Can Bojo Get It This Time?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48299424
Personally I'd prefer Raab but I think Bojo will take some stopping. Anyway until Brexit is resolved there is no point in changing Treason.

[anotheoldgit]

The Conservatives don't want any more faceless wonders as their leader, Boris is an excellent choice, and only him can save the Tory Party from extinction that they now face.

[lankeela]

If you had suggested a few years ago that Boris would be PM and Trump POTUS you would have been a laughing stock.
Does anyone really think changing leaders will make the EU agree to a better deal?

[New Judge]

//Does anyone really think changing leaders will make the EU agree to a better deal?//

No. But a different PM might be able to persuade the EU (and Parliament) that we are prepared to leave without their permission.

[Zacs-Master]

I think you'd need an anti-EU PM for that. Anyone got any hens teeth, or rocking horse droppings?

[dannyk13]

ZM, Bojo fits the bill, he is an ardent Brexiteer.

[Zacs-Master]

You sure about that Danny?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/16/secret-boris-johnson-column-favoured-uk-remaining-in-eu

https://eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2018/02/14/boris-johnson-remember-what-he-said/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-secret-pro-eu-article-revealed-expressing-doubts-brexit-a7363781.html

[pixie374]

Boris was always just waiting until we got the "scapegoat" out of the way, to ride to the rescue. He is not daft. I suspect we could do much worse than him.

[dannyk13]

No, not sure now.We will have to wait and see if maybe Raab,who is a Brexiteer, can beat him to the post.,

[Zacs-Master]

ha ha. If one of them gets a sniff that it will enhance their career, they'll abandon all pretence of any loyalty and jump ship to the political scenario which best suits their ambition.

[dannyk13]

ZM, that's a very cynical view, not all politicians are so shallow.

[ichkeria]

You’d need an anti EU Parliament I think. One that was willing to sanction effectively casting lose. And I cannot see that.

[Zacs-Master]

You're right danny. there's....erm....oooh.....erm......you know.......and thingy........erm.......

[dannyk13]

ZM, those ministers that resigned.

[Zacs-Master]

Any of them want to be leader?

[Zacs-Master]

Anyway, Ich has it right. It would take an anti-EU parliament.

[dannyk13]

I'm sure that some of wish to progress further within the government. You were talking about enhancing careers not standing for Prime Minister.

[Zacs-Master]

Sorry but I wasn't. When i wrote 'it will enhance their career' I meant becoming leader.

[Khandro]

I'd vote for Boris, but we've done all this a couple of days ago;

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1658261.html

[Zacs-Master]

It's an 'omage to your thread, big K.

[Khandro]

Had the Boris Johnson of 2019 been around in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 referendum, history would have played out very differently. The United Kingdom would have had a Brexiteer prime minister who wouldn’t have approached leaving as a damage-limitation exercise. There would have been someone with the political skills to use a general election to strengthen their negotiating position, not weaken it. Above all, there would have been a leader who knew what he wanted Britain to be after Brexit.