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Boris Johnson says he won't be 'bullied' into taking a knee in support of Black Lives

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Original post by DiddyDec
That means nothing when it achieved the square root of **** all.


Which is a shame
Original post by Jingo7
So Johnson 'doesnt believe in gestures'? We'll remember that next time he says 'I would like to pay tribute to... such and such', which he does all the time. We'll remember that he doesn't believe in gestures, and is therefore 'paying tribute' disingenuously.


I guess he doesn't think clapping for the NHS rather than funding them isn't a gesture...
Original post by TigerRoll
As a young person, Corbyn was one of the people who shifted my political views in the opposite direction.


And Boris did the same for me on the run up to the election, even more so now and how much of a shambolic start he’s had
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Original post by TigerRoll
As a young person, Corbyn was one of the people who shifted my political views in the opposite direction.


That's weird because Corbyn pushed me even more left than anyone before him. Shame, I didn't appreciate him till after he left
Mr Johnson taking the knee would seem almost hypocritical. Sam Gyimah and James Cleverly both are black and yet the first had the whip withdrawn and the second was in cabinet and was demoted. Both of them seem more able than almost all of the current cabinet.

Actions from Mr Johnson would seem better, as a Prime Minister he has the authority. Assuming Dominic Cummings agrees, of course.
Original post by TheStarboy
That's weird because Corbyn pushed me even more left than anyone before him. Shame, I didn't appreciate him till after he left

Why would you appreciate some one like him? Does no university fees excite you? That was a lie. I preferred Ed miliband
Original post by OptiWeight
Why would you appreciate some one like him? Does no university fees excite you? That was a lie. I preferred Ed miliband


Yes, it does.
No university fees would stop the commercialisation of the higher education system. Universities wouldn’t need to worry about quotas since anyone would be able to apply with no external obstacles, bringing back the focus on grades and not background.
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Original post by TheStarboy
That's weird because Corbyn pushed me even more left than anyone before him. Shame, I didn't appreciate him till after he left

We're all different.
Original post by TheStarboy
Yes, it does.
No university fees would stop the commercialisation of the higher education system. Universities wouldn’t need to worry about quotas since anyone would be able to apply with no external obstacles, bringing back the focus on grades and not background.

...and will leave a job market over saturated, even worse than the state of it now, leading to a pay decrease for every sector as to support more jobs... we are all lucky he is gone
Original post by OptiWeight
...and will leave a job market over saturated, even worse than the state of it now, leading to a pay decrease for every sector as to support more jobs... we are all lucky he is gone


As opposed to now where the job market is oversaturated more than ever?
The introduction of tuition fees led to the push towards commercialisation of universities under Blair
Wonder why it wasn’t over-saturated before tuition fees were introduced.
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Corbyn stood for what he believed in and stood up for human rights. You all kept talking about some money tree and now borys has spent how much money on brexit and the broadband idea Corbyn had Boris wants to implement it. He would have been a way better pm than Boris.
Original post by Aloveraa
Corbyn stood for what he believed in and stood up for human rights. You all kept talking about some money tree and now borys has spent how much money on brexit and the broadband idea Corbyn had Boris wants to implement it. He would have been a way better pm than Boris.

He definitely would have ripped a new one out of the money tree more than BoJo. I'm glad I have a way of making good money now from home and am going into a career that will always be needed because this is one hell of a mess waiting to be cleared up lmao.
Tbh I think Boris would be quite straightforward to bully, he's somewhat frail and he was sick recently.
Original post by StriderHort
Tbh I think Boris would be quite straightforward to bully, he's somewhat frail and he was sick recently.

Boris Johnson straightforward time bully? Ok 😂.

Original post by Aloveraa
Corbyn stood for what he believed in and stood up for human rights. You all kept talking about some money tree and now borys has spent how much money on brexit and the broadband idea Corbyn had Boris wants to implement it. He would have been a way better pm than Boris.

Take your human rights happy clappy stuff elsewhere. Our addiction to keeping human rights above everything else is what has led to terror attack after terror attack in this country.
Good on him.
Original post by imlikeahermit
Take your human rights happy clappy stuff elsewhere. Our addiction to keeping human rights above everything else is what has led to terror attack after terror attack in this country.

Yeah caring about humanity is what causes terror attacks because that makes sense doesn't it?
Original post by Aloveraa
Yeah caring about humanity is what causes terror attacks because that makes sense doesn't it?

Our addiction to preserving them for everyone is what has caused these terror attacks. The last three at least, they’ve always been on the watch list, or they’ve always been known. But of course, had they been locked up for life BEFORE attacking like they should have been, the human rights lawyers would have been all over it. Instead, they’ve been allowed to roam free and haven’t thought one jot about their victims human rights.

That the liberal way though, isn’t it? Protect the criminal, not the victims.

/rant
Original post by imlikeahermit
Our addiction to preserving them for everyone is what has caused these terror attacks. The last three at least, they’ve always been on the watch list, or they’ve always been known. But of course, had they been locked up for life BEFORE attacking like they should have been, the human rights lawyers would have been all over it. Instead, they’ve been allowed to roam free and haven’t thought one jot about their victims human rights.

That the liberal way though, isn’t it? Protect the criminal, not the victims.

/rant

That's not a failure of supporting human rights that's a failure of the legal system knowing someone was a threat and not detaining them. Take it up with the Conservative government.
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Fair enough to him i guess. As ROTL noted though, i can think of somewhat more important areas for him to show a spine though. The fact he even felt the need to comment on this rather undercuts his claims though.

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