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Johhson,  in two words

In the Edinburgh court case against Johnson's plan for prorogation,  the lawyer Aidan O’Neill accused Boris Johnson of “incontinent mendacity ... an unwillingness to acknowledge and speak the truth. He has chosen not to be accountable to this court and seeks not to be accountable to parliament.” Incontinent mendacity: Johnson summed up perfectly in just two words.

Richard Carter ● 2626d26 Comments

What an eloquent way of summing up Johnson, and much politer than some I've heard. 

Michael Ixer ● 2626d

Word perfect!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2626d

In 2 wordsPrime Minister

Andy Pike ● 2626d

"In 2 wordsPrime Minister"In 3 words nowMinority Prime Minister.

David Ainsworth ● 2626d

My two words:  Go BoJo!!!

Bunny Payne ● 2626d

I'm sure that many people are shouting that now:-Just go BoJo. Please.

David Ainsworth ● 2626d

As I posted elsewhere.Looks like the money market guys don't have much confidence in Boris and his government- and one would expect them to be Tories (the world has gone crazy?):"The pound has made gains on currency markets after Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his majority in the House of Commons.Tory MP Phillip Lee's defection to the Liberal Democrats lifted sterling to above $1.20 and €1.10."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49562307

Michael Ixer ● 2626d

Dynamic Debater!! 👏🏻

Sue Hammond ● 2626d

Now you're just being ironic Sue. His 'debating' is getting slaughtered (on Twitter - even worse than May, apparently) so I'd go with Dire Debater. Watching him this afternoon he was  bumbling and incoherent.

Lucille Grant ● 2626d

Bombastic misinformer

Michael Ixer ● 2626d

Serial cheater.

Nicholas Evans ● 2626d

Compulsive liar?Weather vane?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2626d

Twitter Twaddle Lucille😸

Sue Hammond ● 2626d

Boris has to sort out this ridiculous group of disloyal and undisciplined MPs in the Commons, squabbling like a gaggle of geese, absolutely disgraceful as what he wants is to deliver Brexit as voted for 3 years ago and so should they.We should be ashamed by all this nonsense, mostly fired up by social media and Momentum.

Bunny Payne ● 2626d

Hello Bunny,Don't you think that Theresa May did not suffer from "disloyal and undisciplined MPs in the Commons" such as the ERG?

Ivonne Holliday ● 2626d

Yes I do and I feel sorry for the woman, who did do her best.Sometimes it takes a bit more toughness.  Not a great analolgy, but when there's a fight in the playground, sometimes it needs a tough person to come along and separate them (and maybe bang their heads together>)

Bunny Payne ● 2626d

"We should be ashamed by all this nonsense, mostly fired up by social media and Momentum."Momentum? Do you think that Momentum has got at the Tory rebels? (Brave chaps, by the way) (And I never thought that I should say that about Nicholas Soames!). "Churchill's grandson faces losing Tory whip".

David Ainsworth ● 2626d

Prime Numpty.

Sarah Roberts ● 2625d

David Ainsworth has gone one better (in the 'Should Justine stand as a one nation independent conservative MP supporting remain?' thread) : he's  suggested a perfect one-word description of Johnson : chancre. As I  confessed  there, I  had to look it up: the OED definition is:"A painless ulcer, particularly one that develops on the genitals in venereal disease."Perfect!

Richard Carter ● 2625d

Interesting. Johnson seems, unlike May, to have generated an opposition even among those who should be supporting him, that despise his arrogance and manner rather than just disagreeing or disliking his actions. I doubt this will end well for the conservative party: he'll either get his way, there'll be a split conservative party  and the UK will crash out of the EU with all the consequences that will need to be dealt with, or we'll  have Jeremy as Prime Minister, possibly leading some sort of coalition? Not sure if that's good for the Labour and others if the UK is already on a downwards spiral thanks to May and Johnson.

Michael Ixer ● 2625d

"we'll  have Jeremy as Prime Minister, possibly leading some sort of coalition? Not sure if that's good for the Labour and others if the UK is already on a downwards spiral thanks to May and Johnson."It won't matter much. Corbyn has had so much abuse (often unmerited) hurled at him over the past few years by the media that he must be innured to it. Perhaps that is why the media have done it - to toughen him up? Apparently Johnson has called Corbyn "A big girl's blouse" this afternoon, in an attempt to goad him into supporting a general election. Unparliamentary language? Still, if Corbyn were a big girl's blouse, how could Johnson have kept his hands off Corbyn? The Speaker might have had to deploy a bucket of cold water.

David Ainsworth ● 2625d

David. I missed that comment but I was interested that Tan Dhesi got clapped when requesting that Johnson apologised for his racist comments. Of course more waffle and no apology from BJ. 

Michael Ixer ● 2625d

I'd vote Labour if Keir Starmer who is fair, erudite and intelligent was Leader of the Opposition. Just watched him debate the  Benn Bill this afternoon. Not for the first time he puts many other MPs including Corbyn and Bumbling  Boris to shame.

Lucille Grant ● 2625d

Yes, Starmer is good, and a remainer 🙂

Michael Ixer ● 2625d

Yes. He  campaigned for Remain. Holborn and St Pancras is his constituency where 73.34% voted to Remain in 2016. But I can't see him winning support from Momentum.

Lucille Grant ● 2625d

Only had time to skim this very superficially but interesting that some in the City now view Jazza as safer than Boris 😶https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-economics/jeremy-corbyn-better-than-no-deal-brexit-investment-bankers-say/04/09/

Michael Ixer ● 2625d