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The Words of Wisdom of Boris Johnson - Foreign Secretary

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
We'll see. Though I doubt it.

[EDIT]Let's see what Johnson says about the Heathrow 3rd Runway objections now upheld...
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Heathrow expansion is another classic NIMBY issue. Clearly 'locals' will object ( I would) as will environmentalists. The question arises for all infrastructure projects (HS2, CroosRail, atomic generation, wind farms, etc) but without these disruptive improvements we will probably be disadvantaged in the future. Its a balancing act where the PM/Government has no chance of pleasing everyone.

Without infrastructure long-term projects we'd have no motorways, Underground, Felixstowe container port, Channel Tunnel/Dover etc)
 
drdel said:
Heathrow expansion is another classic NIMBY issue. Clearly 'locals' will object ( I would) as will environmentalists. The question arises for all infrastructure projects (HS2, CroosRail, atomic generation, wind farms, etc) but without these disruptive improvements we will probably be disadvantaged in the future. Its a balancing act where the PM/Government has no chance of pleasing everyone.

Without infrastructure long-term projects we'd have no motorways, Underground, Felixstowe container port, Channel Tunnel/Dover etc)
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Wonder what stance Johnson will now take. Will he push back on the decision - or will he just go with it as it means he won't have to lie down in front of the diggers :)
 
From what I have read it is a technicality, the govt simply need to come from a different angle, say they have taken into account environmental concerns and it's back on track.
 
What the heck has Johnson been doing for the last two weeks - with all that has been going on the words of wisdom have been few and far between...so what's he been doing?

And still - with Coronovirus reaction in the public starting to escalate towards over-reaction and towards panic, where is Johnson telling us to Keep Calm and Carry On. Even Trump has managed to do that. And what has Johnson been saying to those so terribly impacted by the floods - his words of comfort and support. Where is the Churchillian leadership he so admires...he doesn't need to be sploshing around in waders to give leadership and I am not sure that I have heard very much at all.

Come on Boris - where are you - what have you been doing - let's be hearing you!
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What the heck has Johnson been doing for the last two weeks - with all that has been going on the words of wisdom have been few and far between...so what's he been doing?

And still - with Coronovirus reaction in the public starting to escalate towards over-reaction and towards panic, where is Johnson telling us to Keep Calm and Carry On. Even Trump has managed to do that. And what has Johnson been saying to those so terribly impacted by the floods - his words of comfort and support. Where is the Churchillian leadership he so admires...he doesn't need to be sploshing around in waders to give leadership and I am not sure that I have heard very much at all.

Come on Boris - where are you - what have you been doing - let's be hearing you!
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No matter what he says or does you’d never be happy!
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What the heck has Johnson been doing for the last two weeks - with all that has been going on the words of wisdom have been few and far between...so what's he been doing?

And still - with Coronovirus reaction in the public starting to escalate towards over-reaction and towards panic, where is Johnson telling us to Keep Calm and Carry On. Even Trump has managed to do that. And what has Johnson been saying to those so terribly impacted by the floods - his words of comfort and support. Where is the Churchillian leadership he so admires...he doesn't need to be sploshing around in waders to give leadership and I am not sure that I have heard very much at all.

Come on Boris - where are you - what have you been doing - let's be hearing you!
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Why not just Google "Boris Johnson news"... there's a list of what he's been doing recently. You'll get both sides of the story, the media slant about him going AWOL and the media slant about the work he's been doing.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What the heck has Johnson been doing for the last two weeks - with all that has been going on the words of wisdom have been few and far between...so what's he been doing?

And still - with Coronovirus reaction in the public starting to escalate towards over-reaction and towards panic, where is Johnson telling us to Keep Calm and Carry On. Even Trump has managed to do that. And what has Johnson been saying to those so terribly impacted by the floods - his words of comfort and support. Where is the Churchillian leadership he so admires...he doesn't need to be sploshing around in waders to give leadership and I am not sure that I have heard very much at all.

Come on Boris - where are you - what have you been doing - let's be hearing you!
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Yet there you were yesterday moaning about what Trump said about it and here you are today moaning Boris hasn't said anything about it ?

It really doesn't matter what either of them do all you want is to find fault in them. Maybe if you looked into other media sources outside of LBC you might find more balanced reporting on both sides of fence and as Hobbit says you'd actually see what he's been doing, but that would require you to take the blinkers off and we can't have that can we?
 
