Yes yes yes! Exactly our experience!
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Calm down dearā¦ now Doris has got his flock wallpaper and rid of Teresa Mayās cheapo furniture, he might sign off some sort of deal 
There againā¦
I think that particular phrase is one of the most inflammatory things one can say but I imagine it was deliberate 
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Having worked directly for very senior Ministers I have a pretty good idea of how much briefing they are given, and the role of their private office in dealing with it. I imagine his āclassement verticalā category is pretty full. There is no way that anybody at his level can read everything, and he will rely on his staff to alert him when needed.
Itās the one PMs use so in context 
The way he treats his civil servants, itās little wonder they let him stewā¦ but a good Minister will be an accomplished speed reader. Doris is neither.
And to be able to remember whatās been speed read
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and to remember what lies he then told afterā¦
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Yes they areā¦and the speed at which they can absorb a new brief is remarkable. But they will only read what they want to, or have to in preparation for a meeting/event etc. I doubt whether the plight of several thousand Brits on the other side of the channel will both him - unless of course his father is also stuck in the system 
Given that Dorisā father Stan hasnāt of late had a good word to say about his wayward offspring, it could well be the very reason heās done nothing 
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Got very excited as got an email update of the UK government driving in Europe information pageā¦could this be it? A signed agreementā¦?
But no, sadly just an amendment that in 3 days time British residents will no longer be legal to drive in the Netherlands unless they have changed their licence.
Thatās a shame but at least itās a lot easier to swap a UK driving license in the Netherlands!
I doubt there is a lack of briefing material available to PM Johnson. Itās just that, from many first-hand accounts, he just canāt be bothered to read it unless he stands to benefit personally.
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I tried at least twice over several years. In the first instance they lost my dossier which included the medical certificate which I had paid for. The most recenct attempt during 2020, which included a fresh medical certificate, was simply refused.
If nothing gives by about July I will seriously consider taking the French test
Despite what I heard during the British Embassy outreach online event two weeks ago The Connexion is reporting in a news email today that no deal has yet been done on driving licences.
Embassy said it was all done ābar the ink dryingā, but according to the article this seems far from the positionā¦so who to believe, either wrong reporting or the BE being casual with the truth.
Meanwhile we are caught between rock and hard stone.
This is from the Connexion, I canāt read the whole article as I donāt subscribe,
A Franco-British deal on post-Brexit arrangements for people in France who drive on UK licences should be imminent, says Franceās Interior Ministry.
āThe post-Brexit negotiations on UK licences should come to a positive conclusion very soon,ā a spokesman for the Interior Ministryās road safety section has told The Connexion.
Soon, as in the same āsoonā they said in March? Or the one they said in April? Or perhaps the same āsoonā they said last month when it was just down to some legal nicetiesā¦?
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Doris and his on heat bitch Raab are not helping matters along just now are they with the disrespectful comments about the EU in regards to the NIP so little wonder in my view.
I donāt use Facebook so canāt follow what Karen ? who seems to post D/L news on itā¦so anybody know the latest position, it seems to have gone very quiet
The latest is that we are still awaiting French ratification of the exchange mechanism.
According to Kim Cranstoun (who runs the Facebook group) this seems to be because of a difference in rights etc appertaining to pre- and post- withdrawal residents.