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Boris Johnson for Prime Minister

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AllChangeNow · 21/10/2022 09:31

Eighteen Million (18M) people voted Conservative in 2019 because the Leader was Boris Johnson … THREE YEARS LATER … MP’s acted against British 🇬🇧 popular opinion and the economy went into meltdown … Seventy Two Percent (72%) of electors want Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak back at the helm -

BUT
struggling homeowners want to see mortgage payments fall and calm and stability return

AND
as Boris already has a mandate to govern from the British 🇬🇧 people …

WOULD it be sensible to put him and Rishi Sunak back in control and take the fight to Labour and their (Labour’s) announced plan on the 20th October 2022, to repeal the 2016 Trades Union Act and unleash unaffordable wage increases and strikes galore!!

WOULD
you feel happier if Boris was back as Prime Minister and Rishi as Chancellor?

#BringBorisBack #BackBoris

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ChocFrog · 21/10/2022 23:54

Hi Nadine 👋

People voted Conservative because Corbyn was in charge of Labour at the time and, sadly, Corbyn was a complete loon. BJ seemed like the least bad of two terrible options.

Now, after having been shown to be a terrible terrible excuse for a leader (who by the way is currently in the Caribbean although taxpayers are paying him to be in Westminster), and having lied to the Queen, and to Parliament, and to the electorate, you are stark raving mad if you want him back. No one else is as guaranteed to lose the next election for the Conservatives by the way.

You may be happy to rewrite history because you fancy BJ but some people do actually remember the last three years.

happinessischocolate · 22/10/2022 00:26

AllChangeNow · 21/10/2022 09:31

Eighteen Million (18M) people voted Conservative in 2019 because the Leader was Boris Johnson … THREE YEARS LATER … MP’s acted against British 🇬🇧 popular opinion and the economy went into meltdown … Seventy Two Percent (72%) of electors want Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak back at the helm -

BUT
struggling homeowners want to see mortgage payments fall and calm and stability return

AND
as Boris already has a mandate to govern from the British 🇬🇧 people …

WOULD it be sensible to put him and Rishi Sunak back in control and take the fight to Labour and their (Labour’s) announced plan on the 20th October 2022, to repeal the 2016 Trades Union Act and unleash unaffordable wage increases and strikes galore!!

WOULD
you feel happier if Boris was back as Prime Minister and Rishi as Chancellor?

#BringBorisBack #BackBoris

Good to see Joe Lycett on MN 😁

remoteblanket · 22/10/2022 04:55

The Tories are one big very dysfunctional family hanging together by a thread - they are so utterly divided, nothing anyone can do will stop them self destructing. Johnson has a bit of the pied piper and the rats will follow him - while they fight with each other and the country limps on surviving on slogans, lies and broken promises. I think Johnson willl get back in - the soap opera that is modern British politics continues to shock and amuse the rest of the world. Any standing we did have is quickly melting away. It’s embarrassing, it’s depressing, it’ll have to endured - roll on 2024 when hopefully the electorate have truly had enough of the Tory shit show running Britain.

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AllChangeNow · 22/10/2022 10:31

remoteblanket · 22/10/2022 04:55

The Tories are one big very dysfunctional family hanging together by a thread - they are so utterly divided, nothing anyone can do will stop them self destructing. Johnson has a bit of the pied piper and the rats will follow him - while they fight with each other and the country limps on surviving on slogans, lies and broken promises. I think Johnson willl get back in - the soap opera that is modern British politics continues to shock and amuse the rest of the world. Any standing we did have is quickly melting away. It’s embarrassing, it’s depressing, it’ll have to endured - roll on 2024 when hopefully the electorate have truly had enough of the Tory shit show running Britain.

@remoteblanket i wonder what you would have written about Sir Winston Churchill in the 1930’s? AND THEN He came back to lead Britain 🇬🇧 through a Covid type war and succeeded only to be defeated in 1945 by the shallow little minds of expediency and look where that got us all … Harold Wilson, Jim Callaghan and Denis Healey followed by that Clownish double act: Blair and Brown!

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AllChangeNow · 22/10/2022 10:42

ChocFrog · 21/10/2022 23:54

Hi Nadine 👋

People voted Conservative because Corbyn was in charge of Labour at the time and, sadly, Corbyn was a complete loon. BJ seemed like the least bad of two terrible options.

Now, after having been shown to be a terrible terrible excuse for a leader (who by the way is currently in the Caribbean although taxpayers are paying him to be in Westminster), and having lied to the Queen, and to Parliament, and to the electorate, you are stark raving mad if you want him back. No one else is as guaranteed to lose the next election for the Conservatives by the way.

You may be happy to rewrite history because you fancy BJ but some people do actually remember the last three years.

A lot of people remember the last Seven Years before, during and after the Brexit vote and Boris Johnson (like Sir Winston Churchill) came to the rescue and ended the paralysis but made many enemies - they remember labour and the Libdems sitting on the fence whilst the clear cut leave message was stalled and held up/they remember Starmer’s failure to support emergency measures on Covid until the last minute when it was clear the disease wasn’t a flu like illness/they have just witnessesed Starmer (unreported by itv/bbc/sky) Promising at the TUC conference in Brighton on 20th October 2022, to fully repeal ALL Trade Union Legislation -
I think we can all see who we can trust and have confidence in and it’s NOT Starmer, Davey or Blackford and the SNP!

