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The Globe and Mail (Canada) - How bad is Boris Johnson? We can’t even find the words
Editorial - Published September 5, 2019
British politics today is what results from the collision of an unstoppable force, an immovable object, and a clown car.
The unstoppable force is the dominant faction of Britain’s Conservative Party, which insists on not just an exit from the European Union, but the most catastrophic exit possible.
The immovable object is reality - the reality that a no-deal Brexit will play havoc with the economy and hurt real people; the reality that a majority of Parliament and the people will not back it; the reality that the Brexit-at-any-cost crowd can’t press the detonator without majority approval.
And the clown car is Mr. Johnson. ...
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The Globe and Mail (Canada) - How bad is Boris Johnson? We can’t even find the words
Editorial - Published September 5, 2019
British politics today is what results from the collision of an unstoppable force, an immovable object, and a clown car.
The unstoppable force is the dominant faction of Britain’s Conservative Party, which insists on not just an exit from the European Union, but the most catastrophic exit possible.
The immovable object is reality - the reality that a no-deal Brexit will play havoc with the economy and hurt real people; the reality that a majority of Parliament and the people will not back it; the reality that the Brexit-at-any-cost crowd can’t press the detonator without majority approval.
And the clown car is Mr. Johnson. ...
The writer qualifies only 2 out of 3 of his assertions, realizing the 3rd won't be required.
Absolutely beautiful, still chuckling.
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BBC News - David Cameron: Johnson and Gove behaved 'appallingly'
14 September 2019
David Cameron has accused the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, of behaving "appallingly" during the EU referendum campaign.
Speaking to the Times ahead of the launch of his memoir, the former Tory PM attacked some colleagues who backed Leave for "trashing the government".
Mr Cameron* said the result in 2016 had left him "hugely depressed" and he knew "some people will never forgive me".
He also said another referendum cannot be ruled out "because we're stuck".
Mr Cameron criticised Mr Johnson's strategy for dealing with Brexit, including his decision to suspend Parliament ahead of the 31 October deadline and removing the whip from 21 Tory MPs who voted to block a no-deal Brexit. ...
* Mr Cameron called the referendum in 2016 after promising it in the Conservative Party's election manifesto the year before.
He campaigned for Remain, but lost the vote by 52% to 48%, and announced within hours he would be stepping down as PM.
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Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21
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GV27: Frankly they should have a new referendum about whether they apply to rejoin the EU on 1 November and then just see if their 'leave' negotiations can basically be just 'roll over our membership the following day and change our name by like one letter or something'.
kingdragonfly:GV27: Frankly they should have a new referendum about whether they apply to rejoin the EU on 1 November and then just see if their 'leave' negotiations can basically be just 'roll over our membership the following day and change our name by like one letter or something'.
Well, Porsche added "turbo" to their electric vehicle model name, even though it doesn't have a turbo.
Perhaps the UK could be a "EU turbo member"
Newest EU member "United Kingdome (E is silent btw)"
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