Why am I not surprised? Perhaps more important, why am I not more nervous? Of course, it is so easy to forecast that he will, so to speak, 'drop a bollock here' and 'drop a bollock there' but when you think about it, so would any of the others. Also, it's worth remembering that one of the greatest 'bollock-droppers' of Westminster was Winston Churchill! In addition, we should all remember the 'Maybot' who gave every appearance of being 'normal' but who proved to be as thick as a plank and totally disastrous as a Prime Minister. Not the least of Boris's good intentions is that he appears to be determined to axe a swathe of top civil service (non)Mandarins who led the dim-witted 'Maybot' by her long, silly nose in entirely the wrong direction.
Alas, his main problem will not be 'Jezza' and the comrades of the Labour party, nor even the 'Godfathers' ensconced in their Brussels fortress, instead his main enemy will be certain elements in his own Conservative party, typified by the creepy MP for Beaconsfield, the half-French Dominic Grieve. This is a man who lives down to the words of 'crookback' Richard of Gloucester in Henry VI:
Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,
After the referendum he stated, "the decision of the electorate in the Referendum must be respected and that I should support a reasoned process to give effect to it". [My emphasis] In fact, he has tried every trick in the book to put a stop to the process. He is in deep trouble with his local constituency party in Beaconsfield who do not approve of his lickspittle creepiness to the Brussels apparat and his treacherous behaviour towards his prime minister. Alas, there may not be time for them to boot him out of the Conservative party but perhaps Boris can assist with a well-aimed kick, you know, the sort of thing they learn at Eton!
Needless to say, and quite apart from Brexit, there are some major problems looming for Britain which need urgent and intelligent attention. Some of the more intelligent 'runners and riders' in the 'Prime Ministerial Handicap' could be used and encouraged to develop their ideas. I mean people like Sajid Javid - Chancellor, perhaps, given his experience in the City of London? - and Dominic Raab whose keen support for Brexit at any cost would be the ideal 'hard man' to conduct negotiations with the EU. Finally, I hope Boris is big enough in spirit to 'forgive and forget' that well-known coke-sniffer, Michael Gove, who appears to be able to apply his undoubted intelligence in solving some of these intractable problems.
Yes, I know what they say about the danger of living in exciting times but it is really time for a new team to stir the Whitehall sludge!
"...to stir the Whitehall sludge". Shaken, not stirred. Shaken hard, very hard.
Posted by: Whitewall | Thursday, 13 June 2019 at 11:50
At least Gove had the honesty to admit being a coker.
BoJo admitted it, then retracted it, and now refuses to answer the question ...
https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/12/boris-sidesteps-question-past-cocaine-use-9920810/
Never mind, so long as he splits the Brexit vote with Nige, job done.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Thursday, 13 June 2019 at 17:32
SoD, your last humourless, crude and unintelligent comment has been deleted.
Posted by: David Duff | Friday, 14 June 2019 at 09:29
Booooo!
If that's bad, what on earth did they do in King Cnut's time?
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Friday, 14 June 2019 at 13:19
You see, SoD, you can, if you try, produce a sharp, witty response which even makes your granite-faced Dad chuckle! Well done!
Posted by: David Duff | Friday, 14 June 2019 at 14:51
King Canut was entitled to rule while sitting upon the Sea without getting wet...so I have read?
Posted by: Whitewall | Friday, 14 June 2019 at 15:33
My old Corporal used the phrase "That's a King Canute, that is" when confronted with an enormous, unsinkable, number two that someone had left blocking the barracks bog and stinking the place out. Unfortunately I was tasked with dealing with it.
"Why a King Canute, Corporal?" I asked, sensing I might have to seek out the company medic to have my sides stitched back together when the answer came.
"It's a turd so big it turns back the f****** tide when you flush the toilet".
Meeeedddddiiiiccc!!!!!!
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Friday, 14 June 2019 at 16:54