer important.

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  4. A child? Or a spoilt, nay overindulged brat

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  5. He didn't even try joined up sentences this afternoon, he burbled and smirked. Very odd.

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  6. I've gone off the news for the nonce. Before you pounce, that's American use. And remember, every time you get rid of one toad, there's another to take his place.

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  7. I’m tired of our stupid talking pumpkin. We no longer listen to the news either. Excuse me while I go bury my head in the sand

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  8. They say that people who have had a severe case of Covid-19 can take months to get back to normal - some never do. Apparently he nearly died from it and he has definitely lost any bounce or credibility.

    I am trying (hard) to be understanding....

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    1. His first mistake in office was to get rid of anyone who could take over while he was ill. He owed Cummings for getting him elected and Cummings cannot get out of combat mode. You can't turn him off. Rishi Sunak was only popular when he was dishing out cash. The rest of them spend their whole time defending their positions.

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  9. "Defending their positions" and that is where our governments, whichever side, goes wrong of course. Adult children are dangerous because they have been given certain powers as well. Not one swear word there as the country goes to hell in a handbasket.

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  10. I read today that the reason that hunting was allowed as an exception to the rule of six just might be because of the number of wealthy grouse moor owners who contribute to the Tory party coffers. It seems there are sixteen grouse moors in Dishy Rishi's constituency. It must be a coincidence......

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    1. I would not want to go down that path. There is much confusion between the lefties who equate all hunting and shooting with the Conservative party, and people who just like to hunt and shoot. I am sure it is not a coincidence about donors and land owners, but this is just small stuff compared to the bigger issues. Even Tony Blair did not want to get bogged down in the hunting with hounds legislation, but was forced to do so by his own party. I like eating game - I prefer to eat game than farmed meat - and I am grateful to the people who shoot it for me. The only reason I do not shoot it myself is because I don't see it as a sport. I would happily go out and shoot one or two pheasant, but that is not commercially viable for the people who rear them to supplement their income.

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    2. The BASC is a fine organisation which does a lot to keep the British countryside looking the way we like it to. If we accept things for the way they have been since 1066, then we all need to support landowners. The criminalisation of trespass will harm everyone, no matter where they stand politically.

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  11. I wonder what his children think of him.

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