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Bookies put Boris Johnson in first place for next Prime Minister

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/bookies-...-minister-144848567.html?.tsrc=jtc_news_index

Boris Johnson is now the firm favourite to be the next prime minister after dramatically quitting Theresa May’s cabinet this afternoon.


The now-ex foreign secretary plunged Mrs May’s cabinet into crisis just hours after David Davis resigned as Secretary of State for exiting the European Union.

On Monday morning, the odds for Boris Johnson taking over the role of Prime Minister were 9/1.
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Go Boris! I would say this is the best hope for the UK, if they want to mend fences with the US. Boris is very keen on Trump's style and he might just get things done if he becomes PM.
 
Well, if bookies were anything to go by (and we know that the Brit ones are not) Gawd help us all. Yet another country run by an insufferable clown is the last thing anyone needs. Beyond which, the idea that two narcissists get on with each other to the point of sharing communality is an oxymoron in and of itself.

That's not even addressing the habitual dishonesty being the only perceivable communality altogether.
 
I dont know about this but I do know that any day now folks are are going to wake up to the fact that the revolt against the globalists is both real and is sustainable.

Bad work carries consequences.
 
PoS said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bookies-...-minister-144848567.html?.tsrc=jtc_news_index



Go Boris! I would say this is the best hope for the UK, if they want to mend fences with the US. Boris is very keen on Trump's style and he might just get things done if he becomes PM.
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So you would like to have a brown nosing buffoon like Boris Johnson as PM? The man is a blithering idiot. He lied to the UK public during the Brexit debate and if he would get his wish of a hard Brexit, the UK economy would take a nosedive. The City will loose out big time. UK companies and foreign companies who choose the UK because it was part of the EU will leave. The EU will play hardball with the UK and none of those things are good for the voters and might lead to a Corbyn government.
 
Peter King said:
So you would like to have a brown nosing buffoon like Boris Johnson as PM? The man is a blithering idiot. He lied to the UK public during the Brexit debate and if he would get his wish of a hard Brexit, the UK economy would take a nosedive. The City will loose out big time. UK companies and foreign companies who choose the UK because it was part of the EU will leave. The EU will play hardball with the UK and none of those things are good for the voters and might lead to a Corbyn government.
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The question is does the UK public know or even care that he lied to them?
 
Moot said:
The question is does the UK public know or even care that he lied to them?
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50 pct with a strong likelihood of it being by now more.

But then again it's all about belief (us vs them) with bias being impervious to knowledge.
 
For Boris to become PM, he would need to be elected party leader and that is near impossible with all the backstabbing he has been doing.

On top of that it would require that the DUP approve of him and later on that the Tory party win the elections...the former could happen but the latter is hardly certain.



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PoS said:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bookies-...-minister-144848567.html?.tsrc=jtc_news_index



Go Boris! I would say this is the best hope for the UK, if they want to mend fences with the US. Boris is very keen on Trump's style and he might just get things done if he becomes PM.
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To the contrary, the smart money is on Corbyn, regardless of what you may think of him or his policies; he's got the zeitgeist and the energy, and is divorced from and diametrically opposed to the unpopular cuts and austerity imposed by the Cons:

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/next-prime-minister
 
Peter King said:
So you would like to have a brown nosing buffoon like Boris Johnson as PM? The man is a blithering idiot. He lied to the UK public during the Brexit debate and if he would get his wish of a hard Brexit, the UK economy would take a nosedive. The City will loose out big time. UK companies and foreign companies who choose the UK because it was part of the EU will leave. The EU will play hardball with the UK and none of those things are good for the voters and might lead to a Corbyn government.
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Let's think about this rationally: the UK wants Brexit, but May's government is too incompetent to get it done. The UK will need American support if they are going to make this happen, and Trump has already endorsed Boris.
 
Good god if Johnson becomes Prime Minister, I mean god help us all.

It’ll be worse and more embarrassing than Tony Abbot in Australia.
 
Jetboogieman said:
Good god if Johnson becomes Prime Minister, I mean god help us all.

It’ll be worse and more embarrassing than Tony Abbot in Australia.
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The appalling fact is that he wouldn't be the worst Tory choice! He'd be absolutely disastrous, but not the worst!
 
At least the photo op between he and Trump would be complimentary.

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PoS said:
Let's think about this rationally: the UK wants Brexit, but May's government is too incompetent to get it done. The UK will need American support if they are going to make this happen, and Trump has already endorsed Boris.
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The UK does not need American support and the UK did not know how it wanted to exit the EU.
 
PoS said:
Let's think about this rationally: the UK wants Brexit, but May's government is too incompetent to get it done. The UK will need American support if they are going to make this happen, and Trump has already endorsed Boris.
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No 52% of the population 2 years ago wanted it based on lies and miss - information and yes as we know... Russian meddling. Now days if polls are correct, a majority are against Brexit.

The UK won't get American support... it will be a takeover pure and simple and that is what Trump wants... so he can build more golf courses in Scotland.

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PeteEU said:
No 52% of the population 2 years ago wanted it based on lies and miss - information and yes as we know... Russian meddling. Now days if polls are correct, a majority are against Brexit.

