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Has anyone tried turning the Binnersbot off and on again?
so, what’s he been doing for the last couple of weeks then?
But no, radio silence, nothing.
He's been pretty much not stop campaigning - certainly up and down the West of the UK in the last few days.
He's written a couple more letters setting Labour's plan to other leaders, as well as another to Mark Sedwill telling him it would be an abuse of power to push no deal through in the middle of General Election.
Laid down some stuff for a Northern Budget.
He's been on telly saying they will put a motion of no confidence.
He's been to Wales for some Green related stuff.
21st of August a letter to party leaders / senior back benches to attend a meeting on the 27th of August to discuss all tactics to avoid No Deal.
Done stuff up in Cumbria about farming/no deal which includes BBC spots etc.
And that's just the front end stuff.
Has anyone tried turning the Binnersbot off and on again?
Unfortunately "Binners v8 is no longer supported" - is the error I get when rebooting.
I'm not a Corbyn fan but I don't think you can blame him too much if the media just don't want to cover his activities. It might help if there had been a major rally (maybe even more than one) or something like that.
Binners - they ripped you off, man !!
https://www.indy100.com/article/boris-johnson-monty-python-hilarious-mashup-video-9070151
I’m not a Corbyn fan but I don’t think you can blame him too much if the media just don’t want to cover his activities.
If it's not him it's his media relations team. The today program, sky, BBC news, the guardian all sorts of outlets would fight tooth and nail to actually get to interview him, but he doesn't come out to play so they've lost interest.
Sorry its difficult to write this in a way which doesn't sound sarcastic and confrontational so I'm not going to try, but please don't take it quite the way it sounds:
He’s been pretty much not stop campaigning – certainly up and down the West of the UK in the last few days.
Preaching to the choir then?
He’s written a couple more letters setting Labour’s plan to other leaders,
Which ones? The only two that matter, beyond him, are Boris and Foster.
Mark Sedwill telling him it would be an abuse of power to push no deal through in the middle of General Election
Who doesn't really have any say and at best will just seek government legal advice.
Laid down some stuff for a Northern Budget
I've not seen or heard nothing of it, got a link? Where how did he do this? (and I appreciate I'm personally not that important but, if I'm not seeing it I'm not alone)
He’s been on telly saying they will put a motion of no confidence
An interview?
He’s been to Wales for some Green related stuff.
This?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/devolution/2019/08/another-day-another-politician-wales-talking-about-devolved-issues-does
or the bit where the chap who sent his kids to public school bemoaned how the tories are failing working class children by nit giving them a fair educational playing field?
21st of August a letter to party leaders / senior back benches to attend a meeting on the 27th of August to discuss all tactics to avoid No Deal.
See above, though the back benchers at least could matter.
Done stuff up in Cumbria about farming/no deal which includes BBC spots etc.
Actual interviews? With a mainstream outlet? Was it BBC news proper or a regional program?
I think the "get Jeremy in the news" ship sailed in late 2015, coincident with his leadership election victory.
If he hasn't managed to pull together a team to get media exposure by now, he never will.
Its no use him preaching about some random windfarm in East Westernshire, or how he will increase the moment of quantum flibbery when he gets to power, there is only one thing on the news headines every night for possibly the last three years and thats Brexit. If JC wants to be resigned to the 'And finally...' section just before a surfboarding rabbit then crack on, but at the moment hes not anywhere near the pulse is he?
Has anyone tried turning the Binnersbot off and on again?
To keep you entertained in the meantime;
Magic Grandad
Allotment
6th formers
Comrade
Hilarious picture from Monty Python for those old enough to remember what it even is.
just before a surfboarding rabbit
Most of us would be happy taking top billing over a bondi bunny.
I note that the Today programme on the wireless said that it's been two and a half years since the leader of the opposition appeared.
Still, long game and all that.
https://twitter.com/LabourDefra/status/1166606338362957825?s=19
I note that the Today programme on the wireless said that it’s been two and a half years since the leader of the opposition appeared.
it's a conspiracy i tells ya.
Well, something to celebrate today, Corbyn fans, he's in the real mainstream news!
Although worth noting the current time of 11:59:59 on the evening before Boris gives us the magic of No Deal.
Demanding a meeting with the queen before she makes a decision she has already signed.
