Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 26, 2018 Boris Leachman. Chuck Boris. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted July 9, 2018 Foreign Secretary Johnson missing in action. Hasn't turned up for scheduled meetings. Resignation imminent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted July 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Foreign Secretary Johnson missing in action. Hasn't turned up for scheduled meetings. Resignation imminent? RESIGNED!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted July 9, 2018 We’re in meltdown. May will go by the end of the day.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted July 9, 2018 May gone by end of the week then. It's Boris. He wouldn't move unless he saw job prospects. EDIT - Damn you, Philheybrookninja! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted July 9, 2018 1 minute ago, msc said: May gone by end of the week then. It's Boris. He wouldn't move unless he saw job prospects. EDIT - Damn you, Philheybrookninja! Stephen Baker specifically saying "there is no time for a leadership election" in his resignation speech makes it sound like there's going to be a Michael Howard-esque coronation of a leader. It's going to be Gove, isn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted July 9, 2018 Anyone want to live in Gove Albion? Shambles, the national interest died long ago under these jokers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted July 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Stephen Baker specifically saying "there is no time for a leadership election" in his resignation speech makes it sound like there's going to be a Michael Howard-esque coronation of a leader. It's going to be Gove, isn't it? They didn't elect May either and that went well. Though if its Gove, I'd just like to claim I was being early with my predictions: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted July 9, 2018 Gin O’clock sums up the mood brilliantly 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philheybrookbay 439 Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, msc said: They didn't elect May either and that went well. Though if its Gove, I'd just like to claim I was being early with my predictions: Spineless coward was as close to the door as possible. He’ll be Prime Minister by the weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 9, 2018 https://metro.co.uk/video/thandie-newtons-daughter-calls-boris-johnson-c-t-1723608/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 860 Posted July 9, 2018 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: RESIGNED!!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!! No more BOZO of the FO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted July 9, 2018 So sad to see Boris Johnson...actually, my sentence is finished. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted July 9, 2018 As he "returns to the backbenches", let us take some time to remember all the great speeches he made as Foreign Secretary around the world and in Parliament... Er....I got nothing. You? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted July 9, 2018 "Hope turned to disappointment" - BBC analysis of his achievements as Foreign Secretary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44767848 " Above all, Mr Johnson struggled to set out clearly what the government's "global Britain" foreign policy actually meant." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted July 9, 2018 "This page intentionally blank". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted July 18, 2018 Boris makes one of the most important hard-hitting and intelligent resignation speeches ever in the House of Commons. Just kidding. Moans that Brexit isn't hard enough, that the UK should dither back to his vision of Brexit (and look wonderfully weaker than the weak vision - is it a vision? we already have) and that we should all unite behind the previous Lancaster House speech. Incidentally, there was a previous Lancaster House speech - just before Zimbabwe's independence. Look how that turned out. Anyway Boris, no gravitas, plenty of blonde lock tossing and stamping of petulant feet. As expected. I rate it 1/10. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted August 7, 2018 Meanwhile on this side of the pond, Boris compares women who wear the burka to "bank robbers" or "letterboxes". Maybe that's why he was resigned to losing his post.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted August 8, 2018 Ban the Burka Berk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 8, 2018 Holy shit, are we actually going to see the great realigning of British politics as a result of this? Boris's Steve Bannon-endorsed far right, Corbyn's coalition of students and people who say "I know David Icke can be a bit over the top at times but when it comes to the Middle East he's dead on" on the left and everyone else just smudged into the centre? Dominic Grieve as the British Macron? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runebomme 377 Posted August 8, 2018 59 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said: Ban the Berk. no, lets extend it to the men as well political correctness v political correctness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,386 Posted August 8, 2018 Sky Data Poll from today: 60% say it is not racist to compare Muslim women who wear a burka to bank robbers or letterboxes, compared to only 33% that think it is. 60% believe the burka should be banned in the UK, compared to a measly 26% opposed. Let's remember either a full or partial ban on Islamic face coverings is already in place in EU nations Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, The Netherlands as well as non-EU Norway. Not to mention Chad, Cameroon and Gabon. "I wouldn’t want my four year old looked after by somebody wearing a burka. I wouldn’t want my elderly mum looked after by somebody wearing a burka. They need to be able to show their face." - Emily Thornberry, Shadow Foreign Secretary. Perhaps one day the media will have a wander outside of their London bubble to the streets of normal Britain. They might then find that the fury and outrage they whip up is not replicated in the mood of average, everyday people. More unlikely, maybe one day Labour will stop being so opportunist and hypocritical. This whole episode is absurd. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runebomme 377 Posted August 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, Thatcher said: Sky Data Poll from today: 60% say it is not racist to compare Muslim women who wear a burka to bank robbers or letterboxes, compared to only 33% that think it is. 60% believe the burka should be banned in the UK, compared to a measly 26% opposed. Let's remember either a full or partial ban on Islamic face coverings is already in place in EU nations Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, The Netherlands as well as non-EU Norway. Not to mention Chad, Cameroon and Gabon. "I wouldn’t want my four year old looked after by somebody wearing a burka. I wouldn’t want my elderly mum looked after by somebody wearing a burka. They need to be able to show their face." - Emily Thornberry, Shadow Foreign Secretary. Perhaps one day the media will have a wander outside of their London bubble to the streets of normal Britain. They might then find that the fury and outrage they whip up is not replicated in the mood of average, everyday people. More unlikely, maybe one day Labour will stop being so hypocritical. This whole episode is absurd. conservatives are no better https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/06/13/sajid-javid-relax-immigration-controls-bring-thousands-skilled/ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/may/18/warsi-pakistani-men-white-girls-are-fair-gam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,385 Posted August 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, runebomme said: no, lets extend it to the men as well political correctness v political correctness I was actually calling for a ban on Boris Johnson because he's politically and diplomatically as adept as my right testicle with a fucking smiley face drawn on it. On the issue itself, though, it's not right to call out Johnson for being racist on the matter; that's far too extreme. After all, wearing the burka is rather a choice; muslim women have no obligation to wear it. Some of them indeed hate it. But it's entirely their choice. But what Boris has done is worded something very undiplomatically, nay provocatively even, as usual, and won't even apologise for that. He doesn't need to apologise for his views on the burka; as it's been pointed out, many people don't like them. Just the wording, just to clarify to those that associate the name 'Boris Johnson' with 'Racist Cunt' that, give him a modicum of credit, he's only the last bit of that. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Thatcher said: Perhaps one day the media will have a wander outside of their London bubble to the streets of normal Britain. I dunno my man, if your idea of venturing outside of the London bubble is Boris Johnson's Telegraph column, I think you've been worked into a shoot. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
