Next PM?

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Ladies and gentlemen, the actions of an alleged serious contender to lead this country in the brave new world after Brexit.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politic...vers-polite-firm-smackdown-boris-johnson-over

Best of luck with that.

It's all good. Bojo just feelng a bit miffed he's not making the headlines these days. Thinking that he's gotta be a better option than Moggie once the cry goes up after the Tory Party conference to get rid of May when she announces she's going to pay the EU a settlement of £50bn It's all about Boris - our lovable tousle-haired tyke of a Foreign Secretary.

 

[Hacker Khan]

It's all good. Bojo just feelng a bit miffed he's not making the headlines these days. Thinking that he's gotta be a better option than Moggie once the cry goes up after the Tory Party conference to get rid of May when she announces she's going to pay the EU a settlement of £50bn It's all about Boris - our lovable tousle-haired tyke of a Foreign Secretary.

Still, after calling Brexit to mostly settle internal Tory divisions in the party, at least they are now not gambling with economic well being of he country over the next few decades with their petty personal squabbles and selfish naked ambition to lead their party. That's all good then.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Still, after calling Brexit to mostly settle internal Tory divisions in the party, at least they are now not gambling with economic well being of he country over the next few decades with their petty personal squabbles and selfish naked ambition to lead their party. That's all good then.

It's all good...

but not for the country...

Oh - the country...forgot about that

Boris is bored and hopeless - he is an inveterate liar and all he cares about is himself. He's not even the best government minister in his family...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

And still on LBC (listen before you criticise) I hear callers eulogising Boris - praising him to the heavens - hoping he will be our next PM - such a clever guy. This being someone who is a self-centred; bare-faced and brazen liar; a cheat; a fraud - who cares for little else than himself. Yet sees his star waning.

Yet some and too many seem unfazed by all of that in their desperation for a hard Brexit - because I cannot for the life of me imagine what else Johnson might by looked to to deliver, or why anyone would trust him further than they could throw him - and that wouldn't be very far.

So yes Johnson - tell us once more and again and again that £350m a week for the NHS lie that you have resurrected...

 

[User62651]

Anyone think May has anything new to offer on Friday's Florence speech to move us out of the impasse with EU or will it be the usual somewhat vague platitudes of a 'deeper union with Europe after Brexit' etc with no detail or substance? Has been undermined by Boris already yet refuses to sack him which is generally accepted as weakness on her part. In light of Boris's intervention this speech is getting built up in the media more and more but fear is it's going to fall flat. Seems like there's quite a bit hanging on this for her. Her party seem more divided than ever over the best way to exit EU.
I thought she did ok in Canada, better than usual when she spoke, helped by Trudeau's nice words about UK of course, the guy is quite inspiring as a leader I think and maybe some of that rubbed off on her.

 

[drdel]

And still on LBC (listen before you criticise) I hear callers eulogising Boris - praising him to the heavens - hoping he will be our next PM - such a clever guy. This being someone who is a self-centred; bare-faced and brazen liar; a cheat; a fraud - who cares for little else than himself. Yet sees his star waning.

Yet some and too many seem unfazed by all of that in their desperation for a hard Brexit - because I cannot for the life of me imagine what else Johnson might by looked to to deliver, or why anyone would trust him further than they could throw him - and that wouldn't be very far.

So yes Johnson - tell us once more and again and again that £350m a week for the NHS lie that you have resurrected...

I assume you've met the guy and this comment is based on your personal experience!

I did have several dealings with him while he was MoL and I found him knowledgeable and in full command of the situation under discussion. He is pretty bright with an excellent command of the English language which he uses more precisely than readers often read!

 

[MegaSteve]

I did have several dealings with him while he was MoL and I found him knowledgeable and in full command of the situation under discussion. He is pretty bright with an excellent command of the English language which he uses more precisely than readers often read!

I am guessing that was during his first term... Will begrudgingly admit that at first he did give a damn about doing his best for Londoners... But, for the second term he might as well have not bothered... In fact, I don't believe he did...


For balance... 'Uncle' Ken did exactly the same...

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

My i newspaper has Dave Davies maneuvering for a shot at PM were TM to go - probably would happen as a result of things not going great over the Brexit negotiations. Conflict of interest?

 

[drdel]

IMO the 'game' that is politics is not a game anyone with any sense or talent would want to play.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

IMO the 'game' that is politics is not a game anyone with any sense or talent would want to play.

Maybe not the 'game' of politics - but I think there are many who go into it with a genuine wish to make a difference. And so to Exhibit A - Mhairi Black MP. Considered not standing last time round but did and was re-elected - why was she glad?

"glad to be re-elected to go back down and continue to batter into whoever is in government that austerity is not working, it's not benefiting people's lives whatsoever. The people it is benefiting, you could argue, are the ones who need it least."

Our current PM said not dissimilar words on her speech outside No10 when elected Tory leader and hence PM. I think Mhairi probably says them with greater conviction and most certainly with greater understanding.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Maybe not the 'game' of politics - but I think there are many who go into it with a genuine wish to make a difference. And so to Exhibit A - Mhairi Black MP. Considered not standing last time round but did and was re-elected - why was she glad?

"glad to be re-elected to go back down and continue to batter into whoever is in government that austerity is not working, it's not benefiting people's lives whatsoever. The people it is benefiting, you could argue, are the ones who need it least."

Our current PM said not dissimilar words on her speech outside No10 when elected Tory leader and hence PM. I think Mhairi probably says them with greater conviction and most certainly with greater understanding.

And the comfort of knowing she will never have to face up to the responsibility of office.

Easy to make speeches etc; condemning the actions of others when you know that you will never have actually deal with the problem.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

And the comfort of knowing she will never have to face up to the responsibility of office.

Easy to make speeches etc; condemning the actions of others when you know that you will never have actually deal with the problem.

She has to deal with the problem at the coal face every day she is in her constituency. Paisley is not one of the better off towns in the UK.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

She has to deal with the problem at the coal face every day she is in her constituency. Paisley is not one of the better off towns in the UK.

Well aware of that.

However, my point still stands. As a member of a party that is never likely to have executive power at a UK level it's very easy to make anti-austerity speeches.

She's never going to have to "put her money where her mouth is ".

This is something Labour learned after their much better than expected performance in the GE.

They had to dampen people's expectations on Student Loans just in case there was another election.

Opposition is much easier than Government.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I see Ruth Davidson is closely behind Boris at the top of a 'Tories next leader' poll.

Not quite sure how that would work at FMQT if she wins.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I see Ruth Davidson is closely behind Boris at the top of a 'Tories next leader' poll.

Not quite sure how that would work at FMQT if she wins.

Well she wouldn't have a vote on many matters