Boris Johnson

[Beebo]

I doubt that the Guardian reviewers were his target audience for his self congratulatory autobiography.

 

[winjim]

He's calling Starmer a crook which is quite funny.

 

[Beebo]

He's calling Starmer a crook which is quite funny.

We really shouldn’t be laughing at him, we should be ignoring him.
We get the politicians we deserve. And until this sort of comment gets called out by all journalists we will continue to see a downgrading of any serious politicians.

 

[winjim]

We really shouldn’t be laughing at him, we should be ignoring him.
We get the politicians we deserve. And until this sort of comment gets called out by all journalists we will continue to see a downgrading of any serious politicians.

I think we should laugh at him. He's the Prime Minister, he should be open to ridicule. I have to laugh or I'd go insane with boiling hatred.

 

[mjr]

I doubt that the Guardian reviewers were his target audience for his self congratulatory autobiography.

Not a reviewer. Crace is what's called a political sketch writer. He ridicules whoever gets too pompous but of course the liberal owners of het Grauniad won't mind that he's gone heavy on Johnson.

 

[Psamathe]

Errr ... me thinks somebody "lost the plot"

Summing up Johnson’s reasoning (no easy feat), Swinford says:
Boris Johnson has blamed the Church of England for Britain’s obesity crisis, saying that its failure to provide people with the “spiritual sustenance” they need was leading people to “gorge themselves”.
...
(from https://www.theguardian.com/politic...bour-tory-jobs-plan-latest-politics-news-live)

Can't help wondering about what he's trying to do. I can't believe he's stupid enough to believe what he's suggesting so what is he really trying to achieve?

Ian

 

[bobzmyunkle]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/theyre-a...mes-the-church-of-england-for-obesity-crisis/
“The living bread is being provided by Tesco,” he said. “And they’re gorging themselves on the real living bread.”
He added that higher levels of obesity among children are down to a generation being told that there were “paedophiles everywhere”.

 

[spen666]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/theyre-a...mes-the-church-of-england-for-obesity-crisis/
“The living bread is being provided by Tesco,” he said. “And they’re gorging themselves on the real living bread.”
He added that higher levels of obesity among children are down to a generation being told that there were “paedophiles everywhere”.

Of more interest to me is the last 2 paragraphs of the link about the bloke turning up at Parliament this week with samurai swords and wearing armour wanting to speak to Boris!

Bizarre

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Of more interest to me is the last 2 paragraphs of the link about the bloke turning up at Parliament this week with samurai swords and wearing armour wanting to speak to Boris!

Bizarre

It would be interesting to know his motivation - did Boris summon him?

 

[AuroraSaab]

Pretty sure it's the Internet, streaming, and PS 5's that are keeping kids indoors more. As a chubbier fellow himself you think he'd have more empathy for overweight children than to call them 'fatsos'. Not sure what he thinks the C of E could do to combat obesity given that few people look to spiritual leaders for dietary advice. BJ seems to be floundering at the moment. He should get a proper job for a bit, see if that helps.

 

[spen666]

It would be interesting to know his motivation - did Boris summon him?

Is Boris even at Parliament? Did he not step down as an MP when he resigned as PM?

 

[All uphill]

Like so many others he'll do and say anything to get back in the spotlight for a moment; what he says has no meaning other than that.

 

[Beebo]

He added that higher levels of obesity among children are down to a generation being told that there were “paedophiles everywhere”.

That is the bit I have some agreement with. Although I would have worded it differently.
It clear that children can’t and won’t play out as much as they did, and the fear of something happening to them is massively overblown. But doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, just very rarely.
Whether this is the cause of the obesity crisis is debatable. I personally think the big food companies are almost certainly to blame for this. They sell terrible food because the regulations allow them to.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

They sell terrible food because the regulations allow them to.

Yes, but noone is forced to eat it.
Anyone looking for a single cause is bound to be wrong. Anyone looking for a simple fix is bound to fail.

 

[All uphill]

That is the bit I have some agreement with. Although I would have worded it differently.
It clear that children can’t and won’t play out as much as they did, and the fear of something happening to them is massively overblown. But doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, just very rarely.
Whether this is the cause of the obesity crisis is debatable. I personally think the big food companies are almost certainly to blame for this. They sell terrible food because the regulations allow them to.

I'm sure there are a number of factors at play.

Cheap calorie laden food.
Food that gives an instant reward.
Increasing prosperity/debt for many leading to more food treats.
A societal norm of driving rather than walking/cycling.
Fewer manual jobs.
More sedentary jobs.
Increased number of households with two wage earners, so no one at home to cook healthy food.