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The Tories' next leader and our PM

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Jambomo Jul 2016 7:22am, 14 Jul 2016 5,796 posts	Quote Pin Jambomo According to What is Politics? The Foreign Secretary manages the following: "The Foreign & Commonwealth Office is a government department responsible for the UK’s interests overseas and supporting its citizens and businesses around the world. It is also responsible for safeguarding the UK’s national security by countering terrorism and working to reduce conflict. The Foreign office is led by the Foreign Secretary." National security? Countering terrorism? Supporting Business? I'm sure Boris is just the man.
FenlandRunner Jul 2016 7:30am, 14 Jul 2016 9,406 posts	Quote Pin FenlandRunner He is not the man for anything other than sipping champagne with his mates!
Jambomo Jul 2016 7:41am, 14 Jul 2016 5,797 posts	Quote Pin Jambomo Exactly 😞
Chrisull Jul 2016 9:06am, 14 Jul 2016 9,430 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull He's effectively head of MI6 now, whatever could go wrong there?
HappyG(rrr) Jul 2016 9:15am, 14 Jul 2016 25,777 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) "Most right wing UK government since Thatcher's 3rd term" is the political pundits' take. Terrifying.
Wriggling Snake Jul 2016 9:30am, 14 Jul 2016 12,403 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake I think as TMW has said, ok Boris, you go usinto this, you and David Davis can sort it all out. Fair enough, there has to be a large right wing presence,because, unfortunately that's how the country voted, shame reall. HappyG, a bigger thing, would be her "I believe in the union" statement......what do you make of that? In summary, I think, Scotland is leaving the EU.
ChrisHB Jul 2016 9:31am, 14 Jul 2016 13,526 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Foreign reaction seems unfavourable in public statements so what they think beneath the diplomatic veneer we can enjoy thinking about.
Fellrunning Jul 2016 9:34am, 14 Jul 2016 1,707 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning I have to confess to be scratching my head a bit here. people (allegedly) voted to leave the EU as some sort of popular anti-establishment uprising. This was (again allegedly) led by none other than Boris Johnson. A man more representative of the establishment they were seeking to rise against I'm struggling to think of (possibly William Rees Mogg - but only on the grounds that I've actually met him at a party and he is a serious arse). Boris has it all. Wealth, privilege, complete amoral disregard for the truth. Possibly a sociopath. He comes from an elite group that still (seriously) believe that eyes should be averted, caps removed, forelocks tugged, and children sent down mines and up chimneys. If it didn't all coincide with the anniversary of the bloodiest battle of WW1 when people like Boris sent people like you and me to be slaughtered in our hundreds of thousands I'd laugh out loud. Instead I think we've learned nothing in the last century. I can only think that people have watched rather too many episodes of Downton Abbey....
Chrisull Jul 2016 9:40am, 14 Jul 2016 9,431 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull No-one commented on David Davis... minister for Brexit a minister who supported leave but is currently suing the UK government under the fundamentals of EU law, wanting Britain to ignore British law in a particular case and use EU law instead. If that isn't a beautiful irony, nothing is. liberty-human-rights.org.uk
Chrisull Jul 2016 9:46am, 14 Jul 2016 9,432 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull Sorry ECJ law, not EU law. But irony still abounds in buckets :-).