Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Saga covid vaccination centre in Ramsgate

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1. Useless man, total fraud

2. Johnson keeps popping up all over the place lately, is it so he can be seen to be doing something, I don’t think its working though! The strong smell of sleaze and partying on a day last year when over 600 people died of covid, is all pervading! One of the problems with Johnson, and there are many, is he is no statesman, he is a chancer, and of course a proven liar! When is he going to “fix the Social Care problem once and for all” that he promised so he could get elected? His efforts so far have made little or no difference, and elderly, sick people will still have to pay for there Care if they have the funds, or assets. He is a fraud, and the £350 million a week he said we would get back from the EU to spend on the NHS, proves it! That was another lie, just to get us out of the EU! All the poor, desperate people risking their lives in unsuitable boats trying to cross the Channel, are coming here because they know they can’t be returned to the first EU country they arrived at, now we are no longer in the EU! If we had stayed in the EU we could have legally returned them to the first EU country they arrived at, but we can’t do that any longer, thanks to Johnson taking us out of the EU!

3. Another photo op for the bumbling liar.

4. Thatcher used to visit people after the various disasters caused by her Government. Not wishing to wake up and finding her looming over you, people took to carrying “thatch cards” saying that in the event of a serious accident you did not agree to Thatcher visiting you in hospital. Now we have our current PM turning up on Police raids, visiting laboratories and now inflicting himself on the poor people at the Saga Centre. Perhaps we could all carry “Bojo cards” saying that in the event of the next Government scandal we do no agree to him turning up at any facility we are using!

   • Yes, somebody wrote this in Private Eye recently.

   • Absolutely dreadful comments to make about any politician of any political party, living or dead. Disgraceful!
     You should be ashamed for making those unkind comments.

   • It’s a shame you gave a load of demeaning and misleading details to that author Tom Bower who wrote a ridiculous hatchet job on Corbyn, eh Keith? As an old friend of Corbyn’s you really let him down. Let all of us down in fact. Some might say you played a significant art in landing us where we are today.

     • Typical SWP – utterly irrelevant and wrong comment about something not connected to the Johnson visit.

       • With her constant banging on about the NHS, I thought that Carly would’ve supported the great morale boost that a visit from the Prime Minister gave, regardless of political beliefs.

         • Are you kidding?

         • Well, I know of 2 non-Tory supporters who were there yesterday, and they were thrilled. Not everyone is bitter.

5. What possesses NHS staff to pose with that crook? Do they not care or not realise that he and his friends are selling off the NHS and screwing us all in the process? That they’d all pose for that is the most tragic display of ignorance or apathy.

   • A lot of these will likely be impressionable young volunteers. Also it is clear that many NHS workers are just knackered, brainwashed drones- following what the government tell them to do without question or though-like many civil servants. Probably also pressure from on high in the NHS to smile for the camera-they after all only had to put up with the buffoon for likely 20 minutes or so.

     Try even discussing with a doctor on social media the logic of cancelling surgeries & letting people die, or be in pain on ever growing (with every extra set of rules & jab drive) waiting lists of millions as a result of throwing everything at something that for the overwhelming majority gives them no side effects or those of a cold/winter bug & they either block you, call you an anti vax nut, quote the government line etc. They have truly lost all sense of proportion & reality.

     Perhaps they would do well to remember the oath they took to not do harm knowingly. Clearly refusing to even see patients, having millions waiting for treatable conditions until they become terminal, or letting people live in pain for years, people’s mental health also being destroyed along with their physical health is doing phenomenal harm.

   • IN YOUR OPINION!

6. There is no easy answers, if Boris stayed in Downing Street, he’d be accused of hiding! Why the anger? We are so lucky the vaccine is free and easily available for everyone, easy to criticize when you don’t have to make the decisions.

   • Luck doesn’t come into it.
     We have free healthcare (still) because the Labour government, under Aneurin Bevan, created the NHS.
     And, despite the vest efforts of the tories, it is still possible for some people, in some parts of the country, to access the free heathcare they’re entitled to.

     • Wasn’t he in ELO?

       • There seems to be some confusion-it’s such a terrible shame.

