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Of course it is. Or have I missed the official UK chart of worst prime ministers? But by the same (lack of) logic, if you disagree then you must be also relying upon personal opinion.

Yes, saved from the ignominy of the top spot by his successor.

But think how much stronger we would recover if people weren't struggling, and if so much value hadn't been wiped out by brexit.

They essentially were. Where other people were prosecuted for relatively minor infractions, the government were having bacchanalian extravaganzas which they were allowed to document by questionnaire.

Probably not - nobody is talking about it, nobody is suffering because of it, countless businesses haven't ceased trading because of it and the majority of the country doesn't agree that it was a massively self damaging exercise of epic stupidity. At least, that's the case if you refuse to accept reality.

As this thread is about Johnson crying that he has been criticised because of his selfish actions during COVID, and the outrage felt by those who feel his actions during the pandemic were unacceptable, it seems somewhat slavish that you would suggest he did well during it. Clearly those who have first hand experience of his failure are better placed to judge?

No, is about Johnson - he accomplished none of those things.

This thread is not about Blair - it's about the second most incompetent Prime Minister of the last century.

Peerages are, indeed, offered - but it looks like Dories reckons that she is entitled to one, which begs the question, just what has she done that makes her think that she deserves one. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/14/nadine-dorries-failure-to-resign-officially-as-mp-frustrates-sunaks-attempt-to-reset-tories?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Lou Reed - Street Hassle

The SNP position on Nato is to apply for membership and join. What they might have thought in the past is irrelevant - all political parties transform and policies change. They don't want nuclear weapons - nor do I and the majority of Scots. If they are so important to the rest of the UK, let's stick them in elsewhere in the UK then. Oil and gas - Scotland has such an abundance of natural resources, including some of the most promising of renewable energy sites in Europe. In this climate emergency, we need sensible leaders to move us away from hydrocarbons. And best of all - we would be free of the parasite that has been bleeding us dry for 300+ years.

It's already cost us far too much by being out - we can't afford to stay out.

Sorry but I prefer not to click on far right click bait owned by tax avoiders. I must admit, though, that the link is funny. Might it be that rather than sinister forces being the reason she was sidelined, it could be that she has nothing to offer the country, and has she nothing to deserve such an 'honour'?

That's some level of self delusion that she even considers herself worthy of a peerage.

Mad Nads' been had!

It was the Scottish electorate who put her in Bute House, not the SNP.

Fantastic to see that at least some of Johnson's nominations for peerages got through. Especially that for Charlotte Owen, at 29 the youngest ever life peer. But what an amazing contribution to the betterment of our country she has delivered, in her 18 months under Johnson. Well done, Baroness Owen, your country is proud of you. https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/charlotte-owen-the-intern-who-became-a-baroness-in-6-years-350671/

A prospective is not a legally binding document. But to be honest, this trope is so tedious and has been played out so many times on this forum that I am going to sit this one out. Fill your boots with your cry of 'once in a lifetime' if it gives you solace. The reality is, however, that as a point of law it's worthless.

Do you know what else it doesn't mention? Any such guff as "once in a generation".

Ok

Simply repeating it doesn't make it any less than nonsense.

And choosing independence would have resulted in the same - a topic for another day

I presume that you have no idea how old I am. I also presume that you have never read the Edinburgh Agreement...

I don't recall the status of the royal family being on the referendum paper in 2014.

Your post makes no sense. We have a democratic process which was followed in 2014. That doesn't mean that we are forever unable to change our minds.