Johnson says election could not be tighter

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the workers as he visits a JCB factory during his general election campaign in Uttoxeter, Britain, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s electoral contest could not be tighter, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, a day before the vote.

 

“This could not be more critical, it could not be tighter. I’m just saying to everybody the risk is very real that we could tomorrow be going into another hung parliament, that’s more drift, more dither, more delay, more paralysis for this country,” he told Sky News.

 

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If I were a Cons PM I would NOT utter thoughts like that,

 

this is the Cons party leader and UK PM saying that with a hung parliament as a result of tomorrow's

paper dropping it will lead to;

 

" more drift, more dither, more delay, more paralysis " for the UK

 

why is that? must be because the Cons party is not up to it and not able to push

the UK forward in a positive manner in cooperation with other players in the HoC.

 

(voters should think twice before they vote for people that openly admit to lack

 of ability to collaborate in a complex society)

 

the arrogance left the room and now he's faced with reality, wake up BJ life is tough just look at your friend from across the Atlantic and what he's facing

1 hour ago, melvinmelvin said:

If I were a Cons PM I would NOT utter thoughts like that,

 

this is the Cons party leader and UK PM saying that with a hung parliament as a result of tomorrow's

paper dropping it will lead to;

 

" more drift, more dither, more delay, more paralysis " for the UK

 

why is that? must be because the Cons party is not up to it and not able to push

the UK forward in a positive manner in cooperation with other players in the HoC.

 

(voters should think twice before they vote for people that openly admit to lack

 of ability to collaborate in a complex society)

 

Cooperation with others in HoC? Uhh The "others" just want to stop UK leaving EU 

2 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

Cooperation with others in HoC? Uhh The "others" just want to stop UK leaving EU 

whatever,

skill is required then,

BJ openly shows that he doesn't have the required skills to operate in a modern complex society,

funny how other European countries manage to sort things and move forward whilst the Empire

doesn't posess sufficient skills for the necessary human interaction

 

"I agree with yougov, I think it will be a hung parliament or a modest tory victory or a bigger tory majority."

3 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said:

whatever,

skill is required then,

BJ openly shows that he doesn't have the required skills to operate in a modern complex society,

 

 

 

Unfortunately, the other contender has the intellect of a small turnip.

 

Talk about Hobsons choice.

 

Where's the Monster Raving Loony party when you really need them.

Yep, it´s just to chose! Is it going to be the one with lead in his arrr-se or the one with 5h1t for brains?

I imagine choice would be close if asked "Do you want to be hung or shot?". Similarities in this election, IMO

11 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Unfortunately, the other contender has the intellect of a small turnip.

 

Talk about Hobsons choice.

 

Where's the Monster Raving Loony party when you really need them.

Not a Hobson's choice (one option or nothing at all). More of a Sophie's choice...

It's a sensible message from Johnson. If voters become complacent and stay home we could well get a hung Parliament which would be a disaster for the country (and the pound). If there's a large turnout the Tories win by a majority of 30-40 seats.

 

For those who live in Thailand on money brought in from the UK, be careful what you wish for. If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

35 minutes ago, Victornoir said:

The British have the leaders they deserve.

So do the french.

47 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

It's a sensible message from Johnson. If voters become complacent and stay home we could well get a hung Parliament which would be a disaster for the country (and the pound). If there's a large turnout the Tories win by a majority of 30-40 seats.

 

For those who live in Thailand on money brought in from the UK, be careful what you wish for. If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

You having a giraffe?

53 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

 

 If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

 

 

If Labour get a majority 36 to the pound will soon become a wet dream.

14 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

whatever,

skill is required then,

BJ openly shows that he doesn't have the required skills to operate in a modern complex society,

funny how other European countries manage to sort things and move forward whilst the Empire

doesn't posess sufficient skills for the necessary human interaction

 

Perhaps the uk voters lack " the skill ",whatever,however they recognised the pigs ear of schengen and " freedom of movement "and voted in a previous election to get out of it.au revoir and good luck to all our former eu comrades.

Quote

could not be tighter

Yeah, I've heard that one before.

 

 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

It's a sensible message from Johnson. If voters become complacent and stay home we could well get a hung Parliament which would be a disaster for the country (and the pound). If there's a large turnout the Tories win by a majority of 30-40 seats.

 

For those who live in Thailand on money brought in from the UK, be careful what you wish for. If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

Good answer. And why would somebody living in Thailand worry about EU in or EU out?

*****heads

16 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

If I were a Cons PM I would NOT utter thoughts like that,

 

this is the Cons party leader and UK PM saying that with a hung parliament as a result of tomorrow's

paper dropping it will lead to;

 

" more drift, more dither, more delay, more paralysis " for the UK

 

why is that? must be because the Cons party is not up to it and not able to push

the UK forward in a positive manner in cooperation with other players in the HoC.

 

(voters should think twice before they vote for people that openly admit to lack

 of ability to collaborate in a complex society)

 

Nonsensical post.