Labour will end the practice of making someone with 2 E's leader
At some point.
Now this is where I start to get even more angry with him and his team. We are on a knife edge, we need the leader of the opposition to be in every newspaper, every TV show and on every radio station talking about this issue. And what he can't get on, send the deputy leader or a senior party rep.
But what have we got? Still barely a whisper.
I despise what the Tory party are doing to this country but he is complicit in this.
I'm seething.
And what he can’t get on, send the deputy leader or a senior party rep.
But what have we got? Still barely a whisper.
The silence is, as usual, deafening.
Boris is playing him like a cheap fiddle. Hardly difficult as he has all the political guille of a filing cabinet.
I've just listened to Magic Grandad saying how he's 'protesting in the strongest possible terms' about what Johnson is doing. He delivered it with all the heart, anger and passion of a bored health and safety bloke talking everyone through the fire regulations
He's just totally and utterly ****ing useless! Boris is clearly absolutely itching to fight a general election against the doddering,vaccuous old fool! And who can blame him. He'll absolutely walk it!
Demanding a meeting with the queen
Which constitutionally be shouldn't get. There's a process (humble address) for that
before she makes a decision
That's not really a decision, she's bound to act upon the advice of her prime minister.
she has already signed.
And that, without destroying the very nature of our parliamentary monarchy she was obligated to sign.
I despise what the Tory party are doing to this country but he is complicit in this.
IMO he's driving it as much as fear of the ERG within the tory party, he's so keen on watching the tory party [potentially] aflame and being king of the shit heap that he's happy to use the whole country to start the fire.
The last few weeks have been a master class in being seen to be doing something whist actually doing nothing. I'd be unsurprised if it turned out his autocue at the previously mentioned speeches was actually solitaire.
I’m seething.
You're seething because Jeremy Corbyn hasn't been on the telly or because he wasn't shouty enough? FFS man, get a grip. If he'd been outside Downing St with a megaphone Binners et al would be straigh on here calling him a 6th former.
The anger at the govt is understandable and entirely justified. Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn't stopped it with powers he doesn't have is stupid. He could be on every news channel 24/7 and it wouldn't make a jot of difference. The only thing that will make a difference, as always, is parliamentary procedure or an election.
Or widespread riots and civil unrest. If you're really seething that much get out on the streets instead of whining on an internet forum.
The anger at the govt is understandable and entirely justified. Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn’t stopped it with powers he doesn’t have is stupid. He could be on every news channel 24/7 and it wouldn’t make a jot of difference. The only thing that will make a difference, as always, is parliamentary procedure or an election
Donkey bollocks with warts on.
Corbyn is useless as leader of the opposition, that is a completely legitimate ire to hold.
An election could help, but Jeremy Corbynski would lose it spectacularly.
he’s so keen on watching the tory party [potentially] aflame
not even sure its the tory party any more... maybe the zombie carcass of the tory party, with brexit loons dancing it around using strings...
Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn’t stopped it with powers he doesn’t have is stupid.
Maybe actually turning up at some point over the last three years would have helped?
Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn’t stopped it with powers he doesn’t have is stupid. He could be on every news channel 24/7 and it wouldn’t make a jot of difference.
Only the power he does (or rather should) have is intrinsically linked to the media, he's the leader of the oposition - one who in times past has been fairly shouty, and proactive, attending and organising demos against government policy both foreign and domestic - he needs to oppose, he needs to pursuade, he needs to convince the people at large that this is a bad thing.
Regardless of there being a GE tomorrow or in 3 years time he needs to be campaigning, to threaten the tory voter base.
You say he has no power but you can guarantee if the Tories thought no deal was going to loose them the next election or 5 they'd drop it like a burning turd. His power lies in the fact that, unlike the government he doesn't have to deliver anything, he has 5 years between elections to do nothing but campaign, to attack their voter base and convince those people that voting Labour is the better choice, that Labour has a better vision, that it is an alternative.
Policy might be enacted in legislation but its all made in fear of the ballot box.
Instead of that he's writing letters to colleagues with a handful of seats in Westminster, suggesting solutions he knows they won't support. He's agreeing to try use a legislative route which doesn't exist so needs the speaker to completely disregard the centuries of parliamentary convention that passes for our constitution to even get off the ground before it gets to the hard part.
