Posted on 12/03/2020 6:15:43 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It’s what many of you ask me the most, and the question I feel most ashamed to answer.
Partly because I don’t have proof of what I am about to tell you. But also because I was once the one banging on about how blooming marvelous he was and why he was lined up to be my fourth husband (or was it fifth?).
Not only did I announce this publicly, but the last time I saw him in person I actually reminded him personally that he was destined to be Mr Hopkins. (No, that was not fear in his eyes; he had indigestion. Probably.)
If you are reading this, Boris Johnson, please know that the offer of my hand in marriage has been rescinded. You have been nothing but a huge disappointment and, as populist leaders go, are about as much use as a potato in a wig.
I did try to answer the "What the hell happened?" question six months ago, though looking back on my answer I fear I was being too easy on the man, blaming his failings on his inability to work the COVID problem, rather than on Boris himself. Six months on I realize it is the weakness of Johnson, not the strength of the COVID conspiracy, that is the issue.
One minute he was crashing along like a sexually profligate rhino looking for a Brexit mate, full of Get Brexit Done, and doing splendid things like proroguing (suspending) Parliament and firing treacherous MPs who were working AGAINST the will of the people.
He won back the "Red Wall" of Labor supporters in the North of England whose grandfathers’ grandfathers voted Labor and would "turn in their grave" if they knew any member of their gene pool ever voted Tory. He swung back into Parliament with a massive 80-seat majority. And he was all about giving hard workers the breaks they deserved.
And then came COVID. And Boris turned into a turnip in a toupee.
For my beautiful American family, by way of appraising you of the current madness of my country, let me explain that we are just emerging like anemic zombies from our second complete lockdown (no churches, no family gatherings, no pubs, no shops, no socializing) and heading straight into an utterly bonkers "tier" system whereby 99% of the UK remains locked down and 55 million people still can’t do anything or go anywhere.
If these tiers were on a wedding cake it would be a darn awful wedding. Wales will be allowed to open its bars….but they will not be able to serve drinks! The Welsh are known for being contrary, but this is next level.
I have two theories on what the hell happened to Boris. And I think they are both correct.
I believe that in the early part of 2020 Boris received a visit from the Covid / Vax / Gates team and was either blackmailed with material he does not want in the public domain or was offered power beyond any credible ambition he surely has. Perhaps a seat on the new World Government Organization — whatever that looks like.
I do not have proof of this. But the change in Boris has been way too dramatic to have been motivated by personal health or any other rational explanation.
My second theory, which runs in parallel with the first, is that the arrival of a new girlfriend has caused him to deviate disastrously from his original path. The girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, is no weeping wallflower. She has political activist credentials and is a climate change desperado. Using her Siren call she has lured Boris towards the globalists and shipwrecked him utterly against the rocks of her will, leading to the undignified exit of two of Boris’s key men, both architects of ‘Get Brexit Done’: Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain.
And where does this leave us?
I would argue that it leaves upwards of 30 million people in the UK with no political representation.
Brexit supporters are left wondering "What the hell happened to Boris?"
COVID skeptics smart enough to question why we have bankrupted our economy and condemned the elderly to a lonely death for the sake of a mild seasonal flu will never vote for Boris again.
And our rational elderly population is painfully aware that our young will be paying for the cost of Boris’ capitulation to the globalists and Big Pharma heavies for years to come.
There is a massive majority out there in Britain just waiting to be led.
Which begs a rather more pressing question that all of us need to start asking: if we accept that Boris is a complete write-off, even if we don’t really know the fine detail of exactly what the hell happened to him, just who is going to lead Britain out of the mess that it is in?
And before you shout Farage ……for the grassroots Brits, he is nowhere to be seen.
I followed your link to view pics of Carrie Symonds and thought “Meh.” She is 6 or 7 so she must be very engaging, manipulative, and adventuresome in bed because she is no Helen of Troy.
Crapperdick. Beat me to it.
Not a gf but W did a total 180 dropping the mask in his second term.
She’s cute.
She’s a lot better than he. He’s a disheveled “meh” mess. On a par with Bernie in the looks department.
Is she really just 6?
She’s a British 10.
“by way of ‘appraising’ you of the current madness of my country”
Apprising?
I wouldn't kick Carrie Symonds out of bed but at my age I have sadly lowered my standards.
“Unfortunately, Farage is not the leader the UK needs.”
I’m reminded of the phrase that you have to go to war with the army that you’ve got.
Farage is about the only person with national stature that could take on, albeit probably reluctantly, this role. He is the best leader with a national presence you’ve got.
He has the proven ability to recognize the issues, frame them in an understandable manner and to quickly rally masses of people around for support. Apparently,
this ability to gather competent people to help is his greatest strength.
His early morning jaunts out into the channel showing the continuing “invasion” of the UK and the complete lack of any pushback by the government is not going unnoticed nor unappreciated.
I would say that if he wants Boris’ job, he can have it.
Hit the wrong button.
Meant to post here that I agree he is the only one around w/the national stature to pull it off.
Problem is, he has been made radioactive in the UK.
His latest baby momma is a rabid leftist.
He probably accepted some sort of (CCP??) payoff, due to his high cost of living/child support.
Just a speculation.
I’m not sure what you mean when you say that he has become radioactive.
Nigel has been a pariah in some circles for decades but he seems to come out ahead in the end.
Other than the reform party that he is talking about recently, what are you talking about?
I’m talking about the opinions of people in the UK that I personally know.
Anti-Brexit, EU-loving, Farage hating, Tommy Robinson-hating, Jeremy Corbin-loving Brits.
Other than their politics, I like them.
Juicy opinion!
Oh, I see what you mean.
This closely parallels our situation in this country today. We have lots of otherwise tolerable people who are batcrap crazy.
I had a 50 year friend die recently. He lived in Penketh, Lancs. Skype was his friend and he called me regularly, primarily to vent, mostly about government but focused on immigration and what he perceived as the dissolution of Britain as a nation by the people who had benefited the most. It broke his heart.
I believe a majority of native Brits would or will, if given the opportunity, surge into Farage’s camp... like I perceive that we have with Trump.
Thx for holler back.
I love the UK. Been there at least a dozen times or more.
I sincerely hope you are correct. The UK is a great country.
I agree about the UK.
If I ever run away from home, I’m going to hide in Wales... or the Lake District.
We will just have to see about Nigel. Whatever happens I believe that he will have a hand in it.
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