Boris Johnson Unleashed review: "craven" and "gut-wrenching" - Nicola Sturgeon | New Statesman

[@l33jcm]

I'd gladly buy a copy if he'd only honour his promise to go into that ditch and never come out. But he won't, so I won't!

[@paulinereid5226]

I like Nicola Sturgeon. I think it's a pity that she allowed herself to be embroiled in the murkiness. I can see that she had to go - but I think it's rather sad. I like her common sense, and down to earth straightforwardness, and I think overall she was a good politician. She's nailed BoJoke - he was unserious, unconcerned with truth or competence - and a down-right lying toad.

[@rainblaze.]

There was no "murkiness". Mony went "missing" from the party coffers no one NO ONE has ever explained where it went. This is off the back of of stergeon being questioned twice and set free twice. And remember the police investigation was concluded, having been sent to the procorater fisco, for over four months now..... Ask your self why the wait to either arrest someone.. Or alternitivly dismiss the case out right.. To what end? .. For what purpose? Maybe their waiting for, or after the election in Scotland in 2026 eh? But, here's the thing. if that is the case, what would that say about what was behind this whole sorded afair? 🤔

[@shaun906]

as a Englishman i should hate NS, but I've always liked her (as someone in the public eye).

[@exiledscouser919]

NS has more layers than an onion and more scandal and legal action is coming, if slowly. She resigned for entirely self-serving reasons and for once it was for matters of her own doing, not ‘Westminster’. I’ve no room for the duplicitous BJ but Nichola should not be throwing stones given her own issues.

[@eckie4679]

@@exiledscouser919you don’t know any of that to be true. Just regurgitating BS

[@Bobby-Sooker]

@@shaun906I’m Scottish so I’ll give you my take on sturgeon. For years NS walked on water, all the SNP voters thought she was the 2nd coming. Up until she resigned, the SNP was shrouded in secrecy. When NS resigned the light was getting shone on NS and her party. For me Nicola sturgeon is a world class speaker, she would be world debating champion if their was a championship on offer. That is all she is or was, a fantastic speaker. An absolute fraud, She has failed at every policy she ever had. Her and her party have been found out. Hopefully come 2026 the SNP will be gone…

[@kieranoconnor4334]

Nicola Sturgeon has been one of the most competent/intelligent politicians in Britain for these years of collective self-harm and destruction.....it's tragic that, seemingly, some bad choices or failures of clear accounting on behalf of her husband have cut her career short. I would love to hear an honest, not gotcha, interview with her about whatactually happened.

[@lmaolaura2985]

i would LOVE to see her on Leading with Alistair and Rory - i think they’d do a great job unearthing what happened

[@monkeynews8311]

She said it was common sense to chop the bottom of fire doors off in schools to improve airflow. You really think she is intelligent and competent? Says a lot about your intelligence...

[@exiledscouser919]

Interesting to see the rewriting of Nippy’s recent political history. Fool me once and all that.

[@paulinereid5226]

Doesn't matter how 'genuinely' he believes his own lies - they are still lies. And deliberate lies at that.

[@clarecrawford9677]

Scotland as a whole dislikes Boris Johnson. Scotland voted to remain in the EU in 2016. The Tories under his leadership won six seats in the 2019 general election, and when he came to Scotland on his first visit as prime minister he had to be smuggled out the back door of Bute House because of the angry crowd at the front.

[@nicks4934]

Given all the interviews with Johnson had him repeating proven lies I will give this book a miss

[@liaminwales]

Still waiting for the SNP legal cases to end, what a way to end a political party. I have family up north, they voted SNP for years only for this.

[@lauchlanmcewan1748]

Hi @liaminwales :- so far ..it’s been “trial by MSM “…Yet ,in the real world ….no prosecutions,no trials, no sentencing …however ….mud sticks

[@lolly1811]

Up north? Scottish people love that description.

[@pastyman001]

I know this is a book review, but was it setup as a hatchet job? A wider interview would ask Sturgeon why she resigned so suddenly without warning, just before the arrest? Why did she say judge her by results, yet Scottish education and NHS have fallen down so far, or why such a high proportion of drug deaths are in Scotland?

[@markmcnulty7736]

"He doesn't intend to make himself look ridiculous...." But he does! He does this very carefully and skilfully and has done for decades - it is the essence of his political persona. Apart from a glib knack for journalism, it is the only talent he possesses.

