[Cherie]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexi...cid=spartanntp


Just imagine a country about to take a giant leap into the unknown. A future sold on the basis of promises no one is certain can be kept. Now imagine the person least suitable to be prime minister at this time. A man whose entire career has been built on lies, deceit and self-destruction. A narcissist whose concentration span barely extends to the end of a senten … On second thoughts, don’t bother. You’ve got him already.
There are a couple of ways of interpreting Boris Johnson’s three-minute cameo posted on his Facebook page at 10pm. Neither shows the prime minister in a particularly good light. The first and the most obvious is that Boris really doesn’t give much of a toss. He’s got what he wanted and can now barely be arsed to go through the motions. His usual lethal combination of boredom and terminal laziness.

Any half-decent prime minister – and bizarrely, Theresa May now almost falls into this category – would have realised that Brexit day was a time to really up their game. To make a live, sincere address to the nation. One that properly acknowledged the significance of the occasion. Boris, not so much. He couldn’t trust himself not to screw up a live broadcast – didn’t he even have a party inside No 10 already arranged? – so he did a quick pre-record the day before. Nor could he be bothered to do more than scribble down a few thoughts off the top of his head. Would this do? It would have to.

The second interpretation is perhaps the more telling. Because there are countless giveaways that Boris is actually embarrassed about what he has done. Think about it this way. How was the prime minister choosing to spend Brexit night? By bunkering down inside No 10 with a handful of staffers while a light show that none of the public were allowed in to see flickered mournfully on the outside of the building.
He did so because he didn’t dare show his face – not even to go on TV – and take ownership of a Brexit that has been hewn in his own image. Shambolic and a bit clueless. Because deep down Boris has never really been a true believer.
Brexit was an ill-fitting carapace he had worn to get into power. He’d never really thought anyone would believe the lies he’d told. It was a game that had suddenly become all too real. The fun had stopped but he couldn’t. Now he was expected to take responsibility for what he had done, he just wanted to hide. The mask of denial and self-deception had momentarily slipped and the Supreme Showman was too ashamed to be seen.
The handheld hostage video opens with a shot of the No 10 front door, which is as close to reassurance and gravitas as we get. Then we cut to the figure of Boris holed up in a cupboard – hey, at least it wasn’t a fridge this time – looking more of a slob than usual. Hair all over the place, eyes a bit bloodshot and a suit that had been thrown on at the last minute. It may have been possible to make less of an effort for one of the most important speeches of his career, but only if he had been sprawled on a wine-stained sofa.

Right chaps and chapesses, Boris barked with ersatz chumminess, the trademark smirk etched on to his face as his left arm waved up and down uncontrollably. Let’s get this over and done with. “Pifflepafflewifflewaffle,” he said. This was a time of celebration for some, anxiety for others and relief for the rest. You can’t help feeling that for Boris alone, Brexit is actually a combination of all three. Though anxiety mainly. He’s not good on keeping his promises.
Boris muttered a few lazy platitudes about how he was the man to bring the country together. And if you didn’t believe him, you could always buy one of his Boris-as-Britannia themed “sod off EU” tea towels from the Conservative party website. A bargain at just £12. “This is a new beginning,” he said. One of the few accurate statements he made. And one of the most terrifying, because even he has to admit he doesn’t have a clue what comes next.
Typically, Johnson then lapsed into contradiction and jingoist bulls***. We had outgrown the EU but we could still be really, really good friends with the EU27 provided we remembered not to tell them we think they are a waste of space. And Britain had the best possible future ahead of it. Because … because we did. We’re Britain and we could do anything. All you had to do was believe. This might have been more convincing if his own expression hadn’t been riddled with self-doubt.
Er … Um … That was about it. He didn’t have anything else to say. And what he had said hadn’t been worth saying. At least not with the lack of interest with which he had said it. At a time of a national identity crisis, the prime minister had gone missing in action. All he had really managed to convey was an indifferent “******* you”. A sentiment that would have been echoed back to him by half the country.


Funny opinion piece, but pretty pertinent, where the hell was he, whey wasn't he somewhere in the North giving it large?

[Cal.]

I’m still a European girl at heart, Cherie.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Cal.