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

It's a sensible message from Johnson. If voters become complacent and stay home we could well get a hung Parliament which would be a disaster for the country (and the pound). If there's a large turnout the Tories win by a majority of 30-40 seats.

 

For those who live in Thailand on money brought in from the UK, be careful what you wish for. If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

Correct.

What a dreadful irony. The shock referendum result was arguably as much a protest our broken political system as a kick up the a-se for the Brussels mafia. 

 

Yet here we are, three years on, facing the same old Hobson's choice between the devil of dinosaur socialism or the deep blue sea of crony capitalism.

 

The sooner we get a proportional representation system the better.

18 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

whatever,

skill is required then,

BJ openly shows that he doesn't have the required skills to operate in a modern complex society,

funny how other European countries manage to sort things and move forward whilst the Empire

doesn't posess sufficient skills for the necessary human interaction

 

 

Yes, just look at how well the politicians are doing in Australia, USA, Hong Kong, France, Italy, etc etc etc.

 

So much more skill ????

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

What a dreadful irony. The shock referendum result was arguably as much a protest our broken political system as a kick up the a-se for the Brussels mafia. 

 

Yet here we are, three years on, facing the same old Hobson's choice between the devil of dinosaur socialism or the deep blue sea of crony capitalism.

 

The sooner we get a proportional representation system the better.

 

Agree about Hobson's choice.

 

But PR - only if you want incessant hung parliaments, forced coalitions that don't work, multiple government changes a la continental Europe. Or perhaps we should emulate Belgium and run without a government for a while to see how that goes!

3 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Agree about Hobson's choice.

 

But PR - only if you want incessant hung parliaments, forced coalitions that don't work, multiple government changes a la continental Europe. Or perhaps we should emulate Belgium and run without a government for a while to see how that goes!

We've just had 3.5 years of that & TBH none of us liked it but I still think PR will replace FPTP in due course.

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

It's a sensible message from Johnson. If voters become complacent and stay home we could well get a hung Parliament which would be a disaster for the country (and the pound). If there's a large turnout the Tories win by a majority of 30-40 seats.

 

For those who live in Thailand on money brought in from the UK, be careful what you wish for. If you want to wake up to 36 to the pound on Friday morning, pray for a hung Parliament or a Labour majority. 

Put your money where your mouth is.. Your talking nonsense.. A Tory Majority will see the pound rise not decline. The Bookies have them at 1/20 to win most seats and 1/3 for a majority so there is no danger of them losing but a small chance of a hung parliament.. The pound is 39.9 on XE now.. Lets see what it is at lunchtime Tomorrow.

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Agree about Hobson's choice.

 

But PR - only if you want incessant hung parliaments, forced coalitions that don't work, multiple government changes a la continental Europe. Or perhaps we should emulate Belgium and run without a government for a while to see how that goes!

There's always AI!

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Yes, just look at how well the politicians are doing in Australia, USA, Hong Kong, France, Italy, etc etc etc.

 

So much more skill ????

 

several countries in Europe do OK with hung national assemblies,

and has been doing well with such for years

 

agree that Italy hardly is among them . . .

15 minutes ago, Bell1234 said:

Put your money where your mouth is.. Your talking nonsense.. A Tory Majority will see the pound rise not decline. The Bookies have them at 1/20 to win most seats and 1/3 for a majority so there is no danger of them losing but a small chance of a hung parliament.. The pound is 39.9 on XE now.. Lets see what it is at lunchtime Tomorrow.

Please read my post again more carefully. I said the pound will fall if the Tories do not get a majority. That is pretty much what you are saying (you are saying it will rise if they DO get a majority). Personally, I believe a Tory majority is pretty much factored into the pound now in anticipation of Tories winning but it could go up a bit more once that is confirmed.

 

I already put my money where my mouth is thanks, I just don't post every currency conversion that I make on this forum. My feeling is that the pound bottomed out a few months ago and will strengthen slowly over the next 24 months and the Baht will weaken slowly over the next 24 months but let's see, FX is not easy to predict.

5 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Nonsensical post.

 

well, I don't think so

 

If Cons (and other significant players in HoC) had the ability to seek compr. and collaborate Brexit

would have been sorted long ago,

first and foremost a Cons. onus since they have the cabinet

 

last spring with the May deal, there clearly was scope for elaborating compromises,

but it is tricky and effort consuming to work out such and camels have to be swallowed

as part of the process

 

(the differences between May deal and BJ's fantastic deal ain't huge)

 

21 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

whatever,

skill is required then,

BJ openly shows that he doesn't have the required skills to operate in a modern complex society,

funny how other European countries manage to sort things and move forward whilst the Empire

doesn't posess sufficient skills for the necessary human interaction

 

When the Prime Minister hides in a fridge rather than taking questions from a couple of light weight presenters then you know he is not fit for office.  A coward and a liar and yet, the public will still vote for him.