Britain - The Official Thread

[Robin]

Boris Johnson is the new Foreign Secretary of the UK.

I repeat, Boris Johnson is the new Foreign Secretary.

She obviously saw his foreign trips...

Best way of keeping him as far away from the UK as possible!

 

[Liquid]

Boris Johnson is now in charge of MI6.
There is a new cabinet position of Secretary For Exiting The European Union.

Please tell me this is a nightmare and we will all wake up soon.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Boris Johnson is now in charge of MI6.

This has to be the single best thing ever.

 

[Robin]

May said in her victory speech that 'Brexit means Brexit', she was always going to honour the democratic will of the people or the streets would burn. The Minister for Brexit position was always going to be created, we knew that a week ago. It's all about when she chooses to trigger Article 50, it might be years.

As for Boris I think he has actually been made a 'Double O' under the guise of Foreign Secretary...
In charge of MI6? Nah he prefers to be hands on!

 

[justin credible]

Boris Johnson is in charge of mi6? no way the bubbling buffoon who is to blonde for the third reich.
Lets strap in and get ready for Johnny English Johnson to make a complete nuts of it, I guarantee it.
Go on tell me Farage is going to be the secretary for exiting the European union, What on earth is this position for?
And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse

I think Boris is a german implant to cause havoc
exhibit A your honour is this Boris's dad?

Who is she going to put in office for the next home secretary? Charles Bronson on a tag?

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Boris Johnson is in charge of mi6? no way the bubbling buffoon who is to blonde for the third reich.
Lets strap in and get ready for Johnny English Johnson to make a complete nuts of it, I guarantee it.
Go on tell me Farage is going to be the secretary for exiting the European union, What on earth is this position for?
And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse

I think Boris is a german implant to cause havoc
exhibit A your honour is this Boris's dad?

Who is she going to put in office for the next home secretary? Charles Bronson on a tag?

You do know that technically he can also run for US presidency as well right?

 

[DG_Silva]

Boris Johnson may act like a buffoon in public, but his mind is sharper than many others in politics, whether it be in the UK or Europe. Ignore him at your peril, because he can run rings around most people.

 

[Liquid]

Boris Johnson may act like a buffoon in public, but his mind is sharper than many others in politics, whether it be in the UK or Europe. Ignore him at your peril, because he can run rings around most people.

That's precisely why I'm despondent at his appointment. His facade has been successful. We fell for it.

 

[polysmut]

Boris Johnson may act like a buffoon in public, but his mind is sharper than many others in politics, whether it be in the UK or Europe. Ignore him at your peril, because he can run rings around most people.

He's one of the most politically astute people that I've ever heard speak, & devious to boot.

 

[justin credible]

That's precisely why I'm despondent at his appointment. His facade has been successful. We fell for it.

I didn't I can smell there is something a miss with that fellow. All he has given us is verbal diarrhoea bendy buses (why Boris why?) And a suspicion he is a bit mental, ignore him at my peril I will be watching him like a hawk as with rings he runs around people DG Silva they are not educational decision rings it's just people stare in disbelief thinking "what is this chump talking about" get dismayed like when asking the nutter on the bus which stop is the one for Coventry and they go on about there therapy classes from the stress they carried when Mary Ingells went blind.
People just smile and walk away saying yes ok Boris nice one son keep taking the tablets. The man needs a risk assessment carrying out on him before I would lend him a pencil.

And on he can run for US president please send him over there Gratis I will pay for his one way flight.

 

[Liquid]

You do know that technically he can also run for US presidency as well right?

And on he can run for US president please send him over there Gratis I will pay for his one way flight.

No he can't. It's well known that he was born in New York but in order to be eligible for the Presidency of the United States, as well as being a natural-born citizen of the United States you must also have had 14 years of continuous residency. So no, he couldn't run for President of the US. He'd have to move there and wait until at least 2031.

 

[polysmut]

in order to be eligible for the Presidency of the United States, as well as being a natural-born citizen of the United States you must also have had 14 years of continuous residency. So no, he couldn't run for President of the US. He'd have to move there and wait until at least 2031.

And he'd have to wait until he was 35 years of...
Nevermind, he's eligible on that criterion.

 

[Dotini]

And on he can run for US president please send him over there Gratis I will pay for his one way flight.

