How long will Boris last?

Too long.

endlessstrife the North actually got more funding from the EU than from Westminster. We have yet to know what will replace that.

Boris Johnson’s ambition has always been to be PM, so why would he not stay? I think he is really good news for our country.

He does seem determined to achieve what the Electorate voted for ie leave the EU. Apparently there were no options on the ballot paper to choose which parts of the membership should be lost and retained. It was leave or not! Once BJ has done what was voted for he will be off with his pension like the rest of them.

frenchie the U.K. has gradually been losing its industrial base which provided jobs and wealth creation outside the major cities, such as in Burnley, for the last 20 years. Other countries in the EU faired better, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium etc. We were not being cared for by the EU. Brexit, hopefully, will give us fresh opportunities. It may fail, but we need to try these things, and do something now.

How long's an hour though?

He will grow into the job. Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

ReadyMeals ^^ Spot on! Regrettable though the whole thing was, once the referendum had happened a withdrawal plan should just have been systematically got on with in a non-confrontational and business-like way. Then we wouldn’t have had all this angry and unhappy nonsense about democracy and the will of the people.

CathieB, not only should brexit not have been a party political issue, I say there should not even have been a campaign! The moment it turned into a campaign, the people leading the sides treated it as a competition and wanted to win. Winning became more important than informing the public. In fact what should have happened is that civil servants overseen by a crossparty committee should have prepared a fact list of what the EU currently takes and gives back, what types of rules they can impose and which ones we are free to veto or ignore, and possible outcomes and routes the UK could take after leaving. Then ask people to read it before voting and ask those who don't want to read it to consider not voting. Sometimes less turnout is more, if people don't understand the issues.

He did brilliantly as mayor of London. He will last. He will do well I am sure of that.

It’s beyond all of us who didn’t vote for him frenchie - but those who have nothing to lose, have nothing to lose.

Boris does not have a good reputation as LM if L for attention to detail, honesty and dealing with the day-to-day grind. He delegated as much as he could, took the credit and kicked out opponents. What a ridiculous situation we’re in now! Brexit should never have been a party political issue, both parties were split and MPs were trying to please their divided constituents. It could have been put in the hands of a cross party committee with economic expertise to negotiate. In a way Corbyn was right as the leader of his party to try not to take a ‘side’ as it had become by then. More honest than kicking out those that didn’t toe the line - Tory style. It has turned into an ego trip and Boris’s shouty bravado Brexit will not solve any of the UK’s real problems

This is a genuine question
Can someone explain to me the following:
I was watching the BBC news and they had a piece on Burnley, a very depressed town up North. They interviewed 2 men on zero hour contracts, living in a bedsit. They had voted conservative hoping for a change. I cannot comprehend why.
As a fervent and rowdy remainer and a livelong labour supporter it is beyond me ? What is Boris going to to do to make their life better? And how will being out of Europe help their lives?

freyja - well said. I fear that the old adage ‘be careful what you wish for’ will prove to be true for many who voted for him

I think the sign of a good leader is one who does delegate - wanting to bring in the best people for the job. A leader who doesn't delegate is one who is insecure and can lead to a dictatorship

Until the next general election or longer if he delivers what the people want .

Boris' idea all along was to leave the EU without a deal, which he has been promoting for the last three years. Boris has no intention of wasting time negotiating with the EU, he has to 'get Brexit done' and to hell with the consequences to the country. He has got rid of anyone who stood against him and made all Tory MPs sign a pledge not to oppose his 'deal' and promised the earth to anyone who were not sure. So we are heading out, 'no ifs, no buts or maybes' we are going. Sadly those that believed Boris will feel the pain the most.

As for how long he remains is a good question. Boris is only interested in Boris and once his disastrous policy takes hold he will be held to account. So he will only stay in power whilst his popularity is high. When people realise that his promises were false and nothing but lies he will blame everyone else. He will leave the mess for someone else to clear up, just like he did when he was Major of London; which he left because he had bigger fish to catch, the PMs job. So when it falls through Boris will hide in the House of Lords, amongst the other Tory MPs who have joined this week.

I was one who thought he was what they all say. But now he actually seems to be taking it seriously (first time in his life). So, willing to be shown wrong - perhaps he will be a brilliant one nation PM (God know we need one). Labour have completely forgotten their roots in UK (ie the methodist tradition etc). Will be at least 2 periods out of power.

What's that got to do with how long Boris will last?

How right you are lemongrove.

A weak opposition which cannot face the reality of just how much they have let their core voters down, and who even now continually blame others for losing
Wake up
Voters are not stupid, racist, unable to see through lies.
Good news though, it means they have cooked their goose for the foreseeable future ,
I cringe when I think that lot could have been in power.

So BJ and Churchill are both quite large and both Conservatives.......anything else?

As far as Winston Churchill goes the common conception that he was a much loved leader is entirely false. The working class hated him. When he visited the docks in Hull he was booed. The dockers who dipped the cranes at his funeral only did so because they were paid overtime. How the media distorts working class history!
I don't doubt Boris's ability to charm. I think he'll just find the whole thing too much like hard work.

I expect Boris will be around for a while yet. You don't just slink off from a victory like that. The very things that annoyed me about him as Mayor of my city are probably what will save our country from him - he doesn't like to do his own work, he will delegate like anything, and we'll probably get good people actually doing the work. He's already cheered me up by putting Michael Gove in a prominent role.

Boris is the second Winston Churchill

Was that the same Winston Churchill who held very dubious views on a number of issues and who had to resign after losing the first election after the war? Surely you’re not comparing Brexit to WW2??