PM Boris Thread

[olliebean]

Does this clown have a fucking clue about anything?

https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-wants-ireland-form-new-union-uk-after-brexit-2019-8?r=US&IR=T

The Sun newspaper reports that Downing Street is considering asking Ireland to voluntarily diverge from EU rules to prevent a hard border between the two countries after Britain leaves the EU.

Under the plan Ireland would gain a "special dispensation" from Brussels to leave its trading rules until new "alternative arrangements" to the Northern Ireland backstop are established

"The solution is a bilateral agreement to agree a common rule book for Britain and Ireland for as long we need one," a senior minister in Johnson's government told The Sun.

The person added: "Ideally though, the EU would formally propose it rather than us [so] it is more acceptable to the Irish."

Yes, I'm sure Ireland would find the suggestion that they temporarily forgo EU membership and become a vassal state of the UK far more acceptable if it came from the EU.

(And that "temporarily" is a slippery one; basically it means "for as long as we can't be arsed to come up with another solution because we're quite happy acting as if Ireland belongs to us, thanks.")

[idunnosomename]

Pigshit-thick journos like Pesto are billing this rather optimistically

christ.

[Paul Calf]

As long as it runs the clock down, he doesn't give a fuck.

[BlodwynPig]

Whose up for storming parliament?

oh, no-one is in parliament at the moment because they are all on their holidays.

[Pseudopath]

Whose up for storming parliament?

oh, no-one is in parliament at the moment because they are all on their holidays.

Probably be a lot easier to storm then...and they'd get the fright of their life when they all get back home from Maggers.

[Fambo Number Mive]

BORIS JOHNSON IS WONDERFUL AS HE CAN SPEAK FRENCH: https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1164497243992444936

[Buelligan]

Quel putain trou du cul.

[Darles Chickens]

Look at me, with my British foot on top of your French table.

[Fambo Number Mive]

All the Leavers will love it, of course. Johnson really is the British Trump.

[BlodwynPig]

Quel putain trou du cul.

How was your holiday?

[sponk]

Look at me, with my British foot on top of your French table.

The video is worth watching. It looks like Macron tells him to do it, wonder if he was setting him up for this kind of reaction. It worked.
https://mobile.twitter.com/RaynerSkyNews/status/1164563614243663872

[Panbaams]

Look at me, with my British foot on top of your French table.

The first thing I thought of when I saw this was [malcolmtucker]"Feet off the furniture, you Oxbridge twat. You're not in a punt now."[/malcolmtucker]

[BlodwynPig]

I hate men's dress shoes

[Buelligan]

Johnson'd need a bit more heel to flatter the calf wearing anything above the knee, IMO.

Holiday was extremely eventful.

[Fambo Number Mive]

.@channel4news' interview with @borisjohnson at #G7Biarritz cancelled, despite team being told to travel to summit for interview.

Decision by @10DowningStreet was made following criticism from Dorothy Byrne that Mr Johnson limits access to media like Putin.

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1165632596186939394

[Huxleys Babkins]

How long until Channel 4 is simply "fake news", I wonder?

[Blue Jam]

PM Boris tackling the really important issues now:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49470831

Matthew O'Callaghan, of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association, said as far as he knew, the claim was wrong.

Government officials said Mr Johnson's remarks were "correct".

I guess Radio 4 is FAKE NEWS too.

[Zetetic]

Deliberate lie, intended to ensure repetition by correction.

[Norton Canes]

Johnson talks 'Pork pies'

THERE'S A CLUE THERE

They really are taking the piss now.

[Blue Jam]

It does sound like an April Fool, doesn't it? Fair play to Melton Mowbray, he's given their marketing department a real gift here.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Looks like the government want another conflict with the BBC over TV licences for the over 75s.

[Consignia]

Oh, Priti Patel you do like your conflicts of interest:

Priti Patel accused of conflict of interest in MoD contract

The home secretary, Priti Patel, has been urged to withdraw from cabinet discussions about a lucrative £6bn defence contract, after it emerged that the US company that paid her £1,000 an hour to advise it plans to bid for the work.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/26/priti-patel-accused-of-conflict-of-interest-in-mod-contract

In the Johnson thread, because if it's true, he won't sack her.

[pigamus]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49470831

"It is certainly available in Iceland the shop."

Quote of the Year so far for me.

(NB. FAO Barry Admin: There's a Tory Party Watch thread and a Boris thread, would a single Bastard Boris Bastard Tories thread be an idea?)

[Fambo Number Mive]

Rory Stewart gently pokes fun at Johnson, Tory tweeters get angry: https://twitter.com/AEHALL1983/status/1166454783999455233

(not that Stewart isn't ghastly as well)

[BlodwynPig]

Rory Stewart gently pokes fun at Johnson, Tory tweeters get angry: https://twitter.com/AEHALL1983/status/1166454783999455233

(not that Stewart isn't ghastly as well)

Hands up if you'd like to see Alexander Hall hoisted on his own petard.

[greenman]

I for one welcome our new floppish blonde overlords.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Johnson has a new fan: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1166706175003545600

[greenman]

New thread for "Boris Johnson Lord Protector"?

[sponk]

Johnson has a new fan: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1166706175003545600

Weird how he didn't pepper that with pejoratives, or a moniker about Corbyn.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Ruth DavidsGONE.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4656461/ruth-davidson-quit-scottish-tory-leader-boris-johnson/