General Chat

Only distantly related, Linda.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/2499036/Mayor-of-London-Boris-Johnson-is-a-distant-relative-of-the-Queen.html

His Turkish roots were very interesting, though, as Rollo pointed out.

He's a bright fellow. Give him some credit.

No.

Please? :-D

Not a chance. :-P

I feel sorry for his wife, his children (legitimate and illegitimate) and his string of former mistresses. They gave him too much "credit".

;-)

wish I'd never posted this now ;-)

Ann stick with Hugh Jackman :-D :-D :-D ;-)

Interesting thread though Ann :-D ;-) ;-)

I suppose when you do not live in areas he's involved with, and are not particularly into politics, it is easy just to see the comedian.
When he's on the telly we are always waiting to see what funny or silly remark he will come out with next.

It is obviously different for people who are in his constituency that have been disappointed with him in his official capacity or otherwise.

I see Boris has put is foot in it again, alright what ever your views are on the EU wither we should be in or out or wither Obama should get involved I think Boris is playing dirty

I dont like a man who cant keep it in his pants
I find nothing attractive in UN faithfulness in any way :-D :-D

Er, Joy, would you like to rephrase your last posting :-0

I'm sure that you find nothing attractive in UNfaithfulness .....unless, of course..... :-0

:-D :-D :-D

OPPS Allan
I must of been having a floosy moment
I will rush to edit THANK YOU x :-D :-D

:-D :-D :-D

Despite coming across as a the village idiot he is pretty canny, if not cunning too.

Don't forget that David Cameron has said he does not want to serve as PM for a third time after the next election, and as Boris has already made it plain that he has aspirations to be the next PM clearly thinks that a No Vote would put him in the front line when the next Conservative leader is being chosen.

If the EU vote to stay in is a resounding 'YES' as I hope and expect it will, then Boris will no longer be a front runner.

Boris won't stand a chance of becoming leader of the Conservative party once Zak Goldsmith gets off the starting block. I am off to the pub now, to dodge the incoming flak.

Bad enough Boris being mp for Uxbridge and South Ruislip but pm don't think so anyway I don't beblieve anything our David says and I think he might run again, just a thought. :-(

Made a complete ass of himself this weekend, didn't he?

'Perfect' human beings are not my cup of tea. Boris is ok. ;-)

I used to like living in Ruislip.

A bit over ten years ago I went to a Boris party at the Travellers.I was very impressed with him no doubt about it. Funny, witty, obviously erudite. He could, at least back in the day, think on his feet and come up with a bon mot for any occasion. He was also very obviously a man on the make and in a hurry.

Since then his hail fellow well met buffoonery has made him a lot of fans especially on TV. Yet in the cold light of dawn he is a cold fish.

Keeping bad political company is a difficult thing to give up. Boris has definitely lost his way thanks to Michael Gove, David Hannan and the motley crew from Oxford's Grid club. Maybe having written a well received bio. on Winston Churchill he believes himself to be the natural political heir hence the fuss about white house busts. Who knows.

First a whisper, then a March wind and now a howling gale the Brexiters are up against the elements with as much chance of defeating them as King Knut.

Boris has already committed the cardinal political sin and burned his boats. The leader of the Brexit faction is wildly unlikely to become PM. So what to do?

After Robert Peel (Tory PM, keen foxhunter) repealed the Corn Laws in 1843 the Tory Party split. The industrialists got what they wanted the landowners and aristocracy did not. The party remained split for generations.

Given that half the Tory party in parliament back brexit together with nearly all of the party in the shires would Boris be prepared to split the party and take half of it into opposition? Cameron would be left with a rump party relying on Jeremy Corbyn of all people for support. Ramsay McDonald all over.

In case of such a scenario there would have to be fresh elections and Boris could put brexit right back on the table.

Dark waters.