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Back in the '90s he was the but of all jokes on 'Have I Got News For You', a very popular British political satire game show, and now it looks like he is going to get the party leadership.
If anyone it should have been Farage, shame the rest of his 'party' is a a complete joke!
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Boris has 3 months to drop out of favour, I'm sure he will.
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Butt even 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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No - it will almost certainly be Gove...and the split in the Tory party that this was all meant to fix will still be there...but that is a soapboxable thought.
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I'm sure Osborne will throw his hat in the ring as well.
But...I wouldn't write off Boris. I suspect he works very hard at playing the fool...and that he is a lot brighter than he appears. I also suspect he'd probably make a very, very good PM simply because he seems like a total idiot, while all the recent ones have actually been idiots!
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People seem to forget that Boris, while appearing to play the fool, was politically at the farthest right end of the tories. Without European rules to prevent him from doing unspeakable things to the country, and with a working majority, how long do you think it will be before he starts undoing a lot of the good legislation that is in place? You know, those regulations that protect workers and consumers rights?
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I think you put it right out Boris, as a person he's entertaining as he come across as eccentric anything else and he's an idiot.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Anyone who thinks Boris is a fool is a fool.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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David Davis always looked better than Cameron to me.. strange nobody's mentioned him yet.
I came into this game for the action, the excitement. Go anywhere, travel light, get in, get out, wherever there's trouble, a man alone. Now they got the whole country sectioned off, you can't make a move without a form.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Well, whoever it is, it will be an unelected prime minister negotiating our exit from the unelected EU because we don't like the fact that they're unelected.
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unelected EU? In the Netherlands we vote each 4 years who we want in the EU.
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No you don't. You vote for MEPs who have next to no power but very large expenses accounts and exist merely to give faux legitimacy to EU laws and regulations. The real business of the EU is conducted almost entirely by Commissions run by civil servants headed by unelected Commissioners with heads of State occasionally getting a look in when treaties need to be signed or amended.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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There is no such thing as an elected Prime Minister in the UK. Never has been. If electors think they are voting for a prime minister then they're even bigger idiots than all the political parties take them for! In any case it won't be the Prime Minister negotiating but an army of department secretaries, ministers and senior civil servants for the most part.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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It is the epical failurefor all british and european politicians that it came to that. After the clutter with Ukraine, Syria and the refugees no one with some brain is trusting these tricksters.
They get what they deserve, after making politics for some intellectual and business "elite" 
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Greetings from Germany
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So we are out - which is something I wasn't expecting (nor voted for).
I don't know what it's like where you are, but in the office here, there's mainly shock and disbelief.
However, and this is why I love being British, there's also a good deal of banter with all of our 'European' friends here in the office (which there are quite a number).
Suggestions have already been made to place any non-Brits on one side of the office only accessible by passport control - good ol' British sense of humour making the most out of a bad situation!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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I voted 'out', but admit I was surprised that we won it.
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Yes, I think even Boris and Nigel are surprised!
I don't know what your thoughts are, but I thought it was a bloody terrible campaign from both sides.
Far too much bad blood, mud slinging, arguing and fear tactics.
Can't we have a sensible discussion?
If I went around talking to people in the office like that I would be sacked!!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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It was indeed.
Nothing positive from the remain side at all, just threats and scare tactics.
The degree of BBC bias left a nasty taste as well: if someone pro-remain said anything it was headlined: "PM says...", "Chancellor says...", "Obama says...". The pro-leave comments got third or fourth billing.
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Ohh the BBC - that hasn't been neutral for as long as I can remember!
I've even gone so far as to stop watching BBC News or using the BBC Website as it's becoming so partisan on subjects it's quite embarrassing!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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1.21 Gigawatts wrote: Can't we have a sensible discussion?
In politics?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I was surprised that we won it.
I am so, so glad you won it. Many of us here in the States are very happy for Britain right now. 
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It the talking point everywhere as the stock markets have taken a hit and the GB pound has taken a hit as well.
General thought in the rest of the world is U K will now go into recession and hence the market crashes.
Thanks UK. It cost me money 
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RossMW wrote: It cost me money
Stop your crying. 
It is only temporary. There will be a rough period, but it WILL get better for Britain.
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Things will rebound here pretty quick once it's no longer news.
For us (Kiwis) it will not make much difference and be back to normal soon.
The British will be like us. Nigel-no-mates
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I work with an Italian the conversation this morning went
him "Morning"
me "Are you still f***ing here?"
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