He's demanding an audience with the queen she's constitutionally unable to give to ask her to not do something she's legally bound to do.
Yes being mad at him is justified.
Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn’t stopped it with powers he doesn’t have is stupid.
So a 3 line whip to invoke A50 means he’s blameless, powerless & innocent....?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_(Notification_of_Withdrawal)_Act_2017
Yeahhhhh, okayyyyyy.....
I can’t work out whether you’re a bit daft or secretly a Brexiteer...
Or widespread riots and civil unrest. If you’re really seething that much get out on the streets instead of
whiningdazhsplaining on an internet forum.
Poor misunderstood, blameless Jeremy.
When he also 3-line whipped his MPs to vote against remaining in the customs union or single market, that was all part of his cunning plan.
Playing the long game, you see
It’ll all be fine...
I’ve just listened to Magic Grandad saying how he’s ‘protesting in the strongest possible terms’ about what Johnson is doing. He delivered it with all the heart, anger and passion of a bored health and safety bloke talking everyone through the fire regulations
It's play acting to keep the remainers in the Labour party on board. Corbyn wants Brexit, preferably a Tory Brexit, the outcome he wants with none of the fallout of doing it
He’s just totally and utterly ****ing useless! Boris is clearly absolutely itching to fight a general election against the doddering,vaccuous old fool! And who can blame him. He’ll absolutely walk it!
Seamus is playing the long game, Corbyn is expert at spinning multiple positions at the same time, overall they are playing the cards they hold well and getting the outcomes they want. If you are a remainer you need to find a different figurehead. GE vote will hold up. They won't win.
Attributing blame to Corbyn because he hasn’t stopped it with powers he doesn’t have is stupid.
This Corbyn ?
I demand a second vote on that poll.
Proves how dumb people are. They want to vote for worse, let 'em have it.
We all get it though.
"He [Mr Corbyn] should see an election before Brexit is decided, for the elephant trap it is."
I appreciate Blair's opinion is likely to have exactly the opposite effect on the current Labour leadership but for my penny's worth I've got to say I think he's right.
Seems corbyn still can't find an opinion either.
"If it is no deal, we would vote for Remain," he said, but added that if there was another deal on offer "the party's democratic processes will decide".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49552403
Still at least he's in the news and answering questions. Let's see what he manages tomorrow once they're in session. Is this the first step towards a new (pro?) active JC?
Boris is playing him like a cheap fiddle. Hardly difficult as he has all the political guille of a filing cabinet.
^^ This. Right now a general election will hand both power and a mandate to Boris Johnson for a full five years.
I find it astonishing that JC can't see this. Does he genuinely think he's going to surf a wave of cheering support straight into Downing Street? If there's a GE tomorrow I'll vote LD or Green.
If there’s a GE tomorrow I’ll vote LD or Green.
Then you'd be cutting your nose off to spite your face. If you want rid of Boris, and brexit, vote for whoever has most chance of beating the tories. It's that simple.
I find it astonishing that JC can’t see this.
I reckon he probably knows more about the Labour Party's political situation than you do tbh.
Then you’d be cutting your nose off to spite your face. If you want rid of Boris, and brexit, vote for whoever has most chance of beating the tories. It’s that simple.
It's absolutely is.
Then you’d be cutting your nose off to spite your face. If you want rid of Boris, and brexit, vote for whoever has most chance of beating the tories. It’s that simple.
It's not that simple though, voting for Labour at a GE now isn't voting to stop Brexit. It's voting to give JC a chance to do a Brexit deal which would at best draw things out for several months and end up with something little different from May's deal (just with Labour able to get it through Parliament). Even if Labour campaigned on the promise of a second referendum as the primary option then it's still no guarantee Brexit would be avoided (although if a second referendum came out in favour of Brexit again I'd stop moaning).
So voting Labour at a snap GE could mean Brexit + JC as PM for 5 years, that's not really much more appealing than no deal Brexit + Boris for 2-3 years.
I reckon he probably knows more about the Labour Party’s political situation than you do tbh.
I'm willing to bet that he's kept so insulated from the membership that this, combined with a bit of delusion and the fact that he's not up there intellectually, means that an egg-whisk has a better grasp of the Labour Party's political situation.
