POLITICS needs more fun. Few jokers isn the present parliament.

Claig ....

The Conservatives do not need Boris to ‘take on Farage’, the FACT that Ukip could NEVER change British law from Brussels and bring the UK out of the EU, if FINALLY understood by Ukip voters who need a real say on leaving the EU (via a UK referendum), the TRUTH will do that.

Re another ‘Eaton toff’, may I remind you that not one MP from Eaton in government got us into the economic and social ‘kin mess – but despite being handed a UK that economically and socially bore no semblance to what they handed over in 1997, with no plan in 2010 from the then government to sort it out – if a cabinet of Oxbridge and ‘normal people’ were clueless, maybe brighter people from Eaton supplied the necessary ‘little grey cells’ that were missing. lol

In the U.S. the people want the brightest of the bright in their government to sort out the complex issues of the nation, whilst here voters think those who put in place the lax banking, EU and Non EU immigration, lack of housing and domestic unemployment policies in times of ££plenty (and the end result by 2010), are more 'in touch with the people' than those from Eaton, reversing those shit policies. It's a funny old world.

WetAugust …. Frankly as someone who did not go to university myself, while I greatly respect Boris and his intellect to sort out big projects e.g London, as one of 625 MP's in Westminster I do not believe the ‘noise’ that follows Boris around, is useful to the Conservatives at any time - never mind such an important 5-years parliament from 2015 - whether in a minority Westminster seat government, or in opposition.

On Boris and the subject of our membership of the EU, written into UK law and can only be changed visa Westminsyer, the Conservative policy is clear; if the Conservatives formed the next government with a Westminster MAJORITY, this is the only way the UK people will have an OPTION to leave the EU via a Referendum in 2017, having first been shown THE FACTS from both sides of the in/out divide.

There is so much EU scaremongering rollocks going around from politicians without being qualified e.g. millions of UK job losses from a Europe still in recession, the UK people deserves to know the TRUTH before voting yes/no. No other political party can truthfully or otherwise, offer the UK a way out of an unreformed Europe - especially Ukip, that even if it gets 10 or 20 seats in Westminster, apart from ensuring there will be NO TORY EU REFERENDUM, with Farage’s gob it will just add to the political ‘noise’, and all be as influential to our exit from the EU, as a duck fart in windy weather.

Personally would I like Boris being Conservative leader with all his ‘noise’, certainly not. However this is not an issue until after the next General Election when there could be an opening, as Cameron has said that IF the Conservatives win a majority in parliament (from the 20-seat deficit now) and FAILS to give the UK an EU referendum, he will resign.

The news said that Cameron will try and use Boris to take on Farage.
They haven't got a clue. Farage will wipe the floor with Eton and Oxbridge Boris just like he wiped the floor with Westminster and Oxbridge Clegg.

The people can spot the difference between a jewel and a joker.

Yes, it looks like he is going for leadership.

I think he is having us all on as he always seems to do in his jokey manner. He was interviewed today and said something like the establishment, the BBC, Channel 4 etc etc all want us to stay in Europe and that he does too, except in a reformed Europe.

Louise Mensch sometimes tweets about Boris and says someting like he will not become leader because he is pro Europe and the sceptics will not back him. She probably knows what goes on on the inside.

The people don't mind Boris for a laugh, but whether they believe what he says may be a different matter.

Boris will liven things up when he's back in the Commons next tear Does anyone else think that his EU comments today are positioning him nicely for Conservative leader, backed by the anti EU element of the Tory party.

does he really hold these views or is this just a very cynical move?

Mr Farage in the UK parliament, possibly holding the balance of power and our future ,in 2015 within ANOTHER half arsed 5-year coalition, what a hoot that will be – verily a Westminster side splitter a session. .

And I hear Mr Farage is already focusing on his transition from MEP to MP, as didn’t he say on the radio (LBC?) that he believes Westminster MP’s should earn a salary similar to an Headmaster, £90 to £100,000, from the current £67,000 a year?

The cynic in me would suggest that Mr Farage who is currently paid an annual MEP salary of £78,0000(?) but also get an additional Daily Attendance Allowance and £3,500 PER MONTH expenses money paid into his bank account whether claimed or not, is getting concerned about his future standard of living.

But generally speaking, as MP’s need to usually run two homes, I agree with him that MP pay should reflect their importance as our law makers and the outgoings associated with the job.

The caveat being that if similar to those main party MP’s whose main individual contribution is regurgitating ideological clap trap on whip demand i.e. ‘Eton toff’ or ‘paid trade union stooge’, Mr Farage continues to grandstand and contribute little to serious politics with unobtainable social objectives to obtain his votes, £67,000 is more than enough. Few get paid MORE as an apprentice (fart arsing around Europe), than they do once obtaining ‘the real thing’.

But hey, if we end up paying £100,000 a year and ‘want a real larf’, never mind Dennis Skinner, we could get FRANK Skinner for that, and widen the audience for politics at a stroke. lol

Yes, there's Boris.

Thank God Farage is standing for Parliament next time, at least then there will be one serious politician in the House.

Boris?

He'll be back.

Have you forgotten the infamous note with "sorry, there's no money left" written on it and left for poor George Osborne to find and deal with?

They're jokers alright!

'Few jokers in the present parliament.'

Are you serious? Have you ever watched PMQs? Have you ever seen the Labour front bench? Every one a joker - granted, maybe not in the amusing sense and more in the Batman sense - but joker nonetheless, and the sad thing is the joke's on us!

The likes of PMQT will never be a belly laugh if you are relying on Dennis Skinner (the ‘Beast of Bolsover’) for ‘one liners’, unless you are into puerile ideological insults and name calling from our law makers. lol

In fact nearly all the humour is politically subject driven, but every now and then you might get a cracker, like when Vince Cable at a pre 2010 PMQT said Mr Brown ‘had gone from being Stalin to Mr Bean’. Where is the joke you might (rightly) ask, but it was all in the timing.

Lets remember during the Labour years they had MP majorities of over 100 to 140 seats in parliament, and the poor Lib Dems were constantly shouted down and laughed at by Labour and the Conservatives.

Mr Brown (aka ‘Chuckles’ or ‘The Clunking Fist’) was so far up his own ‘everyone here is beneath me’ arse, when anyone scored a point or dared question him, you could SEE the displeasure on his face, which was priceless.

So when the politically persecuted Lib Dems Mr Cable came back with that line, everyone in the House laughed and Mr Brown’s jaw movement dropped more than usual, so although ‘you had to be there’, it made the headlines.

www.totalpolitics.com/blog/176627/even-bad-jokes-are-good-for-democracy.thtml

The PMQT tempers and noise level is rarely rise due to questions from the governments own benches, it comes from the H.M Oppositions questions.

And IMO there is nothing like an Opposition opposing every new government policy, accusing the government of incompetence on the consequences of their previous policies in government, or trying to score meaningless points as if still back in the Oxbridge Debating Society, to get a government bench shouting back.

Agreed. Sadly, the rumours that MPs broke out into a rousing chorus of 'Oh dear what can the matter be? Michael Gove got stuck in the lavatory' are said to be false. If they can't pull even that one off, their comedy muscles are pathetically puny.