Ah gotcha I didn’t know that. Although in terms of “serving the constituents” I do think the cases are similar.
And Johnson publicly stated that he would never resign as Mayor Of London in order to become an MP again, but then did.
Johnson would say whatever was expedient in the morning and have gone back on it by lunchtime.
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Which is why he won’t lie down in front of the bulldozers at Heathrow, much as many of us would love to see him keep his promise.
Yup, that’s entirely my point.
It’s akin to letting Jimmy Savile babysit your kids.
As a complete aside to the conversation, the Raoul Peck documentary 2+2=5 is on at the cinema’s here next month. It’s not just about Orwell and 1984, but about the current rise of populism and totalitarianism in the world. Anyone already seen it ?
I doubt he is.
1984 - Éditions Sarbacane though
It was supposed to be a warning, not a guide book.
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Reform have just released a press note, they have hit net zero way a head of Ed Millibands target. 100% for recycling old Tory MP’s
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The WI certainly could do a better job.
Full of practical no nonsense women.
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But how much marmalade can we eat 
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If you are a bear from Peru, quite a lot 
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I believe it’s done very well and she’s quite a bit wealthier.
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
Indeed, but she got a bucketload of money for it anyway. I expect if she hadn’t then the film company and distributors would have been ‘prosecuted’ in some manner by the DOJ.
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Its S African release has just been cancelled.
No official explanation, though for some reason there’s a lot of anti-Trump feeling.
Even though he’s offering asylum to selected South Africans?
Never mind, though. 
It’s an interesting inversion of his customary mode of ethnic cleansing.