Nope, it is not 14 March and there certainly won't be any steak for dinner.
Today I find myself hoping Jeremy Hunt will become PM. I like to call our options Knobsons choice. How on earth have we come to this?
My wife and I were discussing a conversation we had back in 2015 when we joked about the possibility of Trump being president and Boris PM. Doesn't seem quite as funny in reality.
I can't help but think that time-travelling Loki is involved in this somehow.
It's like waking down the street bare foot. And having some some bigoted tory chose which foot goes in the dog poop.
Buckle up ..it's going to be a hoot ..
Don't think there will be a happy ending, more like a messy finish.
A lot of times in life, things don't get better until they hit rock bottom.
At the moment, millions of people in the UK think BJ is a decent sort, they think Brexit is either going to be great, or worth a few bumps in the road (especially if they're well insulated from it all). Both sides of the argument have become so entrenched that no amount of debate will work.
Boris, is going to be a disaster, he has lurched from disaster to disaster his whole adult life, his only skill is blaming others, but once you get to the top there's no one else to blame. He's taken on a worse job than May did, he must know it's his only chance of being PM, only a perfect storm would get him the job. He's got little or no room to move and he's just stupid enough to call a GE.
The Politics of the UK has been in the shitter for more than 10 years now, the Great Recession and austerity and just as we turned a corner on that, Brexit. People are fed up, they want politics at the end of the news, not the start. They want boring, "keep the lights on, collect the bins and let us get on with out lives" policies.
Something like 60 million people in this country and it comes down to those two.
Who was it who said something along the lines of, you can have your democratic election so long as I can choose the candidates?
The trouble with politics is you should never trust anyone who wants to be a politician. But like Groucho Marx and the club membership - actually, a but too much like that!
Its not even funny anymore.
Who were those "people" I saw on telly this morning all holding pre-printed "Back Boris" placards? Who? Are they some kind of bot? Are they paid? Or, there really are people backing the f-wit..?
They are people who “believe”… what’s wrong with the rest of you… come one… “believe” in the great man and his great plan* !
[ *might not constitute a plan of any kind at all, your country may be at risk ]
It's a mad world when you are praying for a miracle that Hunt defies the odds to become PM... God help us all and give us a General Election before Oct 31st!
On the bright side, we might have the spectacle of a Tory government, and possibly the whole Tory party, brought down by Tory MPs in the final convulsion of their little European argument. But even their wailing and gnashing of teeth would be scant comfort.
A general election is no good as there isn't a credible opposition. Woe is me
I feel like I’m living in an endless episode of the thick of it, except it’s not funny any more because it’s real
A general election is no good as there isn’t a credible opposition. Woe is me
Doesn't need to be one opposition though does it, as long as the tories don't get a majority
Jo Swinson is already looking a lot better that the tory and labour leaders which may help the cause. (If only I didn't think of Joe Swanson every time her name is mentioned but that is my problem)
Just think, when we say "the racist out of touch baffoon with bad hair and questionable dress sense in charge of a country" people will ask for clarification on which one
On the bright side, we might have the spectacle of a Tory government, and possibly the whole Tory party, brought down by Tory MPs in the final convulsion of their little European argument.
Indeed.
Fancy appointing a Liar into a position of Prime Minister.
Theres plenty of people who will see to it that the collapse of this Tory regime comes to an end, a spectacle it certainly will be.
And I too believe that to come out from this pit the Tory’s have placed the UK population in, we must first succumb to the very depths of disparity before any change for the better will come.
Boris, is going to be a disaster
Na, all hail Boris, the man who will help deliver independence for Scotland!.
😊🙏🏻
A general election is no good as there isn’t a credible opposition. Woe is me
There is, they’re just wearing a yellow rosette.
