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Lessismore Tue 03-Sept-19 11:12:13

At the Foreign Office he was heard to muse as to whether Chancellor Angela Merkel had served in East Germany’s Stasi secret police. French president Emmanuel Macron was a “jumped-up Napoleon”. As for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, “Why isn’t he called Murphy like all the rest of them”.

Terrifying.

varian Mon 30-Sept-19 16:00:24

Who's hideous?

Firecracker123 Mon 30-Sept-19 13:46:11

humptydummy Remainers ganging up on any leavers who don't share their views how predictable and sad, have the pms been flying lol. Pathetic really but par for the course. Yes Jo Swinson in my opinion is hideous and undemocratic.

humptydumpty Mon 30-Sept-19 12:59:35

What a ridiculous reply from Firecracker123 to be expected.

dragonfly46 Mon 30-Sept-19 12:57:08

I hate Jo Swinson and not because she is a woman it is because she is dogmatic and humourless.

Firecracker123 Mon 30-Sept-19 12:49:02

What an apt reply from a bigoted Remainer to be expected.

MamaCaz Mon 30-Sept-19 12:20:13

Firecracker- a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise

Hmm, not sure I would bother asking for or expecting a serious answer to your question from that source, Riverwalk

Riverwalk Mon 30-Sept-19 12:04:04

Why is Jo Swinson hideous? More sexist shite.

Firecracker123 Mon 30-Sept-19 12:00:21

Who's she asked Corbyn or the hideous Jo Swinson ? how ridiculous

varian Mon 30-Sept-19 11:57:43

According to Andrew Marr on R4 this morning the queen has asked for advice on how to sack a prime minister.

jo1book Sun 29-Sept-19 15:47:59

I was wondering if he had cut his own hair in a fit of madness, as lunatics do. Or with a knife and fork. But let's face it; the Tory brexiteers don't care WHO delivers Brexit. The end justifies the means.
Interestingly. Johnson and Trump are both endangered by criminal charges. Softly, softy catchy monkey.

Wheniwasyourage Sun 29-Sept-19 14:44:02

If Mr Johnson expects people to take him seriously, perhaps he should tuck his shirt in. I am considering starting crowdfunding to buy him a bottle of shampoo, a comb and a haircut.

varian Mon 23-Sept-19 14:02:29

Boris Johnson is now facing legal action over his part, as Mayor of London, in the loss of £43,000,000 of taxpayers money on the Garden Bridge scandal.

www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/garden-bridge-legal-bid-targets-boris-johnson/10044178.article?blocktitle=Garden-bridge-more-stories&contentID=16541

varian Sun 22-Sept-19 20:05:49

BJ has now been accused of channelling public funds into the coffers of a close "friend" when he was Mayor of London

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/22/boris-johnson-urged-to-justify-awarding-public-funds-to-close-friend-jennifer-arcuri

varian Thu 19-Sept-19 15:58:48

A letter sent to Boris Johnson’s dad during his time at Eton College has been making the rounds on social media – and it explains a lot.

Martin Hammond, who was Johnson’s housemaster and taught him classics, spotted early on that the former Foreign Secretary and prominent Brexiteer showcased a certain irresponsibility and inattention to facts.

Writing of him in a school report in April 1982, he said: “Boris really has adopted a disgracefully cavalier attitude to his classical studies . . . Boris sometimes seems affronted when criticised for what amounts to a gross failure of responsibility (and surprised at the same time that he was not appointed Captain of the School for next half): I think he honestly believes that it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else.”

A Letters of Note tweet detailing the correspondence has gone viral since being it was posted last month, garnering over 10,000 likes and 5,000 re-tweets.

Among the comments people pay tribute to the teacher’s perceptive nature, with one saying the letter “could have been written in 2018”.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/letter-to-boris-johnsons-dad-from-eton-college-resurfaces-online-and-it-explains-a-lot/25/03/

varian Tue 10-Sept-19 20:18:14

I was going to suggest that BJ is an example of Peter's Principle, where someone gets promoted to their level of incompetence, but when I look it up I discovered that it referred to folk who had been compentent at a lower level but when moved up just couldn't cope.

As far as I can see BJ has never been competent at any level, he has fooled around, cashed in on his contacts and elitist background and amused some folk by playing the clown.

He is now being found out big time and is about to get his comeuppence.

jura2 Mon 09-Sept-19 21:41:16

Indeed- and defying the Law, both Houses and HRH on 2 counts now- Yellowhammer AND No Deal. He can't survive long.

In fact, very clever of Bercow to go NOW- when the Tories have lost so so many members and are in a large minority and the father of the House, in effectively in opposition to Johnson- that way Leadsome and co can't choose who they want. VERY clever indeed.

M0nica Mon 09-Sept-19 21:33:09

I have no respect for anyone who makes stupid promises that he knows he cannot keep, just because an advisor tells him to do it, or only keep at the expense of sacrificing the future of our children's - and his.

Pig-headed stupidity is the best description.

jura2 Mon 09-Sept-19 21:13:43

Urmstongran, how can you stand by a man who is closing our Sovereigh Representative Parliament to shut opposition? And one who is now saying he will NOT obey the Law of sthis land- the requirements of BOTH houses and our Gracious HRH.

In the name of democracy by the Daily Mail, the Sun and the Holy Spectator.

Urmstongran Mon 09-Sept-19 21:09:16

Very ‘original’. growstuff

A Dutch cartoon with a take on Boris that none of us here have seen before!

What’s that word ...

? plagiarise

Anyway, adding nothing new.

M0nica Mon 09-Sept-19 20:54:04

I think it is called cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Urmstongran Mon 09-Sept-19 20:44:11

Love him or hate him you have to take your hat off to Boris.

He is doing everything possible to carry out his promise to leave the EU on the 31st Oct.

The remainers will not even concede that and thereby lies part of the problem.

M0nica Sat 07-Sept-19 21:57:17

A current and compliant Tory MP has said that if Boris does defy the law, which this MP thinks is highly improbably, many other Conservative MPs, including him, will resign from the party. This group is said to include some cabinet members.

absthame Sat 07-Sept-19 21:52:27

And Johnson and the efg except the Canadians to fall over themselves to make Trade deals with the clown, it's enough to make one cry

varian Sat 07-Sept-19 21:49:49

Boris Johnson 'will be forced from power if he defies no-deal law'

If PM fails to comply with anti-no deal act, he could face jail, legal experts warn

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/boris-johnson-could-trigger-constitutional-crisis-over-brexit-law

growstuff Sat 07-Sept-19 20:10:42

Thank you for posting that Whitewave. It just about sums things up. Boris as a clown seems to be a recurring image. Here's a Dutch cartoon. Makes you proud to be British, doesn't it? hmm