[@anniemack4282]

I saw it in a shop and moved it to a low shelf, turned it round. It was my public duty 😅

[@joanormrod4893]

You need to be stationed at the bookshelf 24/7

[@joanormrod4893]

The demolishing of the tory reputation is largely down to johnson who got rid pf any members with a smidgeon of morality and competence. This is why we have a leadership race with Honst Bob and Kemi Badenoch.

[@charlesabboud1613]

What a superb interview. I watched the Johnson interview in Australia, and he comes across as lying his way through every answer.

[@SarahWalker-Smith]

It was disappointing that Sturgeon was not what we might have hoped and was herself brought down by sleaze . But Johnson is a slime ball and serial liar of monumental proportions who really doesn’t deserve such measured criticism . Makes you wonder what else he might have on her since she didn’t really let rip.

[@rafaeldegiacomoaraujo8778]

I miss her as a first minister. She was a good first minister for Scotland.

[@joangordon3376]

Until trying how to explain why it was OK for a rapist to be put in a woman's prison just because he claimed that he was a woman

[@terencequinn2682]

@@joangordon3376- and of course that’s only ever happened in Scotland ?

[@merryquantagency2731]

Boris Johnson is a rare species.

[@Wendy-mb3nv]

Luckily!

[@michaelmouse4024]

Unhinged, Unsafe, Uninteresting & Unethical.

[@BiffaTW]

'he can write'. I saw a page of 'The Dream of Rome'... he can't write.

[@Eltener123]

Where even are we able to see the full episodes?

[@BoyeeSmudger]

Spotify

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

To understand Johnson just watch him when he was on Have I Got News For You. Also Listen to what Ian Hislope and Paul Merton have to say about him.

[@SarahWalker-Smith]

And Peter Oborne.

[@rpb583]

Sturgeon has a cheek going on TV to slag someone off for their arrogance, behaviour and general demenor based on how she operates. It looks as if she is maybe trying to be more humble, as she knows police investigations are closing in on her, and not to mention her book is being released - and after all she needs the mortgage paying.

[@andrewmallory3854]

She didnae have to read the damn book to say that...

[@garygalt4146]

Where was he after Salisbury poisoning. He was ditching his mi5 protection to go to Italy and debriefed his Russian kgb handlers over what our security knew about what the kgb had done. He should be in prison for that alone let alone the deaths due to his incompetence and negligence

[@dugandav1]

She is the last person I would have on a podcast - what were you thinking! Do you NOT realise her husband is under investigation and many SNP voters think she has devastated the Scottish people

[@bobbyb379]

Right?

[@BoyeeSmudger]

Very awkward

[@julianshepherd2038]

The SNP have been under investigation for over 3 years. At leat 12 detectives for 3 years. No one has been brought to court to defend themselves. Of course, it is not political.😂

[@julianshepherd2038]

Im a Scottish people and I am not devastated, they have improve things for me.

[@nicks4934]

Alex was a bastion of integrity 😂

[@bobtuiliga8691]

I wonder if the background was masked out because she was doing the interview in a prison cell? 🤣

[@Philsmahsmchjsb]

I thought her face was cgi imposed

[@kjbrewer3]

What has the back ground to do with her book review ???????????

[@KevinSutherlandx]

🤣🤣🤣

[@willalm830]

Thank god he is not here I loath him

[@allmodcons2274]

I just tried to watch the 60 minutes. 20 mins in and I had to turn if off. That smirk, and his utter bs was vomit inducing.

[@RoryBNottingham]

I'm sorry but why is the Tory party leadership described as a "psycho drama"?? Is that journalism today??

[@minimalist279]

'Psycho drama' is an apt description of the Nasty Party's Leadership since Cameron & co Brexit. Unhinged cohorts....

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

A very good and interesting choice of reviewer.

[@marvellis6762]

It's a total disgrace having her on this show. Speaks volumes in terms of credibility.

[@eckie4679]

In what way is it a disgrace?

[@marvellis6762]

In what way!... with respect, explanation patently wouldn't get through to you.

[@minimalist279]

Thnx for the public service. Though curious about liar Boris's book will give it a miss. He prides himself in thinking he is a good egg. 🤢

[@davidh.5204]

We trusted you . . . . . . and you betrayed us. How could you do that to the Scottish people?

[@bradleywilson2115]

Wildly inappropriate to have someone who is featured - and criticised - in the book multiple times to then review it.

