It's funny except the joke is on Britain.
"In the chaos that has resulted from the Brexit vote, not enough has been written about how this will almost certainly mean that we will have as Prime Minister someone who in many respects could be described as a British Donald Trump. They both benefited from privilege: in the US case with a large fortune and in the British case through class. They are both populists who gained and enhanced their popularity through the media, and most of the media loves them. They both have a habit of mendacity: you could almost imagine Johnson saying that the promise of £350 million a week extra for the NHS was ‘just a suggestion’. Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister, has described Johnson as like ‘Trump with a thesaurus’ when he says whatever he wants to win the Brexit vote."
"Max Hastings, a well known journalist, historian, Conservative and former boss of Johnson, wrote four years ago that if Boris Johnson is the answer, “there is something desperately wrong with the question.” It is worth quoting later lines from that article:
“If the day ever comes that Boris Johnson becomes tenant of Downing Street, I shall be among those packing my bags for a new life in Buenos Aires or suchlike, because it means that Britain has abandoned its last pretensions to be a serious country.”
“I would not trust him with my wife nor – from painful experience – my wallet.”
“His chaotic public persona is not an act – he is, indeed, manically disorganised about everything except his own image management. He is also a far more ruthless, and frankly nastier, figure than the public appreciates.”
“I would not take Boris's word about whether it is Monday or Tuesday.”
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-uk-will-soon-get-as-prime-minister.html
This fellow, the British Trump, the Donald Trump with a thesaurus, is next in line to be Prime Minister of Britain.
Not a serious country?
"IT WAS a troubling exchange. On live television Faisal Islam, the political editor of SkyNews, was recounting a conversation with a pro-Brexit Conservative MP. “I said to him: ‘Where’s the plan? Can we see the Brexit plan now?’ [The MP replied:] ‘There is no plan. The Leave campaign don’t have a post-Brexit plan…Number 10 should have had a plan.’” The camera cut to Anna Botting, the anchor, horror chasing across her face. For a couple of seconds they were both silent, as the point sunk in. “Don’t know what to say to that, actually,” she replied, looking down at the desk. Then she cut to a commercial break."
"Apart from ashen-faced, mumbled statements from the Vote Leave headquarters on Friday, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have also ducked the limelight; Mr Johnson is meeting friends and allies today, June 26th, at his house near Oxford in what are believed to be talks about his impending leadership bid. Neither seems to have the foggiest as to what should happen next. Today Mr Gove’s wife committed to Facebook the hope that “clever people” might offer to “lend their advice and expertise.” And Mr Johnson’s sister, Rachel, tweeted: “Everyone keeps saying ‘we are where we are’ but nobody seems to have the slightest clue where that is.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2016/06/anarchy-uk
Nobody has the slightest clue-and this is Boris Johnson' sister. Remember the absurd GOP game of debt ceiling chicken?
This is like that absurd mania was not contained by a single party but infected the entire country.
More from Boris Johnson:
"Given the current uncertainty, Britain desperately needs reality-based leadership, not flights of fantasy. As the favourite to be the next prime minister, it falls to Mr Johnson and his colleagues to produce a plan for Brexit Britain. It is what they wanted, after all."
https://next.ft.com/content/370c4ed4-3c43-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0
Don't you get it? The Brexiters came up with the brilliant plan of Brexiting. What you do know is not up to them to explain. They've done their part. After convincing Britain to let off a midsize bomb of their entire economy, it's not up the them to help the country put itself back together again.
"Max Hastings, a well known journalist, historian, Conservative and former boss of Johnson, wrote four years ago that if Boris Johnson is the answer, “there is something desperately wrong with the question.” It is worth quoting later lines from that article:
“If the day ever comes that Boris Johnson becomes tenant of Downing Street, I shall be among those packing my bags for a new life in Buenos Aires or suchlike, because it means that Britain has abandoned its last pretensions to be a serious country.”
“I would not trust him with my wife nor – from painful experience – my wallet.”
“His chaotic public persona is not an act – he is, indeed, manically disorganised about everything except his own image management. He is also a far more ruthless, and frankly nastier, figure than the public appreciates.”
“I would not take Boris's word about whether it is Monday or Tuesday.”
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-uk-will-soon-get-as-prime-minister.html
This fellow, the British Trump, the Donald Trump with a thesaurus, is next in line to be Prime Minister of Britain.
Not a serious country?
"IT WAS a troubling exchange. On live television Faisal Islam, the political editor of SkyNews, was recounting a conversation with a pro-Brexit Conservative MP. “I said to him: ‘Where’s the plan? Can we see the Brexit plan now?’ [The MP replied:] ‘There is no plan. The Leave campaign don’t have a post-Brexit plan…Number 10 should have had a plan.’” The camera cut to Anna Botting, the anchor, horror chasing across her face. For a couple of seconds they were both silent, as the point sunk in. “Don’t know what to say to that, actually,” she replied, looking down at the desk. Then she cut to a commercial break."
"Apart from ashen-faced, mumbled statements from the Vote Leave headquarters on Friday, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have also ducked the limelight; Mr Johnson is meeting friends and allies today, June 26th, at his house near Oxford in what are believed to be talks about his impending leadership bid. Neither seems to have the foggiest as to what should happen next. Today Mr Gove’s wife committed to Facebook the hope that “clever people” might offer to “lend their advice and expertise.” And Mr Johnson’s sister, Rachel, tweeted: “Everyone keeps saying ‘we are where we are’ but nobody seems to have the slightest clue where that is.”
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2016/06/anarchy-uk
Nobody has the slightest clue-and this is Boris Johnson' sister. Remember the absurd GOP game of debt ceiling chicken?
This is like that absurd mania was not contained by a single party but infected the entire country.
More from Boris Johnson:
"Given the current uncertainty, Britain desperately needs reality-based leadership, not flights of fantasy. As the favourite to be the next prime minister, it falls to Mr Johnson and his colleagues to produce a plan for Brexit Britain. It is what they wanted, after all."
https://next.ft.com/content/370c4ed4-3c43-11e6-8716-a4a71e8140b0
Don't you get it? The Brexiters came up with the brilliant plan of Brexiting. What you do know is not up to them to explain. They've done their part. After convincing Britain to let off a midsize bomb of their entire economy, it's not up the them to help the country put itself back together again.
Al la John Oliver:
ReplyDeleteBoris:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/09/08/article-2035287-0DC5E78300000578-931_634x656.jpg
Bam! Bam!
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/538264195393806336/ZACvGzZU.jpeg
"After convincing Britain to let off a midsize bomb of their entire economy, it's not up the them to help the country put itself back together again."
ReplyDelete"Necklace" them with it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necklacing
Johnson and Nigel's political opponents should insert one or both of their names in the phrase "Brexit" every time a microphone is shoved in their face.