Boris Johnson made 'a solemn vow' not to sit in Parliament while serving as mayor of London and now intends to do exactly that.
Unfortunately, much as we like him, this should not be acceptable. By accepting it we should connive at a terrible lowering of standards, standards not just in politics but in England generally.
He is making rather obvious attempts to be a pseudo-right-winger - one remembers Edwina Curry waving handcuffs while speaking to the Conservative Party Conference. Boris Johnson has mooted the idea that British citizens who go to Syria should be deemed to have engaged in terrorism unless they prove otherwise which seems un-Conservative - and un-English to me.
I like the idea of stripping Muslim extremists who commit crimes of their citizenship - and men who rape children too - but I don't see why fighting in a civil war in a foreign country should be a criminal offence.
Unfortunately, much as we like him, this should not be acceptable. By accepting it we should connive at a terrible lowering of standards, standards not just in politics but in England generally.
He is making rather obvious attempts to be a pseudo-right-winger - one remembers Edwina Curry waving handcuffs while speaking to the Conservative Party Conference. Boris Johnson has mooted the idea that British citizens who go to Syria should be deemed to have engaged in terrorism unless they prove otherwise which seems un-Conservative - and un-English to me.
I like the idea of stripping Muslim extremists who commit crimes of their citizenship - and men who rape children too - but I don't see why fighting in a civil war in a foreign country should be a criminal offence.
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