   • Ridiculous statement. Our NHS is free at point of delivery. It is not free. We pay for it. The fact that we still have access to a free at point of delivery healthcare service is a miracle, given the Tories have done their absolute best for the last 11 years to rip it to shreds and sell the pieces of to their mates. Honestly, some people…

   • Free how Judith? Do you think the government/NHS bosses buys it with their own personal savings? It is also no wonder the GP’s are only seeing people to stick a needle in their arm-for every jab they administer they get paid between £15-£30, having previously still been a lucrative £12.58 per jab. They get paid their regular wage for seeing zero patients & can make thousands on top a week.

7. Regardless of my opinions on politics, or who I believe is best to run our country two things I strongly believe in, the first being NO Prime Minister has had the enormous task, since the days of Sir Winston Churchill to deal with anything like a Global Pandemic, the second, is, Regardless of who is Prime Minister, its the OFFICE they hold, which is important, and for any Prime Minister to VISIT and Personally thank the incredibly hard working, and dedicated TEAM AT SAGA, and Isle of Thanet Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Nurses, Doctors, Surgeons, and Medical Staff, including our Emergency teams Ambulance Paramedics, and GP and NHS, Staff and Volunteers Across the board, OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, every day they go ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL, and on behalf of My Family and Myself, THANKS TO EVERYONE ….. YOUR ALL AMAZING!!!

   • Think you mean a global panicdemic. 0.07-0.25% of the global population, this is not the Black Death, not even the Russian Typhus for that matter. All the evidence from South Africa shows the symptoms of this strain are very mild-just like a cold/bug, hospitalisations are low & that it is already leveling off, now the doubling rate has gone from 2 days down to 9 days.

     Please remember Mr. Paul Captial Letters Holton that this clown is the man who in 2020 walked around a hospital for a photo op forcing NHS staff to shake his hand-telling us after it couldn’t be spread in that way, just before he ended up in hospital seriously ill with it-wonder how much he spread it around that hospital?

     Still very recently on one of these photo ops to distract us from the initial Xmas parties reports instead of facing the media he had to be told three times to put his mask on by staff there & then lied about it after.

     Nobody questions the hard work by all, but the reality is this is a photo op to try to wash away the stench of him & his cronies behaviour. Also don’t forget his end of January deadline was already ludicrous enough, on Sunday he bought it forward by a month-leaving effectively 2 weeks making it totally impossible for them. He actually demeans their efforts with his glib & shameless conduct.

     • No,”global pandemic” is absolutely right.

       • It is of course, but it is more project fear than actual reality. The biggest health problems are in reality coming from what is not being done for people with severe health problems waiting years for operations, treatable cancers sadly becoming terminal, mental health problems-many of them happening or becoming worse in sufferers due to not being able to access treatments, social services missing abuse of children due to visiting restrictions etc.

     • “All the evidence from South Africa shows the symptoms of this strain are very mild-just like a cold/bug…”
       And all this evidence is where, exactly?

       • Dr Angelique Coetzee-just search. The doubling rate has already dropped from every 2 days down to every 9 days.

8. it must be serious for him to come out of hiding ? , he normally lets some other minister of f.a tell lies for him ,i totaly agree with everything said above – i cannot wait to witness his downfall , problem is what p**t will replace him, i hope the staff at saga saw through this visit.

   • Pity he wasn’t banned from coming.

9. Oh no why is he down here spreading his germs about and visiting places that are unnecessary to visit. The Oricom numbers will most probably quadruple in Thanet now.

   • 26 billion by Xmas Day from their predictions.

10. Boris at Westwood, no doubt a pop up party.

    He is now leader of the sTory Party.

11. Does this mean he is following his own rules?

    Working from home…

12. Just another annoying dfl, The stars of the show are the jabbing staff !

    • 100% James. They are the ones working tirelessly & not showing up for 20 minutes for a photo op, just to distract from their appalling behaviour. This guy just bought forward their already virtually impossible deadline of the end of January to the end of December-cannot see too many lining up on Xmas & Boxing Day or the two bank holidays right after.

13. Has he been jabbing anyone at the centre trying to get the figures up. The Oaf has no idea what he is doing. Blundering Boris at large again!

