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What's good about Boris?

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Lessismore Tue 23-Jul-19 12:50:19

Please, anybody tell me. I just don't get it at all.

disclaimer.....I am not a Marxist.

Lessismore Fri 26-Jul-19 18:30:56

No , but we can muse about said conundrum. I don't find much to like yet.

Still I must run along and join the masses of left wingers who are this very minute huddled in darkened public houses, reading glasses on the end of their noses, discussing the Fourth International and the thoughts of Lenin on philosophical realism.

lemongrove Fri 26-Jul-19 18:34:22

Ah, Corbyn’s Office.....enjoy!

Labaik Fri 26-Jul-19 19:39:38

'Guess what ladies, I’ve been out with a friend, drinking Prosecco in a beautiful garden, at a country pub. It’s a beautiful day, there are lots more things to be doing than moaning about Brexit. Have a lovely evening.' well, I guess that just about sums up how much Brexit supporters care about the crisis this country is in at the moment [and, yes, even Jeremy Hunt referred to it as a crisis, but then he's not Backbone Boris is he ?].

jura2 Fri 26-Jul-19 19:45:20

One does not stop the other - anyway. But that is the smear- that those who are interested in politics, and distraught at the current situation- have a miserable life, no friends and nothing else to do ... won't stick here, for sure.

Lessismore Fri 26-Jul-19 20:00:51

Comrade Labaik good to see you at the tavern in Clerkenwell, what an excellent choice. It was so good to be amongst the masses, the lefties. It does us good to take a rest from our desperate quest to destroy.

varian Fri 26-Jul-19 20:01:34

I've also just been to our local country pub and was quite shocked at how blinkered a local Telegraph reader still is.

"It will be fine! It will be great! blah blah blah"

Absolutely immune to any logical debate or evidence that it might not be. This chap is not evil or ignorant, just thoroughly brainwashed.

lemongrove Fri 26-Jul-19 22:04:24

Tavern in Clerkenwell? Have you been at the Dickens again
Less? ?
Well, mines a pint if you’re getting them in.?

growstuff Fri 26-Jul-19 22:28:20

And the sad thing is, varian, that they don't even recognise how brainwashed they are.

For people who are bored of talk about Brexit, the only way to stop it is to revoke Article 50 and remain.

If we remain, we'll know exactly where we stand and can work from within to try and reform aspects of the EU we don't like. There'll still be some grumblers in the bar chuntering away as they sip their mild. There'll also be some knuckle draggers, but we've always had them.

If we leave, we'll be discussing our relationship with the rest of the world for years, if not decades. People will argue about policies which we now take for granted.

Sigh!

PS. If Johnson wants to be remembered by posterity as a great PM, the bravest thing he could do would be to revoke Article 50.

varian Fri 26-Jul-19 22:36:34

He has said he will not Revoke Article 59 but we all know he is a habitual liar so perhaps that gives us grounds for hope.

lemongrove Sat 27-Jul-19 10:49:24

If he has said he will not revoke article 59 ( whatever it is) then maybe, just maybe, he is telling the truth.?

varian Sat 27-Jul-19 11:42:31

Article 50 (not 59) should be revoked ASAP.