Boris

[DimPrawn]

Blair earns that for one 20 min speech.

[MrMark]

It's not his brains I've an issue with personally. It's his tendency to utter gaffes, consistently over a long period of time. He's a buffoon. A likeable buffoon, but not the kind of buffoon I want as a leader (Though given the opposition was Red Ken I wasn't displeased, just disappointed we got such a tulip choice).

I mean, saying that £240,000 is chickenfeed, in this economic environment, with the public's current perception of politicians isn't exactly the smartest move, if you get what I mean.

Not a fan of Boris, but if this income is correctly declared to the Revenue, and he pays his whack on it (quite a lot I imagine now Darling's upped the tax rate) then a lot of us on the bench and/or dole should be grateful to him.

[snaw]

Not a fan of Boris, but if this income is correctly declared to the Revenue, and he pays his whack on it (quite a lot I imagine now Darling's upped the tax rate) then a lot of us on the bench and/or dole should be grateful to him.

And you completely missed my point:

Saying that £240,000 is chickenfeed in this climate, with people losing their jobs every day, and many of us having to take pay cuts.

Especially given the whole fiasco with politicians incomes, etc.

[MrMark]

And you completely missed my point:

Saying that £240,000 is chickenfeed in this climate, with people losing their jobs every day, and many of us having to take pay cuts.

Especially given the whole fiasco with politicians incomes, etc.

Not at all. As I said I'm not a fan of Boris, and he obviously has no idea how a lot of people struggle (and not just in the last 6 months either). I'm saying I couldn't give a fig about his gaffe in this case, as he's actually contributing to the exchequer and the economy. If a few more of us were earning 250k instead of scratching around for a few pennies, all the better. I appreciate that a gaffe like that may not look good politically, but I'd be ecstatic if all polis were able to earn £5 million a year, so long as they maintained a healthy economy and the rest of us were able to earn a decent whack.

[swamp]

And you completely missed my point:

Saying that £240,000 is chickenfeed in this climate, with people losing their jobs every day, and many of us having to take pay cuts.

Especially given the whole fiasco with politicians incomes, etc.

It is chicken feed to him. And good on him I say! Would you rather a sneaky, slimy, 'on-message' politician, or one who speaks his mind?

[thunderlizard]

Chickenfeed

He's not completely wrong. For every "fat cat" getting public flak for earning that much, there are a dozen 25-year-olds, good at either sales or sums, who are quietly making that much sitting at screens.

[snaw]

I think I like my politicians to be a little more in tune with public opinion and refrain from saying stupid tulip.

It's like real life, sometimes it's better to keep your gob shut and think about what you say before you say it. Boris seems incapable of this, which is his biggest problem, IMO. And no, it's not a characteristic to be admired.

I suspect I'm preaching to the inconvertible here, but CUK is hardly a broad spectrum sample of society, and if you can't see why it might not have been the smartest move then I guess your blinkers are bigger than I imagined.

[DimPrawn]

I think I like my politicians to be a little more in tune with public opinion and refrain from saying stupid tulip.

It's like real life, sometimes it's better to keep your gob shut and think about what you say before you say it. Boris seems incapable of this, which is his biggest problem, IMO. And no, it's not a characteristic to be admired.

I suspect I'm preaching to the inconvertible here, but CUK is hardly a broad spectrum sample of society, and if you can't see why it might not have been the smartest move then I guess your blinkers are bigger than I imagined.

Don't worry, you offset the reasoned here with your petty left-wing green eyed bias.

[minestrone]

You just can't see him having to make a decision given a number of options and working out logically which one is the best.

Still, you can say that about most politicians in this country.

[snaw]

Don't worry, you offset the reasoned here with your petty left-wing green eyed bias.

Finally, I have found my purpose in life.



Though I'm pretty sure if this had been a labour MP making this statement you lot would have been up in arms