14. What a lovely morale boost to all those who work and volunteer there.

    • I thought so too Peter

    • I am absolutely appalled at all the venom aimed at Boris Johnson. Which other political party or leader do you think would be able to run things any differently?
      Judging by all these comments most of you come across as labour supporters and some even leaning to the left of that party.
      I am sure that the majority of us, in some way throughout this pandemic, flouted the rules, maybe not by attending parties but in other ways.
      As for the person named STEVE, on nearly every article printed in Isle of Thanet News, he is scathing about Thanet, this government the vaccine, you name it he will find fault. I really wonder if he ever has a good word to say about anything.The global pandemic has been a challenge for every country in the world and still is. Be thankful that if nothing else we have been able to have our jabs.
      Think of something positive to say for goodness sake.

      • Oi, Gibbo! If you want to get into a circle jerk with Boris and pals, that’s great! But leave the rest of us sane folk out of it. Man’s a festering boil on the anus of humanity.

        • Disinterested of Birch
          Are you implying that I am not sane, because maybe you do not like what I have written?

          • I’m implying you’ve clearly given leave of the little sense you possess if you really think the Tories, under his rule, have done anything close to a good job during this pandemic.

            ANY party could have done a better job if they’d simply showed up, followed the advice of scientists and not given BILLIONS of taxpayers pounds to their mates through iffy contracts. If you can’t see that you are either insane or wilfully ignorant. Which would you prefer to be?

        • I am obviously out of touch with modern terminology, so could
          somebody please explain to me what a circle jerk used in a sentence means?

          • I’d suggest googling it… Perhaps not at work, or in front of your Nan. But, treat yourself when you get some alone time.

      • Well said James,someone will moan about your reply though

        • People will moan about James’ reply because he’s talking nonsense. If you agree with it, you’re as deluded and ignorant as him.

      • That is an irrelevant statement
        There is only one party in charge at a time and for the last 11 years that party is the one Boris is leader of.
        How would Starmer do no one has any idea because he isn’t in charge. Now who allowed his mates to make Billions out a pandemic well I bet you can tell me

      • There is a very long list of cock-ups perpetrated by this government in its response to the CV pandemic. Starting with its reluctance to impose lockdown in the first instance, its enthusiasm for releasing lockdown too soon, its misguided enthusiasm for urging us to “eat out to help out”, its u-turns on the opening and closing of schools, the removal of the requirement to wear a face covering and keep socially distanced, its refusal to impose circuit breaker lockdowns … not to mention the £Bs made by tory cronies out of PPE and Track and Trace contracts … not to mention the blatant rule breaking by MPs and tory officials.
        Yes, I think just about any other MP would have done better.

        • I thought “eat out to help out” was a great scheme (though as an author I really think they should now do a “buy a book and stay indoors reading to help out” scheme!).

          • Great scheme? Well, it certainly help the virus to spread, as people crammed themselves into pubs, cafes and restaurants to take up the offer of a cheap meal.

          • As well as helping stopping businesses going under, it was during the summer, when hospitals weren’t being overwhelmed (which indeed they weren’t). Far better than supressing things until the autumn/winter. Besides, it helped poorer people access great food… a good thing, surely?

        • Reply to Andrew
          So name them, or the political party you think could do better?

          • I’d be hard pressed to name a person who would have done worse.

          • Andrew, that is not what you were asked, you were asked who could do better?
            You must have somebody in mind, surely?

      • Nope, Starmer would probably be even worse-just another Tory who supports Boris. Corbyn certainly would have been worse. There has to be somebody in that Tory Party, hopefully the predictions of a leadership contest come true in the new year.

        I do praise sometimes yes-good art, unlike the awful dross in the Turner Centre. The young ladies gate in Ramsgate. In this very article the incredible efforts of all involved in trying to get this clown’s impossible demands done. Also I am upping my miserable persona for comedic effect.

        • I quite like Rishi Sunak myself (I like the appropriately-named Priti Patel even more, but not as a politician). I would’ve also said Matt Hancock until he was caught doing naughties!

