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Who'd be worse as PM - Boris or Gove?

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rahrahrah Wrote:

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> it's a poisoned chalice anyway. Who'd want to

> inherit this mess.


Well, nobody sane. Boris might, though.


Whatever he was expecting on the dawn of victory, a vituperative reception gathered outside his house doesn't seem to have been on the list. That must have hurt. And of course, he's on his own now. As an official mayoral candidate he had a team around him. As mayor he had a team around him. As Brexiteer-in-chief he had a team around him.


Now he's just a backbencher, a clownish has-been, a busted flush, with nobody to hide behind. Going for PM would bring a team back, at least for a while. The chalice might be poisoned, but it would put him in lots more history books and, to be honest, I think that's all he wants. Or the best he can now hope for.


Afterwards, however badly it went, he'd get ?100k per annum and some companionable guards for the rest of his natural life. And even if he did have to retire to some enclave for the hated - Uruguay, perhaps, or the Cotswolds - I think he'd pass the time pleasantly. He's not the sort to pass up the chance of writing a self-serving book, though he might draw the line at growing roses.

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Boris is a tabloid hack. Always has been, always will be. He was fired for making up headlines, so went into politics, where he was fired by Micheal Howard for telling lies. Now he has lied to the public and won a referendum. Do you really want this man for PM? He'd be in good company with Iain Duncan Smith though.
Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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That was the best news of the past two weeks. Gove obviously failed to get a commitment for a big job from Borisconi, so he decided with great principle to go it alone. This is the season for Brutus in both main parties. This will split their support & clear the way for May. Fox won't get enough support, so maybe it will come down to a contest between May & Crabb. Borisconi can go back to writing his fiction & Gove to do likewise for his mates Dacre & Murdoch.
Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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Gove must have had a surreptitious visit to Damascus last night, spurred on by his wife's exhortations to go for the big job. This is a good thing because hopefully his tilt at becoming PM will consign both himself & BJ to the margins of political obscurity for good.
Sue

Sue

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> ???? Wrote:

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> > Reports in Speccie that Boris contemplating

> > quitting....

>

>

> He should be ashamed.



There are a lot of people around parliament who should be ashamed at the moment.


ETA: On all sides.

Lordship 516

Lordship 516

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Sue Wrote:

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> WTF?!?!?!

>

> Yes, May.

>

> ETA: Bloody hell, I put my mobile away for a

> couple of hours and it all kicks off :))

>

> I effing hate Gove.


Like Michael Howard - something of the night about this Gove chappie. ...or maybe something of the sewer..?

titch juicy

titch juicy

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Boris Johnson's 4 month time line:


Feb 2016: Supports Europe


May 2016: doesn't support Europe anymore


23rd June 2016: wins leave referendum and ruins country in process


24th June: writes Telegraph piece hinting at leave regrets


29th June: stands for Prime Minister


30th June: doesn't stand for Prime Minister

Sue

Sue

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???? Wrote:

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> Looks like May.

>

> Tories get her in then press the button and get

> negotiating - and if I'm honest I'll think she'll

> be the best negotiator to protect the UK than

> anyone else in any other party.




Yes I agree, but the way things are going anything could happen.


So I'm not sure about pressing the button.

Seabag

Seabag

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???? Wrote:

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> No we are out - disbelief,grief and anger have

> gone for me; the uncertainty is the danger now.

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> Let's get on with it (with her, hopefully)


My thoughts also ????'s


But, there's a little 'hope' that with her in charge that there could be a last ditch attempt to.......

Oh fekk, I'm still in dream land I think 😞

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