Rory Stewart is one of the more sane Tories, I would have much preferred him to win the leadership race.
Add this fresh in here:
>[i News: Boris Johnson will not be Prime Minister by the next General Election 71% of voters believe](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/20-of-tory-voters-regret-backing-the-party-as-public-thinks-keir-starmer-would-have-done-better-job-1414919)
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>Almost three quarters of voters think Boris Johnson will be out of office before the next General Election, an exclusive poll for i reveals.
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>The survey for i by Redfield & Wilton Strategies shows how the Prime Minister’s position has deteriorated since last summer, with his ratings falling on almost every measure.
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>It also finds that a majority of British adults say their view of Mr Johnson has become more negative since he first took power in 2019, while only 8 per cent see him in a more positive light.
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>Almost three quarters – 71 per cent – think he will leave office in the next two years rather than fighting the next election and just 5 per cent think he will still be Prime Minister four years from now, just a few months after he was said to be privately drawing up plans to spend a decade in Downing Street. …
Yes, he’s a fucking god botherer but, largely, he seems a good egg. At least compared to the professional liar/cream-skimmers.
Edit: he’s Conservative through and through, with all the fiscal and social cuntery that goes with it but at least he doesn’t directly steal from us.
Oh well…shall we talk about Cambridge analytica now?
It was like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone
There’s a fair few absences in his voting record. Which I would speculate means he could not support the policy, but didn’t want to vote against the government.
There are rarely free votes in government. There is the issue of collective responsibility. Elected on a manifesto that they must support as it represents the ‘will of the people’ in an admittedly unrepresentative parliament.
Essentially it means you can’t say “it was nothing to do with me” when policies prove disastrous. It’s not a matter of individual conscience.
He’s a Tory. No question. But he seems to have an essential decency that is missing in most of the Tory ministers currently serving.
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The lighting makes those [antlers look like some sort of evil crab spirit](https://imgur.com/EHTQAVj)
Mi6 man Rory must know more than he’s letting on about Boris’ Russian ties.
its disturbing that anyone votes tory and makes me ashamed to live here.
Here’s his review of a book on lying with a segue into Bojo:
> …Perhaps it is envy. Johnson is after all the most accomplished liar in public life – perhaps the best liar ever to serve as prime minister. Some of this may have been a natural talent – but a lifetime of practice and study has allowed him to uncover new possibilities which go well beyond all the classifications of dishonesty attempted by classical theorists like St Augustine. He has mastered the use of error, omission, exaggeration, diminution, equivocation and flat denial. He has perfected casuistry, circumlocution, false equivalence and false analogy. He is equally adept at the ironic jest, the fib and the grand lie; the weasel word and the half-truth; the hyperbolic lie, the obvious lie, and the bullshit lie – which may inadvertently be true. And because he has been so famous for this skill for so long, he can use his reputation to ascend to new levels of playful paradox. Thus he could say to me “Rory, don’t believe anything I am about to say, but I would like you to be in my cabinet” – and still have me laugh in admiration.
Since most of the electorate DIDN’T vote for him, that statement is more indicative of our horrendous electoral system in the UK.
One of the only torys who actually talks sense though.
He did a very interesting documentary on the history of the wars that have taken place in Afganistan.
After watching it I thought that he may actually be a half-decent human (as opposed to a waffling meat-sack) who actually possesses some real-life knowledge. I think having him as PM would’ve been much better than what we currently have. Hey ho.
Johnson was enabled because the establishment and media collectively decided BJ was better for the country than a man who wanted to slightly improve the lives of the most vulnerable people and try to introduce some measures to combat the catastrophic climate breakdown that is threatening our entire species.
Stewart was a major contributor to the conditions that enabled him to become PM in the first place.
Someone warn Rory Stewart that we breath air and the sky is blue.
Is it Rory? Well why the fuck didn’t you pipe up publicy when he was running for PM, if he’s such the shithead you say he is!
Maybe Rory Stewart should be fined or booted out of office for dereliction of duty. If Johnson is as unhinged as Rory and others clearly states he is.
Stewart was definitely the most competent minister that was up for leadership and the fact he’s not PM right now indicates something very disturbing with the way this country handles politics.
Best man for the job on that side of the aisle but nowhere near it.
I mean, people didn’t really vote for him, they voted for “gEt BrExIt DoNe”
We had a choice between real life James Bond, Boris and Gove yet ended up with Boris and Gove
Stewart is a great example of “what we could have won” in a leader. I don’t agree with him on everything but he’s not shackled to his ego, he’s intelligent and actually has a social conscience.
In the Tory leadership elections, Johnson supporters switched to Jeremy Hunt to ensure Johnson wouldnt face Stewart in the final run-off.
If you haven’t done so, check out the Full Disclosure podcast interview between James O’brien and Rory Stewart from a few years ago.
O’brien asks Stewart point-blank, “is Boris Johnson dangerous?”
Stewart pauses for a full 11 seconds before he responds. It’s a great interview.
In other news.
Rod Stewart agreed that many things Boris does maybe disturbing but that we all should appreciate the tax breaks and freedom of choice in say the banking alternatives available.
Boris Johnson is the epitome of British exceptualism, therefore he is the perfect PM to govern a nation steeped in petulant arrogance and exceptualism.
Far too much “well I don’t normally like Tories, but…” going on in this thread. Stewart is as rotten as the rest of them and no amount of whitewashing is going to change that.
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Rory Stewart is one of the more sane Tories, I would have much preferred him to win the leadership race.
