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Post by gefod on Jul 12, 2019 20:57:37 GMT
Andrew Neil. He's very good at this interviewing malarkey isn't he? Born slippy that one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 11:08:13 GMT
Bozo it is.
Makes you proud to be British, doesn't it?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 11:31:55 GMT
Bozo it is. Makes you proud to be British, doesn't it? Which party leader does make you proud to be British right now then hmm?
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Post by Palms Halt on Jul 23, 2019 11:48:20 GMT
Bozo it is. Makes you proud to be British, doesn't it? Which party leader does make you proud to be British right now then hmm? What an odd response. Not being proud of Boris doesn't meant you have to be proud of somebody else. It's just a sad indictment of the state of politics right now
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Post by sisyphus on Jul 23, 2019 11:56:36 GMT
As has been mentioned before, all recent Prime Ministers have been crap so nothing will change. At least Boris has the potential for some genuine comedic moments. Don’t panic-the Eminence Grise(s) will continue to steady the ship.
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Post by colebridgebull on Jul 23, 2019 14:27:26 GMT
I don’t like Johnson. I don’t like his history of lying and bullying. He has created a very clever public persona which seems to leave him untouchable. At the moment.
Bottom line is, though, that he is now leader of the Conservative party (democratically elected) and, by default, the country’s next Prime Minister.
Arguably that might not be the worst thing in the world. Dependent on who he gets to do the work, he has the chutzpah and personality that May lacked, and may just, by default and luck, be able to cobble something together over the next few months that might gain some form of general public approval. He also is bright enough to realise that No Deal is fundamentally such a disaster for the country (and therefore him) that it is to be avoided at all costs.
He is a survivor.
I’m happy to sit back and pick up the 🍿
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Post by Barney still in B-Block on Jul 23, 2019 14:47:35 GMT
Former colleagues are scrabbling to distance themselves from the sh!tstorm they know is coming, and with a little luck and a following wind, the tory party will pretty quickly, eat itself.
My hope, given that a majority government of any colour is looking ever more unlikely, is that the moderates in the Labour and tory parties, along with the other sensible heads in Westminster, form a coalition that restores some sanity.
And that architects of this fiasco, Johnson included, are barred forever form public office.
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Post by dognamedboo on Jul 23, 2019 15:26:31 GMT
I don’t like Johnson. I don’t like his history of lying and bullying. He has created a very clever public persona which seems to leave him untouchable. At the moment. Bottom line is, though, that he is now leader of the Conservative party (democratically elected) and, by default, the country’s next Prime Minister.
Arguably that might not be the worst thing in the world. Dependent on who he gets to do the work, he has the chutzpah and personality that May lacked, and may just, by default and luck, be able to cobble something together over the next few months that might gain some form of general public approval. He also is bright enough to realise that No Deal is fundamentally such a disaster for the country (and therefore him) that it is to be avoided at all costs. He is a survivor. I’m happy to sit back and pick up the 🍿 2017 General Election. The Conservative Party gained 42.4% of the vote - other parties 57.6% of the vote. On a turnout of 68.8% that means that less than 30% of the electorate voted Conservative. They only managed to remain in power by donating millions of pounds to the DUP (a party who totalled less than 300,000 votes in total), and buying their support. Can't quite work out how this gives them a mandate to control the country and to then appoint a lying, cheating, racist as their leader, and then expect us to accept him as prime minister.
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Post by sisyphus on Jul 23, 2019 15:37:42 GMT
That’s the trouble with democracy-it’s so patently flawed.
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Post by FASH on Jul 23, 2019 15:44:59 GMT
Democracy and capitalism have had their days. And fair play it's been shít.
I'm all in favour of a military coup with the emergence of a third position dictator. It'll be a laugh.
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Post by FASH on Jul 23, 2019 15:49:17 GMT
As has been mentioned before, all recent Prime Ministers have been crap so nothing will change. At least Boris has the potential for some genuine comedic moments. Don’t panic-the Eminence Grise(s) will continue to steady the ship. Exactly. Those joint Boris/Trump press conferences will be hilarious. I wish Spitting Image was still going.
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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2019 16:16:58 GMT
Good afternoon.
Three posts in this thread have been moved to Moderators' discussion pending responses to DMs sent to the two posters involved.
CB
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Post by ronnieclayton on Jul 23, 2019 16:30:55 GMT
Oh go on CB - lets see them. Not much fun to be had on here recently.
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Post by mikeunderpenyard on Jul 23, 2019 16:40:30 GMT
Jammo Rees-Mogg being a tw@t again.
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Post by timmeee on Jul 23, 2019 16:41:31 GMT
I don’t like Johnson. I don’t like his history of lying and bullying. He has created a very clever public persona which seems to leave him untouchable. At the moment. Bottom line is, though, that he is now leader of the Conservative party (democratically elected) and, by default, the country’s next Prime Minister.
Arguably that might not be the worst thing in the world. Dependent on who he gets to do the work, he has the chutzpah and personality that May lacked, and may just, by default and luck, be able to cobble something together over the next few months that might gain some form of general public approval. He also is bright enough to realise that No Deal is fundamentally such a disaster for the country (and therefore him) that it is to be avoided at all costs. He is a survivor. I’m happy to sit back and pick up the 🍿 2017 General Election. The Conservative Party gained 42.4% of the vote - other parties 57.6% of the vote. On a turnout of 68.8% that means that less than 30% of the electorate voted Conservative. They only managed to remain in power by donating millions of pounds to the DUP (a party who totalled less than 300,000 votes in total), and buying their support. Can't quite work out how this gives them a mandate to control the country and to then appoint a lying, cheating, racist as their leader, and then expect us to accept him as prime minister. In a multi party system like we have, the winning party will almost always have a lower winning percentage than the rest of those parties combined. It doesn’t mean they don’t have a mandate to govern. Even Blair only received 43.2% of the vote. I would argue that Boris is no worse than him.
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Post by FASH on Jul 23, 2019 18:20:10 GMT
The comedy has started already
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 19:14:20 GMT
I don't recognise him as having a mandate to govern. Simple as that
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Post by colebridgebull on Jul 23, 2019 20:48:22 GMT
And the horror. Sleep well...
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Post by gefod on Jul 23, 2019 22:50:06 GMT
And the horror. Sleep well... I think you may have overlooked something. The public gets what the public wants. Well, 92,153 of them anyway.
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Post by willi on Jul 24, 2019 7:41:26 GMT
My god what a choice, Johnson to be PM and very shortly it could be Corbyn.
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