It's worth noting that U.S. Republicans treated Trump the same way before and just after his election.
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It's worth noting that U.S. Republicans treated Trump the same way before and just after his election.
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Don't tell bilby.....
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I dunno.
What's the minimum time he can be PM?
WE'RE stuck for four years, maybe eight what with the advantage of being incumbent in an election.
If you guys get buyer's remorse, what's the soonest you can get your money back?
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He technically could not become PM still... I think. Otherwise, there is the "snap election" to show how much the United Kingston supports him and he can get booted that quickly.
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No worries. I looked up the "human heart" thing and was shocked it was Johnson, so I didn't know if you were jesting or just didn't know, could have gone either way. Regardless, this idiot appears to be the next PM. With any hope a technicality strikes or he goes for a snap election so we can end this Western World self-destruction.
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There's no minimum - that's one advantage of not having a written constitution.
The appointment of (and removal of) Prime Ministers is in the gift of HM the Q, and she can in principle do what she wants, when she wants. However, by tradition, she agrees to do as parliament directs, and they in return agree not to have her beheaded.
In practice this means that he can be dumped by a vote of no confidence in the house - and as his party is only clinging to power by a thread, that could easily happen at any time. A half dozen Conservative Party MPs have already suggested that they might quit the party, and that could easily tip the balance.
It's even possible (though unlikely) that the queen, on being asked by her outgoing PM to appoint him as her successor, could refuse on the grounds that he doesn't command the support of the commons. That would reduce his time in office to zero - but is almost certain not to happen.
The thing that amazes me is that the Conservatives have managed, at each step since Cameron first floated the idea of an advisory plebiscite on EU membership, to make a situation, that you would think couldn't possibly get any worse, significantly worse.
It's like a stress test for the propaganda machine - just how bad can the Tories get, before the voters will go against their indoctrination and pick Jeremy "trust us he'd be even worse" Corbyn? How far are the electorate going to trust the incessant media barrage of disinformation about what a disaster Corbyn would be, before they finally realise 'he cannot possibly be as bad as this shitshower'?
It appears that the British voter would rather see their nation destroyed than have a PM who disagrees with Rupert Murdoch et al. Such is the power of the handful of evil rich cunts who own the "news" business today.
Found a great spoof of bohemian rhapsody about this:
This is the real life
This is no fantasy
In by a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Take heed of my lies and see,
I'm such a rich boy, I have no empathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Letterbox, dirty socks
Any way the mare blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.
Pater, just killed a man,
Threw him underneath my bus
Pulled my trigger, bless Liz Truss.
Pater, we have just begun,
And now I've won I’ll do it all my way.
Pater, ooh,
I was born to cheat and lie
It all belongs to me, our bright tomorrow,
Party on, party on, cos nothing really matters.
Crikey, our time has come,
Let’s send shivers down their spines,
Round the reds up, put in line.
Goodbye, House of Commons, you’ve got to go,
You can all kiss my behind and face the truth.
Pater, ooh (any way the wind blows),
The plebs have got to die,
They’ll soon be wishing they’d never been born at all.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Vladimir, Vladimir, won’t you keep it all secret?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Strangling kittens) Strangling kittens,
(Strangling kittens) Strangling kittens,
Spaffing, quoting Cicero
Oh bally boll-oll-oll-ollocks.
I'm such a rich boy, no-one can touch me.
He's such a rich boy from a rich family,
Spare him his life from your “democracy”.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Steve Bannon! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Lord Farage! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Ian Hislop! We will print all we know. (Let me go!)
Will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go)
Oh oh oh oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, lawks-a-mercy, cripes and gosh (piffle paffle, let me go.)
That Michael Gove has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
So you think you can back me then spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me then hang me to dry?
Oh, Donny, can't do this to me, Donny,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
(Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters, but me.
Any way the wind blows.
With all due acknowledgments and abject apologies to Freddie Mercury and whoever lays claim to the copyright of the iconic song parodied here in the spirit of fair use.
This is the real life
This is no fantasy
In by a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Take heed of my lies and see,
I'm such a rich boy, I have no empathy,
Because I'm easy come, easy go,
Letterbox, dirty socks
Any way the mare blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.
Pater, just killed a man,
Threw him underneath my bus
Pulled my trigger, bless Liz Truss.
Pater, we have just begun,
And now I've won I’ll do it all my way.
Pater, ooh,
I was born to cheat and lie
It all belongs to me, our bright tomorrow,
Party on, party on, cos nothing really matters.
Crikey, our time has come,
Let’s send shivers down their spines,
Round the reds up, put in line.
Goodbye, House of Commons, you’ve got to go,
You can all kiss my behind and face the truth.
Pater, ooh (any way the wind blows),
The plebs have got to die,
They’ll soon be wishing they’d never been born at all.
I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Vladimir, Vladimir, won’t you keep it all secret?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Strangling kittens) Strangling kittens,
(Strangling kittens) Strangling kittens,
Spaffing, quoting Cicero
Oh bally boll-oll-oll-ollocks.
I'm such a rich boy, no-one can touch me.
He's such a rich boy from a rich family,
Spare him his life from your “democracy”.
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Steve Bannon! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Lord Farage! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)
Ian Hislop! We will print all we know. (Let me go!)
Will not let you go. (Let me go!)
Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go)
Oh oh oh oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh, lawks-a-mercy, cripes and gosh (piffle paffle, let me go.)
That Michael Gove has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.
So you think you can back me then spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me then hang me to dry?
Oh, Donny, can't do this to me, Donny,
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.
(Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters, but me.
Any way the wind blows.
With all due acknowledgments and abject apologies to Freddie Mercury and whoever lays claim to the copyright of the iconic song parodied here in the spirit of fair use.
Derec
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Boris at least has a sense of humor.
But can anybody really imagine Sourpuss Corbyn ever doing a lap in a "reasonably priced car"?
P.S.: Did you know Boris was born in New York? I wonder if Comrade Jezza will tell him to go where he came from.
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But can anybody really imagine Sourpuss Corbyn ever doing a lap in a "reasonably priced car"?
P.S.: Did you know Boris was born in New York? I wonder if Comrade Jezza will tell him to go where he came from.
Canard DuJour
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It can't be long before some place actually elects a cartoon character.
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Hey! We elected Yosemite Sam in 2000! Credit where due!
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Oh Boris.
Derec
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Unlike the girly men playing American Handegg, Boris is doing head-first tackles with no helmet.
A long video about the "Irresistible Rise" of Boris Johnson.
I guessed that he was part Russian because of the name and blonde hair, but I never would have guessed he has Turkish ancestry too.
Those teeth though (~1:40).
Holy Beatles puns, Batman!
Btw, I am so glad that "see pages" for BoJo skipped page 3. Nobody wants to see that.
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And holy goddamn, at least we have a Trump (Princess Ivanka) to welcome Boris to the leadership of the United KINGSTON. Christ on a cracker.
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Why would Chris Davies be dumb enough to run again?