We'll take him! He can govern and he has a sort of tactfulness.

PS, I laughed at your funny post, but could we respectfully ask you to tighten up your punctuation, please?

 

[justin credible]

No he can't. It's well known that he was born in New York but in order to be eligible for the Presidency of the United States, as well as being a natural-born citizen of the United States you must also have had 14 years of continuous residency. So no, he couldn't run for President of the US. He'd have to move there and wait until at least 2031.

Well that's a bit of a lame excuse, If you don't want him just say no.

We'll take him! He can govern and he has a sort of tactfulness.He does have something in common with royalty he is as tactful as Prince Philip.

PS, I laughed at your funny post, but could we ask you to tighten up your punctuation, please?

My punctuation is just tip top I'll have you know.

Well it looks tip top from where I am sitting I honestly don't know where it is wrong to be honest, I left school in 1980 with a grade C CSE in English Language slept a lot since then and it's all gone by the by.

 

[Liquid]

Well that's a bit of a lame excuse, If you don't want him just say no.

What? I'm a Welsh expat in Slovakia. I've no influence or opinion in 'wanting' him to be US President or not. I was just clarifying the facts.

 

[Robin]

Boris Johnson: The new UK Foreign Secretary's most controversial comments about foreigners

"If somebody wants to make a joke about the love that flowers between the Turkish president and a goat, he should be able to do so in any European country, including Turkey" - B Johnson.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-the-new-uk-foreign-secretarys-most-controversial-comments-about-foreigners-a7135601.html

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Boris Johnson is now in charge of MI6.

"Good morning, Double-Oh Seven."

"Good morning, sir."

"I'm sending you to Denmark, Bond. We've received some disturbing reports about their renewable energy projects."

"With all due respect, sir, are you sure that's wise? The Russians are building up troops on the border, North Korea insist on test-firing missiles, and the situation in the South China Sea is ... delicate, to say the least."

"All good points, but Britain is in the process of buying offshore wind farms from the Danes. The sale is being overseen by Crown Prince Frederick, but I have never trusted anyone who married an Australian. We sent them to the arse-end of the world for a reason."

"Well, I suppose it's better than saving sixty percent of Bolivia's water supply ..."

 

[Robin]

Cher's not happy about it!

 

[MatskiMonk]

Let's just take a moment...

 

[UKMikey]

"Good morning, Double-Oh Seven."

http://newsthump.com/2016/07/13/boris-johnson-demands-meeting-with-mi6s-james-bond/

Johnson wasted no time after taking up his new role before asking aides to set up a face to face briefing with 007, an agent whose career he has followed closely ever since he defeated Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s attempts to control a global missile system in the early 1980s.

A Foreign Office insider told us, “We thought he was joking, but then he said it was important he develops a strong relationship with the nation’s top secret agent, and to thank him personally for taking down Spectre.

“He wanted to press the flesh and discuss zipline techniques or something.”

Johnson himself said that he was looking forward being able to develop a new special brand of international diplomacy, before asking if he could get some ‘alone time’ with Q.

He told Foreign Office staff, “I’m looking for a new push bike that also has a jet propulsion system, or a pen that fires neurotoxins into ambassadors that are boring me?

“What about Union flag cufflinks that can pick locks and hack computers? To be honest, I’ll take whatever he’s got lying around really.”

Johnson has also asked MI6 officials for an agent with a licence to kill to pay a visit to his friend Michael Gove.

 

[Dennisch]

The French aren't so fond of Boris.

 

[justin credible]

What? I'm a Welsh expat in Slovakia. I've no influence or opinion in 'wanting' him to be US President or not. I was just clarifying the facts.

Was only a joke good sir/madam.

Cher's not happy about it!

Always thought Cher was a bit of alright looks really well in the Dead ringer for love video. But now after reading that she has gone up a lot in my estimation and that she doesn't believe in Boris.

 

[Tired Tyres]

The French aren't so fond of Boris.

I get the impression that they haven't worked out what they are facing yet.

 

[Omnis]

 

[Robin]

Always thought Cher was a bit of alright looks really well in the Dead ringer for love video. But now after reading that she has gone up a lot in my estimation and that she doesn't believe in Boris.

