Boris Comments

Clearly bitter, deluded and arrogant to the last! If I were the Tories and Boris I would be listing all the failings and cheating. Farage got more votes than Lib Dem’s for a reason whether you like the guy or not. People have had enough whether it’s the economy - immigration ( France and USA too ) - wasted money - shocking public services and cheating public school boys who line their own pockets! Don’t worry Boris - you have a 500K advance coming from Harper Collins on your Memoirs! Even now - the Tories just don’t get it!!!!

Boris Johnson has described Labour's landslide victory as an "atomic bomb that has detonated over the British political landscape".
In a piece for the Daily Mail, the former prime minister said "our worst fears have been realised" and "matters have developed".
He said the Tories had allowed Sir Keir Starmer - "a glottaly challenged north London lawyer" to lead Labour to one of their biggest victories ever and "too many good former colleagues have lost their seats in a cull that has been in many ways unjust".
"It has been miserable to watch, and it has taken me some time to rouse myself from the sofa and get to the keyboard to compose my thoughts," he said.
Mr Johnson said his prayers were now with the 121 "Tory survivors" who were the "bedraggled remnants of the explosion" and whose role was not to "hold this Starmergeddon majority to account".
On Nigel Farage, he said the "cheroot-puffing Pied Piper of Clacton" had "played a significant part" in the "destruction of the Tory government".
He went on to say "Labour's majority is built on sand" and if the past five years proved anything it was that "the electorate can flip over a seemingly impregnable position, as a child demolishes a fortress of Lego".

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Originally Posted by baggieal

Clearly bitter, deluded and arrogant to the last! If I were the Tories and Boris I would be listing all the failings and cheating. Farage got more votes than Lib Dem’s for a reason whether you like the guy or not. People have had enough whether it’s the economy - immigration ( France and USA too ) - wasted money - shocking public services and cheating public school boys who line their own pockets! Don’t worry Boris - you have a 500K advance coming from Harper Collins on your Memoirs! Even now - the Tories just don’t get it!!!!

Boris Johnson has described Labour's landslide victory as an "atomic bomb that has detonated over the British political landscape".
In a piece for the Daily Mail, the former prime minister said "our worst fears have been realised" and "matters have developed".
He said the Tories had allowed Sir Keir Starmer - "a glottaly challenged north London lawyer" to lead Labour to one of their biggest victories ever and "too many good former colleagues have lost their seats in a cull that has been in many ways unjust".
"It has been miserable to watch, and it has taken me some time to rouse myself from the sofa and get to the keyboard to compose my thoughts," he said.
Mr Johnson said his prayers were now with the 121 "Tory survivors" who were the "bedraggled remnants of the explosion" and whose role was not to "hold this Starmergeddon majority to account".
On Nigel Farage, he said the "cheroot-puffing Pied Piper of Clacton" had "played a significant part" in the "destruction of the Tory government".
He went on to say "Labour's majority is built on sand" and if the past five years proved anything it was that "the electorate can flip over a seemingly impregnable position, as a child demolishes a fortress of Lego".

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I agree with his view that the party cannot lurch into a love in with Farage.

The fact is that Boris, Cummings and Truss are responsible for this loss, some humility in accepting this fact would serve Boris well.

Make no mistake though, a victory built on a 34% of the vote is dangerously misleading, this is no 1997 Blair type victory which was built on solid foundations.

The other thing is that is nearly 62 years old, how much mileage does he have in him and who follows him?

If they follow him with Rayner they will shoot themselves in the foot big time.

Wes Streeting is in a very marginal constituency.

If I was Andy Burnham I’d be looking for a safe seat.

I think there will be a clammer from the Left for Rayner, I reckon the Tories will be praying for that.

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Originally Posted by mickd1961

I agree with his view that the party cannot lurch into a love in with Farage.

The fact is that Boris, Cummings and Truss are responsible for this loss, some humility in accepting this fact would serve Boris well.

Make no mistake though, a victory built on a 34% of the vote is dangerously misleading, this is no 1997 Blair type victory which was built on solid foundations.

The other thing is that is nearly 62 years old, how much mileage does he have in him and who follows him?

If they follow him with Rayner they will shoot themselves in the foot big time.