[@ianfraser6161]

Johnson comeback? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobbyb379]

@@ianfraser6161 never doubt the power of a narcissist to survive

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

@@bobbyb379 Bobby, you're right. But Narcissist Nigel has usurped Narcissist Boris's oxygen supply.

[@catherinemarshall7213]

Why Nicola Sturgeon? Seriously? I am a bit at a loss. Why?

[@terencequinn2682]

She was there - she dealt with the crook

[@liaminwales]

@@terencequinn2682 Her party embezzlement kind of says a lot.

[@willhovell9019]

Disappointing, would expect more from Sturgeon, yesterday's person

[@patrickm8316]

It takes one to know one!

[@eckie4679]

Oohhh - that’s articulate 🙄

[@darshnarach8889]

It makes me so livid that he has been given a publication, that he get air time, why do we have to have his views, lie and bs put upon us all and influencing people who can't seem to think beyongld the funny.thank you NS for reviewing the book.

[@msdes82]

Calling out BoJo for taking credit for the good and blaming others when things go bad...that's been her beloved SNPs operating policy with regards to good/bad news in Scotland and the Scottish vs Westminster government since the SNP came to power.

[@bengenovese6591]

Nicola attempting a political comeback, by commenting on Boris’s comeback

[@adampeckham8541]

No i think she's done in terms of politics. Muddied waters. Hopefully Johnson is too

[@bengenovese6591]

@@adampeckham8541both failures in very different ways

[@frankydaulman2291]

Boris: Method Fantasist.

[@patavinity1262]

What a choice of interview subject - the one contemporary politician who was arguably worse at the job than Boris Johnson.

[@indefatigable8193]

As much as I dislike Johnson , I really think she’s in that same bundle of demagogues.

[@MrTheg2009]

Christ knows how you can have Nicola Sturgeon on criticising Boris, Talk about The pot calling the kettle black.

[@jameskerr3482]

I think you overlook her good management of COVID, consensual policies, support for services and dedication to public service that contrast vividly with BJ and his collection of proven clowns.

[@joanormrod4893]

She was much more competent than Johnson

[@fraserct533]

Nicola tries to crawl back by slagging off Boris ... but can a black pot credibly call a kettle black? ... Hypocracy is one of yer talents lassie.

[@gerarddearie-zd2gb]

Ahhh the old double standard claim that not only is it sexist, but it is misogynist to make any comment on a woman's physical appearance. Women *constantly* critique the way men look. And, whilst he was flavour of the month, Rishi was most definitely dishy, eat out to help out....or something. I do wonder about the 1 in 10 women who are feminists is, and how they imagine we are supposed to get round this philistine iconoclasm. If men say something complimentary, other than in the most bland euphemism, then that's sexist because you are objectifying her. Yes, she's an object. Most things in existence are as. But shhhh, intelligence isn't an immutable trait. And, neither willpower, or will to power. You also can't say anything negative because you've careened from sexism into misogyny. There are no ugly women. Full-stop. Period. Read my lips. What is most amusing is the pretence that fragility is strength and self-consciousness is confidence. Sort of like a First Minister of country who left office after lurching from scandal to scandal pretending to be the arbiter of moral probity. I look forward to Nicola's insipid memoir. Perhaps, Hannah could have actually pinned her down on what a woman actually is. Ask her. Go on-she glitches, it's quite amusing. BTW Kamala sounds like Lois Griffin and it is incredibly irritating; Trump sounds like idling strimmer. But only one of those complaints is sexist.

[@datpat8776]

Boris Johnson the great British disaster in person, Britannia ruled, but was inadvertantly sunk single handedly by Boris. 😂

[@monsieurgrigny]

U cdnt make it up. Sturgeon reviewing Boris's book. Such overweening smugness and pretension and characteristic lack of wit and respect. Unlistenable. Is this an attempt at rehabilitation? Got a bloody nerve.

[@minimalist279]

oh .. stay quiet...

[@Bitingsherbertlemons]

Cupid stunt- keep quiet.

[@davidellis1355]

I thought we had got rid of her? Police finished questioning her for now ?

[@pmcgktr]

Any criticism of Nicola Sturgeon is blatant sexism. So what if she’s being investigated for financial crimes? #girlboss

[@CharlieL292]

How’s the caravan holidays Nicole?

[@eckie4679]

Brilliant and incisive - not. Is that the best you’ve got 🙄

[@B1gstar14]

Other than the £500K advance, what’s the point of this book? 😂