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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Hopefully, sooner rather tnan later. To exclude the subject from being debated from a current affairs forum seems perverse, but we only have ourselves to blame for constantly harking back to the same old circular arguments instead of looking forward to how we make this work.
As far as Boris is concerned, I was really impressed with his performance on Thursday in the House of Commons. I hope the sceptics on here watched that, as it should put many minds at rest in terms of his capabilities.
If you missed it, take a look on the BBC Parliament channel on the BBC i-Player. If you have any concerns about Boris, this may help to assuage them.
The refreshing thing for me was that he was able to convey his plans for moving us forward in terms of matters that have been neglected in recent times, such as police numbers and adult social care.
It should be an interesting Conservative Party Conference this year.
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OB, I salute you!
Regards your "circular arguments" argument, I feel this is a more an issue of moderation than content. If someone just posts to wind people up, the post should be called out. If someone feels they have to respond to an unjust or childish post, then this should be judged in context.
I feel that Johnson should be judged by the same standards that Corbyn is/was. When Labour proposed a number of spending initiatives, they were accused of having a magic money even though (and I may be wrong on this), their proposals were independently costed. So far, Johnson has waved his arms around and promised this, that and the other with no details on how they would be funded. You must apply the same rules here.
As to his plans, so far he has just said things (his) people want to hear. Easy to say but not to do. Let's get more flesh on the bones and see how he reconciles his populist aspirations with the real world implementation.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
Andrew is not in chanrge of any discussions on this forum.
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but he does, so far at least, have the ability to express an opinion