So voting Labour at a snap GE could mean Brexit + JC as PM for 5 years, that’s not really much more appealing than no deal Brexit + Boris for 2-3 years.
Aside from the fact that you've inexplicably excluded the promised opportunity to stop brexit under Corbyn, if you honestly think there's no difference between those two positions then you're no more informed or clued up as the average no deal fantasist.
Aside from the fact that you’ve inexplicably excluded the promised opportunity to stop brexit under Corbyn, if you honestly think there’s no difference between those two positions then you’re no more informed or clued up as the average no deal fantasist.
Well the two positions I mentioned are the two preferred outcomes of the respective party leaders, ofc there's a load of other possibilities but the outcome they would prefer/focus on/try and implement is the one I'm most concerned about when voting.
I also didn't say there's no difference, the implication was they're both a shit show and neither of the options would I want as my PM/government. So again it would be a case of voting for the least worst option (JC/Labour) but that does NOT guarantee an end to Brexit which is what I was replying to (and quoted, which should have made it obvious...).
If by some incredibly unlikely possibility that Labour wins a general election, I'm pretty confident that we won't get a second referendum - instead we'll get a Labour Brexit with a deal pretty much identical to May's.
If by some incredibly unlikely possibility that Labour wins a general election, I’m pretty confident that we won’t get a second referendum – instead we’ll get a Labour Brexit with a deal pretty much identical to May’s.
Possibly if they win a majority. But I'd say that was very unlikely. A referendum is likely a requirement of a coalition with the SNP/liberals/greens
There is now a clear commitment to a referendum with a Remain option - not that I expect Labour to campaign for that. It likely remains the best chance of stopping this whole shit show.
of a coalition with the SNP/liberals/greens
I can't see a coalition. Maybe some sort of temporary voting pact. Nicola Sturgeon has her own issues to deal with. There is a vocal, and growing, demand within the independence movement for the SNP to stop trying to fix the UK and just get on with progressing independence.
There is now a clear commitment to a referendum with a Remain option – not that I expect Labour to campaign for that.
Admittedly it's as clear as the position has ever been but...
The clear position is
GE with referendum as stated Labour policy.
Assuming they get a majority, no deal off the table therefore off the referendum.
So your referendum will be between
(a) an as yet unnegotiated Labour deal, (I think you'll find this unicorn paraded along with a referendum in GE campaigning)
(b) remain.
Labour will campaign for their notion of a deal despite it being undeliverable.
Don't expect a confirmative vote on any Labour deal as ref 2 will be spun as exactly that when, in 3 years time, JC isn't getting it through the house either.
Definitely not No deal,they'll actively campaign against that in a referendum, but that'll only be on the ballot if Labour aren't in power, so only if the Tories/farage give us a 2nd ref. So really, not at all.
This isn’t mine, but it is where I am right now…
https://twitter.com/sirwilliamd/status/1169014914494730240?s=21
made Johnson look like an entitled fool
Not that difficult really. But yes if Labour stick with the plan of voting against a GE to stop a no deal bexit & only go for it once that bill is through they'll certainly go up in my estimation
The look on BJs face as his majority walked to the lib Dems was priceless
No election ?
What does Jeremy want ? Boris!
When does he want it ? Now!
The revolution's been cancelled.
The only problem with Corbyn is that he is not a very good leader and the press and tories have made the most of that. All you hear now is how 'you wouldn't want a Corbyn government' rather than 'you wouldn't want a Labour government' because the Labour polices are pretty good and would actually appeal to a lot of people but policies are kept out of it by just attacking Corbyn as a person.
No election ?
Yes election.
Just not stupid enough to allow a No Deal Brexit to occur during the campaign.
The media today is awash with this “Corbyn doesn’t want an election” line from Johnson, even though he clearly does, once an A50 extension is sorted. While they are also repeating Johnson’s assertion that he himself doesn’t want an election, even though he is calling for one. Up is down. Down is up. It’s all nonsense, but they know it’ll be repeated by willing folks like yourself, and, if repeated enough, even believed by some.
an as yet unnegotiated Labour deal, (I think you’ll find this unicorn paraded along with a referendum in GE campaigning)
I think that's either
a) always been a ruse to placate leavers or
b) involves different red lines such as FoM - after all Corbs went to talk to the EU a couple of times, I'm guessing this is what he was talking about
People on politics threads should learn to read between the lines.
