The Race for the Tory Leadership and Premiership [Johnson the new PM]

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  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,882Chief of Staff
    I just heard portions of Ms. May's speech on TV--when she started waxing patriotic, I was afraid she'd promise to "make Britain great again!"
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    edited July 2016
    That's the way Boris, fly the flag for Britain {[]
    ( I think you secretly like this picture Higgins :) )

    Here's one of bojo this morning at the foreign office, preparing for international negotiations.


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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Shows just how little you know me :D

    I am hearing that BoJo will have very little to do with the negotiations as May announced a special BREXIT secretary.

    However, it's well known that Johnson was not opposed to the EU by birth, we was even uncertain about his position on this before he entered the campaign ;)
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    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think Boris is "Uncertain " about many things. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    To reflect the new management in the F.O., new Bond movies wil be in the Roger Moore style :007)
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    " You`re cleverer than you look " I think applies to Boris. ;)
    And poor old George Osborne, he honestly thought that job was his :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    I just heard portions of Ms. May's speech on TV--when she started waxing patriotic, I was afraid she'd promise to "make Britain great again!"

    That's up there with 'reclaiming our country' during the EU ref :#

    She hasn't been there for 24 hours yet and has been totally ruthless with her Cabinet .... I'm getting the impression she's not just full of soundbites !! :o
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The afternoon of the long knives. :D
    I feel sorry for poor old Michael Gove, all that planning and back stabbing ...... only to
    Be sacked ! :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,239MI6 Agent
    Lady Rose wrote:
    Hardyboy wrote:
    I just heard portions of Ms. May's speech on TV--when she started waxing patriotic, I was afraid she'd promise to "make Britain great again!"

    That's up there with 'reclaiming our country' during the EU ref :#

    She hasn't been there for 24 hours yet and has been totally ruthless with her Cabinet ....

    Why don't you take inspiration from her Lady Rose, and go rearrange your knicker drawer... :D
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Why don't you take inspiration from her Lady Rose, and go rearrange your knicker drawer... :D

    I think you'll find my drawers are in perfect order :D
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    Go bojo, go bojo, go bojo

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    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    Go bojo, go bojo, go bojo

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    Has anyone added him to the 'next Bond after Craig' thread?
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,449MI6 Agent
    He'd make a great M :D
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    edited July 2016
    Chriscoop wrote:
    He'd make a great M :D

    Or even Minister of Defence... :D

    Boris has certainly got the acting chops:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804wYBdKzzI

    :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    So, I've updated the thread title so we can use this earlier thread (originally on the 2016 Tory leadership contest) to discuss the fight for the Tory leadership and the UK Premiership in July 2019. The race began in earnest yesterday (10 June 2019).

    So, to start things off, who would you like to see as the new Conservative leader and UK prime minister and why? Who do you expect to be in the final two that go before the Conservative Party membership?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1139619/jo-brand-milkshake-battery-acid-nigel-farage-BBC-radio-4-ruth-townsley-Siobhan-Prigent
    Jo Brand the comedian has sparked outrage over her comments
    On throwing milkshakes " why bother with milkshakes, when you
    Can get battery acid "
    So, so much for all the haters being on the Brexit side.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    The Tories have curious way to elect leaders, it reminds me of "So you think you can dance" :D



    …….. and then I started thinking about Theresa May and dancing :))
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    The Tories have curious way to elect leaders, it reminds me of "So you think you can dance" :D



    …….. and then I started thinking about Theresa May and dancing :))

    Well at least it's done more democratically now than it was in the days of "the Magic Circle" when the leader emerged after consultations between leading Tory grandees. That process ended after Lord Home was chosen as leader (and the new prime minister) in October 1963.

    Home created the new system for electing a new Tory leader under what is still called the Douglas-Home Rules. There have been some amendments to this since then, but it's largely the same system first tried out with the Tory leadership contest in July 1965 where Edward Heath was elected Tory leader.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    I knew party leaders back in the day "emerged", but the rest was new to me. You live and learn :)
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I knew party leaders back in the day "emerged", but the rest was new to me. You live and learn :)

    Well, Sir Alec Douglas-Home is my favourite British prime minister so I do know a bit about him and that period. I just wish he'd been PM for a bit longer, but the choice of the electors did not work out that way, although he vastly reduced the majority of the victorious Labour Party to just four seats. That was no mean feat, considering that he ultimately had less than a year until the next general election was due.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    I wonder if Boris Johnson does win the leadership and the premiership with it if he'll finally be able to afford a comb? Come to think of it, maybe that's what that argument with his girlfriend last week was about?! :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited June 2019
    I am always amazed, how easily die in the wool conservative voters are willing to throw over board conservative ideals, the disgust for a total lack of moral compass in all walks of life - particularly for telling lies - when a candidate of their liking is on the way to the top.
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    How did the incident at his house impact Boris Johnson's support to be the next PM?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    No ! :)) Boris WILL be the next PM, it's a done deal ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    It won't be boring ….. :))
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    edited June 2019
    Number24 wrote:
    How did the incident at his house impact Boris Johnson's support to be the next PM?

    It will be shown in time that it won't have made the least bit of difference to the final decision. It'll be about as relevant as Theresa May's dancing was to the EU negotiations.
    No ! :)) Boris WILL be the next PM, it's a done deal ;)

    Of course he will. A barrister friend of mine on Facebook who is a Conservative Party member posted recently that he hadn't spoken to one other party member who was going to vote for Jeremy Hunt. I think that tells you all you need to know about who the likely winner will be. I can understand why this is as sadly Hunt (another Remain voter who claims to have changed sides) is just more of the same as we have had with Theresa May over these last three years. Understandably, people want to take a gamble on Boris being able to do what he says he will do and take the UK out of the EU by 31st October 2019.

    Boris is also a popular candidate in the country at large, though not perhaps in all sections of his party (shades of Churchill there) and is the candidate more likely to win a majority at a future general election and see off the dual threats of Jeremy Corbyn as PM and Nigel Farage's Brexit Party. The alternative is surely a wipe-out at the ballot boxes for the Tories and no responsible party member will vote for that. Remember that turkeys don't vote for Christmas!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    As for the argument at his home. What couple haven't had
    A major row or two. Just look at Higgins and Asp9mm :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    But our supporting newspapers don‘t post staged harmony pics from years ago to mislead and distract.


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    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,645MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    But our supporting newspapers don‘t post harmony Ikea pics from years ago to distract.

    I don't think it's true that the media gave him a blank sheet on that. There was plenty of doubt aired in the press about the time of the picture. I also doubt it was from years ago as I don't think they've been together that long?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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