…meanwhile, in the UK, the PM has pretty much led the way in supporting Ukraine, and appears to be doing a fair job in India…having previously delivered Brexit, and a pretty decent vaccination programme in respect of C-19.
But the most important thing? A bit of cake and a glass of warm white wine on his Birthday, in his work-place next to his home, and amongst colleagues he was in daily contact with…and this is making us an international laughing-stock…at least according to the UK media, and the opposition (that is, the ones not enjoying an eighty-seat majority and not terribly likely to be in office for at least six years)
Not wholly sure, but I wonder if any laughter might be about the infantile behaviour of the PM’s innumerable enemies, as opposed to his conduct in office.
Yup, our lot have no perspective at all, and I suspect they’ll finally get Boris out this summer because of cakes at work parties.
But at least he’s achieved Brexit, largely got past Covid, and ensured we properly supported Ukraine so that a new world war is prevented. Not a bad summary of achievements in 3 years in office, and better than any, ANY, other U.K. political leader could have achieved.
The rest (economic strategy, NI protocol, immigration) which winds up Unherd reader endlessly, is just noise compared to these achievements.
I think it is spite. A King’s Scholar at Eton, a Brackenbury Scholar at Balliol, an honours degree in Greats, speaks several languages fluently and has a rapport with manual workers. Boris never spent enough time massaging the ego of MPs with brittle egos. If one looks at MPs like Michael Foot or Peter Shore, they had the intellect to write important books after they left office. Foot could probably have held a chair in history specialising in the 17th and 18 th centuries.The problem is that most MPs lack the skills and expertise to undertake constructive work and the devil provides mischief for idle hands.
Phil Mac
2 years ago
Always easy to read German policy. Just look for the money & you’ll find them there.
David McKee
2 years ago
This is fascinating. I can’t think of the time when German _and_ French politics were so interesting. Very many thanks for the objective reportage, Frau Hoyer.
John Lee
2 years ago
Complicated or what?
Germany is still buying Russian oil but may send weapons with which to defeat them.
David Simpson
2 years ago
but maybe he’s right: why add fuel to a blazing inferno?
…meanwhile, in the UK, the PM has pretty much led the way in supporting Ukraine, and appears to be doing a fair job in India…having previously delivered Brexit, and a pretty decent vaccination programme in respect of C-19.
But the most important thing? A bit of cake and a glass of warm white wine on his Birthday, in his work-place next to his home, and amongst colleagues he was in daily contact with…and this is making us an international laughing-stock…at least according to the UK media, and the opposition (that is, the ones not enjoying an eighty-seat majority and not terribly likely to be in office for at least six years)
Not wholly sure, but I wonder if any laughter might be about the infantile behaviour of the PM’s innumerable enemies, as opposed to his conduct in office.
Yup, our lot have no perspective at all, and I suspect they’ll finally get Boris out this summer because of cakes at work parties.
But at least he’s achieved Brexit, largely got past Covid, and ensured we properly supported Ukraine so that a new world war is prevented. Not a bad summary of achievements in 3 years in office, and better than any, ANY, other U.K. political leader could have achieved.
The rest (economic strategy, NI protocol, immigration) which winds up Unherd reader endlessly, is just noise compared to these achievements.
I think it is spite. A King’s Scholar at Eton, a Brackenbury Scholar at Balliol, an honours degree in Greats, speaks several languages fluently and has a rapport with manual workers. Boris never spent enough time massaging the ego of MPs with brittle egos. If one looks at MPs like Michael Foot or Peter Shore, they had the intellect to write important books after they left office. Foot could probably have held a chair in history specialising in the 17th and 18 th centuries.The problem is that most MPs lack the skills and expertise to undertake constructive work and the devil provides mischief for idle hands.
Always easy to read German policy. Just look for the money & you’ll find them there.
This is fascinating. I can’t think of the time when German _and_ French politics were so interesting. Very many thanks for the objective reportage, Frau Hoyer.
Complicated or what?
Germany is still buying Russian oil but may send weapons with which to defeat them.
but maybe he’s right: why add fuel to a blazing inferno?