Comments on: Apologetic in Liverpool

By: Paul Dettman

Paul Dettman — Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:56:26 +0000

Good stuff, and today we see that you are a victim yet again… the Tories have done themselves a lot of damage by failing to spot ‘star turns’ in the past, and Michael Howard is (at best) entering the twilight of his career… Boris on the other hand is one of the few politicians who can speak directly to the young generation of disenfranchised voters and should be made leader, not dismissed for some tabloid pap that has nothing to do with his work as a politician or a journlaist. Chin up Boris, and good luck!

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By: A Scouser

A Scouser — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:41:18 +0000

I think what a lot of people outside can’t comprehend is the bad timing of your comments. Us Scouser are one of the best communities to take critiscm on the chin, and we are one of the very few with a sense of humour – both laughing at others as well as ourselves.

The problem with your comments were that they came at a time when the community was feeling low, and when we needed or expected the support of our fellow countrymen and it simply wasn’t there. Your comments along with the others from narrow-minded individuals throughtout the country were simply not what we needed to hear at the time.

For those that continued to slate Liverpool, I truly hope they never have to face the same thing, both a football incident as bad as Hillsborough and a beheading of a local man, having said that there is an ironic feeling that I would like them to be touched in the same way. If they do experience the same, then they will feel the same anguish that we feel, however what makes us different as people, is that we will support them no matter who or where they come from.

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By: whiteterrier

whiteterrier — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:57:15 +0000

Boris may be a nutter, but could he – in all honesty – do any worse that the performances of Michael Howard on a Wednesday during PMQ’s ?

Some of these Conservative MP’s are costing you and me £200,000 per annum, to have them sitting in Parliament like ‘nodding dogs’ in the rear shelf of a car.

Boris could do the work of them all put together – given half a chance.

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By: Bloool

Bloool — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:26:24 +0000

“There was the Scouser at the airport who said, as he frisked me, that he agreed with every word of it.

But, in between, there were dozens and dozens of people who showed every sign of genuine hurt and incomprehension. Why did we make these cruel generalisations about welfare-addicted Liverpudlians? ”

-This part made me laugh: I thought, oh dear Boris is going to tell us about all the people in Liverpool who agreed with him, but at least you are (with restraint) honest about the fact your reception was (deservedly) hostile in Liverpool.

A lot of the grief is about the North South divide – smug South-Easterners telling us in the North how to think -”pull yourselves together” and this feeds a lot of the hurt.

You were brave to go to Liverpool and admit that whatever the general thrust of the article you were WRONG to mock the people of a proud Northern city and yet again to use stereotypes of the people there.

You have a lot of charisma Boris, even though you are a complete nutter.

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By: Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:21:08 +0000

I didn’t acknowledge it because I am a *********[Ed: no bad language] obviously.

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By: wallace

wallace — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:58:39 +0000

If Simon Heffer wrote the article, why didn’t he have the bottle to go to Liverpool and defend it or apologise?

Boris has demonstrated his courage, integrity, charisma, leadership and sheer common sense. The Tories should realise that if they’re ever going to get another crack at government, they should replace Howard with Boris without delay.

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By: Idiots on here

Idiots on here — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:38:34 +0000

Boris didnt write the article, Simon Heffer did.

I repeat, BORIS DID NOT WRITE THE ARTICLE!!!

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By: Jesus

Jesus — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:47:20 +0000

GO ON Boris! You knows those scousers are a load of knobjockeys. You shouldnt have apologised, they deserve everything they get. Bum Lepers!

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By: Whiteterrier

Whiteterrier — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:15:06 +0000

No need to think again J Bednall…Boris is our man!

What we need is a new political party altogether for honest Boris to lead. The old parties are riven with corruption with another two (straight off the EU gravy train) heading for the House of Lords. ‘Cricket ground digger’ Peter Hain is trying to give them a coat of white wash before they go, but that is a waste of time.

It is time to start again with the BORIS PARTY – vote out the old and vote in the new in 2005.

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By: j bednall

j bednall — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:28:12 +0000

i think boris should become pm because of his honesty even though i have always been labour i would think again

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