Comments on: Jack of five trades, master of none?

By: chichi

chichi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:43:24 +0000

pls, i was given an assignment in school and the question was “the secondary school teacher is known as jack of all trade, master of none. give answer withexplanation and how it can be changed”. pls help me find a solution to this. Thank you. Chichi.

By: Pickled Politics » The mayor’s cost-cutting friends

Pickled Politics » The mayor’s cost-cutting friends — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:47:07 +0000

[...] fifth deputy mayor. Presumably Boris will be so busy writing his weekly column for the Telegraph and other duties that he needs so many deputies around him. It isn’t just that, “We now have a First [...]

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:02 +0000

I’d agree with Chas on this point. One couldn’t merely gift a seat, Stanley would have to be selected. Whatever their intent, it would still be democratic.
“Contrary to all your propaganda, Boris is brighter and more hard working than anyone else you might have come across.”
Feel free to substantiate…

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:14:30 +0000

I really don’t think it is in Boris’s gift to hand his Henley seat to his father. Firstly the Henley Tory Association needs to select him (which I would have thought, given the likely competition for a seat that safe, is unlikely). Secondly, the people of Henley would have to elect him democratically – not something you Marxists really understand.

And yes, Boris will hold down a number of jobs. Contrary to all your propaganda, Boris is brighter and more hard working than anyone else you might have come across.

Lastly, his “his suddenly discovered Muslim heritage” is suddenly discovered by you, but to those of us who know a little bit about Boris, it was well known. Are you also now aware that, despite being a swivel-eyed foaming racist, he married a woman who is half Indian?

By: Mr. Stop Boris

Mr. Stop Boris — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:41 +0000

Oh no, I'm not getting sucked into one of those debates, especially not when I'm supposed to be in self-imposed internet exile! Why not have a read through the debate over on Liberal Conspiracy? I find Dave Hill's comments particularly well expressed and wholeheartedly concur with them. Indeed the majority of comments opposed to Gilligan there are reflective of my own views - and I notice Gilligan still hasn't answered Dave's points there.

By: WillH

WillH — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:19:32 +0000

Mr. Stop Boris, what a very nice man you seem. Obviously misguided, but nice none the less.
What was the problem with Andrew Gilligan’s expose? Was it the timing? You can’t have had a problem with the content, surely? It’s all true, isn’t it?

By: Mr. Stop Boris

Mr. Stop Boris — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:49 +0000

WillH: I have no problem with advertising my abject failure (the only problem I have in relation to my abject failure is its results being so prominent in City Hall). It’s what I became known as so it would be quite hard to rename myself but retain continuity in people’s minds as to who I am.

I guess as a Boris fan you’re all in favour of people changing their identities to suit the circumstances, as with Boris and his ‘SDP days’ at Oxford, or indeed ‘new Boris’ in the election campaign.

As for being deliberately misleading, I’m actually honestly surprised I didn’t mention he would be standing down at some indeterminate point in the future. I’m certainly not ignorant of that fact but I can only think that my subconscious was assuming no-one else was either. I apologise for this omission, which I hope anyone who followed the Stop Boris blog would realise is not my style: I’m happy to set out all the relevant facts and base my analysis on them all, which is why I can sleep soundly at night yet still wonder how Andrew Gilligan and his Evening Standard cohorts do

Naadir: Cheers – and good luck in the exams!

By: WillH

WillH — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:28:45 +0000

Tory Troll, the article above makes no mention of the fact that he’s always made it clear that he would resign his seat, and as he indicates in his letter that’s precisely what he’s going to do.

So we can conclude that Mr Stop Boris is either:
a) Ignorant of the basic facts, or;
b) being deliberately misleading.
Which is it?
Also, might I humbly suggest that Mr Stop Boris changes his moniker? It seems a little odd to advertise his abject failure to er…stop Boris quite so openly. It conflicts a little with his credibility don’t you think?

By: Naadir Jeewa

Naadir Jeewa — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:24:04 +0000

Sorry about the down time everyone. MediaTemple (our host) seems to be having a few issues. I’ll be able to work on it more when exams finish (i.e. this weekend).

By: The Tory Troll

The Tory Troll — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:08:13 +0000

Boris has admitted that his new Routemasters may never be built:

http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2008/05/boris-johnson-routemasters-may-never-be.html

Unbelievable.