He did well yesterday. Not sure it will be enough for a GE.
because the Labour polices are pretty good
Like confiscation of private property ? ( Buy to let and company shares ) ?
Why would any private citizen or corporate body invest any money in *anything*, when Labour might simply come and take it away and give it to their loyal supporters ? ( see also Zimbabwe )
Borrowing investing Borrowing £500,000,000,000 on day 1, when the markets will put up the cost of government borrowing to rates seen in a 3rd world country, because they know that is where Britain is headed ? ( see also Venuzuela )
Communism is not the answer to any question other than "what is the most murderous political doctrine and what causes starving people to have to eat their own pets? "
No election ?
What does Jeremy want ? Boris!
When does he want it ? Now!The revolution’s been cancelled.
Also no desire on the part of the opposition parties to simply take over and do the job properly. They have a bigger majority than Cameron, May and Boris post 2015.
I can't say I blame them for shirking the responsibility, I'd do the same myself, but it's not a good look.
Like confiscation of private property ? ( Buy to let and company shares ) ?
Why would any private citizen or corporate body invest any money in *anything*, when Labour might simply come and take it away and give it to their loyal supporters ? ( see also Zimbabwe )
Borrowing investing Borrowing £500,000,000,000 on day 1, when the markets will put up the cost of government borrowing to rates seen in a 3rd world country, because they know that is where Britain is headed ? ( see also Venuzuela )
Communism is not the answer to any question other than “what is the most murderous political doctrine and what causes starving people to have to eat their own pets? “
Bless...
Also no desire on the part of the opposition parties to simply take over and do the job properly … it’s not a good look.
Stopping the clock on A50 and then seeking a mandate from voters for what you intend to do next is very much a “good look”. If Johnson had the balls to do it I’d have more respect for him.
Stopping the clock on A50 and then seeking a mandate from voters for what you intend to do next is very much a “good look”.
Great, then they should do that. They have the majority now. (Again, not that I blame them for not. We all understand the strategies of each party so we can't really be too critical.)
CommunismConservatism is not the answer to any question other than “what is the most murderous political doctrine and what causes starving people to have to eat their own pets? “
Try googling Deaths Universal Credit
Borrowing £500,000,000,000 on day 1, when the markets will put up the cost of government borrowing to rates seen in a 3rd world country, because they know that is where Britain is headed ? ( see also Venuzuela )
Drivel.
How can a country that issues its own currency follow the same lead as a country that doesn't.
Don't talk rubbish
Still, at least there at front benchers of the calibre of Richard Burgon to do the media rounds when Jezza's otherwise engaged.
#CarCrash
How can a country that issues its own currency follow the same lead as a country that doesn’t.
Eh?
Venezuelan bolívar.
UK £.
If I were Corbyn, I wouldn't bother with a GE, his pollsters will likely be telling him he can't win a majority.
His best course of action now, form a coalition government if he can and get 2/3 years to prove he's actually PM material.
His best course of action now, form a coalition government if he can and get 2/3 years to prove he’s actually PM material.
Why would the opposition parties want the blame for Brexit/Failing to Brexit?
The opposition parties are in total control now. They can take over the government or force an election as soon as they wish. They're not doing it because they want the problem of Brexit to be Boris's, not their and in the case of an election because they think that what came after would be worse for them. [1] That's understandable, I'd do the same, but let's not pretend their motives are in any way admirable.
No party leadership has any freedom of movement here, they're all hostages to fortune desperately picking the least disastrous way through a minefield.
[1] The liberals could find themselves forced to be in a coalition Government as they were in 2008, Labour could be beaten, or worse win and take the Blame for Brexit!
Family connections will only get you so far in life:
#thefew
I'd never heard of him 'till I saw him on TV yesterday and he was equally tied up in knots then.
In his defence he was trying to do the decent thing and answer the question. A more skilled/devious/experienced politician would have ignored the question and stayed on message.
Negotiating a great deal and then campaigning against it isn't that much more mental than everyone else's Brexit policy.
You can see why the leadership don't put themselves up for "Today".
