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Surya Gayatri

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6. "A poison chalice"...long may the Tories quaff its contents.

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:38 AM

Jun 2016

The Brexit leaders now have a result that they cannot use. For them, leadership of the Tory party has become a poison chalice.

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When Boris Johnson said there was no need to trigger Article 50 straight away, what he really meant to say was "never". When Michael Gove went on and on about "informal negotiations" ... why? why not the formal ones straight away? ... he also meant not triggering the formal departure. They both know what a formal demarche would mean: an irreversible step that neither of them is prepared to take.

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'People Are Really, Really Hoping This Theory About David Cameron and Brexit is True' [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2016 OP

In your last paragraph… If he runs for leadership of the party… Are you refering to Cameron? midnight Jun 2016 #1

It's a reference to Boris Johnson. Skinner Jun 2016 #3

That is a really fascinating take. Skinner Jun 2016 #2

+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #15

The Poisoned Chalice theory TubbersUK Jun 2016 #4

What if the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle ... surrealAmerican Jun 2016 #24

LOL n/t TubbersUK Jun 2016 #27

Danny Kaye. One absolutely has to have video on this! longship Jun 2016 #28

There has been a change... meaculpa2011 Jun 2016 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #5

Maybe, maybe not TubbersUK Jun 2016 #7

Conventional wisdom has been Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #11

Interesting - thanks very much for the update :) n/t TubbersUK Jun 2016 #13

"A poison chalice"...long may the Tories quaff its contents. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #6

And save some for their American counterparts AwakeAtLast Jun 2016 #30

Um Craig234 Jun 2016 #8

Boris has been checkmated by Cameron. The Brexit ringleaders expected Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #10

About that Craig234 Jun 2016 #26

Jesus. Could you learn what you're talking about, pls? Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #34

Learn what you're talking about Craig234 Jun 2016 #36

"The UK", not "England". Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #37

And now you're nitpicking Craig234 Jun 2016 #38

This was really about a power play within the Tory party. vintx Jun 2016 #35

Thanks so much BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #9

Boris Johnson, like Trump, if elected HAS to follow through on Brexit (or Trump 'tearing up' pampango Jun 2016 #12

Very, very interesting take. auntpurl Jun 2016 #14

King took King JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #16

I'm laughing my ass off here. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #17

Maybe Boris Johnson knows it now.... paleotn Jun 2016 #18

They were having too much fun trolling to realize that they might The Second Stone Jun 2016 #29

The EU says that they're treating the referendum as binding and are going to follow it anyway. craigmatic Jun 2016 #19

To the EU it's a game similar to ''Too Big to Fail" bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #20

They can't. The member nation has to invoke Artivle 50. NT Adrahil Jun 2016 #25

They will violate their own treaty if they do it. roamer65 Jun 2016 #32

Seems to me the Brexiters, Boris Johnson in particular, are analogous truebluegreen Jun 2016 #21

Pure plebiscite bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #23

K&R trof Jun 2016 #22

Interesting. n/t DirkGently Jun 2016 #33

KnR to read link tomorrow Hekate Jun 2016 #39