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Boris Johnson's government will not last six months (Original Post)
malaise
Jul 2019
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deminks
(11,022 posts)1. From your lips to Gawd's ears. I hope she is listening.
spanone
(135,919 posts)2. K&R...
malaise
(269,254 posts)4. There will be elections - the Cons across the pond will crash
and they and Brexit will be history
marble falls
(57,425 posts)3. Smart money is with you.
nycbos
(6,041 posts)5. The idea of Corbyn being PM is also pretty horrible.
He is a pro Russia anti NATO and antisemitic
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)6. It is not a government - it is a heat wave...
Link to tweet
Hehe
On a serious note - the government will fall in the Autumn. What comes next may be even scarier than what we have right now!
brooklynite
(94,911 posts)7. Fortunately for him, he'll be running against Jeremy Corbyn.
Takket
(21,677 posts)8. So does this mean hard brexit is a sure thing now?
Unlike May, he's do Brexit without a deal if he has to.
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)9. You may be very generous at that. nt
Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2019, 05:26 PM - Edit history (1)
malaise
(269,254 posts)10. You are correct
He may be gone in three months
onetexan
(13,078 posts)12. yup, saving grace Brits have is party's OR Parliament's vote of no-confidence to oust Borish Boris
given Parliament is supreme (and the fact they don't have a codified constitution) in the UK, they can react alot faster than our set-in-stone constitution. Process is explained in detail here:
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/explainer-can-anyone-force-british-prime-minister-may-to-resign-/4928060.html
tman
(983 posts)11. We played this same game with Trump.
Don't bet on it. I would say he has a pretty good shot in a early general election if Corbyn reamains opposition leader.
Of course he will fail on brexit.