Add this fresh in here:
>[i News: Boris Johnson will not be Prime Minister by the next General Election 71% of voters believe](https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/20-of-tory-voters-regret-backing-the-party-as-public-thinks-keir-starmer-would-have-done-better-job-1414919)
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>Almost three quarters of voters think Boris Johnson will be out of office before the next General Election, an exclusive poll for i reveals.
>
>The survey for i by Redfield & Wilton Strategies shows how the Prime Minister’s position has deteriorated since last summer, with his ratings falling on almost every measure.
>
>It also finds that a majority of British adults say their view of Mr Johnson has become more negative since he first took power in 2019, while only 8 per cent see him in a more positive light.
>
>Almost three quarters – 71 per cent – think he will leave office in the next two years rather than fighting the next election and just 5 per cent think he will still be Prime Minister four years from now, just a few months after he was said to be privately drawing up plans to spend a decade in Downing Street. …
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eta:
>[HuffPost: The Queen Teaches Boris Johnson A Lesson On How To Follow Covid Rules](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/queen-boris-johnson-covid-rules-no10-partygate_uk_61e98b8de4b04e26edb9ff49)
Yes, he’s a fucking god botherer but, largely, he seems a good egg. At least compared to the professional liar/cream-skimmers.
Edit: he’s Conservative through and through, with all the fiscal and social cuntery that goes with it but at least he doesn’t directly steal from us.
Oh well…shall we talk about Cambridge analytica now?
It was like watching an episode of the Twilight Zone
There’s a fair few absences in his voting record. Which I would speculate means he could not support the policy, but didn’t want to vote against the government.
There are rarely free votes in government. There is the issue of collective responsibility. Elected on a manifesto that they must support as it represents the ‘will of the people’ in an admittedly unrepresentative parliament.
Essentially it means you can’t say “it was nothing to do with me” when policies prove disastrous. It’s not a matter of individual conscience.
He’s a Tory. No question. But he seems to have an essential decency that is missing in most of the Tory ministers currently serving.
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The lighting makes those [antlers look like some sort of evil crab spirit](https://imgur.com/EHTQAVj)
Mi6 man Rory must know more than he’s letting on about Boris’ Russian ties.
its disturbing that anyone votes tory and makes me ashamed to live here.
Here’s his review of a book on lying with a segue into Bojo:
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/boris-johnson-tom-bower-book-review-rory-stewart/
> …Perhaps it is envy. Johnson is after all the most accomplished liar in public life – perhaps the best liar ever to serve as prime minister. Some of this may have been a natural talent – but a lifetime of practice and study has allowed him to uncover new possibilities which go well beyond all the classifications of dishonesty attempted by classical theorists like St Augustine. He has mastered the use of error, omission, exaggeration, diminution, equivocation and flat denial. He has perfected casuistry, circumlocution, false equivalence and false analogy. He is equally adept at the ironic jest, the fib and the grand lie; the weasel word and the half-truth; the hyperbolic lie, the obvious lie, and the bullshit lie – which may inadvertently be true. And because he has been so famous for this skill for so long, he can use his reputation to ascend to new levels of playful paradox. Thus he could say to me “Rory, don’t believe anything I am about to say, but I would like you to be in my cabinet” – and still have me laugh in admiration.
Since most of the electorate DIDN’T vote for him, that statement is more indicative of our horrendous electoral system in the UK.
One of the only torys who actually talks sense though.
He did a very interesting documentary on the history of the wars that have taken place in Afganistan.
After watching it I thought that he may actually be a half-decent human (as opposed to a waffling meat-sack) who actually possesses some real-life knowledge. I think having him as PM would’ve been much better than what we currently have. Hey ho.
Johnson was enabled because the establishment and media collectively decided BJ was better for the country than a man who wanted to slightly improve the lives of the most vulnerable people and try to introduce some measures to combat the catastrophic climate breakdown that is threatening our entire species.
Stewart was a major contributor to the conditions that enabled him to become PM in the first place.
Someone warn Rory Stewart that we breath air and the sky is blue.
Is it Rory? Well why the fuck didn’t you pipe up publicy when he was running for PM, if he’s such the shithead you say he is!
Maybe Rory Stewart should be fined or booted out of office for dereliction of duty. If Johnson is as unhinged as Rory and others clearly states he is.
Stewart was definitely the most competent minister that was up for leadership and the fact he’s not PM right now indicates something very disturbing with the way this country handles politics.
Best man for the job on that side of the aisle but nowhere near it.
I mean, people didn’t really vote for him, they voted for “gEt BrExIt DoNe”
We had a choice between real life James Bond, Boris and Gove yet ended up with Boris and Gove
Stewart is a great example of “what we could have won” in a leader. I don’t agree with him on everything but he’s not shackled to his ego, he’s intelligent and actually has a social conscience.
In the Tory leadership elections, Johnson supporters switched to Jeremy Hunt to ensure Johnson wouldnt face Stewart in the final run-off.
If you haven’t done so, check out the Full Disclosure podcast interview between James O’brien and Rory Stewart from a few years ago.
O’brien asks Stewart point-blank, “is Boris Johnson dangerous?”
Stewart pauses for a full 11 seconds before he responds. It’s a great interview.
In other news.
Rod Stewart agreed that many things Boris does maybe disturbing but that we all should appreciate the tax breaks and freedom of choice in say the banking alternatives available.
Boris Johnson is the epitome of British exceptualism, therefore he is the perfect PM to govern a nation steeped in petulant arrogance and exceptualism.
https://mobile.twitter.com/vivamjm/status/1484818800986013702
Far too much “well I don’t normally like Tories, but…” going on in this thread. Stewart is as rotten as the rest of them and no amount of whitewashing is going to change that.