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Boris Johnson may take over for Teresa May (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
Any chance of someone else? no_hypocrisy May 2019 #1
also got a hand up from Russia Maine-i-acs May 2019 #2
And Putin is happy! nt Andy823 May 2019 #3
Trump Jr. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #4
Is he a rw? triron May 2019 #5
More do in recent years BannonsLiver May 2019 #6

Maine-i-acs

(1,499 posts)
2. also got a hand up from Russia
Fri May 24, 2019, 09:34 AM
May 2019

to foist Brexit on the shoulders of ginned up anti-immigrant rhetoric
facebook, fake news, etc
sound familiar?

BannonsLiver

(16,370 posts)
6. More do in recent years
Fri May 24, 2019, 03:56 PM
May 2019

He once had the fiscally conservative-socially liberal reputation that may or may not have been earned. What is certain is he is a racist.

“In a column published in the Daily Telegraph six years ago, Johnson mocked Tony Blair's globetrotting: "What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote. It also mentioned "watermelon smiles".

He has also made light of Obama’s African heritage saying the fact he is “part Kenyan” means he has antipathy for the UK over colonialism.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/23/london.race

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