I was quite surprised that she was actually following something like this and felt compelled to comment, of all the people to wade into Brexit...! You kinda of expect stars to live in their own dream world half the time but Cher is quite down to earth and more intelligent than your average Joe in Hollywood. I guess she is from a different time, one which had more substance.

To be fair she makes a good point that Boris and Co were trying to hide after the result accidently went their way but she is slightly wrong in that Boris was thrown under the bus. If he hadn't he probably would be PM now and taking responsibility for it all.

 

[Famine]

Boris was thrown under the bus

Are you quite sure about that?

Gove stood for the leadership in place of Boris, so he couldn't run and face a vote of Conservative party members.
Gove was eliminated after two rounds of voting by MPs, to stand-out favourite May and never-heard-of-her Leadsom.
Leadsom pulled out at the final two stage to allow May to win unopposed.
Boris is selected as Foreign Secretary - one of the four Great Offices of State (PM, Chancellor, Foreign Sec, Home Sec).

If anyone ended up under a bus, it was the now-fired Michael Gove...

 

[XJ40]

Are you quite sure about that?

Gove stood for the leadership in place of Boris, so he couldn't run and face a vote of Conservative party members.
Gove was eliminated after two rounds of voting by MPs, to stand-out favourite May and never-heard-of-her Leadsom.
Leadsom pulled out at the final two stage to allow May to win unopposed.
Boris is selected as Foreign Secretary - one of the four Great Offices of State (PM, Chancellor, Foreign Sec, Home Sec).

If anyone ended up under a bus, it was the now-fired Michael Gove...

I usually steer clear of football, politics and religion, but I absolutely agree with this. And I like Boris

 

[Robin]

Are you quite sure about that?

Gove stood for the leadership in place of Boris, so he couldn't run and face a vote of Conservative party members.
Gove was eliminated after two rounds of voting by MPs, to stand-out favourite May and never-heard-of-her Leadsom.
Leadsom pulled out at the final two stage to allow May to win unopposed.
Boris is selected as Foreign Secretary - one of the four Great Offices of State (PM, Chancellor, Foreign Sec, Home Sec).

If anyone ended up under a bus, it was the now-fired Michael Gove...

Well of course he is not under the bus now! Things couldn't have worked out better getting the Foreign Secretary position and it has left Gove with egg on his face. I was referring to the period soon after the vote when Gove stabbed him in the back. If this had not happened Boris could have taken more responsibility in the immediate aftermath and maybe later on if he had managed to become PM. Every day in Westminster is moving so fast at the moment that people are under a bus, then on a bus, then under it again by the hour!

 

[Famine]

I was referring to the period soon after the vote when Gove stabbed him in the back. If this had not happened Boris could have taken more responsibility in the immediate aftermath and maybe later on if he had managed to become PM.

Or Boris let Gove think that was happening, blinded by his own ambition, and got exactly what he wanted out of it - for now...

 

[justin credible]

I was quite surprised that she was actually following something like this and felt compelled to comment, of all the people to wade into Brexit...! You kinda of expect stars to live in their own dream world half the time but Cher is quite down to earth and more intelligent than your average Joe in Hollywood. I guess she is from a different time, one which had more substance.

To be fair she makes a good point that Boris and Co were trying to hide after the result accidently went their way but she is slightly wrong in that Boris was thrown under the bus. If he hadn't he probably would be PM now and taking responsibility for it all.

Yes I always liked the way she seemed to do her business. The idea of when I am on stage if you want to watch then watch me but when I am off and minding my own business leave me the hell alone, with a what I do in my house is my business attitude. Can't fault the woman. Remember her giving some photographer a dressing down and saying something along the lines of "you want my picture"? $5000 please or go forth and multiply.
I was surprised too she has an eye on Brit politics and even knows who Boris is but as you said she is old school a different breed to the spoilt brats of Hollywood like (maybe not an actor but you get my drift) Floyd Mayweather jnr.

Boris seems very crafty or damn right stupid with a touch of fairy dust sprinkled on him as he always seem to end up landing on his feet, Is it a deliberate ploy or should he be putting lottery numbers on?
Nah I still think he has a touch of the Forrest Gump about him.


Just seen this from XJ40 I usually steer clear of football, politics and religion, but I absolutely agree with this. And I like Boris.

Now now now a laugh is a laugh but steering clear of football is not normal behaviour, what do you talk about in the pub?