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Yesterday the Daily Mail’s renowned columnist, Katie Hopkins had a big go at the ex-Mayor under the heading “I thought Boris was going to save Britain from the EU, instead he has turned out to be a big fat fraud.”
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Theresa May has worked herself into a strong position irrespective of the result.
EDIT: buy Hunt perhaps?
Sovereignty and control of our, for lack of a better word, destiny is where the swing needs to come from. Gove, as justice secretary is best placed to make this argument, I hope he can do it in the debates. Given that EU federalists are very open about their desire for the EU to become a functioning state it shouldn't be very difficult to make the case and link a remain vote to enabling federalists and to Dave giving away our veto on EMU integration.
Events dear boy. Events.
@GuidoFawkes: Massive scoop by @ShaunLintern reveals thousands of BMA Junior Doctors Committee Whatsapp messages. Guess what? IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!
http://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-former-london-mayor-bumbles-at-brexit-debutante-ball-campaign-eu-referendum/
Plus he did well at PMQs yesterday, got some zingers in at Labour which cheered up the Tory backbenchers.
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/735762206759911424
1. Southern France has peak power demand in the summer, thanks to warmer temperatures and air conditioning. We are therefore comparing trough UK power demand with average French power demand.
2. France has a bigger industrial and manufacturing base than we do in the UK, often attracted by the low electricity rates offered to big power users. (EDF has more power than it can shake a stick at, and it's all low marginal cost, which means that industrial users in France - who can guarantee a certain amount of demand - suck up a lot of power).
3. The UK has been a lot more advanced at pushing energy saving measures than France. While there is some catch up now, new homes in the UK are simply more energy efficient than in France.
That said, at what point does Boris and Osborne become value? 6/1 for the ex-mayor doesn't sound far off.
I'd be laughing, but it definitely won't be all the way to the bank
There may well be promotions for Patel, Gove, Raab, and Leadsom. But there won't be a promotion for Johnson.
He has few friends on the Leave side, and none on the Remain. His career is reduced to journalism, adultery and increasingly pathetic whingeing.
If I were him I'd be practicing each evening with an image consultant and speech/debating coach.
It's his last chance to make an impact as a serious politician and potential national leader.
Very much like the Tories targetted the 80-90k marginal voters who delivered them a majority last year, Leave needs to find a message that will work for the 5-7% that they need to win. Reluctant remainers, in my experience, tend to see the remain choice as a lesser of two evils and believe that if the EU does federalise we will vote to leave at that point. Making it clear that this is our one chance to leave and that another won't be coming because Dave has given away our veto is something that could work.
No one likes it, but once it's rooted it's impossible to get rid of.
So I vote herpes
I think Michael Gove should sue her - the caption on him is surely beyond the pale with respect to our libel laws ?
@YBarddCwsc said:
UKIP does not have the political skills to capitalise on the discontent.
That is very clear from the Welsh Assembly. UKIP ***could*** have inflicted huge damage on Labour in the Valleys. They didn't ... because Hamilton and Reckless are exactly the wrong type of people to crystallise this discontent. They are from a different world, alien life-forms, to most people in the Valleys.
UKIP can't evolve from what it is now to where it needs to be.
My point remains -- if the result for Leave is 45 per cent or more -- then that is an incredible opportunity for someone.
In politics, if there is a huge opportunity, someone will grasp it.
After all, Labour were a Eurosceptic party. It was the chancer Blair who made them so vociferously Europhile. A chancer whose scanty and tarnished reputation is about to be shredded some more.
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I concur that at present UKIP doesn't have the political nous or the skills capitalise on the referendum, whatever the result. And that is why I ceased being a member of UKIP.
Who's the rotter that changed thread without warning?
I'm sure his past policy for an amnesty for illegal immigrants will be loved by the Kippers
*11%* think he's Prime Ministerial; 65% don't.
"Boris's only achievement in frontline politics is beating Ken Livingstone twice." Focuses the mind about him.
I suppose it saves thinking about things.
Osborne V Benn........
The full article makes very interesting reading.
Will this get the attention it deserves? Sadly it is unlikely. But it proves that money was always, always, always at the heart of this.
The Leave campaign deserves the scorn heaped upon it.
"The UK has been a lot more advanced at pushing energy saving measures than France. While there is some catch up now, new homes in the UK are simply more energy efficient than in France."
Mr. Robert, I am at a loss with this. We are talking about electricity consumption are we not? I have my home insulated to the hilt, but that doesn't change by one watt my electricity consumption. My computer needs the same amount of power, it still gets dark at the same time, my kettle needs the same amount of power so I can make tea.
My cousin, a retired vicar, has spent about 30 grand taking his house off line, solar panels on the roof for electricity and a heat exchanger in the garden to provide heating and hot water. He now gets a cheque from the electricity company every quarter rather than a bill and does not have a gas boiler at all*. Now if we had building regs that forced that sort of set up on all new builds I'd concede to you had a point, but we do not.
*Given his advanced age I really do not know why he bothered. He will never live long enough to recover his investment and their are no children to inherit.
It's a hope.
Catching herpes is usually fun, and I can't see how being stuck in a lift with Ms Hopkins can be fun.
How do you think you got the herpes ?