Boris is new foreign secretary

[Man_in_black]

Taking your PC hat off though JP; (or is it stitched to your head!) nobody delights in a tragedy as much as a scouser!!

 

[JP1]

Taking your PC hat off though JP; (or is it stitched to your head!) nobody delights in a tragedy as much as a scouser!!

Lord Heseltine managed to carry off good relations with the city though didn't he?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Don't get me wrong I can see why Theresa had to find him a role to keep him from being dangerous, I just don't think he's right for this role.

The US are laughing at him and we need to really build bridges that way after Brexit. He can hardly go to Liverpool these days and he won't get so well in to the White House having slated Obama, Trump and Hilary Clinton.

I don't think he believes in anything or anyone except himself. Sorry but that's how I feel. A real man would have taken Gove apart in the hustings. Even if he still lost to May, he could be settling scores against Gove.

I don't believe he was a convincing latter day convert Brexiter and we know he had no plans when Leave won.

The US might be laughing at Boris Johnsons appointment by TM, but they also have to remember the rest of the world is still laughing at the Trump-Clinton debarcle!!!

 

[Muck Spreader]

I wouldn't worry to much about Doris. Phil the Greek will give him a few pointers on honing his diplomacy with foreigners.

 

[pycoed]

Don't get me wrong I can see why Theresa had to find him a role to keep him from being dangerous, I just don't think he's right for this role.

The US are laughing at him and we need to really build bridges that way after Brexit. He can hardly go to Liverpool these days and he won't get so well in to the White House having slated Obama, Trump and Hilary Clinton.

I don't think he believes in anything or anyone except himself. Sorry but that's how I feel. A real man would have taken Gove apart in the hustings. Even if he still lost to May, he could be settling scores against Gove.

I don't believe he was a convincing latter day convert Brexiter and we know he had no plans when Leave won.

FFS - How many times does this have to be pointed out to you?
How do you expect the Mayor of London to have made plans to take the whole of UK out of the EU???
Now that they have a mandate from us, it is the job of the GOVERNMENT to plan our withdrawal.
Try reading this excellent piece from John Redwood today:-

http://commentcentral.co.uk/good-europeans-want-an-early-brexit/

 

[JP1]

FFS - How many times does this have to be pointed out to you?
How do you expect the Mayor of London to have made plans to take the whole of UK out of the EU???
Now that they have a mandate from us, it is the job of the GOVERNMENT to plan our withdrawal.
Try reading this excellent piece from John Redwood today:-

http://commentcentral.co.uk/good-europeans-want-an-early-brexit/

No need to swear

I expect quite a lot from the man who very belatedly became a Brexit convert, who was persuaded by others to lead the official Leave campaign and who would have taken advice from many pro Brexit quarters. If you had not become convinced and didn't take strong advisors perhaps like Ruth Lee along with you why would you have led from the front and in front of people like Nigel Farage. A jolly jape?

No need either to write anything in capitals either.

Now there has been a referendum vote, decision made and a Government is now formed that will incorporate the Leave seniors who will be responsible for expediting the People's mandate - even if, as Ken Clarke rightly pointed out - no two Brexit advocates can come up with the same description as to what Brexit should mean.

I won't be reading anything from John Redwood thanks.

Interestingly one of the shortest threads on the Brexit topics in TFF is the AHDB briefing document outlining the possible Brexit UK future trading models.

Well the Brexiters are locked in to collective Cabinet and we'll see how much they actually achieve in the coming 2 years

I take it you've taken account of Mr Johnson's previous crass remarks now he is our Diplomat in Chief on the World stage?

 

[Hilly]

He hasn't got that far. He ran away from the challenge of high office. He is humorous, charismatic but also a serious operator like Mandelson. That doesn't make him a serious top Ambassador for the UK like John Kerry, Secretary of State and he will be facing many of those he has insulted

Hes good at his job, he has been very successful at politics and will continue to be so, anyone who discounts Boris is a fool ! you think your so clever jp you go a get his job and see how you get on.

 

[JP1]

Hes good at his job, he has been very successful at politics and will continue to be so, anyone who discounts Boris is a fool ! you think your so clever jp you go a get his job and see how you get on.

We will see

Like I said about David Cameron, I couldn't do his job and wouldn't want his job

Wrong man representing me abroad

 

[Hilly]

We will see

Like I said about David Cameron, I couldn't do his job and wouldn't want his job

Wrong man representing me abroad

You don`t need representing abroad, Mrs May has impressed me straight away, more in 6hrs than Dave did in 6 years, im pleased hes gone he was not good.