I’m still a European girl at heart, Cherie.

of course you are son, you can borrow my Irish passport anytime

[bitontheslide]

He held a cabinet meeting in Sunderland yesterday, so he probably started speaking in the local dialect

Youtube video

[Toy Soldier]

Boris was never a Brexiteer and now he's going to go about quietly keeping closer to Europe than most Brexiteers would like (if they were paying attention). His rhetoric since the GE and securing the majority has completely changed. He doesn't need layman Brexiteer support any more so they're going to be thrown right under the campaign bus as it leaves.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Boris was never a Brexiteer and now he's going to go about quietly keeping closer to Europe than most Brexiteers would like (if they were paying attention). His rhetoric since the GE and securing the majority has completely changed. He doesn't need layman Brexiteer support any more so they're going to be thrown right under the campaign bus as it leaves.

Exactly

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

He held a cabinet meeting in Sunderland yesterday, so he probably started speaking in the local dialect

Youtube video

[Twosugars]

John Crace from the Guardian, the author of this piece, has been great to read over the last few years.

Bojo will disappoint brexiters too.

[Alf]

Selfless by Boris.

He knew the day was about the Country and not about him.

Bravo Boris.

[Kizzy]

His job is done.. he aided in the campaign for leave and no deal that was his role and he did it. What did anyone expect?
Now he can get on with the task of removing rights, protections and regulations to trade with human rights abusers.

[Livia]

Still the sour grapes and the "oh you're all going to be sorry...."

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Livia

Still the sour grapes and the "oh you're all going to be sorry...."

i'm not, your choice to leave the EU is your choice, your democratic right

so sad that the UK doesn't want to add to the project of working closer together in making a strong, greener, safer europe

but it is your choice to make

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

i'm not, your choice to leave the EU is your choice, your democratic right

so sad that the UK doesn't want to add to the project of working closer together in making a strong, greener, safer europe

but it is your choice to make

Last night you thought Brexit was about taking the BBC off your telly. Just shush.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

Still the sour grapes and the "oh you're all going to be sorry...."

Still mocking the opinions of others without actually having an opinion of your own.

[Liam-]

I wonder who will get the blame when things go wrong now?

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Boris was never a Brexiteer and now he's going to go about quietly keeping closer to Europe than most Brexiteers would like (if they were paying attention). His rhetoric since the GE and securing the majority has completely changed. He doesn't need layman Brexiteer support any more so they're going to be thrown right under the campaign bus as it leaves.

Top grade ****housery from BoJo

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Liam-

I wonder who will get the blame when things go wrong now?

- Remoaners for 'dragging it on too long'
- Meghan Markle
- EU migrants that took residence and are hogging all the space us natural Brits were entitled to
- Muslims enforcing that bloody Sharapova Law
- Millennials

Probably in that order

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Shaun

- Remoaners for 'dragging it on too long'
- Meghan Markle
- EU migrants that took residence and are hogging all the space us natural Brits were entitled to
- Muslims enforcing that bloody Sharapova Law
- Millennials

Probably in that order

just them

[arista]

JohnsonPM was on SkyNewsHD today
telling a kid reporter
that HS2 will go ahead.

[arista]

"Boris goes missing on his big day"

Hardly he had a Cabinet Meeting Up North
was on TV.

It was Nigel Farage Day
yesterday
thats why Johnson PM later stayed in 10 Downing Street.


It all makes sense Cherie.

[MTVN]

Err this article is way off the mark for me. It was deliberate for him not to make a massive song and dance on the night itself because otherwise he'd be accused of rubbing remainers noses in it or of creating an unedifying spectacle

And to say he's not taking responsibility is nonsense given he bust a gut to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement and make it his own, convince all of his MPs to support it and then took a massive gamble in calling the General Election

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Err this article is way off the mark for me. It was deliberate for him not to make a massive song and dance on the night itself because otherwise he'd be accused of rubbing remainers noses in it or of creating an unedifying spectacle

And to say he's not taking responsibility is nonsense given he bust a gut to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement and make it his own, convince all of his MPs to support it and then took a massive gamble in calling the General Election

This is true.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by MTVN

took a massive gamble in calling the General Election

Oh yeah, huge

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Oh yeah, huge

Easy to say it wasn't in hindsight but most people beforehand thought it was 50/50 between a hung parliament or a very small majority

[arista]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Easy to say it wasn't in hindsight but most people beforehand thought it was 50/50 between a hung parliament or a very small majority

Yes
how Dumb of Corbyn to Ignore Up North
Labour Leave.

They jumped over to Johnson PM
as Brexit Mattered

Labour got what it Deserved
Lib Dems Destroyed

Scotland Labour left with just 1 MP.
Greens stayed with just 1 MP.


SNP staying strong in Scotland
but failed to get rid of all the Scottish Conservatives
6 Conservatives MP's remain in Scotland