Drlee wrote:It is concerning.
You need the old (really old) House of Lords back to ride herd on the Commons. God forbid they should get delusions of grandeur and contrive to think a Duke equals a Senator.
It has nothing to do with the Lords, which should be obsolete in any case. And it has everything to do with etiquette. May and Cameron might have done some serious miscalculations (fuck ups), but they knew the rules of UK democracy and didn't try and bend the system into complete corruption and sleaze like Johnson.
Nonetheless I wouldn't go as far as to say Johnson is as bad as Trump for lying. Nor would I say that everything he touches turns to shit - so you guys have it far worse. But Johnson commands no respect from the opposition or internationally because he acts like he is above the rules and is a complete clown. Every PM questions has turned into a sketch from the two Ronnie's when the answer doesn't match the question asked, he has lied in the chamber umpteenth times which is against the ministerial code and something he should resign for, his back benchers don't vote for him even when whipped, there is the whole Patterson affair, Downing Street decor scandal, Christmas parties, Bernard Castle, Cummings, Northern Ireland protocol... you name it, he's bodged it. UK Democracy at this moment in time is a complete mess. To say otherwise isn't looking at the bigger picture. As I said, there have been some HUGE stories that have come out of the UK recently and there isn't the UK PoFo base to bring those stories to their up most importance on here. Perhaps that is why you think our democracy is running OK right now. I don't know. But we have a by-election on Thursday and that may well demask the clusterfuck better for you. So perhaps listen out to US news on that, if they follow up on the story.