Yes he did but apparently got his shoe nicked

Like it or not the tory party have an unbelievable opportunity to bring the country together while showing support to the northern areas not normally associated with the tory vote. It will require a total shift in policies and alot more arm twisting within the party.
I just can not see the Tories taking the time and effort in general but if they do and deliver they could be in power for some considerable time.
5 years to show the voters they can change and deliver., or 5 years to people of and blow it. I know were my moneys going.

Friday 13 December
Super-rich family buy £65m house after Johnson's victory.
Investors and the very wealthy celebrate the Conservatives’ 80-seat majority.
The collective wealth of the UK’s 16 billionaires on the Bloomberg billionaires index of the world’s 500 richest people increased by £2.1bn on Friday, according to Bloomberg, as the share prices of companies they controlled soared.
Excellent news. Now Britain can finally move forward, both with Brexit and with securing stability and economic growth for our great nation.

Saturday 14 December
Boris Johnson announces plans for spending spree in north.
Johnson: UK embarking on 'wonderful adventure'.

Monday 16 December
Johnson to tell new Tory MPs they must repay public’s trust.
Boris Johnson's tax plans face squeeze as public finances worsen.
OBR forecast means tax rises rather than tax cuts will be needed, say analysts.

Tuesday 17 December
Markets fear cliff-edge in December 2020.
UK company shares fall as markets face Brexit reality.
Pound tumbles amid Brexit cliff-edge fears; wage growth slows.
Johnson's Brexit threat has scrooged the pound.

You forgot to mention Scotland’s SNP leader raking in over 5 million pounds from the sale of a broadband company he had shares. Friday was the day when all things financial went sky high. Those in the establishment know how to play the money game, whatever politics they spout.

Why would they bother doing that given they've spent the last 9 years slashing and burning everything the working classes rely on yet still got voted back in, to a large extent by them?! Surely logic would suggest they'd carry on doing more of the same to the masochistic Northern electorate?![i 'No new policies needed here'[/i I hear Cummings opine, just give the t****s more of the same!

Absolutely. Turn it up to 11.

Actually although Cummings is an unpleasant character, he will be a positive influence on Johnson in some ways.

He isn't a Conservative and he isn't part of the posh toff Tory set. He's not the type who is trying to suck up to people to get a peerage or place in the House of Lords, he craves power and the chance to put his ideas on how the UK should be run in practice.

As he is unelected, completely willing to break the law, and willing to bully and fall out with anyone to get his way, this is a terrifying prospect. But he does also have some interesting ideas and a lot of his frustrations are on the way the traditional backscratching establishment has governed the country. Also he isn't really someone who is 'bought' by lobby groups and owes favours - he tends to be the one doing the manipulating of others.

If he gets his way, expect a lot more focus on science and innovation and a reduction in power of the old social order. He may well direct more of the Government's attention on northern communities than Cameron or May ever did, because he is also concerned with the politics of retaining power and retaining all those seats the Tories have gained.

But also, he makes a lot of enemies and it's hard to imagine him seeing through a full 5 year term in No.10 without being sacked/forced out somewhere along the line, and he will go back to his blog and tell everyone in great detail exactly how he was shafted and the gory details of Boris and his colleagues' failings as a government.

I am no lover off politics either way, they are all disingenuine with an odd sprinkle of saying a little item we may feel is right. If you are genuine on " for the good & right " of any issues, you would get on with it - & deliver, which we would see & receive !!
However, I have noticed, which is sad, that in general, labour mp's cannot be honest to them selves that they worked against the will of people & democracy per say, in our area, we have other issues with the council & their bad behaviour so Mary suffered a double whammy & she still doesn't get it, the issues, she is blaming others & not looking at they did not want what she offered, believed, & finally she operated against the 60% that did not want her opinions, they wanted her to deliver & do her job.
Sad but she did not & still does not get that you carry out what the majority want irrespective of your own opinions ! So sad but she still cannot see this !
You have to be honest with & unto your self !

Am I the only one who is glad the Conervatives got back into government. It seems that the left always think they have the moral superiority. It is just their opinion. Nothing more.

No mate, you are certainly not on your own.

No you're definitely not on your own.

Although having said that, I was not 100%

Voted Conservative in Wakefield since 1974 and pleased we have a Conservative MP and a Conservative Government with a good majority

I have voted Labour all my life and then voted Brexit.(never regretted it for a second).Consequently I have voted Tory in last 2 elections to get it implemented, as, i suspect, have a lot of people.Having said that there is zero chance that I would have voted for Corbyn this time.Had to laugh at Creagh on main news last night having a right go at Corbyn for the loss of her seat; no Mary,your failure to back Brexit cost you that,unless,of course, you forgot the 66% out vote.
Who knows if Brexit will be a success or if the Tories will continue to neglect us up here, only time will tell.

DITTO

Think the Brexit vote was 52%for 48%against on the first vote.I voted to leave but would have voted to stay if I new we are going to come out of Europe with no deal and trade with the Americans

The reason they say it 60s is because they HAVE the moral superiority. How many moral practices have you seen Boris carry out in the last few months and he's supposed to be the one setting an example to us all. He appears to be an expert at lying, philandering, dodging difficult questions etc etc.

Are you saying there is none of that on the red side?

Isn't that what all politicians do best? or is that just laid exclusively at the feet of the conservatives, you need to let go redders before the bitterness eats you up.

Perhaps I'll have calmed down somewhat by the start of the new season wayne. It'll take my mind off petty things like general elections.

he wouldn't be a politician if he didn't have them attributes, no one can answer a straight question without diverting in a different direction

Not many resort to hiding in fridges and nicking peoples cameras to avoid answering genuine questions though. Snowie.

Even when the phone photo was staged as well

Sorry been out of the country since last Tuesday so only just looked at the forums tonight after getting over jet lag.
But Mary Creagh has continuously come under some pretty unfair criticism and disgusting comments made towards her over her Brexit stance, but ever since the day she was first elected, she has made it absolutely clear she was against Brexit, she has stood her ground and not wavered from her position despite all the flack. This is a very rare occurance in a politician to actually tell the truth and stick to your guns, she has been re-elected twice based on this stance (once since the referendum). Having met her a number of times on the many various projects she has supported and helped out in the districts in the last 10 years, I can honestly say she regularly and consistently has done the best for the people of wakefield and the only thing she appears to have done wrong is not support Brexit, I didn't vote this time but that's my fault, but I have always voted for the person I felt best represented what was needed in our fair city and I would have voted for her again, not because she's labour or that's I love corbyn (couldn't be further from the truth) but people mistakenly think our voting system is presidential and we're voting for our favourite leader not the person who best represents us. I doubt our Tory MP will get another term, this was clearly a protest vote, Andrew we'll have another one in 5 years.
Personally I think there should be better rules on when you have an election, this one has been ridiculous with its timing, a strangle hold over one policy Brexit, getting completed by January. But we won't get the Brexit that was blasted on the side of the big red bus, it'll look nothing like that

It wasn't though, more fake news by the tories, the hospital have acknowledge that it happened and apologised to the family, the letter doing the rounds on social media proporting to be from a disgruntled nurse was outed as fake

You’ve always got to let facts get in the way