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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 9:12:21 GMT
I enjoyed the first episode last night covering the early years and featuring some interesting contributors. Certainly had a tough start throughout his early childhood.
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Post by 828492 on Mar 7, 2024 9:25:49 GMT
Yes, those of us that did not go to Eton with fees paid by the EU do not realise just how difficult life can be. His father, Stanley, does seem to be a total cad and a bounder doesn’t he? Like father, like son.
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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 14:42:14 GMT
Yes, those of us that did not go to Eton with fees paid by the EU do not realise just how difficult life can be. His father, Stanley, does seem to be a total cad and a bounder doesn’t he? Like father, like son. Well I was thinking more of an eldest child losing his mother at the age of 10 to a mental asylum and a completely hands off father dumping him into the public school system and a divorce thrown in. Eton is the last place that I'd want a child of mine to go to but each to his own eh.....
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Post by maxplonk on Mar 7, 2024 15:30:15 GMT
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Post by prestwichpotter on Mar 7, 2024 15:34:15 GMT
I would take any recollection of his childhood from the Johnson family with a large pinch of salt......
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Post by gawa on Mar 7, 2024 15:55:03 GMT
His mum actually seems like a really nice lady. Shame that she was beaten, nose broken and abandoned in middle of nowhere by the sorry excuse of a father he has. With some of the misogyny he used to print as a journalist and with police called to arguments at home with Carrie. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 17:48:23 GMT
I would take any recollection of his childhood from the Johnson family with a large pinch of salt...... He wasn't doing any talking about his own childhood on the programme it was other people discussing it from their rather brutal recollections on occasions........
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 7, 2024 17:49:50 GMT
I would take any recollection of his childhood from the Johnson family with a large pinch of salt...... He wasn't doing any talking about his own childhood on the programme it was other people discussing it from their rather brutal recollections on occasions........ Is it worth a watch Fel?
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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 17:50:35 GMT
Part two tonight Boris delivers Brexit then gets shafted by his own party.
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Post by felonious on Mar 7, 2024 17:54:42 GMT
He wasn't doing any talking about his own childhood on the programme it was other people discussing it from their rather brutal recollections on occasions........ Is it worth a watch Fel? If you enjoy a selection of people from right across the political spectrum putting the boot into Boris then it's compulsive viewing. A real insight into the man and his upbringing. It's fascinating from the point of view that there's never been a character like him in politics and he's getting analysed from every angle from the nanny onwards.
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Post by stokeson on Mar 7, 2024 17:56:09 GMT
He wasn't doing any talking about his own childhood on the programme it was other people discussing it from their rather brutal recollections on occasions........ Is it worth a watch Fel? As a massive Boris Hater (with a small H) Ive got to admit I enjoyed it and will be watching the rest.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Mar 7, 2024 23:49:49 GMT
Do you think they're likely to explain the awarding of Charlotte Owen's peerage? 🙊
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Post by 828492 on Mar 8, 2024 9:07:15 GMT
Do you think they're likely to explain the awarding of Charlotte Owen's peerage? 🙊 I don’t think anything about C harlotte will be mentioned. M’learned friends the legal beagles have made sure that nothing about the current Mrs Johnson’s sometime dog walker can be published. But I am sure that her many years of loyal public service and her ancestry mean that she thoroughly deserved her ennoblement.
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Post by felonious on Mar 8, 2024 9:29:43 GMT
Fascinating that a man can wing it to the top
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Post by Eggybread on Mar 8, 2024 9:39:11 GMT
Id rather have my knackers chopped off.
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Post by Veritas on Mar 8, 2024 9:52:28 GMT
Fascinating that a man can wing it to the top The upper echelons of UK institutions are full of people like this.
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Post by felonious on Mar 14, 2024 19:30:57 GMT
Last night's episode didn't disappoint. He certainly crammed a huge amount into his short time at the top.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 14, 2024 19:47:21 GMT
Fascinating that a man can wing it to the top The upper echelons of UK institutions are full of people like this. Most workplaces too.
