howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Just been watching it on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21916385 not the Mr Nice Guy that he tries to portray, once a Bullingdon boy and all that!
Audere est facere.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I did see a short clip of the interview, and however one pronounces the name 'Darius' (Guppy) who can forget his claim to fame? Attempted Insurance Fraud with a faked-up jewel robbery in NY.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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he will come more under the spotlight from now on, let's see how the golden boy shapes up.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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This was ambush journalism at it's worst. Cheap and tawdry and sensationalist.
I don't particularly like Johnson with his fake buffoonerisms and his switching of policies to suit whoever is talking to him or might possibly vote for him (note his 180 degree turnaround on environmental policies and then back again) and the way He dismisses critics by cracking some obscure ancient Greek quotation - it's all nonsense.
As for Eddie Mair, one of the BBCs finest broadcasters, it was unbecoming of Him to hijack an interview which was held to deal with a subject unconnected with what We witnessed.
Most of the things picked up in the interview were nothing more than assertions. "You're a nasty piece of work" and Conrad Black's opinion of Johnson are as enlightening as saying My mate Bob down the Dog and Duck reckons you're a wrong 'un make no mistake gor blimey guvnor.
As for the Darius Guppy affair that's old news and Johnson probably did what many of us would have done in that situation by taking the heat out of that phone conversation and not acting upon it.
Why is that other politicians are not subject to the same treatment? There are many politicians who are interviewed regularly on television, so much so that they are probably on a retainer, and it seems that their past deeds are swept under the carpet and forgotten about.
One other thing to note is when politicians are interviewed journalists are never briefed well enough in any subject to give us a rounded representation of facts and a robust interview because they really know nothing about much. It seems that their only source of information on any given subject is Wikipedia and Labour party press releases.
I suspect Eddie Mair felt particularly proud post interview but really all it turned out to be was cheap daytime Jeremy Kyle television.
Keith Sansum1
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Interesting philop with your usual anti labour slant
you like there press releases, i find them crap.
Getting back to the matter in hand, it was obvious Boris was going to be cornered, but keep on saying, look lets not talk about me, hardly did Boris any justice.
The interview put Boris in a bad light, and will have put a few people off him as he came across as a bumbling idiot, hes far from that, but certainly did himself no good in that interview.
Of course politicians have problems as to whether or not to go on TV if they don't they get the press saying they are not in touch
when they do interviews they are also shown to be out of touch
its a no win situation
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Brian Dixon
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boris came over as a incoherent buffoon and a bully.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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wasn't as good as that brian, dave must have enjoyed the rest of the weekend after watching it though.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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dave and gidion may have found it funny,but there is a four letter word i cant put on the forum that sums boris up perfectly.and it go's somthing like this t##t.
Andy B
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Anyone know how Andrew Marr is doing.Cant find any recent info on how he is progressing after his unfortunate stroke.I enjoy his show and try to watch when i can.I hope he is back soon.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i read a couple of weeks back that he was out of hospital but still a long way from full recovery andy, i always watch the programme if i am in .
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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Boris Johnson: could he still be PM after the Eddie Mair interview?
In what's being widely seen as a disastrous BBC interview, the London mayor failed to deny he had lied to his party leader,
admitted that he had 'sandpapered' a quote when in his journalistic career, and conceded that he had humoured a friend who'd
asked for a phone number in the knowledge that the friend intended to beat up the owner of it. Do you think he now stands a
chance of leading the country one day?
Boris Johnson is interviewed by Eddie Mair on BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show about a documentary due to be screened about
his life.
Could Boris Johnson still be prime minister?
37% Yes
63% No
Poll closes in 1 day
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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The Eddie Mair interview seemed to be entirely based on, and was a puff piece for, the profile programme aired last night. Half hagiography, half mild critique.
I wish they would bring back Tom & Jerry cartoons to fill such blanks in the TV schedule.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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I think Boris did himself a lot of damage
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Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Keith speak for:
I really hope Boris was damaged because he's a danger to labour
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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David;
I have put my point of view no matter how you twist my words, I will explain again just for you,
The mouse has no chance of getting an overall majority come the next election and the lib dems are likely to lose a large number of seats, And UKIP unlikely to make a break through.
Labour will probably be the largest party purely because the mouse's lot are so unpopular, but labour wont get enough for overall control which will result in selling your soul time.
As for Boris, like most I was surprized that bumbling Boris dis as well as he did, but mavericks like Boris are a welcome site to a lot of people who see all politicians in a ba light.
Now, if the mouse stays labour will do better than if he goes,
Should things move on and Boris become leader he will be a serious threat to labour, although it would be quite worrying to have Bumbling Boris in charge of the country rather than just London.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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under the intense scrutiny of a general election campaign boris may be found wanting.
bonhomie and bluster do not work as well.
Guest 725- Registered: 7 Oct 2011
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The public have a very short memory. It'll all blow over. A little news management here and there will do the trick. In fact it's already started with Boris busking in a tube station recently. His admission that Mair did a good job was good advice after all what else could He say.
If Tony Blair was able to be re-elected twice despite how utterly useless he was as Prime Minister then Johnson has nothing to worry about.
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
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Disagree Howard, 50% of the electorate is tribal, 25% each red and blue, the rest of us are open minded. No party has the foggiest idea how to get us out of this mess, nor does Boris, but people like him, just ask Red Ken.
So what, he's had affairs, told fibs and been a bit silly, let him without sin........
God forbid the faceless trio we currently have on parade