Try googling Deaths Universal Credit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes
Nice trolling. You clearly don't think Corbyn's policies and the way they would be implemented are the same as a communist regime, do you?
Negotiating a great deal and then campaigning against it isn’t that much more mental than everyone else’s Brexit policy.
It is not mental at all. If people asked me to get the best deal I could I would do that. However that does not mean it will be a better deal that I think we already have
In his defence he was trying to do the decent thing and answer the question. A more skilled/devious/experienced politician would have ignored the question and stayed on message.
That is my take on it. Interviewer had a very clear agenda and was being a tool. He shouldn't have gone along with it really but I prefer that to the usual dodging of the question
Cranberry,
Seeing as you have discovered wikipedia, maybe look up the difference between socialism and communism?
And for homework, democracy vs dictatorships.
A socialist at the head of a democracy is not a communist dictatorship. In the same way Boris isn't Benito Mussolini despite both being right wing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_regimes
How is this even remotely relevant?
It is a sign of just how far to the right British politics has lurched when Corbyn's policies, which would be considered very centre left in Northern European countries, are being called "Communist" by political illiterates such as yourself.
Perhaps you'd find more support for your comments in the Daily Express comments section?
It is not mental at all. If people asked me to get the best deal I could I would do that.
Really, so if you worked for the EU and had (say) 2000 civil servants at your disposal, and JC came to you and said "Whatever you do I'm going to campaign against, but can you and your staff bust a gut to flesh out a deal for me to campaign against?" you'd think "Yeah great well get right on it and come up with something credible/desirable.". Or would you get them working on something slightly more important?
Boris isn’t Benito Mussolini
yet
Cranberry is just sore because he paid to join Labour & voted for Corbyn to shaft Labour then came on here to brag about it
Of course Corbyn has seen off 2 Tory PMs and now has Johnson by the balls- won't give him the election he desperately needs to see off farage & corbs is laughing his ethically sourced fairtrade cotton socks off as he watches bozo destroy his own party on the orders of Dominic cummings
corbs is laughing his ethically sourced fairtrade cotton socks off as he watches bozo destroy his own party on the orders of Dominic cummings
I said months ago that I thought the goal of labour's brexit policy and Corbyn's leadership was to ensure they held the party together long enough to ensure the tories destroyed themselves first. It's would appear to have been spectacularly successful. This should be a lesson for the haters that patient, careful and undramatic actions will win the day. The next task is to judge when is best to bring down the govt. No doubt Binners will be along soon though to say it was all down to Andy Burnham or Yvette Cooper.
Of course Corbyn has seen off 2 Tory PMs and now has Johnson by the balls
ROTFLMAO. That was the joke going around 6 months or so:
"Prime ministers come and go but Jeremy Corbyn will be leader of the opposition forever."
Its a shame too many of you believe the lies in the press / media about Corbyn
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-media-bias-labour-mainstream-press-lse-study-misrepresentation-we-cant-ignore-bias-a7144381.html?fbclid=IwAR3-e6BCxiduVkVQGj7OU_XCBm5C9xu1haBwIGhYkjVOyzsATjbvkBLwuf8
I did enjoy the Mash Report headline last night:
“Jeremy Corbyn is considering entering politics full-time”
😂
Its a shame too many of you believe the lies in the press / media about Corbyn
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jeremy-corbyn-media-bias-labour-mainstream-press-lse-study-misrepresentation-we-cant-ignore-bias-a7144381.html?fbclid=IwAR3-e6BCxiduVkVQGj7OU_XCBm5C9xu1haBwIGhYkjVOyzsATjbvkBLwuf8/blockquote >It's all his own fault for making himself not unmisprepresentable enough. If he was just playing the game by taking bungs from fracking companies and going to New Age Corporate Strategy Retreats, everything would be great and the media would be nice to him.
Of course, if Corbyn had resigned 6 months ago and been replaced by any reasonable moderate [1] Labour would be within two months of winning a landslide. As things stand a narrow defeat is a real possibility.
[1] And I appreciate that, politically, that might not have been an option for him.
Nach, he also has quite a lot a baggage that can be dragged up and used against him when he does engage. This alone will make him considered as untrustworthy as BoJo with some parts of the electorate.
No politician is clean (some might argue that even the clean ones can be smeared with fake news), but his past really does him no favours right now.