The day after the brexit vote I felt properly ashamed of my country for the first time. Not just because of the obviously racist/xeniphobic overtones or the lies that half the rhetoric was based on. But because just over half the voting age public had fallen for it, lazy thinking and a lack of scrutiny from the people themselves was the root cause. But I also hoped that because that vote was won by only a relative sliver there was hope and 2016 would mark rock bottom... how wrong was I?
We find ourselves looking down a loaded double-barrelled shotgun of possiby the worst populist PM imaginable and the real possibility of a no-deal brexit. this was all brought about by a mixture of aggressive swivel-eyed rightwing press, MPs and businessmen who have played not just a tune but a symphony of bullshit with the British public's unenquiring minds as their rapt audience. All helped in no small part by a complacent and disorganised political centre/left.
This ain't even rock bottom yet, there's still a couple of acts to come I reckon.
Na, all hail Boris, the man who will help deliver independence for Scotland!.
I think Boris might be a step too far even for the staunchest Rangers fan, This might only strengthen the SNP's position in Scotland.
You underestimate the ignorance of the uberunionist dp, Hitler wouldn't be too much for some of them.
From Boris we expect nothing but chaos, so we'll probably all be surprised and deliriously happy if he gives us moments of non-chaos. 🙂
I like the "Boris is Poundland Trump" jibe. It is an apt description. He is very much a British Trump, playing from the same Bannon-approved populist right-wing demagogue playbook.
Insult a minority then play the "sorry you are insulted but I am a straight talker" card.
Tell bare-faced lies and then double-down and call the press liars when they question them.
Promise impossible things then blame others when they can't be delivered.
Talk a lot about pride, patriotism, optimism etc
All creepily familiar.
It is confirmed, PM BoJo.
and so it begins..........
Won by a landslide
JH actually looks happy and relieved - I don't think he really wanted to be the next neck on the chopping block.
92k people chose him to be PM. I utterly despair.
If only we all felt as relieved by the result as Jeremy Hunt looked...
Democracy at its finest..a relatively tiny group of rich xxxxs electing another rich xxxx to run our country..
All very depressing..
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So when does the civil war start?
Good speech
Democracy at its finest..a relatively tiny group of rich xxxxs electing another rich xxxx to run our country..
It's an I'm alright jack party for an I'm alright jack country they seem well suited.
Remember that sh#t sandwich on May's desk - she got close to taking a bite. Now it's a pizza with all the fecal toppings. Hope Boris is hungry.
Oh well, at least we knew it was coming. Thankfully that sinking feeling I got when I heard the Trump result is absent. Just a feeling of WTF.
Just think, when we say “the racist out of touch baffoon with bad hair and questionable dress sense in charge of a country” people will ask for clarification on which one
2 thirds of that could apply to Diane Abbott 🙂
relatively tiny group of rich xxxxs
I was surprised by how un-rich most of the party membership is. 60% of them have an income of less than £30k - so whilst that's not pointing to 'poor' - its also not pointing to them being a bunch of bankers\business leaders who are going to get fat contracts off the new leader..
The <30k lot must be the happily pensioned members who have already paid off their mortgages and have a pile of cash sat under the mattress?
30k would go quite a long way without any debt...
I was surprised by how un-rich most of the party membership is. 60% of them have an income of less than £30k – so whilst that’s not pointing to ‘poor’ – its also not pointing to them being a bunch of bankers\business leaders who are going to get fat contracts off the new leader..
Fair enough..they may not all be rich. But they are members of the Tory party, so I guarantee I am half right in my assessment of them.
92k people chose him to be PM. I utterly despair
0.14% of the population
But yeah, it's the EU that's undemocratic
Hung by his own petard?
I was surprised by how un-rich most of the party membership is. 60% of them have an income of less than £30k – so whilst that’s not pointing to ‘poor’ – its also not pointing to them being a bunch of bankers\business leaders who are going to get fat contracts off the new leader..
I wouldn't read much into that- presumably theres a big overlap there with the 4 out of 10 over the age of 65- the pensioners.
