UK General Discussion: 2019 and onwards, The End of May

[CumbrianLefty]

PM Bojo. What on earth did we do wrong as a country? (don't answer that)

Choosing to believe the Crosby lies and not voting in Ed M as PM in 2015 is a big part of it.

[DaWN]

PM Bojo. What on earth did we do wrong as a country? (don't answer that)

Choosing to believe the Crosby lies and not voting in Ed M as PM in 2015 is a big part of it.

That'll likely go down as one of the biggest mistakes in this country's history for a large number of reasons

[hurricanehink]

Probably going to need a new thread for this soon.

What’ll be the clever name for the new megathread? BoJo & the Brexiteers?

[Silent Hunter]

BoJo & The Brexit Conundrum

[Sir Mohamed]

LOL, now we have another blonde fool. I predict Johnson will epicly fail because the EU won't make a new deal. He might not even survive a snap election.

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I predict a snap election, but if I'm honest I think the tories will be favoured.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

There's not much point in trying to make rational predictions. Johnson is too impulsive and too cowardly for that - it isn't as if we can ever work out how those things balance out in any individual instance.

[DaWN]

I predict a snap election, but if I'm honest I think the tories will be favoured.

A generous assessment for Labour frankly. Even Boris will get a popularity honeymoon of sorts and as we're all painfully aware by this point, Corbyn's ability to take opportunities presented to him is so poor it's almost hilarious.

I don't think we'll get an election though.

[thumb21]

PM Bojo. What on earth did we do wrong as a country? (don't answer that)

Many people have a delusion that a guy from a very wealthy background who talks confidently and charismatically makes a good leader.

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There's not much point in trying to make rational predictions. Johnson is too impulsive and too cowardly for that - it isn't as if we can ever work out how those things balance out in any individual instance.

I think the decision will be out of his hands though; the parliamentary arithmetic is, if anything worse than it was under May and - assuming CUK don't refuse to bring the government down out of a miserable act of self-preservation - the votes for a VONC are definitely there.

The big question if what happens to the BXP vote. If the Tories go in to election with a promise to go out with a No Deal (and turf any member not willing to stand on that manifesto) would Faeage call off his dogs?

[Silent Hunter]

Corbyn has said he will put down a VONC at a time of his choosing:

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1153694872097792000

So probably nothing this side of the summer recess.