      • What i find comical is that Boris is being denigrated left right and centre on here, which is all very well , but none of his detractors is likely to have paused for a moment to reflect on the fact that he and the conservatives were so much more attractive at the last general election ,in comparison to labours offering, that the electorate gave the tories a significant parliamentary majority.
        It effectively made labour inconsequential in the countries politics. Not only did they lose but they can’t even be seen as an effective opposition, personally i see the lack of a decent opposition as just about as bad a situation any country can be in. Please get together and sort it out.

        • So inconsequential that if they hadn’t voted with the government on Tuesday, the tories would have lost.

          • Not at all, had the tory rebels had any notion that the vote would have been lost they’d have toed the line. The tory mp’s were merely putting Boris on notice that hewas straying away from traditional tory ideals.

      • I, at least, certainly am a Labour supporter! But even if I were not, I’d still be of the opinion that Johnson is an immoral twerp.

    • I think a few of the Babestation girls popping in would be more of a boost for flagging morale.

    • Absolutely Peter , it’s great that the prime minister has made the effort to come to the brilliant vaccination centre we have here . Well done all !

15. Haven’t we all suffered enough without having to endure a visit from that lying chancer?

16. thanet will vote him out at the next election, fingers crossed

17. I am sure they will Lesley.
    At least you and I put our full names, unlike many who hide behind pseudonyms and they are usually the most venomous in their comments.
    If you have something to say and feel strongly about it, then have the courage of your convictions and print your real names.

    • why so you and others can abuse the poster
      BTW you can use whatever name you like so how would anyone know you are really James Gibbons

      • Because that is the name on my birth certificate.
        Mind you, I have not seen it for a while.

    • Why is that James? So you or others can try & cancel people? Report them to the police for ‘hate crimes’ etc just because you don’t like their opinions? Dox them? People have seen this happen a lot in recent years-JK Rowling, Dave Chappelle etc. Of course they have so much money it doesn’t effect them to anywhere the same degree having a baying mob turn up at their workplace, harassing their boss to fire them etc.

      • Reply to Steve
        I am sorry Steve you have lost me!
        I have never tried to
        ‘Cancel’ anybody in my life, although sadly it seems to be on the rise.

    • I too think that people should use their real names.

18. Well done Boris great leader

    • Yes, he’s mostly done well under very difficult circumstances. I’d rather him than M̶a̶x̶ ̶H̶e̶a̶d̶r̶o̶o̶m̶ Keir Starmer.

      • He is the best PM since Theresa May, although may thought the 1990’s page 3 model Teresa May she was often confused with on social media could have done a better job.

        • I certainly would’ve voted for Teresa May!

          • Yes, although Kirsten Imrie would have been my pick.

      • “He’s most done well”?! Are you on acid? What would the mop-headed bucket of cold excrement have to do for you to consider him to have done a bad job?

        • If he’d addressed people like you do, for starters.

          • So, a few unflattering words are worse than corruption, law breaking and outright lying. Is that what you’re saying? Peter, you have a very twisted view of things…

        • ‘Disinterested of Birch. “Excrement’ ? You are obviously looking in the mirror!

    • best joke of the day. Thank you

19. I thought I felt a dark disturbance in the force.

    What an unwelcome interruption for the people working there. I certainly wouldn’t want him showing up at my work place not unless he wanted a Frank and serious conversation where I’d expect straight answers.

20. What amusing comments. Can’t think why anyone from the left or right or centre would trust him – a proven liar – with their own health and get experimented on at his advice? Is he a man, or a bird or is he merely CGI or a body double to placate the unquestioning masses? Interesting case here just filed at the Criminal Court in The Hague on Nuremberg Code breaches re: covid which shows the criminality of it all. https://www.docdroid.com/mruxF4r/international-criminal-court-dec-2021-docx#page=15

21. This is pathetic.
    The illusion of arriving at Ramsgate Train Station when there was a full protection entourage including MI6 cavalcading around the Isle is a complete waste of time and money.
    The fact of his appearance was in part an attempt to shame Craig Mackinlay MP.
    If he hadn’t been covering up for his rule-breaking parties and corruption his action on Covid-19 would have been as tardy as ever.
    I see a Labour Party rep in nearly all the photos too. Perhaps MacKinlay had the right idea!