Ambition should be made of sterner stuff

Andrew Savage

Here's the problem with the Times's paywall: no-one is going to 'drift behind the paywall' to read just one piffling article.

£1 for a single article? You've got to be kidding me!

But thanks for the post anyway David, although it's difficult to get a true feel for the article without a larger excerpt.

Private Schultz

No, if those are the gems of the article, it's definitely not worth 'drifting behind the Times paywall' - have seen those or similar stories before thanks.

Are you absolutely sure CH isn't on some sort of commission from The Times?

I find the Saab backends that stalk me down the page a bit scary too.

Marcher Baron

Take it from me, it's never "worth drifting behind the Timesâ™ paywall to read" anything. The sooner you realise that, the better. By all means continue to inform us what's going on, but don't keep encouraging us to go there.

Edmund Jerk

I think it's time for the Tory Right to stage a coup d'etat; bring down Dave and install BoJo as leader.

Mycroft

Boris may or may not still have an ambition to lead his party, but I'm quite sure his party has no ambition whatever to be led by him. And that's the end of the matter.

Chris lancashire

Boris is a joke, let him go and play with the traffic lights in London while the big boys run the country.
I find Times Online excellent and free if you subscribe to the newspaper.

Craig Strachan

Can you "drift behind The Times paywall" without paying?

old fogey

Why is anyone worried about Boris Johnson as a possible Conservative leader; why does anyone consider him now a serious contender for that role ? We may be entertained by the performance, but we know enough about his sexual antics to know how selfish and ruthless he can be. Many people would be alienated by a man whose mistress underwent two terminations and whose mistress of last year probably bore his child . One doesn't have to be a prude to feel disgust at his lack of discipline.

GeoffH

Private Schultz: "I find the Saab backends that stalk me down the page a bit scary too."

Get yourself a decent browser and ad blocker. Firefox or Google Chrome will see the end of the end, if you get my drift.

Verity

Is it just me? Have I inadvertenly stumbled on a magic solution to that irritating Times strap across the top? On my computer, it's gone. It is no more. It is a dead and buried strap.

Is it still appearing on other people's computers??

Nick

My Spectator wasn't delivered this week. I've wrong up and been told that many people didn't get their copies delivered this week either. And then one comes on CoffeeHouse and has to put up with the *&*&&& Saab advert ruining the look and ease-of-viewing the page.

Lord Boyders

Whatever you say on this subject it is always rubbish. Boris will never lead the Tories and he knows this. The only people who seek a feud along the lines of blair/brown are the leader writers and gossip mongers. Suddenly we have have a press who have style and no substance! Tedium expantorame vector expectorant etc.

Baron

sorry David, ever read Rachael Sylvester, waste of time.

thomas

"People think he’s a loser, a charlatan, and that he has an over-inflated sense of himself. He can go and be a buffoon somewhere else.”

Sorry, it's Boris Johnson, Mayor of London being described here? How did Cameron do in the GE? Did he win? Is he a winner?

Frank P

Is it really necessary to have four pictures of Alex Massie rolling up and down the right hand side of my screen as I scroll through these posts. If the Irish jig was acquired to distract from his weak mouth and effeminate features it was a failed experiment.

Widmerpool

I deleted the Times from my Favourites as soon as the Dirty Digger started charging for content. I don't miss the Times at all. I wish CH would stop pushing Times pieces!

Edward

Old fogey, completely agree. Boris's adultery, and his lack of shame or sorrow over it, show he's not fit to inhabit any serious office. He won't be getting my vote again.

Victor Southern

A nonsense Mr. Blackburn. Boris is another of the glorious eccentric politicians that this country produces.

He will never, ever be the leader of the Conservative party. Not ever. On to the next silly season piece of puffery.

Frankie

'drift behind the paywall'

anagrams to

'Writable and hyped filth.'

MikeF

If the next London Mayoral election prsents the possibility of a return of Ken Livingstone's venal, sectarian and nepotistic policies to power then it will be a deadly serious business. Vote for Boris.