Boris – A Man Of Integrity?

[Hymie]

The latest edition of Private Eye has an interesting article which begins by detailing Boris Johnson calling the hounding of Journalist Nick Watt ‘Disgraceful’.

It then goes on to detail (including a transcript of) a recorded telephone conversation between Boris Johnson and Darius Guppy, in which Boris promises to get Guppy a journalist’s home address, so that Guppy can arrange for the journalist to be assaulted.

It’s good to know that our PM is a person of integrity.

[THECORBYLOON]

Is it not bad enough that he even considered providing an address to enable an assault?

[ynnafymmi]

Who?Salmond or Johnson.

[Ellipsis]

> Boris didn’t provide the number ... so, yes, a man of integrity.

Oh really? He said “OK Darry, I’ve said I’ll do it. I’ll do it, don’t worry.”

Once he said that, he was done for. On the one hand, he would be colluding in getting a man beaten up. On the other hand, he would be letting down an old school friend who he'd promised to help. The correct thing to have said was "Get stuffed Darry, I'm not going to help you track someone down so you can beat him up." But Boris was only 26 at the time, we have to allow a young man the ability to make mistakes, don't we?

It's the whole conversation you want to take a look at. This is what we're dealing with, with Boris.

[naomi24]

Corby, did he? Boris was a journalist on the Telegraph at the time. He handled the request with diplomacy. He’s no fool.

Hislop is a slimy little dirt digger and for his efforts is reputed to be the most sued man in England. And him a doyen of the church too! Hypocrite!

[ynnafymmi]

I suppose you also believe the moon landings were a hoax,Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA and also Elvis and Shergar live on a housing estate in Croydon while you are are at it,ellipsis?

[naomi24]

Go easy on ellipsis. He’s disappointed.

[Ellipsis]

No idea what you mean, ynnafymmi ...

[ynnafymmi]

Well,if you start believing in urban myths and legends then you will believe in anything,ellipsis.

[davebro]

"Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA"

I do believe he was accidentally killed by one of his bodyguards!

[JimF]

"I do believe he was accidentally killed by one of his bodyguards!"

That's definitely one theory, yes.

[Ellipsis]

> Well,if you start believing in urban myths and legends then you will believe in anything,ellipsis.

Sorry, still don't know what your're talking about. Do you think I didn't know how this finished? It happened in 1990, you know!

[ynnafymmi]

...and what about Elvis and Shergar living on a housing estate in Croydon?Fact or Fiction?

[ynnafymmi]

@18.10.Sorry,you have been made a mug of,ellipsis.These urban myths and legends go a long way back.Same as the story up here in Scotland about Sturgeon and Salmond...i dont believe it,but more naive sorts on here would.Yourself perhaps?

[Ellipsis]

Your posts make no sense to me, ynnafymmi. I can't even tell whether you think I support Boris or not.

For the record, this century I've voted for the Tories more than for any other party. But I think Boris is a travesty and would never, ever, vote for him for anything. I trust that's clear.

[woofgang]

"...and what about Elvis and Shergar living on a housing estate in Croydon?Fact or Fiction? "

and the guy down at the chipshop?

[roopower]

I thought Private Eye is a slightly less adult version of The Beano.

[Hymie]

Khandro can't believe anyone actually reads Private Eye.

The magazine has verified sales of almost a quarter of a million copies.

I’ve been reading the magazine for more than 30 years, during that period they have exposed many of our leaders/politicians and others of wrong doing and downright criminality.

Many of these exposés never make it into the main stream news – but occasionally a major news story breaks that was covered by Private Eye months if not years before.

[Khandro]

Hymie: //The magazine has verified sales of almost a quarter of a million copies.
I’ve been reading the magazine for more than 30 years,//

I think that says a lot. It seems to me to be a comic for geriatrics with pea-shooters. in fact I haven't even heard it mentioned anywhere for a long time; so [i] passé [i]

[THECORBYLOON]

YNNAFYMMI, if you want to talk about SNP-related matters or alleged urban myths or conspiracies, why not start your own thread?

[royfromaus]

Boris is a travesty but you like him anyway, Ellipsis?