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Volterra · 22/10/2022 10:56

Quite clear some people need glasses then ! I think there are small signs that many in the con party are recognising him coming back will not be viable for so many reasons I’m not going to write them as am prone to RSI.

StarbucksSmarterSister · 22/10/2022 12:10

*AllChangeNow · Yesterday 09:31

Eighteen Million (18M) people voted Conservative in 2019 *

No, they didn't, see the result below ⬇️ You can't even count.

Boris Johnson for Prime Minister
Blossomtoes · 22/10/2022 12:12

A covid type war @AllChangeNow? Jesus wept.

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AllChangeNow · 22/10/2022 12:34

Just seen a very one sided video clip on Twitter - produced by Mumsnet - an interview with Boris Johnson with no opportunity for him to have a right of reply in the video - clearly editorial impartiality is one sided - BUT WHAT’S THE AGENDA?

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MyLovelyPen · 22/10/2022 12:44

@AllChangeNow can’t quite work out if you’re having fun with this or just very very stupid. You can’t seriously believe any of what you’ve written.

cormorant5 · 22/10/2022 15:24

The Bookies are usually correct, BBC now saying that both Sunak ans Boris have 100, neither has declared.
Sunak 4/9
Johnson 2/1
Mordaunt 11/1

Blossomtoes · 22/10/2022 15:27

Have the bookies got crystal balls?

cormorant5 · 22/10/2022 15:33

No steel!
Those prices are not reflecting an opinion by the betting company. But the weight of money being wagered and the amount the bookies might have to pay out when the result is declared.
The 'weight of money' as I describe it is from people who have real opinions. Probably employed somewhere commenting on Politics. Journalists, Party workers etc

akabluebell · 22/10/2022 15:35

Time for the people to have their say. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/619781?fbclid=IwAR2hfDjbMq8PHD2WTaOm0QB6VbAezSlX9y8GAgssssuyPDlgAQbUHvAp5n0

Blossomtoes · 22/10/2022 15:36

The 'weight of money' as I describe it is from people who have real opinions

Opinions are like arseholes - everyone’s got one. What makes an opinion “real”?

lemmein · 22/10/2022 16:09

Why are posts supporting Johnson always peppered with '🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧'? It's all so cult-ish.

I don't care who gets in - I just want to fast forward to the bit where they're all booted out. A choice between tories isn't a choice.

Bit embarrassing to admit there's no viable alternative in the party that they're having to reinstate the same person they ousted 6 weeks ago though - just shameful.

jgw1 · 22/10/2022 16:11

lemmein · 22/10/2022 16:09

Why are posts supporting Johnson always peppered with '🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧'? It's all so cult-ish.

I don't care who gets in - I just want to fast forward to the bit where they're all booted out. A choice between tories isn't a choice.

Bit embarrassing to admit there's no viable alternative in the party that they're having to reinstate the same person they ousted 6 weeks ago though - just shameful.

Its a great choice, between a Prime Minister who broke laws he introduced and his Chancellor who also broke the law, and stuck with the Prime Minister for months when everyone else in the country could see what a disaster they were and said Chancellor had previously made plans to leave the UK because he doesn't really want to live here anyway.

PrioritiseCalm · 23/10/2022 06:10

Anydaynowonewouldhope · 21/10/2022 09:49

Totes. Boris is a feminist icon. He’s done so much for women.

Women, those who are less well off, disabled people, diversity. He's really a caring modern kinda guy!

TheGhostOfLiz · 23/10/2022 06:56

Why are posts supporting Johnson always peppered with '🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧'? It's all so cult-ish.

Because it's meant to. We've been living in the battleground of culture wars for some years now. Politicians who's tactics have all been about stoking culture tribalism rather than serious work.

Sadly those tactics have been successful. Though lately cracks have started to show in some countries.

What we're seeing here with the Tories is to what extent culture war tactics will continue to work in the UK.

Welliesandpyjamas · 23/10/2022 08:02

100% against the return of Johnson.

He got votes from an awful lot of people in 2019 because Corbyn was a terrible alternative.

happinessischocolate · 23/10/2022 08:55

Welliesandpyjamas · 23/10/2022 08:02

100% against the return of Johnson.

He got votes from an awful lot of people in 2019 because Corbyn was a terrible alternative.

After everything that's happened, you still think Corbyn was the worst option? 😂

I think it'll be hilarious if Johnson comes back, but then I'm passed fucking caring, this country deserves everything it gets

FiveMins · 23/10/2022 11:49

I was shut down on here last week because I said that this board was being infiltrated by the Tory Party. I feel quite vindicated 😂

What a load of bollocks. Hope you get a better job soon with a bit more integrity involved.

jgw1 · 23/10/2022 11:59

FiveMins · 23/10/2022 11:49

I was shut down on here last week because I said that this board was being infiltrated by the Tory Party. I feel quite vindicated 😂

What a load of bollocks. Hope you get a better job soon with a bit more integrity involved.

I wouldn't mind so much if they engaged in debate, but all we get is slogans and whataboutery.

Blossomtoes · 23/10/2022 12:41

FiveMins · 23/10/2022 11:49

I was shut down on here last week because I said that this board was being infiltrated by the Tory Party. I feel quite vindicated 😂

What a load of bollocks. Hope you get a better job soon with a bit more integrity involved.

Yes, they’re sending their bots in ever increasing numbers. Trouble is they’re not very good.

FiveMins · 23/10/2022 13:03

It's quite embarrassing isn't it.