 

[jockthethistle]

A visit to the White House. ..... BORIS. and BILL .. Watching the young internes moving gracefully around at a COCK tail party ..... How on earth will Hillary be able to keep her focus and composure. ... It might happen ... jtt.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Hes good at his job, he has been very successful at politics and will continue to be so, anyone who discounts Boris is a fool ! you think your so clever jp you go a get his job and see how you get on.

Doris is a buffoon and he hasn't really done grownup politics yet. The real key to any success will be how good his "hommes de l'ombre" are.

 

[Hilly]

Doris is a buffoon and he hasn't really done grownup politics yet. The real key to any success will be how good his "hommes de l'ombre" are.

He was a good mayor ! time will tell, i think Mrs May has made a great cabinet im so pleased to see Osborne gone i had no faith in him whats so ever.

 

[Muck Spreader]

He was a good mayor ! time will tell, i think Mrs May has made a great cabinet im so pleased to see Osborne gone i had no faith in him whats so ever.

They do sound more like they understand the needs and requirements of normal people and businesses compared to the Notting hill set, but only time will tell.

 

[pycoed]

No need to swear


I won't be reading anything from John Redwood thanks.

Well the Brexiters are locked in to collective Cabinet and we'll see how much they actually achieve in the coming 2 years

I take it you've taken account of Mr Johnson's previous crass remarks now he is our Diplomat in Chief on the World stage?

Typical - don't look at anyone else's views unless they upset your own pre-conceived ideas eh?
In order to form a valid opinion on issues, its really necessary to look at all sides of the argument before forming a view, otherwise your opinions tend to come across as bigotry. (c.f. Jeremy Corbyn)

No need to swear? But it's quite alright to post offensive material eh? What a piece of work...

 

[jendan]

They do sound more like they understand the needs and requirements of normal people and businesses compared to the Notting hill set, but only time will tell.

I hope they do understand better aswell,but history tells us that some of the most extreme right wing and devisive tory MPs are the grammer school types rather than the eton/public school ones.

 

[JP1]

Typical - don't look at anyone else's views unless they upset your own pre-conceived ideas eh?
In order to form a valid opinion on issues, its really necessary to look at all sides of the argument before forming a view, otherwise your opinions tend to come across as bigotry. (c.f. Jeremy Corbyn)

No need to swear? But it's quite alright to post offensive material eh? What a piece of work...

I read and listen to quite a few alternative views, I tend to avoid IDS, Liam Fox and the Daily Mail.

The other material has been covered endlessly although I presume you do recognise I neither wrote not condoned that screenshot - unlike you who chose to swear

 

[rob1]

FFS - How many times does this have to be pointed out to you?
How do you expect the Mayor of London to have made plans to take the whole of UK out of the EU???
Now that they have a mandate from us, it is the job of the GOVERNMENT to plan our withdrawal.
Try reading this excellent piece from John Redwood today:-

http://commentcentral.co.uk/good-europeans-want-an-early-brexit/

Exactly why does anyone think its more difficult than JR says in this article

 

[Jackson4]

boris today with kerry, class.. american journalists laughing, a chance for american journalists to poke fun for once at a Brit. I tell you Boris will be PM one day, and fair enough its only about general sanity and morals and being more likeable. Looking like a leader was popular when people bought into it, do you think like Russians and want a Putin? Anyone can be good at a job without throwing their hands about climbing up the slimy ladder. Adadadadcha.. well! adada well May got rid of morgan and gove and given boris foreign secretary job

 

[JP1]

boris today with kerry, class.. american journalists laughing, a chance for american journalists to poke fun for once at a Brit. I tell you Boris will be PM one day, and fair enough its only about general sanity and morals and being more likeable. Looking like a leader was popular when people bought into it, do you think like Russians and want a Putin? Anyone can be good at a job without throwing their hands about climbing up the slimy ladder. Adadadadcha.. well! adada well May got rid of morgan and gove and given boris foreign secretary job

He hardly shone. Good job Kerry was there to smooth stuff over

 

[Texel Tup]

Considering Boris; I'm genuinely confused. On the one hand, I listen to the more learned who tell me that he's a highly intelligent and sharp witted man, and then I listen to him. Is he a highly intelligent idiot, or have I missed something?
Mind you, there is a precedent; Do we remember that frightful Beckett woman who, single handedly it seems, was responsible for the EU levying £MILLIONS as penalties and fines for her shambolic handling of the RPA, and then guess what, she was sidelined off to the FO? Were she a ewe, she'd have been culled out years ago, of no use and ugly.
I'll admit, I sometimes wonder what the thought processes are of those who appoint Ministers.