Why do Conservatives like Johnson?

He was a fence-sitter before he made his decision to campaign to leave.

Oddly enough, I suspect BoJo is the only one who could somehow do a U turn and keep us in the EU - if it serves his political purpose. He is quite unscrupulous.

"our own people" Are you for real?

Are you saying that pensioners who may be living in poverty, young families who need to use foodbanks, the homeless, anyone needing the NHS etc, ie anyone in this country in need should not be helped then, Elvive?

Are you for real, as you so eloquently put it?

Your post of 22.06 johno is tosh on so many levels, it is hard to know where to start.
Your comments about sheep, the “millions who don’t pay the TV licence fee, ” BoJo’s “charisma” , etc etc etc
Don’t expect anybody to take you seriously.

There are very few people on GN who are championing Johnson it seems to me.

If he is chosen by party members then it shows that party members are a breed apart.......just like the ones who elected that first class chump Jeremy Corbyn.

JOHNO....I assume that you think you are far superior to 'the majority' of people (the sheep, as you call them) and that unlike them you have the intellect to know what is best and to see the truth....that's a very common attitude of anyone , these days , who doesn't like what other people think.

Makes me feel sick, very sick. If people can support such a man... and Trump on the other side of the water- then our world is in real tragic trouble.

Despair and disgust.

Because the illusion is that which is presented to us. The fact is the Establishment controls everything. Sadly people in UK are like sheep. They will believe any old crap the MSM puts in front of them. The MSM is controlled by the Establishment elite. Which is why the BBC will not admit to its self-destruction with many millions refusing to pay the TV licence fee. Johnson is a clown but he hs charisma.. charisma does not need depth of principle or conviction. The Establishment knows that many millions of people will follow, like sheep, the clownish, Ant n Dec approach from Boris Johnson. I will not, never have and never will.

" our own people" Are you for real?

Our political system needs a real shake up,ordinary people are sick of it,the way we pay millions in Overseas Aid yet many of our pensioners are living on the breadline,young families having to use food banks,we have people living on our streets,the NHS is struggling plus many more things that just aren’t right.It is time politicians put our own people first

I just think that we have to give Boris a chance,he is the most likely one to get us out of the EU & if he fails the Conservatives will be finishes & all the people who voted to leave will vote for The Brexit Party .Its quite obvious that lots of the people on this forum are for staying in the EU but they need to accept that we voted to leave & I for one can’t wait!

With all the racism, sexism, homophobia etc that comes out Johnson's mouth, the way he treats his family, he wants to go back to the 1950s. And they want to go back to the 1950s.
(And if you listen to the some of the Tory party members/constituency chairs, they seem to be from a bygone era too. Apologies to any GNers who are members)

In a way I'm glad that Rory Stewart is out. His time will come and it will be a few years time most likely after a while in opposition.
I can't understand why anyone would want the hot seat right now! Why not just let Boris crash and burn?

I certaintly hope it will not be the end of the Conservative party. I hope they will rebuild and move from the far right to centre right as I hope the Labour Party will rebuild and move to centre left.

I’m with Trisher on this one! My only hope is that with the end of my Mother’s generation (true blue Tory), will come the demise of the Conservative party.

I'm following Michael Gove (hoping he'll suck up Sajid's votes, as he will be next to go). I would like to see him in the last two, then I will vote for him. I AM disappointed by his cocaine admission, which shows very poor judgement, but he has always 'claimed' to be a Brexiteer. Boris is just a pretend recent one and Hunt is definitely a Remainer. Mr Gove has the most cabinet experience.

Sorry - Razzy

Raspy, I think there are different view of "strong" in relation to people. In fact, looking at your list, I know there are.

Most people like Boris because he walks like a man, talks like a man and acts like a man

A bit of light relief for everyone from Brexit and the election of the party leader:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m4WMNVYJds

Can't be bothered anymore. He's vile, as outlined by far more erudite posters than me. People see the past, good old Boris, and yes probably about 50/60 or so on here who love him ( out loud). Many are are silent.

Are there 50 or 60 people commenting on the political threads anyway, Elvive? let alone 50 or 60 who follow BJ.

Plenty of people,can't be bothered to scroll back.

I have read maybe 50 or 60 followers of BJ here. People love him don't they? He tells it straight. No nonsense with Junkers et al.

Personally I prefer strong leaders. I hate wishy washy ones. I have more respect for someone who says it how it is. It is why I liked PMs like Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair to some extent, Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson. I didn't like John Major, Gordon Brown, David Cameron. I like the ones that are a bit rebellious, to shake everyone up a bit.

I am annoyed that the men voted the women out of contention at the first go. Typical of politicians. That annoys me. 50% of the country are women, let's have 50% of the politicians women.

Rebellion is why UKIP won seats in the past, and why the LibDems nearly got in.

At the moment the parties and leaders are dire, the Conservatives are a real old boys club, Theresa May, although I like her, only got in because they needed to sacrifice someone as they knew she'd never be able to persuade the other muppets to vote for Brexit. They wanted to say look at the woman who failed. Whilst they all patted themselves on the back.

For some strange reason the majority still want a bloke, and a bloke who talks a bit posh and is someone you could go down the pub with, is a winner to them.

Day6 there are many on here who think that BJ is the man for the job, would you like me to list their names? Let alone the MPs who are backing him.

Who likes him 'because he is a bit like Churchill" Elvive? Is that your opinion or have you done a survey?

He is nothing like Churchill.