What bad would Johnson have to do...

[malvolio]

For the oop north Labour stronghold regions, it's not what Boris is that is the issue, it's what Labour stand for to the mostly white and poor working classes.

To them Labour are:

Supporting immigration taking low paid work from locals
Bending the knee to woke liberal values
Turning the police force into the police service
Supporting the EU and wanting to rejoin the EU


I might be wrong, but that's my guess?

Hate to admit it, but you're probably quite right. The average British voter is not as dim as some politicians think.

[_V_]

For the oop north Labour stronghold regions, it's not what Boris is that is the issue, it's what Labour stand for to the mostly white and poor working classes.

To them Labour are:

Supporting immigration taking low paid work from locals
Bending the knee to woke liberal values
Turning the police force into the police service
Supporting the EU and wanting to rejoin the EU


I might be wrong, but that's my guess?

[d000hg]

If we're talking mainly about the Hartlepool result it has little to do with Boris or even Keir directly. They dropped in a strongly pro-Remain Labour candidate who had been rejected by another constituency to one of the most strongly pro-Brexit constituencies in the country. The Hartlepoolians can hardly see that as anything other than a slap in the face. So somewhat a protest vote.

[malvolio]

Could be something to do with him having successes in the real world? Many leaders had serious personal flaws, doesn't mean they aren't good at the job. Demanding that anyone in public life has a spotless personal record is really quite ludicrous.

It's all disproportionate point scoring anyway. For example the four people sent to jail in the last sleaze incident over expenses were all Labour MPs...

[d000hg]

I didn't know Boris was up for re-election.

[vetran]

shoot someone on 5th Avenue seems to be a low bar.

[DealorNoDeal]

...to actually cost the Tories any votes?

How about getting a 17-year old girl pregnant? Would that do it?

Or is he now virtually 100% teflon coated and, no matter what bad he does, it won't make much difference?