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Boris Johnson only thinking about a general election says expert
SOMEWHERE in a quiet room inside No 10 there is a whiteboard with the numbers 329 and 299 scribbled on it in marker pen. Underneath are the the numbers 308 and 322.
They will have been put there by Boris Johnson's Sevengali-in-chief Dominic Cummings sometime in the early part of last week. Because if you think either of those two were in the least bit surprised by the results of either the second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill or the subsequent Parliamentary blocking of it 15 minutes later you are underestimating just how comprehensively that Brexit duo are now pulling the Remainer's strings. The numbers will have been modelled and wargamed and modelled again until the outcome was as certain as death and taxes.
And here's the thing – because of this masterstroke the Remainers are now done. A busted-flush, nothing more than a stain on the proud tradition of British democracy. You could see it on Boris's face as the votes for Brexit time-table came in and went comprehensively against the Government – triggering not dismay and sulks but a broad grin from the mop-topped old Etonian. It's all going to plan.
Boris and Mr Cummings are now leading the shabby bunch of Remainers by the nose – but the we-know-better-than-you brigade are so full of deluded, self-righteous bluster they can't even see it. Consider the time-tabling vote. Boris gave Parliament three days to consider one of the most important, divisive and technically complex pieces of legislation ever to get near the statute books. Of course it was going to get kicked out – that was the plan dummies
But remember, this came on the back of Boris going to Europe and re-negotiating the deal the EU had said 100 percent they weren't going to renegotiate AND him pushing the deal through a vexatious Parliament which had chucked out a remarkably similar offering no less than three times.
At a stroke he has also managed to effectively snuff out what until last week was a very real threat of Nigel Farage's Brexit Party eating into the Tory vote (because no-one but Nige really wants a no deal more than a deal). And he has killed off what scant legitimacy a second Brexit referendum ever had (sorry People's Vote marchers – bit of a waste of shoe-leather). That is an estimable piece of statesmanship and statecraft by any measure. But the clincher, the real political genius was the time-tabling. Or more accurately the deliberate losing of the time-tabling vote.
Brexit per-se can now be kicked down the road again (the Remainers' fault, not Boris's) allowing the PM to power full-steam ahead towards a General Election, safe in the knowledge that as far as a huge chunk of the electorate is concerned he is Brexit Superman - the only man who really wants to get Brexit done. That is electoral gold in a vote which is ONLY going to be about one thing.
Boris will get his General Election – probably this side of Christmas - as the Labour Party cannot any longer stand in the way without inflicting catastrophic long-term damage on their already pitiful chances.
And when Boris wins – and it is impossible to see any other outcome than a comfortable Tory majority – Brexit will get done by sheer force of numbers. So, well done Remainers – the countdown to a Christmas election starts now. And as for the Tory MP's who've repeatedly stood in the way of Brexit I think we can safely assume that in true festive spirit Boris is making a list, and checking it twice...
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/e...U-boris-johnson-cummings-paul-baldwin-comment
Boris Johnson only thinking about a general election says expert
SOMEWHERE in a quiet room inside No 10 there is a whiteboard with the numbers 329 and 299 scribbled on it in marker pen. Underneath are the the numbers 308 and 322.
They will have been put there by Boris Johnson's Sevengali-in-chief Dominic Cummings sometime in the early part of last week. Because if you think either of those two were in the least bit surprised by the results of either the second reading of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill or the subsequent Parliamentary blocking of it 15 minutes later you are underestimating just how comprehensively that Brexit duo are now pulling the Remainer's strings. The numbers will have been modelled and wargamed and modelled again until the outcome was as certain as death and taxes.
And here's the thing – because of this masterstroke the Remainers are now done. A busted-flush, nothing more than a stain on the proud tradition of British democracy. You could see it on Boris's face as the votes for Brexit time-table came in and went comprehensively against the Government – triggering not dismay and sulks but a broad grin from the mop-topped old Etonian. It's all going to plan.
Boris and Mr Cummings are now leading the shabby bunch of Remainers by the nose – but the we-know-better-than-you brigade are so full of deluded, self-righteous bluster they can't even see it. Consider the time-tabling vote. Boris gave Parliament three days to consider one of the most important, divisive and technically complex pieces of legislation ever to get near the statute books. Of course it was going to get kicked out – that was the plan dummies
But remember, this came on the back of Boris going to Europe and re-negotiating the deal the EU had said 100 percent they weren't going to renegotiate AND him pushing the deal through a vexatious Parliament which had chucked out a remarkably similar offering no less than three times.
At a stroke he has also managed to effectively snuff out what until last week was a very real threat of Nigel Farage's Brexit Party eating into the Tory vote (because no-one but Nige really wants a no deal more than a deal). And he has killed off what scant legitimacy a second Brexit referendum ever had (sorry People's Vote marchers – bit of a waste of shoe-leather). That is an estimable piece of statesmanship and statecraft by any measure. But the clincher, the real political genius was the time-tabling. Or more accurately the deliberate losing of the time-tabling vote.
Brexit per-se can now be kicked down the road again (the Remainers' fault, not Boris's) allowing the PM to power full-steam ahead towards a General Election, safe in the knowledge that as far as a huge chunk of the electorate is concerned he is Brexit Superman - the only man who really wants to get Brexit done. That is electoral gold in a vote which is ONLY going to be about one thing.
Boris will get his General Election – probably this side of Christmas - as the Labour Party cannot any longer stand in the way without inflicting catastrophic long-term damage on their already pitiful chances.
And when Boris wins – and it is impossible to see any other outcome than a comfortable Tory majority – Brexit will get done by sheer force of numbers. So, well done Remainers – the countdown to a Christmas election starts now. And as for the Tory MP's who've repeatedly stood in the way of Brexit I think we can safely assume that in true festive spirit Boris is making a list, and checking it twice...
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/e...U-boris-johnson-cummings-paul-baldwin-comment
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