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  • disusedgenius 12 Sep 2012 17:37:40 4,810 posts
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    LeoliansBro wrote:
    he has the courage of his convictions.
    Hardly something which separates him from Ken though, apart from the side he falls on.
  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:40:10 35,019 posts
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    disusedgenius wrote:
    LeoliansBro wrote:
    he has the courage of his convictions.
    Hardly something which separates him from Ken though, apart from the side he falls on.
    Can't think of something ken has stood up for which is as profoundly unpalatable to the electorate as bankers.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • disusedgenius 12 Sep 2012 17:41:17 4,810 posts
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    LeoliansBro wrote:
    Can't think of something ken has stood up for which is as profoundly unpalatable to the electorate as bankers.
    Shady South American communist dictators?
  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:42:14 35,019 posts
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    disusedgenius wrote:
    LeoliansBro wrote:
    Can't think of something ken has stood up for which is as profoundly unpalatable to the electorate as bankers.
    Shady South American communist dictators?
    Please.

    Openly, and against the current, highly visible, public sentiment. If I must be specific.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:43:43 35,019 posts
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    Plus Boris is probably for them anyway too. Just not in the case of these subsidies.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Dougs 12 Sep 2012 17:44:05 59,051 posts
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    If I was being slightly controversial, I'd suggest minorities.
  • disusedgenius 12 Sep 2012 17:47:21 4,810 posts
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    Against that thing which has never really happened before (in Mayoral terms), you mean? He stood up for plenty of things the public didn't really like - from various Islamic groups to the congestion charge. Not to mention his past form on being something of a... principled politician.

    fwiw I'd expect Ken to be slightly protective of the bankers if he was still Major as well

    Edited by disusedgenius at 17:49:02 12-09-2012
  • Psychotext 12 Sep 2012 17:49:04 49,162 posts
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    LeoliansBro wrote:
    Boris appeals to me because he stuck up for the financiers of London
    That's like applauding a US senator with a state full of tobacco companies. Don't be massively surprised when he stands up for their interests despite overwhelming public opinion in the other direction.

    Boris isn't stupid (appearance to the contrary), he's not going to slaughter the golden goose.

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  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:53:52 35,019 posts
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    The golden goose we all benefit from?

    Dougs, not sure standing up for minorities is ever a move that would make you unpopular in the eyes of the electorate. I hope not, anyway.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:54:17 35,019 posts
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    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Latin 12 Sep 2012 17:54:40 3,061 posts
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    I like Boris and think that Liverpool quote was because he didn't have a fucking clue what he was talking about. He is a bumbling idiot at times and obviously a posh boy who had probably never been to Liverpool...

    He did go and apologise (although was forced to), saying this:

    "I have been stunned by the hurt this article has caused.

    "I will be going as soon as I can next week to apologise in person for the offence I have caused, and to listen in a spirit of complete humility to local people."

    Whether or not that was genuine is questionable... But as I said, i think he made these statements coz he had no clue about the place and the events, just basing it on stereotypes and misguided opinion.
  • LeoliansBro 12 Sep 2012 17:54:45 35,019 posts
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    .

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • Dougs 12 Sep 2012 18:55:01 59,051 posts
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    LeoliansBro wrote:

    Dougs, not sure standing up for minorities is ever a move that would make you unpopular in the eyes of the electorate. I hope not, anyway.
    That's the thing though, the majority of those that actually vote are generally a little right wing of Ghengis Khan. Accepted, that's probably not the case with London voters. But more than once I heard the old fuckers with their nice big houses and land bemoan Ken for championing for minorities and cash shouldn't be spent supporting them. All anecdotal, of course.
  • RyanDS 12 Sep 2012 19:14:23 7,612 posts
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    Latin wrote:
    I like Boris and think that Liverpool quote was because he didn't have a fucking clue what he was talking about. He is a bumbling idiot at times and obviously a posh boy who had probably never been to Liverpool...

    He did go and apologise (although was forced to), saying this:

    "I have been stunned by the hurt this article has caused.

    "I will be going as soon as I can next week to apologise in person for the offence I have caused, and to listen in a spirit of complete humility to local people."

    Whether or not that was genuine is questionable... But as I said, i think he made these statements coz he had no clue about the place and the events, just basing it on stereotypes and misguided opinion.
    As I said before. he is most certainly not a bumbling idiot. Which is what annoys me. Such a good PR scheme. Pretend to be bumbling and get away with anything.
  • President_Weasel 12 Sep 2012 20:20:32 7,716 posts
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    He's really not that bright though. He's an overprivileged, underinformed, eton-and-oxbridge twerp pretending to be a canny, competent politician pretending to be a likeable bumbling buffoon.
  • FWB 12 Sep 2012 20:30:35 39,086 posts
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    Doesn't matter whether he is an idiot or not. The PR works and those around him do his work anyway.
  • LetsGo 12 Sep 2012 20:41:02 4,557 posts
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    But whatever you say about him, and you can say a lot about him, he has done a good job in managing London during its most difficult post-war period?
  • FWB 12 Sep 2012 20:48:13 39,086 posts
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    I prefer him to Ken. Ken is a seedy, corrupt little man. Some dodgy links and a huge about of wasted resources - Ken rags and cash thrown about on perks for those at city hall.
  • LetsGo 12 Sep 2012 20:51:37 4,557 posts
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    Agreed. The amount of money Ken spent in City Hall was scandalous really.
  • RedSparrows 12 Sep 2012 20:54:59 16,866 posts
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    Boris recently employed the old ES editor, a good chum, on an obscene contract. They all do it, sadly.
  • LetsGo 12 Sep 2012 21:00:14 4,557 posts
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    And Ken set up a separate company for his media commitments so he would pay less tax.
  • disusedgenius 12 Sep 2012 21:04:27 4,810 posts
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    Yeah, well my favoured politician OWNS the Cayman Islands AND can beat up your favoured politician .
  • LetsGo 12 Sep 2012 21:32:11 4,557 posts
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    AND paid for by the tax payer by any chance? ;)
  • MrTomFTW Moderator 13 Sep 2012 08:45:11 31,212 posts
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    He's still very much not welcome in Liverpool.

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  • kalel 13 Sep 2012 11:14:13 76,447 posts
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    Breaking news on the Beeb that he's made a grovelling apology. Not an article yet, just on the ticker.
  • LeoliansBro 13 Sep 2012 11:36:23 35,019 posts
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    He made a grovelling apology at the time as well.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • disusedgenius 13 Sep 2012 11:41:02 4,810 posts
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    It was mentioned in the main article:
    The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has apologised for an article he wrote in 2004 in which he said Liverpool fans were partly to blame for the Hillsborough disaster.

    "I was very, very sorry in 2004 that the Spectator did carry an editorial that partially repeated those allegations - I apologised then and I apologise now," he said.
    I'd hardly call it grovelling, more of an affirmation of previous grovelling.
  • MetalDog 13 Sep 2012 12:01:22 23,448 posts
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    Boris doing a good job, is he?

    -- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.

  • bitch_tits_zero_nine 13 Sep 2012 12:30:28 4,879 posts
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    Also, ironically, technical competence isn't the main reason why I wouldn't like to see him as PM.

    Tbh I think he portrays an image that reminds me of old Empire Britain, preachy and arrogant, and to be fair, I don't want this perception to represent us internationally.
  • Moot_Point 25 Feb 2013 16:31:11 1,071 posts
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    What a dickhead. He remembered to pick up his school satchel though.

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