The UK won't get American support... it will be a takeover pure and simple and that is what Trump wants... so he can build more golf courses in Scotland.

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No, Pete, you give too much credit. Only 27% of the electorate wanted it, still based on lies and misinformation. The vote result was what was slightly over 50/50.
 
Moot said:
The question is does the UK public know or even care that he lied to them?
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Good question however it demands a competent rival in the alternative party to rub the public's nose in Johnson's dirt for many to believe. Those who bought Johnson's original lies about the EU won't change their minds in the slightest but he has alienated the moderates in the Conservative party who would need to back his bid for PM.

Corbyn has his own problems to deal with to be a proper rival to May or Johnson - the latest being his very questionable appearance at a wreath laying ceremony for Arab terrorists and others.

There is a really interesting TV series by an ex-Labour MP travelling around "Trumpland" at the moment which charts the genesis and rise of Trump's popularity and there are some similarities with how Johnson's vote base will stick with him as he has learned the triggers that bring about support.
 
Surrealistik said:
To the contrary, the smart money is on Corbyn, regardless of what you may think of him or his policies; he's got the zeitgeist and the energy, and is divorced from and diametrically opposed to the unpopular cuts and austerity imposed by the Cons:

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/next-prime-minister
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Corbyn faces complaint to Labour over wreath row? but finds the debate eye-rollingly tiresome  | Daily Mail Online

'Smart' and 'Corbyn' in the same sentence! There's a first. No, I do not think the British will vote a clapped-out old Commie anti-semite into power. The long-time friend of the IRA and every Arab terrorist group he meets. Corbyn will go far to meet them - providing they pay for his ticket.
 
Manc Skipper said:
No, Pete, you give too much credit. Only 27% of the electorate wanted it, still based on lies and misinformation. The vote result was what was slightly over 50/50.
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There were indeed a lot of lies told at the referendum two years ago. Like for example that a vote for Brexit would lead to mass unemployment and economic disaster. Big lies if they had not been told the OUT vote would have been bigger still.

https://order-order.com/2018/08/14/...te-unemployment-at-lowest-level-for-40-years/
 
Sweden said:
Corbyn faces complaint to Labour over wreath row? but finds the debate eye-rollingly tiresome* | Daily Mail Online

'Smart' and 'Corbyn' in the same sentence! There's a first. No, I do not think the British will vote a clapped-out old Commie anti-semite into power. The long-time friend of the IRA and every Arab terrorist group he meets. Corbyn will go far to meet them - providing they pay for his ticket.
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If McCarthyism and anachronistic strawmen from more than three decades ago is the best that Corbyn's political opponents can muster, you can certainly expect him as PM sooner rather than later.

And yes, the man is leagues ahead of May (her Brexit bumbling is truly a sight to behold) and any other conservative front runner thus far in terms of intellectual competence.

But by all means, please disregard the polling and near unanimous odds to better indulge your confirmation bias and underestimate him; I only wish more UK conservatives thought as you did.
 
Surrealistik said:
If McCarthyism and anachronistic strawmen from more than three decades ago is the best that Corbyn's political opponents can muster, you can certainly expect him as PM sooner rather than later.

And yes, the man is leagues ahead of May (her Brexit bumbling is truly a sight to behold) and any other conservative front runner thus far in terms of intellectual competence.

But by all means, please disregard the polling and near unanimous odds to better indulge your confirmation bias and underestimate him; I only wish more UK conservatives thought as you did.
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The polling? In a UK poll last week on "Who would be the best Prime Minister, May or Corbyn" May led by 37%. No, I don't trust the polls either but a margin like this says something.
 
Sweden said:
The polling? In a UK poll last week on "Who would be the best Prime Minister, May or Corbyn" May led by 37%. No, I don't trust the polls either but a margin like this says something.
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Citation? Current polls show the Tories behind Labour by a small margin, hence the immense effort being put in by the right-wing media, Tories and Blairites to tar him with the anti-semite brush. I don't think it's working. Unlike Johnson's Islamophobia, which only really requires you to quote him.

The question is academic however, since May is not going to be PM for more than 6 months, and it won't be the Labour Party who kicks her out, but the Tories. I dare say if you polled PM preferences between Corbyn and Johnson you'd get a clear Corbyn preference.
 
Andalublue said:
Citation? Current polls show the Tories behind Labour by a small margin, hence the immense effort being put in by the right-wing media, Tories and Blairites to tar him with the anti-semite brush. I don't think it's working. Unlike Johnson's Islamophobia, which only really requires you to quote him.

The question is academic however, since May is not going to be PM for more than 6 months, and it won't be the Labour Party who kicks her out, but the Tories. I dare say if you polled PM preferences between Corbyn and Johnson you'd get a clear Corbyn preference.
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Momenmentum - the ultra left part-within-a-party of the far left British Labour - is running a poll about whether Boris Johnson should be dissmissed from the Conservatives. And are left looking pretty silly. I wouldn't be so sure about the results of Corbyn/Johnson poll if I were you.
https://order-order.com/2018/08/15/momentum-twitter-poll-backfires/
 
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