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Then there were two: Johnson and Hunt fight for British PM job


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Posted
1 minute ago, JAG said:

An interesting topic for discussion, given the umh - "peccadilloes" of many in the highest echelons of the political classes throughout Europe, let alone amongst the grandees of the EU.

Such peccadilloes are only of interest to puritanical Americans I suspect

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1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

Seems strange that a country that purports to want to leave the EU because it is undemocratic will rely on the votes of around 120,000 people to elect its next leader.

Has any government ever been elected by a majority of eligible voters?

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Posted
15 minutes ago, billd766 said:

If you look at the confused emojis on this and many other threads most of them are from Chomper Higgot. If he has no response to the post then he clicks the confused emoji.

Well at least that's a democratic principal.  ???? 

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Posted
33 minutes ago, Basil B said:

Yes, on Question Time last night someone said how un democratic the EU was with an unelected President, So we will have a new PM elected by paid up Tories, and America gets Trump when more Americans voted for Hillary...

It's called democracy!!

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Posted
2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

WE are taking part in this discussion.

 

If you have a problem with me posting in this thread or believe I am trolling, take it to the moderators.

 

Meanwhile, Johnson’s comments on Brown’s elevation to PM are a matter of public record and serve well to illustrate his two faced hypocrisy.

 

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/06/without-mandate-british-people-how-boris-johnson-described-gordon-brown-2007

Yes and no.Brown was elected by just a few hundred MPs.If Boris is elected it will be through the party membership of 160,000 - so that is a great deal more democratic. I don't see how Boris is being hypocritical since he didn't make the rules up and he can hardly be blamed for a swipe at Gordon Brown.UK is a parliamentary democracy and there are several instances of a party leader becoming a PM without a General Election.It's true there is a convention that a PM coming to power in this way is usually expected to call a General Election sooner rather than later.Brown considered this and then bottled it.In any case if Boris is elected he will probably have to call a General Election at the end of this year.He may be one of the shortest tenure PMs in British history.

Posted
8 hours ago, webfact said:

Then there were two: Johnson and Hunt fight for British PM job

What "fight" is that?  ????

Posted
1 hour ago, Basil B said:

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Went to Eaton...

But nobody told him about getting his suits down Savile Row or is it a case of making a pig of oneself at the buffet? 

He needs the easy-to-remove trousers for his extra-curricular activities.

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Posted
5 hours ago, newatthis said:

True, she had no intention of negotiating a Brexit. She was a Remainer through and through. That's how she achieved the Prime Ministership because the politicians knew that they count on her to stuff up Brexit.

And Jeremy Hunt will be exactly the same as May no matter his fancy words. Brexiters--don't trust him as far as you can spit.

Yes, let's all put our trust in Boris. He really is a trustworthy chap.

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Posted
1 hour ago, wayned said:

It's called democracy!!

After the shenanigans of the last three years you actually believe there is such a thing as democracy. What we have is in a diluted form and juggled around to support the ruling classes.

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