Ex P M Is Mia As Expected T B H

[daveinscotland]

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/12/20/boris-johnson-continues-to-break-ministerial-code-as-constituents-complain-of-absentee-mp/

[naomi24]

Shocking! What on earth is Byline Times?

[Zacs-Master]

Ah yes, Byline Times, owned by one Peter Jukes who, during the 1980s and 90s, was an active member of the Labour Party.

[Canary42]

You wouldn't like it naomi, it's not Right Wing.

[Canary42]

///an active member of the Labour Party.///

Unlike Rothermere, Barclay, etc, whose millions donated to the Tory Party keep them afloat.

[naomi24]

I’ve never heard of it.

[daveinscotland]

The pack is rabid today

[Zacs-Master]

Anyone familiar with Confirmation Bias? It's an interesting phenomenon. For further reading see 'Khandro'.

[naomi24]

Hardly headline news.

[Untitled]

boris johnson will always let down the people who back him… he’s only ever been in it for himself

[Untitled]

byline times does also publish material by more right-wing contributors… peter oborne writes for them and he’s very conservative

it is actually quite a good investigative news site

[Ellipsis]

> Hardly headline news.

Indeed, that is why it is in the "Byline Times". The clue is in the name ...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byline_Times
Interviewed in 2019, [its editor Hardeep] Matharu described the purpose of Byline Times as to "really dig down and investigate [...] pressing social issues, many of them to do with justice, or a lack of, which for one reason or another are not being widely or extensively reported on elsewhere." [Its founder Peter] Jukes described the newspaper as providing "what the [other] papers don't say" ...
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You might ask why the other papers have so little to say about Boris's long absence when they had so much to say about Hancock's shorter one.

[naomi24]

If it’s because they love him I can’t say I’d noticed, ellipsis.

[Ellipsis]

I can't say I'm very happy about him drawing a salary while he's on a self-granted "hiatus" ... my taxes (and yours) are paying that salary.

[naomi24]

Best you tell him then - but that doesn’t explain why, as you said, the other papers have so little to say.

[Gromit]

He doesn’t have a massive majority in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. A slight swing would oust him.
He hates losing, so I suspect he will stand down when the General Election is imminent.

[Khandro]

What on earth is the point of this thread?

[Gromit]

Khandro
This thread is just reiterating what we all know - that Johnson is derelict in his duties.

[daveinscotland]

Feels like a ripple.
https://twitter.com/marinapurkiss/status/1605873496336146433?s=46&t=Wnfzc01puxeImHdZzTCfkQ

[Khandro]

I'm no (longer) a fan of Boris, but your tweet says he got 750k for 3 speeches, I think this is 3 x the same speech, which would not take up much time & if people are prepared to pay so much, good luck to him, & he must have something good & entertaining to say.

This is simple envy; how much time he spends with his constituents is another matter entirely.

[gulliver1]

One of these days you lot will realise Johnson is in the game just for himself and he couldn't give a toss for his constituents or joe public . Get used to it