Brexit discussion thread IX (Please read OP before posting)

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Is that 2:1 much closer than was expected?

Seth Brundle

RESULT: Boris Johnson elected new Conservative leader

Boris Johnson: 92,153
Jeremy Hunt: 46,656
Turnout: 87.4%
Rejected ballot papers: 509

looksee

'fantastic' is the word of the day...

robinph

Seth Brundle wrote: »

RESULT: Boris Johnson elected new Conservative leader

Boris Johnson: 92,153
Jeremy Hunt: 46,656
Turnout: 87.4%
Rejected ballot papers: 509

How many of the rejected ones were for Mike the Cameraman?

Itssoeasy

So the Conservative party and the UK will get the real life version of tim dim but nice.

Larbre34

The headline narrative is 'BJ wins race to become next PM', he will become Tory leader alright but theres still a significant chance he'll never actually govern a day in his life.

Harry Palmr

Jasus Boris, people will be bored witless with this style very quickly..

Larbre34

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Is that 2:1 much closer than was expected?

Somewhat closer than expected, 4:1 was the polling.

10000maniacs

Does Boris look daunted? Lets see in a few days, shall we.

Shelga

Listening to the Tories chortling self-indulgently inside this hall is actually stomach-churning.

Itssoeasy

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

BobbyBobberson

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Jasus Boris, people will be bored witless with this style very quickly..

I thought the exact same thing. That bluster and optimism, energy will soon get tiresome.

Itssoeasy

Does anyone know off hand what the shortest term as prime minister has been ?

InTheShadows

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

Yes of course Donald Trump a self made billionaire and a guy who has the intelligence to become president of the most powerful country on earth is an idiot :rolleyes:

Jesus wept......

ancapailldorcha

One-liners/Meme dumps deleted and sanctions issued. No more please.

Zubeneschamali

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Does anyone know off hand what the shortest term as prime minister has been ?

George Canning, 119 days, 1827.

Theresa May passed Gordon Browne, the Duke of Wellington and Neville Chamberlain but will fall short of James Callaghan by the looks of it.

Boris will have to make it into November to avoid being the shortest PM ever.

Tell me how

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Does anyone know off hand what the shortest term as prime minister has been ?

George Canning. April to August 1827 apparently.

kunst nugget

InTheShadows wrote: »

Yes of course Donald Trump a self made billionaire and a guy who has the intelligence to become president of the most powerful country on earth is an idiot :rolleyes:

Jesus wept......

Donald Trump is a self made billionaire? When did that happen...

robinph

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

The world should be thankful that it isn't Johnson in the US and Trump in the UK.

Johnson would be far more dangerous as he does actually have some brain cells in between his ears and half of the buffoonery is an act, whilst with Trump he doesn't actually know what or why he is doing anything.

10000maniacs

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

Everybody with whom Boris has to deal with in the coming weeks has been derogated by him at some point, sometimes in a racist, sexist or nasty manner. Not very clever to do this with such a small majority in the Commons or with a mountain to move in Brussels.
You have to convince me that he isn’t a complete and utter idiot based on this.

Russman

This almost feels like that scene at the start of The Dark Knight, before the movie actually starts, where Heath Ledger (Joker) appears and says "and here we go..."

Joking aside, I wonder just when the overtures to Brussels will begin (ie before or after their summer recess) and the no doubt, choreographed statements from various EU capitals. Should be an interesting autumn before reality bites, or will it ?

Itssoeasy

InTheShadows wrote: »

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

Yes of course Donald Trump a self made billionaire and a guy who has the intelligence to become president of the most powerful country on earth is an idiot :rolleyes:

Jesus wept......

Self made ? His father giving him millions since he was born isn’t self made in any way. He at most could be described as clever in how he got people to vote for him. Intelligent he isn’t.

Itssoeasy

You’d go for a pint with his dad.

Pedro K

InTheShadows wrote: »

Yes of course Donald Trump a self made billionaire and a guy who has the intelligence to become president of the most powerful country on earth is an idiot :rolleyes:

Jesus wept......

Sorry to drag off topic, but first off, he's not self made. His daddy made him. He bankrupted a casino, and he thought there were airports in 1781. He is an idiot.

MrMusician18

Itssoeasy wrote: »

So the Conservative party and the UK will get the real life version of tim dim but nice.

He's neither nice nor dim.

Tell me how

Wow.

Johnson's father just now on Sky. Asked the interviewer 'Who are you with' and then turned away from them to tell someone else basically 'look how far I have come compared to you, I'm father of the PM.'

ancapailldorcha

Mod: We have a separate thread for Trump. Please keep this on Brexit & Brexit-related topics.

BobbyBobberson

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Wow.

Johnson's father just now on Sky. Asked the interviewer 'Who are you with' and then turned away from them to tell someone else basically 'look how far I have come compared to you, I'm father of the PM.'

Might be a fact short lived.

Tell me how

BobbyBobberson wrote: »

Might be a fact short lived.

I know, but it just shows the mentality of the people involved.
Once Boris is PM, his family will order the portraits, change the wikipedia page and business cards and forever remind people of it.


Here's what he said. (from Twitter)

A very odd moment where Stanley Johnson live on Sky News just said to someone off camera 'do you remember we were both on a ballot in 1974' - look where you have gone and look where i have gone 'father of the PM'
@BorisJohnson
the prick gene carries

Rjd2

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I think people saying that Boris is the British version of trump. Take brexit out of it but while he not give the best public image and comes across as eccentric at times it’s an unfair comparison. I mean unlike trump Boris isn’t a complete and utter idiot, he seems to give off that impression.

Its a lazy narrative. I don't like either, but Johnson is not a hardcore nationalist like Trump whatsoever, he is very much from the one nation version of conservatism like Cameron and if he was in power nobody would be screaming Trump at him.

Neither are suitable for their respective roles, but suggesting they are the same is analysis without nuance.