For fuck's sakeYossarian wrote:No deal is still madness and still won’t happen.
davyK wrote:
The reactionary opposition to this had gone red and will be ineffective. It's a fucking shambles.
i think if there was any chance that those responsible would hold their hands up and/or take the blame for it all going to shite, then i think i'd be quite up for a 'no deal' just to see the fall out.davyK wrote:Maybe there needs to be a real blood letting to cure this country of its jingoistic superiority complex and high tolerance of obvious liars and self serving narcissists in public office.
poprock wrote:It’ll take a few years for the plebs to notice that he’s promised impossible unicorns
poprock wrote:Current timeline:
July 23rd: New Tory leader announced.
July 24th: He becomes PM.
July 26th: Parliament closes for summer holidays.
September 3rd: Parliament reopens.
October 31st: Brexit.
Fucksake.
monkey wrote:I've assumed that Johnson has a clue about what his plan is
Yossarian wrote:I think that there’s a fairly reasonable chance that Johnson will end up being the shortest-serving PM in history.
monkey wrote:I don't think he knows or cares what state we're in on November 1st. As long we're not technically a member of the EU. He'll sign up to anything as long as he can say he took us out and wave away hard stuff like the backstop as part of an ongoing negotiation that Britain is going to do really well out of if we believe it hard enough.
poprock wrote:Yossarian wrote:I think that there’s a fairly reasonable chance that Johnson will end up being the shortest-serving PM in history.
What do you think’s going to happen after Oct 31st? Are you expecting a Tory revolt that ousts him as leader, so soon after voting him in? Are you expecting a general election, which you then expect him to lose?
Unlikely wrote:Can't Johnson withdraw from the current race, let the shitshow about his domestic life blow over (because it will, because Boris), let Hunt fuck himself into paste over Brexit then pop up to take over afterwards? Would seem the Borisy thing to do.
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