ECCOnoob Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Well, he campaigned for Leave and now he can have a part of delivering it. Seems fair to me.. For all I dont like the man I think you are spot on. I also think that Mrs May has made a very very shrewd move. Before she even got the keys to No10 she was heavilly criticised and insulted by the brexiteers and old skool Tories for not being the right person to implement Article 50, then there was all the Hullabaloo about a remainer getting the job in the first place, particuarly after the referendum result. Boris is an Etonian elite which will please the back bench tory old farts plus he was the gob of the leave campaign which should please the more extreme elements of the outers. Seems a very well thought out and well delivered addition to the cabinet and just the sort of decision someone as smart and level headed as May would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 I heard the original idea was to make him the Governor of Bermuda, where you get to wear a very silly hat, but Boris refused, and so they came up with this temporary compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Theresa on Boris - ¨ I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon''. Two weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 can only surmise that they have decided that he might be good with the Greeks, Turks, Armenians and people like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamston Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 For all I dont like the man I think you are spot on. I also think that Mrs May has made a very very shrewd move. Before she even got the keys to No10 she was heavilly criticised and insulted by the brexiteers and old skool Tories for not being the right person to implement Article 50, then there was all the Hullabaloo about a remainer getting the job in the first place, particuarly after the referendum result. Boris is an Etonian elite which will please the back bench tory old farts plus he was the gob of the leave campaign which should please the more extreme elements of the outers. Seems a very well thought out and well delivered addition to the cabinet and just the sort of decision someone as smart and level headed as May would do. I agree with your reasoning. ---------- Post added 13-07-2016 at 23:12 ---------- Theresa on Boris - ¨ I seem to remember last time he did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon''. Two weeks ago. That was when he was a rival to be Prime Minister. Two weeks is a long time in politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Boris is a hopeless parliamentarian he never liked the place. He just wanted to be Prime Minister ideally from his base as London's mayor and safely away from parliament which he disliked. This is going to be interesting, to see how much as Foreign Secretary, the Prime Minister Theresa May fobs Boris off to places outside Europe, appoints specialist Europe ministers to highlight how little power Boris has about Europe, and humiliates him completely before she sacks him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Boris is a hopeless parliamentarian he never liked the place. He just wanted to be Prime Minister ideally from his base as London's mayor and safely away from parliament which he disliked. This is going to be interesting, to see how much as Foreign Secretary, the Prime Minister Theresa May fobs Boris off to places outside Europe, appoints specialist Europe ministers to highlight how little power Boris has about Europe, and humiliates him completely before she sacks him. A six month diplomatic mission to the Falkland Islands followed by a round the world mission - landing only in the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon1 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Unless Theresa May has seen diplomatic qualities I haven't, or maybe she's just having a laugh. But this is the most bizarre appointment ever You said it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Arctor Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Two weeks is a long time in politics. A lifetime is a long time to be cynical about politicians and their inability to be consistent for two weeks at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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