Finally.. A politician acting like an adult...

[Spinflight]

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/03/boris-johnson-project-fear-hysteria-is-gripping-britain/

"Boris Johnson today condemns the government for failing to highlight the positives of Brexit and instead allowing "hysteria" to take hold following the referendum result.

In his first intervention since withdrawing from the Tory leadership race, Mr Johnson criticises the government for offering the public a "binary choice on the EU" without explaining how the country would move forward in the event of a Leave vote.

In an article for The Telegraph Mr Johnson says the failure to explain that Britain can have a "bright future" has led to protests by young people who now have irrational fear of life outside the EU."

The rest of them remind me of the Kevin and Perry sketch where he has to wash the car.

"It's soooooooo unfair!"

Cameron's resignation strop was deeply embarrassing, Clarke, Heseltine and Blair no better. Gove and May acting like children fighting over a favourite toy. The entire labour party realising they are on the wrong side of history, yesterday's men.

Utter contempt for the people of the UK laid bare.

Well done Boris.

[ARumWithAView]

Hah, why not? Everyone else is doing it.

It reminds me of the escaped bull scene in 'Withnail and I'.

Withnail leaves gate open.
Angry randy bull gets out.
Withnail shoves shopping bag into Paul McGann's arms and neatly jumps the nearest wall.
Paul McGann stares in horror at approaching bull.
Withnail, on other side of wall, calmly lights a cigarette and issues disdainful commands like 'grab its ring', 'keep your bag up', 'start shouting -- it won't gore you'.
A COWARD YOU ARE, WITHNAIL! AN EXPERT ON BULLS YOU ARE NOT!
[McGann throws shopping bag in air and runs screaming at the bull]

(The bull here being social division, political chaos and economic uncertainty -- better point this out before someone accuses me of insinuating that Brexit voters are like a randy angry bull.)

[GoudyStout]

better point this out before someone accuses me of insinuating that Brexit voters are like a randy angry bull

That made me snigger ...

[Lweji]

Damn.

Has that great statesman Farage resigned?

Maybe he's freeing himself to return to the Tories to fight for the right to lead the UK in the difficult times ahead.

Or not. :)

[JudyCoolibar]

So, what do we think would have happened if Boris, Gove and Farage had come out on 22nd June and announced that, in the event of Leave winning:

1. Two of them would bugger off;
   
2. The £350m definitely wouldn't be going to the NHS;
   
3. There would have to be freedom of movement for EU citizens;
   
4. They had absolutely no clue what else would happen as they had no plan in place:
   

Just what might the outcome have been? Really, no. 4 on its own ought to be enough to render the result null and void.

[crossroads3]

He still needs his hair ruffling, a disapproving look and a firm guidance that his bedroom should be cleaned properly this time!

Does he fuck.

He needs trying for treason.

[Lweji]

He needs trying for treason.

Him and Farage.

[lovelyupnorth]

Can we please start refering to Borris by his full name "Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson"

nearly pissed myself when i saw that.

[StrictlyMumDancing]

DH woke up this morning saying 'no, no, not de pfeffel'

He has no clue what he'd been dreaming off

[PausingFlatly]

I certainly agree we should stop referring to him primarily as Boris or BoJo. Someone pointed out it just feeds the "Aww, hair-ruffley little rascal" image that he trades on.

So he's Johnson from now on for me.

B Johnson if he needs distinguished from A Johnson.

[noblegiraffe]

Can we give him a title like 'disgraced former PM hopeful Johnson'?

Or just 'twatface Johnson'. I'm easy really.

[Helmetbymidnight]

Bottler Johnson

Johnson the Liar.

[JudyCoolibar]

If ever there was an example of ambition destroying someone, this is it. If Johnson had had the honesty to stick with his Remain instincts and campaigned for Remain, it's possible the result might have gone the other way. By now Cameron would be dealing with a Cabinet reshuffle demoting Gove and Johnson would get an important post which would have put him in pole position to take over. If Leave had still won, he would have stood an excellent chance of being in Theresa May's position and would have no problem seeing off Gove. But he's lost out completely, all because he was too impatient to wait and too dishonest to stick by his principles.

[Joysmum]

The Leave campaign has been a shower of shite from the start.

Trouble is, if they campaigned based on what came next it'd split the vote nobody in favour of Brexit will have gotten their wish.

Remain didn't have those issues as they didn't need to have a plan as the vote for in was only to accept that the EU would keep making decisions for this country.

In banding together in a strong leave campaign, leave campaigners have had to share the stage with people who were campaigning on lies and issues not attainable. If any of them get in now it'll be short lived as they are shown up for that in practice, not just theory.

Leaving the EU doesn't have to be anti EU as the leave campaign has been. It can be pro EU but falling short of full membership (Norway style agreement) to allow us to embrace world trade, something the EU doesn't allow.

I believe it'll take a remain backer to achieve this.

[lljkk]

Every time the Remainers said "What about this problem or that problem" the Leave campaigners had an instant glib shiny answer. To everything. Leave made it sound like they were completely prepared for any eventuality. The resolute confidence of the Leave side is partly what swayed a lot of voters.

But they weren't prepared. Now they even say they never had any responsibility for being prepared. What complete Feckers.

I'm in the States right now & telling people "I suppose at least we have managed to marginalise our floppy haired clown".

[StrictlyMumDancing]

lljkk I just spat at my screen for that