Wes Streeting is in a very marginal constituency.

If I was Andy Burnham I’d be looking for a safe seat.

I think there will be a clammer from the Left for Rayner, I reckon the Tories will be praying for that.

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A love in with Farage - No but lessons on why Farage achieved a massive number of votes Yes. The Tories failed on illegals coming in and so will Labour unless they take note of why Farage’s party will grow.

Remember Le Pen a few years ago? She’s laughing now! Are the majority of French racist? Of course not but sick of things!

Labour's share of the vote hardly grew, this is telling and yes Bojo is a hypocrite saying the Tories have allowed this to happen as if he's a bystander - he was one of them.

Farage smelt blood and wasted no time garnering publicity around his populist rhetoric, Labour need to make sure they address the things that matter to ordinary folk - crime, cost of living, net migration and public services that work without throwing money into a bottomless pit. We need immigration, it just needs to be controlled; there are 1million jobs (some of which also need to be filled by the cohort of benefit claimants who choose not to work).

Age is just a number - if Starmer remains in good health I have no doubt he will serve the full term, Andy Burnham a good successor.

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Originally Posted by westcountryvillain

Labour's share of the vote hardly grew, this is telling and yes Bojo is a hypocrite saying the Tories have allowed this to happen as if he's a bystander - he was one of them.

Farage smelt blood and wasted no time garnering publicity around his populist rhetoric, Labour need to make sure they address the things that matter to ordinary folk - crime, cost of living, net migration and public services that work without throwing money into a bottomless pit. We need immigration, it just needs to be controlled; there are 1million jobs (some of which also need to be filled by the cohort of benefit claimants who choose not to work).

Age is just a number - if Starmer remains in good health I have no doubt he will serve the full term, Andy Burnham a good successor.

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It was after this term I was on about WCV, will he want another five years at 67?

Just like the Tories can’t help themselves in the way the Right love to pull at the thread until things unravel it’s the same on the Left with Labour, there will come a point where they start agitating and will want a leader in their own image.

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Originally Posted by baggieal

Clearly bitter, deluded and arrogant to the last! If I were the Tories and Boris I would be listing all the failings and cheating. Farage got more votes than Lib Dem’s for a reason whether you like the guy or not. People have had enough whether it’s the economy - immigration ( France and USA too ) - wasted money - shocking public services and cheating public school boys who line their own pockets! Don’t worry Boris - you have a 500K advance coming from Harper Collins on your Memoirs! Even now - the Tories just don’t get it!!!!

Boris Johnson has described Labour's landslide victory as an "atomic bomb that has detonated over the British political landscape".
In a piece for the Daily Mail, the former prime minister said "our worst fears have been realised" and "matters have developed".
He said the Tories had allowed Sir Keir Starmer - "a glottaly challenged north London lawyer" to lead Labour to one of their biggest victories ever and "too many good former colleagues have lost their seats in a cull that has been in many ways unjust".
"It has been miserable to watch, and it has taken me some time to rouse myself from the sofa and get to the keyboard to compose my thoughts," he said.
Mr Johnson said his prayers were now with the 121 "Tory survivors" who were the "bedraggled remnants of the explosion" and whose role was not to "hold this Starmergeddon majority to account".
On Nigel Farage, he said the "cheroot-puffing Pied Piper of Clacton" had "played a significant part" in the "destruction of the Tory government".
He went on to say "Labour's majority is built on sand" and if the past five years proved anything it was that "the electorate can flip over a seemingly impregnable position, as a child demolishes a fortress of Lego".

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Yesterdays man. His intervention the other night was an act of desperation motivated by self preservation. Smearing other people is usually confirmation that you've lost the argument.

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Originally Posted by mickd1961

It was after this term I was on about WCV, will he want another five years at 67?

Just like the Tories can’t help themselves in the way the Right love to pull at the thread until things unravel it’s the same on the Left with Labour, there will come a point where they start agitating and will want a leader in their own image.

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Hopefully not at 66/67 FFS and don’t know why people don’t retire gracefully from top jobs! Andy Burnham could have a final opportunity though and he would be excellent. At least he has charisma like Farage but Starmer is like a cardboard cut out.