Boris Johnson is quickly gaining a reputation of being the most deluded and cynical prime minister ever. After having promised to build the Mancunians a Lego railway set for their troubles, he now insists that the bigwigs in Brussels change their tune by abandoning the damned Irish border so that the Brexit negotiations can be resumed […]
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Boris Johnson Can’t Deliver Trains, Let Alone Brexit
I want to be the prime minister who does with Northern Powerhouse Rail what we did with Crossrail in London. And today I am going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the Leeds to Manchester route. – Boris Johnson 2019 There are a few words […]
The Westminster Horror Picture Show – The Ayes To The Right
It is hard to fathom what is happening at Westminster. Watching Boris Johnson’s address to the House of Commons, in staccato – almost Churchillian – fashion, made me realize that I did not have a clue on how to feel about the horror picture show that we are all being forced to endure. Boris Johnson […]
ROYAUME-UNI: Boris Johnson – Le Bouffon De Sa Gracieuse Majesté
Ce n’est pas un hasard que mon modem soit tombé en panne au moment de l’annonce de l’élection de Boris Johnson au poste de Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni. D’un seul coup, j’ai été privé de ma connexion haut débit, de télévision et de téléphone. La mise hors tension du modem a détourné mon attention sur […]
Is Boris Johnson The Best The UK Can Come Up With?
It must be a sign that my modem crashed just as the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister was being announced. In one fell swoop I was deprived of broadband, television and telephone. It was not a very funny joke for my work but I eventually managed to divert incoming calls to my mobile […]
So What, Ambassador – Isabel Had Sex And Then Took A Leak
No one was much bothered by what had been leaked. Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador to the US, had only reported back what had long been obvious to the entire world: that Donald Trump was vain and inept and ran a wholly dysfunctional administration. It was the sort of email that anyone might send after watching […]
Why Ann Widdecombe Got Her French “Leave” Terribly Wrong
A trilogy of posts on Ann Widdecombe! I cannot believe that I’m wasting my time on an old lady who is well past her “sell-by” date. I promise that you will not see another post on her from this particular IP address. Promise that, I do. But it sprang to my attention that no one […]
Return Of The Hooligans – Ann Widdecombe In Europe
It was an outburst that initially made me laugh, such was the clumsiness, inaccuracy and frankly vaudeville nature of Ann Widdecombe’s rant at the European parliament. Having heard that she is unrepentant and will not apologize in the least for her pathetic performance that was so out-of-place in Strasbourg, I now not only feel embarrassed […]
Connaissez-vous l’histoire d’une anglaise, d’un français et d’une irlandaise?
Non, avant que vous le demandiez, ce n’est pas l’histoire de l’anglais, de l’écossais et de l’irlandais dans un club, où l’anglais voulait partir et ils ont tous dû rentrer à la maison. C’est l’histoire d’une (ancienne) Première ministre britannique, d’un négociateur français et d’une frontière irlandaise. Tous trois ont attendu près de deux ans […]
Brexit, 3 Years On – Lies, Post-Truth Or Bullshit?
Brexit guru Boris Johnson is one of those people who thinks that you can make your own truth as long as you believe hard enough in yourself. 2016 was a good year for those politicians who occult the real truth and make up their own, with Donald Trump leading the way for overt lies, post-truth […]