Comments on: “Boris the Coward” – is this the narrative that will cost Johnson his job? https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:20:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: gabriel pepper https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/comment-page-2/#comment-997759 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 23:20:43 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997759 As the polls tighten, Johnson will face a quandary. But that is good, he will b cornered by JC. The disgust 4 the Tory brand is mounting, Tories r now just full of shite. Tories stink of decay. It is 2 early 2 say if Johnson will commit the ultimate stupidity & lie 2 the electorate @ the end of the GE. It would b a fucking stupid thing 2 do, but Johnson is crap enuf 2 do it, but when decent people r prevented from having a peaceful revolution, then it will become violent. So if Johnson is hiding now, he wont last 4 long if the people explode.

]]> By: Patrick Newman https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/comment-page-2/#comment-997715 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:02:32 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997715 I agree with Alasdair. Johnson enjoys the protection and mass production of false news from the provisional Tories – the national printed media – with the exception of the Mirror and Guardian (very lukewarm Labour support). The electorate are turning into Darlek like creatures going around endlessly repeating “must get Brexit done, must get Brexit done”!

]]> By: NOTIN MYNAME https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/#comment-997707 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 18:04:06 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997707 PM MAXI-LIER DECI-ETFUL MER-ACIST, LEADER OF RIGHT-WING ERG CON, MISUSER OF PUBLIC FUNDS, LIAR AND DISLOYAL TO HER MAGISTY THE QUEEN AND POODLE OF TRUE EMPEROR TRUMP. ADULTERER AND FATHER OF ARCURI CHILD, PARTNER OF PREGNANT SYMONDS, COWARD TO THE ROOT. EVEN THE WATER CANNONS ON DANCING BRIDGE WILL NOT PAPER THE CRACKS TO HIDE THE PROFRACKING, FAKE FACT CHECKING, CLIMATE CHANGE DENYING OF A COMPULSIVE DIVER, DODGER, DITHERER BORIS THE COWARD AND BULY. SHAME ON THE BBC TO TURN TO BORIS BASTARD COMPROMISE. ANDREW NEIL ‘GRILLING!’ OF BORIS THE COWARD LIYING FRACKING BAFOON WAS NEVER TO HAPPEN. WHY SHOULD WE PAY OUR LICENCE FEE FOR A QUASI-RIGHT WING BBC? VOTE FOR THE RACIST DDD BORIS THE COWARD AND GOD HELPS US ALL. NOT IN MY NAME OR IN THE NAME OF OUR CHILDREN.

]]> By: Alasdair Macdonald https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/#comment-997628 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 09:58:33 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997628 In answer to the question in the title of the piece, the answer, sadly, is NO.

]]> By: Brianh John https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/#comment-997486 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:39:28 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997486 Yes, I agree that “Boris the Coward” should be the catch-phrase, and that his cowardly no-show at the Channel 4 leaders’ debate should be grabbing all the headlines. But the MSM (including the BBC) has been working overtime to frame the coverage of last evening’s events as “Channel Four row over ice block” rather than “Cowardly PM fails to turn up for debate.” The subsidiary narrative has been the complaint letter sent to Ofcom from Tory HQ — with virtually no coverage for the fact that it was clearly written BEFORE the broadcast, since the letter refers to an ice sculpture of the Prime Minister”. Whatever the misdemeanours of this buffoon, as long as the right-wing media is in charge, it will decide on the angle for press and TV coverage, and it will always be pro-Tory and anti-left. The question is this — is the public smart enough to see through the highly selective and carefully framed narratives fed to them on the BBC and in the right-wing press?

]]> By: Mary MacCallum Sullivan https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/#comment-997482 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:56:19 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997482 Please do not raise my hopes without some basis in evidence. I want to believe that there is a basic goodness and recognition of trustworthiness that will guide the hands of the electorate (particularly those newly-registered young voters. Don’t let my pusillanimous generation of greyheads skew the vote to allow the retrograde and oh-so-culpable Tories another victory.

How can I help reach my ‘ok boomer’ peers to persuade them also to vote for the future and not the imagined past? I really am looking for a constructive answer!

]]> By: Michael Fitchett https://leftfootforward.org/2019/11/boris-the-coward-is-this-the-narrative-that-will-cost-johnson-his-job/#comment-997473 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:15:08 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=140112#comment-997473 I do not disagree. He is chicken. Bodes ill if he talks to Trump.

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