WHO DO YOU FANCY FOR OUR NEXT PM, AND WHY?

Is the weather good in cuckoo land MaizieD lol.

Peardrop50, You write: Boris is the man to stand up to the likes of Barnier, Junker and Verhofstadt - the Tories started this process to deal with internal party issues not them. They are the representatives of the EU and are safeguarding the interests of all other nations in the EU, especially our compatriots in Ireland. That is what they are there for. They are doing their job and btw they're 'intellectual, flamboyant and articulate and unafraid' of Boris Johnson.

You go on to say: what we need is an intellectual, flamboyant, articulate, unafraid and not necessarily totally PC good old chap....so he can negotiate with representatives of other nations and insult them as he has done on many occasions? You think this is an attribute of a Prime Minister? A good diplomat and statesman would not be anything but PC.

You say: as long as we have good people in the various government departments... - they've been there all along working away very long hours behind the scenes.

Carly You are so right and he offers them a huge tax cut and they're falling over themselves voting themselves a few extra £K per annum. Truly disgusting. It says a lot when his supporters are keeping him away from the public. However, how bad would it have looked if he'd turned down the offer of a broadcast debate? Can't wait.

Boris who hasn't given an interview yet, has Rees-Mogg, who they say has earnt millions by advising companies on brexit, as his front man, telling the public that Boris doesn't need to give interviews because everyone knows him.

Is the weather good in cuckoo land MaizieD lol.

You should know, Firecracker.

You're the person (along with many other Leavers) who's living there.

Let me remind people yet again that when Boris was Foreign Secretary, he didn't read his brief and didn't check his facts an as a result nearly did for Nazzanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, by saying she was in Iran teaching journalism when she was doing nothing of a sort and as a result had her chances of release shot and gave the Iranians an opportunity to retry her.

If he can be as stupid and insensitive and uncaring in dealing with what was a situation requiring the most careful of responses and sensitivity, who on earth thinks he could negotiate Brexit. He is considered even more of a laughing stock in Europe than he is, in the UK and held in less esteem than even Mrs may and any of her other Brexit ministers.

Frankly as a Remainer I think the faster we are out of Europe the better, and if that means no deal so be it. But do not let anyone kid themselves that Boris will be our saviour. I just hope that those who voted leave live in the areas that will most enjoy the benefits of leaving; international companies moving to other EU states, reduced investment in current facilities and unemployment. Car manufacturers are already pulling out of Britain, high tech indistries will not be far behind.

Oh, I forgot, one factor in his favour, he is as big a buffoon as Donald Trump and even looks a bit like him. They will get on like two houses on fire and Boris can hope to be held in as high in International esteem as Trump is.

Cuckoo's are clever. They let other birds bring up their young, whereas parrots do nothing but repeat oft heard phrases spoken by others but have no thoughts of their own.
I think that neatly describes most remainers.

Cuckoos are vicious predators who prey on birds smaller than them. Does that describe leavers?

Cuckoo's Cuckoos

Possibly M0nica.

Snipe, that's a bird along with Do do.

Snipes are still alive, unlike the Dodo which is extinct

I haven't heard a cuckoo for years

I clocked one last month ??

I heard cuckoos in Malaga most mornings out here in Malaga.
Lovely.
Never hear ‘em in Manchester.

And then there were six! That list is now very much reduced. So where are we now? (Synopsis of The Guardian.)

Johnson hasn't ruled out a no deal exit but he's not keen on proroguing Parliament to get it through.

Hunt would send a new cross party team to Brussels. Would consider no deal but thinks it would lead to GE.

Gove has not ruled out leaving without a deal but has considered an extension to the October deadline.

Raab is actively pursuing a no deal exit and will prorogue Parliament to achieve it.

Javid wants a deal but would leave without.

Stewart vehemently opposed to no deal. Says he would set up another Parliament if the new PM prorogues Parliament.

Still a huge split in the Tory party and hence the country I think.

I do not know Boris Johnson. These are the words of Max Hastings who knows Boris only too well.

"If the day ever comes that Boris Johnson becomes tenant of Downing Street, I shall be among those packing my bags for a new life in Buenos Aires or suchlike, because it means that Britain has abandoned its last pretensions to be a serious country.
I have known the mayor more than 20 years. He worked for me as EU correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and then as a columnist when I was the paper's editor, and I have seen plenty of him since. He is a magnificent journalist and showman. He proved himself the perfect maitre d' for the London Olympics. But few maitre d's are fit to cook the dinner.
Most politicians are ambitious and ruthless, but Boris is a gold medal egomaniac. I would not trust him with my wife nor – from painful experience – my wallet. It is unnecessary to take any moral view about his almost crazed infidelities, but it is hard to believe that any man so conspicuously incapable of controlling his own libido is fit to be trusted with controlling the country.
His chaotic public persona is not an act – he is, indeed, manically disorganised about everything except his own image management. He is also a far more ruthless, and frankly nastier, figure than the public appreciates."

Like all other politicians, BJ will never give a direct answer and when there's something he's unsure of he " covers it up " with his inane bumbled non-amusing quips.

Can't anyone see through this ? He side-tracks a lot. We can all play at that. It doesn't take a Philadelphia lawyer to see that he's fooling the public to get where he wants to be.

Lord help us if he thinks he can run the country ! Watch this space.

Max Hastings also Yasmin Alibhai Brown say they are leaving the country if Boris is PM, best start packing then, goodbye ?.

Ah but, all the ones who say they will leave the country - will they actually leave ? No, they will not, just like all the celebs who threatened to leave the US when Donald Trump was in the running.

Anyone with hoards of money will leave the country-----if they've got any sense.
If I were a big businessman would I invest in this country ? No !

'It was the same at Oxford, where Johnson joined the Bullingdon Club, the university’s most exclusive all-male dining club, and sought the presidency of the Oxford Union, its debating society. Johnson was brilliant on his feet. Anything could be played for laughs. Johnson became the union president by pretending to support the Social Democratic Party, which was fashionable at the time, and switching to the Conservatives when he got the job.'...part of another interesting article about Johnson explaining how his mind works...

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/24/the-empty-promise-of-boris-johnson

pretending to support the Social Democratic Party, which was fashionable at the time, and switching to the Conservatives when he got the job.'

All those Leavers who think that he is going to get us out of the EU, easy peasy, should reflect on this.

Skilled in debate - which actually entails, at times, persuading your audience to support a proposition that you don't actually agree with, and ready to use deception to get the job he wants...

I can't understand the MPs fascination with Boris.
He was unable to keep his marriage vows knowing this would upset his wife and family.
Why would we trust a word he says when he makes promises to people he doesn't even know?
Rory sounds the best of a truly dodgy bunch.

Granny 23. Max Hastings said the point I was trying to put across, but far more eloquently.
Well done for finding his quote.