Wolf said:
Yet there you were yesterday moaning about what Trump said about it and here you are today moaning Boris hasn't said anything about it ?

It really doesn't matter what either of them do all you want is to find fault in them. Maybe if you looked into other media sources outside of LBC you might find more balanced reporting on both sides of fence and as Hobbit says you'd actually see what he's been doing, but that would require you to take the blinkers off and we can't have that can we?
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Correct - I find it very difficult to take a balanced view of, or believe, anything Johnson says or does, as I just don't trust him one inch - just as many here find it difficult to take a balanced view on anything that Corbyn says of does - most probably for similar reasons.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Correct - I find it very difficult to take a balanced view of, or believe, anything Johnson says or does, as I just don't trust him one inch - just as many here find it difficult to take a balanced view on anything that Corbyn says of does - most probably for similar reasons.
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Do you not think its a bit irrational to rant in the way you do on a Golf Forum - unless you really only seek to get any sort of reaction rather than generate debate?

I doubt that anything Johnson has done has had any direct and personal impact on yourself and that you know him personally. Perhaps you should try looking behind the media hype and do a bit more research before hitting the keys.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What the heck has Johnson been doing for the last two weeks - with all that has been going on the words of wisdom have been few and far between...so what's he been doing?

And still - with Coronovirus reaction in the public starting to escalate towards over-reaction and towards panic, where is Johnson telling us to Keep Calm and Carry On. Even Trump has managed to do that. And what has Johnson been saying to those so terribly impacted by the floods - his words of comfort and support. Where is the Churchillian leadership he so admires...he doesn't need to be sploshing around in waders to give leadership and I am not sure that I have heard very much at all.

Come on Boris - where are you - what have you been doing - let's be hearing you!
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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Correct - I find it very difficult to take a balanced view of, or believe, anything Johnson says or does, as I just don't trust him one inch - just as many here find it difficult to take a balanced view on anything that Corbyn says of does - most probably for similar reasons.
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So you want him to make a statement just so that you can put your usual biased/unbalanced spin on what he has said and not believe him?

The Health Secretary gave a statement in the HoCs after PMQs in regards to Coronavirus and Environment Secretary George Eustice has been tasked with leading the response to the floods. Isn't part of good leadership being able to delegate and then letting the people get on with the roles that you've delegated?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Correct - I find it very difficult to take a balanced view of, or believe, anything Johnson says or does, as I just don't trust him one inch - just as many here find it difficult to take a balanced view on anything that Corbyn says of does - most probably for similar reasons.
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Mmm, does someone have a passive-aggressive complex?
 
ColchesterFC said:
So you want him to make a statement just so that you can put your usual biased/unbalanced spin on what he has said and not believe him?

The Health Secretary gave a statement in the HoCs after PMQs in regards to Coronavirus and Environment Secretary George Eustice has been tasked with leading the response to the floods. Isn't part of good leadership being able to delegate and then letting the people get on with the roles that you've delegated?
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I think the current govt is quite interesting. Johnson is giving ministers more responsibility and allowing them more freedom than others before. I can not work out if he is being hidden away or whether he is just trusting his ministers in a very good managerial manner. I hope it is the latter.
 
ColchesterFC said:
So you want him to make a statement just so that you can put your usual biased/unbalanced spin on what he has said and not believe him?

The Health Secretary gave a statement in the HoCs after PMQs in regards to Coronavirus and Environment Secretary George Eustice has been tasked with leading the response to the floods. Isn't part of good leadership being able to delegate and then letting the people get on with the roles that you've delegated?
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He won't be happy until he sees Boris in a boat down Tewkesbury high street wearing a mask and flippers. On second thoughts he would probably accuse him of sitting in the wrong part of the boat.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I think the current govt is quite interesting. Johnson is giving ministers more responsibility and allowing them more freedom than others before. I can not work out if he is being hidden away or whether he is just trusting his ministers in a very good managerial manner. I hope it is the latter.
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Early days yet but I feel its the most together Cabinet for quite some time. Certainly less leaks and maybe more corporate responsibility. Perhaps not my political flavour but here's hoping it goes well.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I think the current govt is quite interesting. Johnson is giving ministers more responsibility and allowing them more freedom than others before. I can not work out if he is being hidden away or whether he is just trusting his ministers in a very good managerial manner. I hope it is the latter.
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That is his (IMO) style. People I know at the GLC speak well of working for him when he was Mayor.
 
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