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 23rd July 2019, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 23 2019, 04:19 PM)  Boris is meeting the 1922 Committee right now and got a rapturous welcome from Tory MP's. What's all this about a mass rebellion then? Donald Trump's said he'll be a great PM. I think you’re mis-understanding the situation. All that will happen now is the moderates will take on the role of the the 1922 committee. Probably some more resignations tonight and tomorrow so they can coordinate against any No Deal that is put through. Maybe even some defections depending on the real vision outlined. Either way it’s a thin line to tred, as looks likely there might be a general election in October. |
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23rd July 2019, 04:23 PM
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QUOTE(Rooney @ Jul 23 2019, 05:01 PM) I think you’re mis-understanding the situation. All that will happen now is the moderates will take on the role of the the 1922 committee. Probably some more resignations tonight and tomorrow so they can coordinate against any No Deal that is put through. Maybe even some defections depending on the real vision outlined. Either way it’s a thin line to tred, as looks likely there might be a general election in October. That wouldn't be a bad thing as Labour won't win over Corbyn. He couldn't beat May and he sure as hell won't beat a Tory leader far more affable and popular |
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23rd July 2019, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 23 2019, 05:23 PM) That wouldn't be a bad thing as Labour won't win over Corbyn. He couldn't beat May and he sure as hell won't beat a Tory leader far more affable and popular When will you accept that Johnson's popularity peaked years ago? Oh, and when did affable become a euphemism for dishonest? |
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23rd July 2019, 05:41 PM
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Chris, 'Boris' and 'Donald'. The three musketeers.
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23rd July 2019, 05:49 PM
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QUOTE(mald487 @ Jul 23 2019, 06:41 PM) Chris, 'Boris' and 'Donald'. The three musketeers. Three stooges more like. |
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23rd July 2019, 06:13 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 23 2019, 05:23 PM) That wouldn't be a bad thing as Labour won't win over Corbyn. He couldn't beat May and he sure as hell won't beat a Tory leader far more affable and popular What we will probably see is no-one being able to command a majority. Labour won't win outright you are right there, but they could plausibly lead a coalition with the Lib Dems. If the smaller parties are strategic enough they could easily win some of the marginal seats. Not sure where you are getting Boris is massively popular from? He's like Trump - a truly divisive figure. He was popular as Mayor of London and when he was a media magnet, but I think he's largely seen as a joke now. Trump is hardly popular, he just knows how to win over the numpties. |
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23rd July 2019, 07:17 PM
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Not sure if this article has been shared here. It is quite long but I think it is by far the best I have read on Boris Johnson and sums up very accurately his persona.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/08/15...on-ham-of-fate/ One word I learnt from this is akratic, meaning: characterized by weakness of will resulting in action against one's better judgement. - the word that accurately sums him (and his supporters) up for me. |
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24th July 2019, 07:34 AM
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The Times reports that Priti Patel is to be offered the job of new Home Secretary. Hunt's apparently been offered Defence but has refused as he wants to either stay at the Foreign Office or get one of the other two Great Offices of State. Sajid Javid hot tip to be new chancellor.
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24th July 2019, 12:18 PM
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ROFL. Sky News just said that Boris has said he voted for Hunt.
 Forever the joker you see and hope he never changes.
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24th July 2019, 12:43 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 24 2019, 01:18 PM) ROFL. Sky News just said that Boris has said he voted for Hunt. Forever the joker you see and hope he never changes.Oh, the hilarity is just unbearable. |
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24th July 2019, 12:44 PM
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Can someone explain the joke please?
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24th July 2019, 01:09 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 23 2019, 04:19 PM) Boris is meeting the 1922 Committee right now and got a rapturous welcome from Tory MP's. What's all this about a mass rebellion then? Donald Trump's said he'll be a great PM. Putin and Kim also get rapturous receptions. So did Gadaffi and Saddam: They're dead now and it didn't end well for anyone. |
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24th July 2019, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 24 2019, 01:18 PM) ROFL. Sky News just said that Boris has said he voted for Hunt. Forever the joker you see and hope he never changes.You forgot to capitalize The Joker. Laughing while you lie, steal and much worse. Oh the LOL's of that British citizen getting medicalising drugs in Prison thanks to his incompetence. Just missing the green face, is all.... |
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24th July 2019, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE(Popchartfreak @ Jul 24 2019, 02:12 PM) You forgot to capitalize The Joker. Laughing while you lie, steal and much worse. Oh the LOL's of that British citizen getting medicalising drugs in Prison thanks to his incompetence. Just missing the green face, is all.... Sky said earlier that Boris is on record as saying that the job of PM is "just a bit of a laugh really" They didn't say if it was in his newspaper column or in an interview. I don't agree with him on that as it's a serious and important job. This post has been edited by Trump2020: 24th July 2019, 01:24 PM |
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24th July 2019, 01:23 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 24 2019, 02:22 PM) Sky said earlier that Boris is on record as saying that the job of PM is "just a bit of a laugh really" I don't agree with him on that as it's a serious and important job. So why don't you want a serious and important person to do the job? |
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24th July 2019, 01:25 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jul 24 2019, 02:23 PM) So why don't you want a serious and important person to do the job? I do but obviously he didn't mean that. How can even he think it's a bit of a laugh? It's a hard stressful job. |
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24th July 2019, 01:47 PM
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QUOTE(Trump2020 @ Jul 24 2019, 01:25 PM) I do but obviously he didn't mean that. He said it though, so he must mean it. Tell me...if Corbyn would have said that would you have given him the same benefit of the doubt as Johnson? |
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24th July 2019, 02:51 PM
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Boris is now officially Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. He'll visit The Queen with his girlfriend at Balmoral in late August or early September but she didn't go to the palace with him. She's outside No.10 though.
Speaking now and he's re-iterated that we're leaving the EU on October 31st. Let's hope so. 
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24th July 2019, 03:04 PM
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We aren't. He can bluster all he likes but because of this ridiculous time-wasting and stupid political rhetoric about desiring unicorns, I cannot see a situation where it's all done by October.
This was going around earlier. I don't entirely agree with all of its probabilities, I'd weigh a lot more towards can-kicking and extension begging, but I agree that I think a general election is a quite likely outcome of this: 
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24th July 2019, 03:14 PM
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My wife's very rich employers are Tories obviously but hate Boris and both voted for Hunt. They say he's like an overgrown baby and totally the wrong person for the job.
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