Starmer Taking A Bashing From Boris At Pmqs

[saintpeter48]

I hope Gulliver is watching, its uncomfortable viewing watching Captain Hindsight taking a right old tanking from Boris!

[youngmafbog]

//Hope not, sticky. I think the country would regret it ... but we shall see.//

I am quite interested to know why you say that. Do you honestly believe Johnson is the only man who can lead the Party and that a candidate with proper conservative values wouldn't be better?

After all we are not talking about labour getting in here are we?

Not just yet anyway, maybe if Johnson continues to wreck the Tory Party maybe.

[naomi24]

ymb, I don’t think anyone else would - or could - have done what he's done over the past couple of years. No one could have rallied the country through Brexit and Covid - not to mention achieving an unprecedented election result - as he's done. I don't see anyone as his natural successor and suspect if he is ousted it won’t be long before the agenda focused and the petty minded have their knives out again As for 'proper conservative values', they will be your values of course. All I can say is be careful what you wish for.

[ichkeria]

It was always going to be a pretty easy PMQ for the PM: with the report imminent there’s nothing really he can say but “wait for it” so all the noise could wash over him.

As Basil Fawlty once said though:
“Now for the tricky bit …”
:-)

[ichkeria]

When asked if he would release the report in full he wriggled by saying he’d do what he “said I would do”

Disappointingly, the obvious next question “and remind us what did you say you would do?” remained unasked

[naomi24]

Ich, The question was asked. You've typed it in your post - along with his answer. Why did you want it repeated?

[ichkeria]

Er, I don't think so ..
The question "Remind me what you said" was not asked.
And therefore not anwered.
I think technically that would have used up a question, hence a clever wriggle if intentional

[ichkeria]

Just to be clear (sigh)
He was asked if he would publish the report in full, and he referred back to a supposed previous statement, which he did not enlarge upon

[dannyk13]

Anybody else noticed a certain post conspicuous by his absence?

[dannyk13]

^poster^

[naomi24]

Ich, the questioner reminded Boris of what he'd said - and Boris agreed that's what he said. Anything more would have been milking it - and there's enough of that nonsense going on as it is.

[anneasquith]

Boris performed better as a PM when Dominic was in his employ .

[youngmafbog]

// I don’t think anyone else would - or could - have done what he's done over the past couple of years.//

Nonsense, I suspect some would have looked at the wider picture and not rushed headlong into unnecessary and costly lockdowns based on models with dubious data. And as for the vaccine rollout that wasnt him was it. It was the Army and Kate Bingham.

//No one could have rallied the country through Brexit and Covid //

You mean tell everyone what to do by scaring them silly and then do the opposite themselves? Granted some may have done the same but I somehow doubt all would have.

//As for 'proper conservative values', they will be your values of course.//

Well yes some, but many I share them with many other Tories. The Tories should be for the economy, building businesses and induvial with low taxation and small Government. Whilst we should care for the environment we should not be crippling the country for it and putting people into fuel poverty.

To me they are core, or perhaps you disagree and prefer the Liberal Green Party we have?

[youngmafbog]

For once I agree with you Anne.

[anneasquith]

Awe more than once ?

[ichkeria]

The question asked the PM, like I said
And he replied, like I said

[ichkeria]

So there was not a straight answer

For a change ;-)

[dannyk13]

ymb//I suspect some would have looked at the wider picture//
He took advice from the scientists so the blame does not lie with Boris.

[pixie374]

Ymb, while I agree that nobody ever seems to look at the bigger picture- I can only imagine how people might have reacted, if they were told we weren't going to bother with any lockdowns.

I don't think it was a "winnable" situation, whoever was there. Even just on AB, some thought he went to far, some, not far enough. But no matter what, "all" politicians have to stay "popular".

I think he compromised as best he could.

[naomi24]

Ich, his answer seemed straight to me. Perhaps we were watching different discussions.

[ichkeria]

So what did he say he would do then?