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 14, 2024 19:52:57 GMT
Top shagger is Boris. He'd have made a great French President, they'd have appreciated his off the pitch antics.
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Post by oggyoggy on Mar 14, 2024 20:28:41 GMT
I didn’t know you knew him so intimately. Did he know when to be gentle, and when to be rough?
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 14, 2024 20:51:04 GMT
I didn’t know you knew him so intimately. Did he know when to be gentle, and when to be rough? Always rough.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 14, 2024 21:37:40 GMT
I didn’t know you knew him so intimately. Did he know when to be gentle, and when to be rough? Always rough. As a badgers arse? 🤔🙂
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Mar 14, 2024 21:41:41 GMT
Don’t give up the day job of promoting pot Ely😉
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Post by elystokie on Mar 14, 2024 21:51:25 GMT
Don’t give up the day job of promoting pot Ely😉 I won't, people's health is at stake 😉
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Post by smallthorner on Mar 14, 2024 23:20:40 GMT
Anyone with an ounce of sensibility needs to watch this programme through.
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Post by andystokey on Mar 15, 2024 7:41:03 GMT
The timing was almost perfect, perhaps a repeat in the weeks before the GE. What a train wreck our democracy has been in those years.
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Post by felonious on Mar 15, 2024 7:44:03 GMT
Fourth and final episode last night and I've been surprised both by the contributors and their frankness. Very interesting contributions from Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn with a bit of dry humour thrown in, an array of Conservative ministers, Nigel Farage and a fair selection of mistresses as well. It finished with someone stating that in political terms Boris is still young. I remember hearing a commentary on the radio a few weeks back where someone spouted the scenario where Sunak has a bad election result and is replaced as leader by someone who has a poor three years in opposition at which time the grass roots are clamouring for Boris before the next election against the uninspiring Keir Starmer
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Post by cvillestokie on Mar 15, 2024 10:19:01 GMT
Fourth and final episode last night and I've been surprised both by the contributors and their frankness. Very interesting contributions from Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn with a bit of dry humour thrown in, an array of Conservative ministers, Nigel Farage and a fair selection of mistresses as well. It finished with someone stating that in political terms Boris is still young. I remember hearing a commentary on the radio a few weeks back where someone spouted the scenario where Sunak has a bad election result and is replaced as leader by someone who has a poor three years in opposition at which time the grass roots are clamouring for Boris before the next election against the uninspiring Keir Starmer I just don’t see why he would need to. He has his six figure salary for life from the taxpayer already. He can now piss about and get book deals and large speakership deals all around the globe from his time in office.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Mar 15, 2024 11:37:25 GMT
Fourth and final episode last night and I've been surprised both by the contributors and their frankness. Very interesting contributions from Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn with a bit of dry humour thrown in, an array of Conservative ministers, Nigel Farage and a fair selection of mistresses as well. It finished with someone stating that in political terms Boris is still young. I remember hearing a commentary on the radio a few weeks back where someone spouted the scenario where Sunak has a bad election result and is replaced as leader by someone who has a poor three years in opposition at which time the grass roots are clamouring for Boris before the next election against the uninspiring Keir Starmer Certainly possible but the fact remains he simply isn't fit for high office.
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Post by elystokie on Mar 15, 2024 12:14:51 GMT
Fourth and final episode last night and I've been surprised both by the contributors and their frankness. Very interesting contributions from Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn with a bit of dry humour thrown in, an array of Conservative ministers, Nigel Farage and a fair selection of mistresses as well. It finished with someone stating that in political terms Boris is still young. I remember hearing a commentary on the radio a few weeks back where someone spouted the scenario where Sunak has a bad election result and is replaced as leader by someone who has a poor three years in opposition at which time the grass roots are clamouring for Boris before the next election against the uninspiring Keir Starmer Certainly possible but the fact remains he simply isn't fit for high office. Oh I dunno, if there's an organisation called 'The Liars Society' he's a shoe in for president 🙂
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