As much as I agree with you, the problem is all of his likely replacements are worse than he is. As weak and useless as he is, I don’t believe Boris is malevolent, unlike many who would replace him.
Yes, I take your point. I voted for Boris, so obviously I didn't think him to be an evil man.
Having said that, he has proved himself too weak to be in post at this consequential time. He may not be a intentional villain, but he is allowing villainy to rule. He's not done a single thing we voted him in to do, in fact he's just doubling down on with the same woke globalism that was driving us toward the cliff before. I've run out of faith and hope in him. It's time to face the reality, which we always knew (if we're really being honest with ourselves) - that Boris is not a man of principle; the only thing he believes in himself.
We trusted him with the kind of once in 3 generations majority that would allow him to get literally anything passed/repealed/done. He had the chance that most leaders don't get, we opened up the highway for him and handed him the keys to a Ferrari with a full tank.
He had the chance to really turn things around and be a historic leader at a historic time. Instead, the moment his wife whinged in his ear he just threw it all away for his own comfort. He's let us down, and I feel that he's betrayed the nation in the worst possible way. Worse than prior leaders, because of the majority he had, and the opportunity for a real reboot as we left the EU. But he bottled it.
Both the parties are infested with globalist wets top to bottom, and you're right that many of them are genuinely malevolent schemers [looking at you GOVE], and the remaining rump are a sad collection of dullards, grifters and underachievers of various flavours. But if he won't stand up to any of them, or change the direction, or do anything conservative ...then what is the good of keeping him in post? It's just seems like panto at this point. He still isn't actually grasping the seriousness of the matter, he thinks he can brazen his way through it, again. I don't think so. The time for jokes about Peppa Pig is over. Personally I think it's time for Brady to visit him with the whisky and revolver.
I pretty much agree wholeheartedly with everything you’ve said. It’s come to something when I find myself trying to defend such a person as Boris and the best I can do is say he’s the least bad option out there. Honestly, I won’t be sorry to see him go, I just fear that what comes next will be much worse as it’s likely to be someone who combines competence with very bad intentions. Not sure there’s any way to escape, no matter what happens. At least if Boris does go we also get shot of Carrie, not that it’ll make much difference in the end as they all seem to be on the same page with regard to wokeness/net zero green madness/globalism etc.
It's a buffet of crappy options. It's like deciding if we would prefer to be shot or poisoned.
They're all useless, craven, and in thrall to an ideology the voters want nothing to do with.
The big picture answer (as I see it) isn't to elect my particular 'team', or find a new 'star' and 'saviour' to elevate. They will all disappoint us in the end. A big part of why we hate our leaders more with each decade is that they're becoming bigger and bigger figures in our lives — the entire apparatus of state is. And the larger the state grows, the more inept and corrupt it becomes, which is inevitable.
I believe the answer is to de-fang and de-centralise the system in such a way that the state has less power and influence in our lives. Way, way less. We need to beat back the state until it resides once again 'over there'. We should aim to return to time when nobody can name the Chancellor, because who cares who he is. Politics should be at the fringe of our lives, not in the centre of it, as it is currently. The state should get out of classrooms, bedrooms, parent/child relationships, and my pocket. A radical reduction in the remit of government would make the whole circus less glamorous and profitable, which would weed out some of the grifters and sociopaths organically. And some other upsides of them doing less: there's less for them to screw up; we get to keep more of our money (good for the economy); it would give us greater liberty [since liberty & government inhabit the same space - more of one necessarily means less of the other].
It will take time to get there and will be chaotic (understatement!), but I think that should be the goal. Give these clowns way less power over our lives. Over anything really.
As much as I agree with you, the problem is all of his likely replacements are worse than he is. As weak and useless as he is, I don’t believe Boris is malevolent, unlike many who would replace him.
Yes, I take your point. I voted for Boris, so obviously I didn't think him to be an evil man.
Having said that, he has proved himself too weak to be in post at this consequential time. He may not be a intentional villain, but he is allowing villainy to rule. He's not done a single thing we voted him in to do, in fact he's just doubling down on with the same woke globalism that was driving us toward the cliff before. I've run out of faith and hope in him. It's time to face the reality, which we always knew (if we're really being honest with ourselves) - that Boris is not a man of principle; the only thing he believes in himself.
We trusted him with the kind of once in 3 generations majority that would allow him to get literally anything passed/repealed/done. He had the chance that most leaders don't get, we opened up the highway for him and handed him the keys to a Ferrari with a full tank.
He had the chance to really turn things around and be a historic leader at a historic time. Instead, the moment his wife whinged in his ear he just threw it all away for his own comfort. He's let us down, and I feel that he's betrayed the nation in the worst possible way. Worse than prior leaders, because of the majority he had, and the opportunity for a real reboot as we left the EU. But he bottled it.
Both the parties are infested with globalist wets top to bottom, and you're right that many of them are genuinely malevolent schemers [looking at you GOVE], and the remaining rump are a sad collection of dullards, grifters and underachievers of various flavours. But if he won't stand up to any of them, or change the direction, or do anything conservative ...then what is the good of keeping him in post? It's just seems like panto at this point. He still isn't actually grasping the seriousness of the matter, he thinks he can brazen his way through it, again. I don't think so. The time for jokes about Peppa Pig is over. Personally I think it's time for Brady to visit him with the whisky and revolver.
I pretty much agree wholeheartedly with everything you’ve said. It’s come to something when I find myself trying to defend such a person as Boris and the best I can do is say he’s the least bad option out there. Honestly, I won’t be sorry to see him go, I just fear that what comes next will be much worse as it’s likely to be someone who combines competence with very bad intentions. Not sure there’s any way to escape, no matter what happens. At least if Boris does go we also get shot of Carrie, not that it’ll make much difference in the end as they all seem to be on the same page with regard to wokeness/net zero green madness/globalism etc.
True Mark, I agree with you.
It's a buffet of crappy options. It's like deciding if we would prefer to be shot or poisoned.
They're all useless, craven, and in thrall to an ideology the voters want nothing to do with.
The big picture answer (as I see it) isn't to elect my particular 'team', or find a new 'star' and 'saviour' to elevate. They will all disappoint us in the end. A big part of why we hate our leaders more with each decade is that they're becoming bigger and bigger figures in our lives — the entire apparatus of state is. And the larger the state grows, the more inept and corrupt it becomes, which is inevitable.
I believe the answer is to de-fang and de-centralise the system in such a way that the state has less power and influence in our lives. Way, way less. We need to beat back the state until it resides once again 'over there'. We should aim to return to time when nobody can name the Chancellor, because who cares who he is. Politics should be at the fringe of our lives, not in the centre of it, as it is currently. The state should get out of classrooms, bedrooms, parent/child relationships, and my pocket. A radical reduction in the remit of government would make the whole circus less glamorous and profitable, which would weed out some of the grifters and sociopaths organically. And some other upsides of them doing less: there's less for them to screw up; we get to keep more of our money (good for the economy); it would give us greater liberty [since liberty & government inhabit the same space - more of one necessarily means less of the other].
It will take time to get there and will be chaotic (understatement!), but I think that should be the goal. Give these clowns way less power over our lives. Over anything really.
I couldn’t have said it better myself! I completely agree, I just don’t have a clue how we get from here to there…
Sigh.