Thought of Boris Johnson has the new PM scares the beegeesus out of me. He is Trump with a better vocabulary.
But I thought Drumpf had all the best words? He said he does… Now I’m just confused. < /snark >
Yes, if you want to know what a Trump Presidency will look like just watch what happens as Boris Johnson takes over as Prime Minister.
You’ll see the sun finally set on the British Empire when Scotland and Northern Ireland leave…
Well done, you f#cking Eton/Oxbridge entitled asshole. Enjoy your rich-man’s retirement and your pigs.
Not so much. The plan works like this. You gain control of Government and then force political changes making the governed country a great place for just 7 or so % of its people. That 7 % keep you in office with their money. The money you set them up to make. In time your political spin and the 7 's media and corporate spin stops keeping the masses happy. Somethings wrong and they know it.
Phase two. Round up that anger by claiming you’ll “fight” against bogus bogymen ( Syrian immigrants have been working well ) and ridiculous make promises to fix a mess that only benefits you. Channel that anger against your political opponents and voila…you have Brexit or a Trump presidency. In the past the method gave the world Stalin and Hitler.
The only thing that differentiates Trump from Johnson is the side if the Atlantic they’re pulling this scam on. Neither of them are smart.
When the chips are down, we’ll bolt.
So not only have they screwed themselves up globally, they’re also holding a contest to see which of the nastiest asshles can replace the moderate asshle. I wonder whether the british electorate will throw the bums out in a couple years or double down.
Meanwhile, I wonder how this will affect england’s slide into a semi-polite police state. At least some of the Snooper’s Charter and other untrammeled surveillance and supervision rules were moderated by having to worry about the european court of human rights. But now that option for redress is gone. Also, as universities and other social amenities for the under-40 crowd become ever more expensive, I wonder how much brain drain.
Interesting to hear my conservative coworkers discuss the error of Britain leaving the EU.
I doubt Northern Ireland will or even can leave. Scotland, however is another matter entirely…they almost certainly will have another vote to leave and rejoin the EU. And that will be very ugly.
“Ok, Boris, your turn at the wheel, have a nice ride …!”
It appears, listening to the BBC, that team BREXIT hadn’t agreed on a plan for the exit in case they won, this may turn interesting…
Way to set-the-dumpster-on-fire and then resign, you incompetent rich-kid a$$hole.
Well, in British and European Parlamentary tradition this would be considered the right decision.
If you have a vote against you as prime-minister you stand down.
I don’t see why this is David Cameron’s fault. There is no need for him to resign.
On the list of incompetent PMs there is a new entry
You can’t expect him to lead a policy, which he disagrees with, with any kind of sincerety.
He is playing by the rules, European parlaments work a bit different than the US House/Senate system…
b/c he initially pushed for the referendum as a sop to his Tory right, later massively underestimating (and then barely campaigning to change) pro-“Leave” sentiment.
It’s good that Cameron resigns, Have Boris Johnson run the country if the economy tanks then he will get the blame, and will have to take the steps to fix it.
I know that in the European parliamentary system, which does not have a clear separation of executive and legislative powers, resignations and ad hoc calls for new elections do occur. Democratically elected representatives have philosophical differences with the majority view all the time. Resignation is not the answer. Is the party obligated to select someone who agrees 100% with the Brexit? No, but the party is obligated to implement the results.
No,no, that is not, how it is supposed to work !
Both in Europe and Britian, the Prime-minister can always call for a new election, and the new parlament formed will then decide what kind of government you get.
We don’t have that funny idea about fixed terms and election dates you have in the USA. We have timelimits (in DK max 4 years between elections, but often the Prime-minister decides to call for an early vote).
Re. separation of executive and legislative power: At least in Denmark, a Minister (could be,say “Sec. of State”) is not required to be elected to parlament, but it is considered good form to choose an elected member for these posts, not a technocrat. It happens, but rarely. A minister will be forced to step down if a “vote of no confidence” againt the minister passes, and the prime minister will customarily resign and call an election in that case. Happens all the time…