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Thread #168430   Message #4139038
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
14-Apr-22 - 06:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Brexit & other UK political topics
Subject: RE: BS: Brexit & other UK political topics
Dave:
I know that there are still some Tory supporters out there. Here is your invitation to justify why Johnson is still in office.

Why is he in office?
Partly because he is doing a good, and important, job where it matters. He, or the people chosen by him have put us in a good position with regards Covid. Yes, there were problems with overspending on supplies at a time when all the world was chasing the same suppliers.
He appears to be doing a good job on Ukraine, where he has pissed off Putin, and got useful supplies (arms) to Ukraine before the EU (that much-loved establishment) got off their backsides.

Should he resign because of receiving a fixed-penalty fine?
You may think yes, I think no.

Are the Labour party trying to blow this out of proportion? Clearly.
Tuesday night, on the Welsh news Mark Drakeford (First Minister, Wales) was calling for his resignation on the basis that he had broken laws he helped create. This ignores the fact that the Welsh government have been steadily reducing speed limits "for health reasons". But Drakeford took no action when the Welsh Health Minister recently got banned for speeding (under the 'points' system, so not a first offence). Hypocrisy like this is not uncommon.