Boris Not Of Good Character?

[Hymie]

To break your own law once as Prime Minister is bad enough. To break the same law several times in short succession, as Boris appears to have done, would mean that the British Prime Minister could fail the ‘good character’ test for those applying for British nationality.

The Home Office Guidance of September 2020 explains (p17): ‘A fixed penalty notice will not normally result in refusal [of nationality]...However, multiple fixed penalty notices over a short period of time could demonstrate a disregard for the law and therefore demonstrate that someone is not of good character.’

(plagiarised from the current issue of Private Eye)

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

How many fixed penalty notices has he got then?

[Khandro]

Time to grow up & move on from Private Eye, Hymie.

[THECORBYLOON]

The official guidance is out there so what is the problem with quoting from it?

[Hymie]

The story is of interest because if Boris did break the law several times, should he have to apply for British nationality, then it is likely he would be refused (by the British government) on the grounds of not being a person of good character.

[mushroom25]

do you get a bonus payment every time you mention private eye?

[perseverer]

I know we are talking about 'good character' in a legal sense, but how many of Boris's supporters would honestly argue he was of good character, given his history long before the current situation?

[Boto]

Why would he have to apply for British nationality, good or bad character?

[Khandro]

Well Hymie, you can launch as many attacks as you like, but the guy always gets the big things right; as the news this morning seems to attest;

"Channel crossings collapse: ZERO dinghies detected just days after Rwanda scheme unveiled"

Channel crossings have collapsed to zero just after Boris Johnson and Priti Patel unveiled a new asylum policy which would see those illegally arriving on British shores be flown out to Rwanda, Ministry of Defence (MoD) data has shown.


D.E.

[dannyk13]

Hymie//should he have to apply for British nationality,//
You do know that the PM has to beBritish?. Or maybe you don't.

[Gromit]

Boris was born in New York.

[dannyk13]

Gromit//Boris was born in New York.//
How does that matter? He has dual citizenship.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/09/news/boris-johnson-us-citizenship/index.html

[douglas9401]

The Daily Express is either first with the news or being creative with a comment made by somebody on a beach, Khandro.

Nobody else seems to be rushing to publish the claimed good news re illegal invaders as far as I can see.

[youngmafbog]

A cursory glance at Google shows The Currant are running the story too. Could be others, but I cant be bothered to look.

[Khandro]

^^ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10762967/Zero-migrants-crossed-English-Channel-nine-days.html

[douglas9401]

Fair enough, thanks.

[douglas9401]

I will point and laugh if they start up again when the wind changes though.

[naomi24]

The Mail is reporting the drop in channel crossings, as is the Standard, but strangely enough as far as I can tell the BBC is quiet on the subject. So too are they quiet on the investigation into Kier Starmer's 'partying' even though they're still talking about Boris's. They are reporting Starmer's insistence that Boris take action against the porn-watching MP though….

Funny thing …. reporting 'news'...

[DonkeyHoaty]

Character?
He’s certainly something starting with C and it’s not Conservative!
There is a song about it I believe?

[ToraToraTora]

Perlease!

[Old_Geezer]

Being someone involved in creating the law and saying that he didn't consider it was being broken, suggests that maybe interpretation of the law's intent went awry. I can't see that being a big deal, and folk should get over it rather than try to ruin the existing government and expecting to replace it with something far worse for the nation.