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Repellent, chaotic and a serial liar, Boris Johnson would be a catastrophic prime minister
New Statesman ^ | 22 May 2019 | Martin Fletcher

Posted on 05/23/2019 11:12:28 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

You thought it couldn’t get worse? It certainly can. Britain now faces the very real prospect of Boris Johnson moving into N0 10 (with or without his current girlfriend). He would do so as the country faces its gravest crisis since the Second World War – a crisis of which he was a principal architect – and without having won a general election. He would have been chosen, quite preposterously, by fewer than 120,000 ageing, reactionary Tory party members.

Rules are rules: the party with the most MPs selects the prime minister. But the Conservatives have no overwhelming popular mandate. Indeed, they were emphatically denied one in 2017. Theirs is a minority government sustained only by a squalid deal with the Democratic Unionist Party.

That tiny Tory franchise, utterly unrepresentative of the country as a whole, would impose on Britain the least qualified prime minister of modern times.

Johnson’s only ministerial experience consists of two dire years as foreign secretary – a stint memorable for his gaffes, gratuitous insults, guff about creating a “Global Britain” and constant undermining of Theresa May. As London’s mayor Johnson excelled as merrymaker-in-chief during the 2012 Olympic Games, but at little else: “Boris Bikes” were Ken Livingstone’s idea, the Thames cable car and ArcelorMittal Orbit tower were expensive flops, and his ultimate vanity project, the aborted Garden Bridge, cost £53m without a brick being laid. Before that, Johnson served briefly as shadow arts minister, but was fired by Michael Howard, then Tory leader, for lying about one of his extramarital affairs.

Johnson is also spectacularly lacking in the moral qualifications required to lead the country. He is a congenital liar, serially disloyal, untrustworthy, irresponsible and hopelessly chaotic – as David Cameron, Michael Gove, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, his former wives, and many others know only too well.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson; brexit; brexitparty; eu; europeanunion; labourparty; martinfletcher; nato; theresamay; tory; trump; uk; unitedkingdom
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Labour party mouthpiece gets all bent out of shape at the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming the UK's Prime Minister.
1 posted on 05/23/2019 11:12:28 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: Zhang Fei

I don’t know much about Boris, but I have heard that PDJT likes him, which is probably the reason for this liberal diatribe of venomous vitriol.


2 posted on 05/23/2019 11:16:23 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Zhang Fei

In other words, he’s perfect.


3 posted on 05/23/2019 11:16:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Zhang Fei

Replace ‘Boris Johnson’ with ‘Donald Trump’ and it could have been written by the NYT................


4 posted on 05/23/2019 11:17:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Zhang Fei

I don’t trust “opinion” unless I’m familiar with the author, so I’ll wait.


5 posted on 05/23/2019 11:18:21 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Zhang Fei

new statesman is a leftist rag. Change everything they say to the opposite to understand Boris Johnson.


6 posted on 05/23/2019 11:19:35 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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To: Zhang Fei

So what does this mean for Brexit and the future of the EU?


7 posted on 05/23/2019 11:19:56 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Red Badger

Lol

We should play a game when he’s in.

See if we can tell, without their names showing, whether the article is about Trump or this guy :)


8 posted on 05/23/2019 11:20:48 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Zhang Fei

“reactionary”?

Who talks like that?


9 posted on 05/23/2019 11:22:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“reactionary”? Who talks like that?

Commies.

10 posted on 05/23/2019 11:23:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Zhang Fei

Well, at least the author didn’t accuse Boris of starting Global Warming, all by himself. But maybe that will come later.


11 posted on 05/23/2019 11:24:37 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Johnson is also spectacularly lacking in the moral qualifications required to lead the country. He is a congenital liar, serially disloyal, untrustworthy, irresponsible and hopelessly chaotic – as David Cameron, Michael Gove, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, his former wives, and many others know only too well.

I like him, i’m willing to bet at the end of the day we can trust him.


12 posted on 05/23/2019 11:25:05 AM PDT by heshtesh
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same thing the world elites said about Trump and he’s proved them wrong at every turn


13 posted on 05/23/2019 11:26:04 AM PDT by drypowder
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Johnson is also spectacularly lacking in the moral qualifications required to lead the country. He is a congenital liar, serially disloyal, untrustworthy, irresponsible and hopelessly chaotic – as David Cameron, Michael Gove, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, his former wives, and many others know only too well.

Sounds like my kind of guy.

14 posted on 05/23/2019 11:27:43 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Zhang Fei

They probably took a stock Trump article, crossed out Trump and wrote in “Boris Johnson.”


15 posted on 05/23/2019 11:31:18 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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Ooooh! Ooooh! Boris Johnson is like Orange Man! And Orange Man bad!!!!

Looking forward to a Labour meltdown.


16 posted on 05/23/2019 11:31:32 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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That is pure fantasy. Johnson is abhorred throughout the EU, which he once compared to the Third Reich.L

Compare the EU to the Third Reich or call it the Fourth Reich...either can be argued for. The fact that a politician of any stripe is hated by the EU would be endorsement enough for me.

17 posted on 05/23/2019 11:32:49 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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“..Boris Johnson moving into N0 10 (with or without his current girlfriend)..”
Fine with me, as long as it’s not a husband/boyfriend...


18 posted on 05/23/2019 11:33:15 AM PDT by exinnj
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Yes, the Stateman has gone through a lot over the years but they are devote Trump haters, strong supporters of the DemonRats and despise any talk of nationalism as a means to govern and their writers are solidly pro-abortion.

To be dismissed as confused Brits meddling when talking about America and take their opinions with a whole bucket of salt.

19 posted on 05/23/2019 11:33:43 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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Replace ‘Boris Johnson’ with ‘Donald Trump’ and it could have been written by the NYT................

Ha! I was going to say the same thing about WAPO.

20 posted on 05/23/2019 11:34:32 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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