June 20, 20196 yr It's a good thing Boris is going to win tbh. Everyone might be a bit confused if both the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition were named Jeremy C. (not my joke)
June 21, 20196 yr I feel like this needs to be reiterated: Words from the actual former Brexit Secretary in 2012. Democracy isn't a static thing, otherwise we wouldn't have general elections and changes in governing parties. It's one of my three favourite quotes - the other two are: Churchill 'Democracy is the worst type of government, apart from all the rest' Nye Bevan 'If You Stand in the Middle of the Road you will get knocked over'
June 21, 20196 yr Nye Bevan 'If You Stand in the Middle of the Road you will get knocked over' "Not if you're on a bridge". - Brett-Butler.
June 21, 20196 yr "Not if you're on a bridge". - Brett-Butler. Bridges down this part of the country are often single-track. You still get run over, you just have no idea from which direction you're going to get knocked down :lol:
June 21, 20196 yr Police called to loud altercation at Boris Johnson's home: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/j...IVLzxqh0j-FlfNQ How the fuck can we trust him to manage the economy if his own partner says he's no good with money?
June 21, 20196 yr Police called to loud altercation at Boris Johnson's home: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/j...IVLzxqh0j-FlfNQ How the fuck can we trust him to manage the economy if his own partner says he's no good with money? He's probably chasing Mark Field's vote.
June 22, 20196 yr Police called to loud altercation at Boris Johnson's home: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/j...IVLzxqh0j-FlfNQ How the fuck can we trust him to manage the economy if his own partner says he's no good with money? It must come as a complete shock to her that the man she's involved with is untrustworthy and flaky, given his habit of cheating on his wives, habitually lying to the entire world, and not doing his homework when he's given a job. Who knew!? It'll take more than a haircut to change him. But hey, Tories have no option cos they are going to wiped out and he's their last great hope to avoid it. Yes, really. That's how desperate they are.....
June 22, 20196 yr Author Most couples argue at some time or another and occasionally the police get called. A passer-by called the police once when my wife and daughter were having a loud argument. Shows Boris is only human and one of us. Let's hope this doesn't affect his leadership bid. :) Edited June 22, 20196 yr by Common Sense
June 22, 20196 yr Most couples argue at some time or another and occasionally the police get called. A passer-by called the police once when my wife and daughter were having a loud argument. Shows Boris is only human and one of us. Let's hope this doesn't affect his leadership bid. :) So you don’t think this shows a lack of judgment? Yes, we all have rows, but a sane person would avoid doing so in a semi-public place when on the verge of becoming PM.
June 23, 20196 yr Papers are going hard on Boris at the moment, can only assume Murdoch has decided he wants Hunt as PM. Still Boris is too popular with the members and he will win the race, but I can't see him lasting too long in office.
June 23, 20196 yr Papers are going hard on Boris at the moment, can only assume Murdoch has decided he wants Hunt as PM. Still Boris is too popular with the members and he will win the race, but I can't see him lasting too long in office. You think him being leader will trigger an early GE then?
June 23, 20196 yr You think him being leader will trigger an early GE then? You mean the man who was sacked by The Times in his first job for falsifying a quotation, a man running to be a Prime Minister living in his girlfriends flat cos he cheated on his wife (again) and who still can't avoid annoying her with his behaviour, a man who lost his previous seat in Parliament, a man who doesn;t do his jobs properly when her gets them, cos he's too flaky and lazy (this is what people who know him say - nobody says he's a hard worker with a grasp on issues), a man who has claimed without the "elite" we'd still be living in caves? The man who has just won the party nomination pretty much and still cocks it up? A man with a history of failure and lying? A man who claims he has a solution to Brexit that May never thought of, but he can't explain what it is? What could possibly go wrong! Still, no-one will want to live at number 11 if his girlfriend moves in with him - they'd never get any sleep.
June 23, 20196 yr Papers are going hard on Boris at the moment, can only assume Murdoch has decided he wants Hunt as PM. Still Boris is too popular with the members and he will win the race, but I can't see him lasting too long in office. Hunt’s first Cabinet job was Minister for Murdoch. Murdich, therefore, knows how co-operative he can be.
June 23, 20196 yr You mean the man who was sacked by The Times in his first job for falsifying a quotation, a man running to be a Prime Minister living in his girlfriends flat cos he cheated on his wife (again) and who still can't avoid annoying her with his behaviour, a man who lost his previous seat in Parliament, a man who doesn;t do his jobs properly when her gets them, cos he's too flaky and lazy (this is what people who know him say - nobody says he's a hard worker with a grasp on issues), a man who has claimed without the "elite" we'd still be living in caves? The man who has just won the party nomination pretty much and still cocks it up? A man with a history of failure and lying? A man who claims he has a solution to Brexit that May never thought of, but he can't explain what it is? What could possibly go wrong! Still, no-one will want to live at number 11 if his girlfriend moves in with him - they'd never get any sleep. In the interest of accuracy, I should point out that Johnson didn’t lose his previous seat. He resigned from it when he became London mayor. He then got himself selected for another seat while still mayor after promising he wouldn’t.
June 23, 20196 yr You think him being leader will trigger an early GE then? The Tories don't want a General Election. The memberbase probably see Boris as the populist option, which may have been the case 3-4 years ago, but no more. He's lost a lot of his stock with the general public who think he's either a moron or flips his mantro depending on who he is talking to. They are going to lose a lot of their marginal seats to Lib Dems and the Brexit Party also likely to target them as well if we don't leave on 31st October. The only wat a General Election might work for them is if Labour lose a lot of their seats to Lib Dem/Brexit too. Plus Boris has so many enemies both in his own party and elsewhere. There's bound to be tons of dirt on him people are willing to use.
June 23, 20196 yr In the interest of accuracy, I should point out that Johnson didn’t lose his previous seat. He resigned from it when he became London mayor. He then got himself selected for another seat while still mayor after promising he wouldn’t. Thanks Simon, oops, the memory fades :lol: Worth mentioning all the Mayoral promises he didn't deliver on: https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/fac...as-london-mayor
June 23, 20196 yr @1142714216413110278 Think Sturg’s very matter of fact answer sums up most of our feelings quite well
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