Brilliant....Boris hints at leadership challenge

Loughton_Monkey

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Eh?

I can think of a number of reasons why it would be a very bad idea for someone like me to run the country.

Attending a public school is not one of them.

Why don't you run your own country?

I'm sure Alec Salmon would welcome a break.

Fella

I'd love Boris to be PM, for the simple reason he actually says what he thinks. I'd probably settle for a politician from any party who met that criteria, I just can't think of another one, except maybe Daniel Hannan.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

Why don't you run your own country?

Poor impulse control.....

We'd be at war with half of Europe by the end of the first week.

ChiefGrasscutter

cepheus wrote: »

But you don't need to choose between them! Get rid of all the public schoolboys, and replace them with those who have a background to understand the concerns of the needs of society at large, rather than just appearing to do.

...errr thanks
I went to public school (not Eton though)
and then a career in engineering.

vivatifosi

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Poor impulse control.....

We'd be at war with half of Europe by the end of the first week.

At least it would take the nation's minds off having Imelda Marcos as first lady;).

Gracchus_Babeuf

paddyrg wrote: »

What Boris does well is disarm your preconceptions. He /appears/ bumbling, but he is actually a very smart and capable cookie. This actually makes for a very potent combination, people don't take an instant dislike to 'a politician', but feel at ease with the man, and so more receptive to his ideas.

'Smart' and 'capable' are not words I would associate with this prat. Ok he might have gotten a classics degree from Oxford, but toffs like him get spoon fed how to pass exams from the day they go to prep school.

Loughton_Monkey

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Poor impulse control.....

We'd be at war with half of Europe by the end of the first week.

What with drilling rights and fishing quotas, I though you Scots already were.

cepheus

Boris Johnson has been on almost every entertainment show, which pretty virtually guarantees him the vote of Britain’s sizeable idiot demographic, a group almost as large as the electorate.

“Idiots love Johnson’s contrived, clownish TV persona, and so will vote for him even if his policies mean they’ll be living under a flyover and cooking rats over a brazier

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/britain-demands-amusing-prime-minister-2012091140666

Loughton_Monkey

cepheus wrote: »

Boris Johnson has been on almost every entertainment show, which pretty virtually guarantees him the vote of Britain’s sizeable idiot demographic, a group almost as large as the electorate.

“Idiots love Johnson’s contrived, clownish TV persona, and so will vote for him even if his policies mean they’ll be living under a flyover and cooking rats over a brazier

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/britain-demands-amusing-prime-minister-2012091140666

The trouble for Boris, though, is that Red Ken is also capable of appealing to the idiot community.

I was disappointed to learn that neither of them has been selected for this year's Strictly Come Dancing. A "dance off" is surely the only proper way to decide who is mayor of London. I'm sure Boris's Rumbaba would knock spots off Ken's Cuban Tango.

MT90

I distrust the man greatly.