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What a coward!

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ayse Mon 16-Sept-19 16:03:48

Boris did not turn up to the press conference. It may be that he didn’t want any more heckling!

How rude! I’m very angry with his bad manners. It’s certainly not the way to endear us in negotiation, whatever the way you feel about leaving the EU

ayse Mon 16-Sept-19 19:26:58

Varian,it seems to me that the LibDems are the centre party except for their Brexit position. I’m really further left but I always consider carefully where to put my vote.

That’s why it’s important to me to have PR. Make every vote count.

varian Mon 16-Sept-19 19:36:22

I agree ayse

I am a longstanding LD party member, but problably on the left of the party.

Having previously been a Labour voter, I found myself many years ago living in an area where the only opposition to the Tories was the Liberals. So I joined and have stuck with them.

Even if I lived elsewhere now, I would habve great difficulty supporting Corbyn's Labour Party.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 16-Sept-19 19:43:20

Brits living in the tax haven that is Luxembourg....... I wonder why they want UK to stay in the EU??? €€€€

ayse Mon 16-Sept-19 19:45:06

TBH Crafty Granny, I feel so let down and angry about this whole debacle that remaining calm is a challenge.

Smileless2012 Mon 16-Sept-19 19:47:20

Not as cowardly as DC who called the referendum and then resigned because he didn't get the result he wanted.

varian Mon 16-Sept-19 19:51:24

I think it quite likely that some of the protestors had travelled to Luxemburg to make their views known.

BJ chickened out of a press conference with the PM of Luxemburg who told it like it is. He saw through BJ and his non-existant brtexit proposals.

The PM of Luxemburg told the world the truth that the British government had not presented any written proposals for discussion. He stood beside an empty podium.

BJ did not appear because he was FRIT.

It would make any of us ashamed to be British.

Riverwalk Mon 16-Sept-19 19:52:51

That’s why it’s important to me to have PR. Make every vote count.

Best not - PR would have given us about 90 UKIP MPs in the the 2015 election.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 16-Sept-19 19:53:27

Why would they travel to Luxembourg they can protest here without the hassle or costs?

GrannyGravy13 Mon 16-Sept-19 19:54:13

Riverwalk if that is true it is flipping scary!!!

ayse Mon 16-Sept-19 19:57:09

Maybe not Riverwalk, perhaps more people would vote if it counted for something. eg, maybe it would produce more greens. Anyway I was just speculating. I can’t see much changing anytime soon

varian Mon 16-Sept-19 20:07:18

I think if UKIP could have elected MPs they would very soon have been seen for what they are and would never have been re-elected.

nanou Mon 16-Sept-19 20:14:11

Not a huge fan but BoJo did ask for a press conference indoors which was refused. Why?
Anyway, the country is split in 2, only way out is a second referendum with real FACTS.

Labaik Mon 16-Sept-19 20:32:29

They could have put a tub of lard there; in fact they could put a tub of lard everywhere he' s supposed to be....

Dinahmo Mon 16-Sept-19 20:41:43

Nanou Apparently the request came too late to change the venue. Anyway, why should they change it just because he's frit?

Too scared to face the press outside Number 10 so he snuck in the back door.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 16-Sept-19 20:52:20

Someone who wasn’t frit in Johnson’s party

John Simpson
@JohnSimpsonNews
Boris Johnson skips a press conference because of a demo. I once watched Margaret Thatcher land in Zambia, charge down the aircraft steps in the dark into the middle of a hostile crowd & give an impromptu presser even though she'd been told people might throw acid at her.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 16-Sept-19 20:54:34

Lots of this sort of opinion on social media

Stephen McGann
@StephenMcGann
Runs from the truth. Runs from personal responsibility. Runs from parliamentary scrutiny. Runs from protestors. A national disgrace.

ayse Mon 16-Sept-19 20:56:09

Whitewave ??

Barmeyoldbat Mon 16-Sept-19 21:07:33

I am going to vote Lib Dem, always been a labour voter but I am a firm retainer. Also we have have Liam Fox as our MP with a large majority but we are a remain area and I think the Lib Dems will stand more chance in our area.

I think Boris is a disgrace and has made us the lasting stock of Europe with how he has been acting.

On a lighter note, I have just got back from a stage in Holland and I manage to get a few deals, a breakfast deal, a lunch deal, a deal on bike rental and deal on my accommodation for next year. grin

trisher Mon 16-Sept-19 21:09:55

GG13 I would imagine many of them are working in Luxembourg it has a very high rate of immigration and a thriving economy. I suspect they might be very cross because they would not have had a vote in the referendum. As for tax haven won't Luxembourg come into the new EU tax rules? Isn't this country liable to be a tax haven if Brexit goes ahead?

paddyann Mon 16-Sept-19 21:33:24

Lib Dems are just Tory lite...she's already in talks about a cp alition with her old palsthe tories.After the mess they helped make last time why would anyone vote for them Jo Swinson only increased her vot in East Dunbartonshire by 4%,hardly a lanslide so dont get too excited ..its not going to happen

varian Mon 16-Sept-19 21:37:48

The fact that SNP supporters feel the need to make up nasty lies about Jo Swinson is a positive endorsement .

jura2 Mon 16-Sept-19 22:11:22

Rent a Mob ?!? The hecklers were mostly local British Citizens who feel they are being used a pawns and bargaining chips in Johnson's sick game. I wish I had joined them!

MaizieD Mon 16-Sept-19 22:46:24

Why would they travel to Luxembourg they can protest here without the hassle or costs?

Believe it, or not, GG13, many UK nationals actually live and work on the European mainland. Where it's easy to travel to Luxembourg (and probably nice and cheap). Brexit, particularly no deal Brexit, adversely affects them.

Calling people who are very worried about their future 'rent a mob' is pathetic and reinforces the image of Leavers as being completely indifferent to the havoc their vote has caused.

Grandad1943 Tue 17-Sept-19 08:03:45

Johnson has run away from the reality of the leave situation he created.

He then ran away from his accountability to parliament by proroguing it.

He has now has run away from other European Union leaders and a few hecklers because he had no answers to any of the leave problems.

Not only is he a coward but also a huge Buffoon.

GrannyGravy13 Tue 17-Sept-19 08:52:48

For every € Luxembourg puts in to the EU it receives €34 back.

For every £1 UK puts is to the EU it receives 38p.

Why does such a small country which is according to some on GN flourishing need this?

See attached table.