Give Boris Some Credit

[Notch7]

Always proved wrong

I havent been proven wrong once.

Time will tell...you said we would never come this far..

yeah Im sorry I never anticipated a global pandemic, silly me

you been saying same stuff for years...Always proved wrong.

how can I have been proved wrong? -brexit damage wont start until the end of transtition period. The stupid govt that you voted in have no plan -all they have done is continue with childish chest thumping to keep people like you enraged.....thats it, thats their plan.

 

[durhamplumber]

havent been proven wrong once.

Notch..stop being silly.

 

[Notch7]

Yes let’s, because until it’s been going a good few years, NOBODY can say how good it has turned out!

we already know how it will turn out -economic decline will be the cost of trade friction with our biggest and most important trade partner

Johnson will do whatever is most likely to get him re elected -he will either throw the economy under a bus or brexiteers under a bus.

Probably the end result will be a close relationship with Europe to minimise damage -which he will tell brexers is what they voted for, which will probably work as brexers are easily conned -its not like they understand any details -I expect a new 3 word slogan will get you on board

 

[durhamplumber]

we already know how it will turn out -

Crystal ball

 

[durhamplumber]

he will either throw the economy under a bus or

Covid done that...you can still blame brexit...NEAT

 

[durhamplumber]

its not like they understand any details -I expect a new 3 word slogan will get you on board

As opposed to.....B.lied....People died.....ROFllllll

 

[durhamplumber]

Johnson will do whatever is most likely to get him re elected -h

Lol.....of course...A ridiculous idea....Should be making himself deeply unpopular and un electable like a sensible chap would.

 

[ellal]

Lol.....of course...A ridiculous idea....Should be making himself deeply unpopular and un electable like a sensible chap would.

The key bit is 'get him elected'

He's already screwed over the country in order to gain power.

And now he doesn't give a monkey's as to how many suffer in order that he stays in power and keeps his paymasters happy!

Sadly too many people are still in cult mode, and thus probably the most incompetent PM we've ever had can carry on and do whatever he likes.

The UK is indeed the America of Europe!

 

[Mottie]

I expect a new 3 word slogan will get you on board

**** off Notch?

 

[ajohn]

LOL It seems we currently have a true cabinet run government. Boris is the one that can talk well as some of them pointed out when they said that they wanted him back as soon as possible. I suspect he has always intended to finish up as a scapegoat just like May. CV19 may make that worse. If you watched C4 news you would know that the Torys always rig their PM elections via tactical voting.

Autocratic PM's are unusual except during a war. Labour win 2 to 1 so far not that any can be that autocratic.

Trade deals. A probably sensible view is that business will want free trade to continue exactly as it did. That is a completely at odds with a number of EU aspects. Take it to an EU vote and I wonder how many countries will see the UK being in like that as favourable? We will probably finish up buying lots from them what ever happens or maybe we will see the return of Common Wealth goods to our shelves, particularly some foods but then wonder about the cost of shipping them here. Might be another Suez crisis.

 

[durhamplumber]

The key bit is 'get him elected'

Nee flies on youSherlock!....Of course in your job you would make yourself deeply unpopular and have yourself sacked.

 

[durhamplumber]

If you watched C4 news you would know that the Torys always rig their PM elections via tactical voting.

Lol....poppycok

 

[durhamplumber]

We will probably finish up buying lots from them what ever happens or maybe we will see the return of Common Wealth goods to our shelves, particularly some foods but then wonder about the cost of shipping them here. Might be another Suez crisis

Probably,maybe,might,wonder...Load of waffle ,devoid of fact.

 

[durhamplumber]

That's a bit of a joke. Buying a house has never been that easy for all but a few.

What utter uttter nonsense,certainly in the northeast and I suspect many parts of the country just about anybody could buy a house,,your statement is utter rubbish.Which country are you talkin about because with 100% mortgages,self cert mortgages and endowment policies it was dead easy to buy a house.

 

[durhamplumber]

That's a bit of a joke. Buying a house has never been that easy for all but a few.

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Those are unlike what they dish out today are real figures. Then there has been house price crashes - those can be interesting. Around 1980 is the time when buying a house it might be a good idea having 2 wage earners paying for it. Expectations of what people expect in a house have changed. People also buy many things that were not available and want designer clothes as well. What has also happened is the end of lease hold properties. The best I could have managed in my 20's was a flat in a block and wouldn't have had much of a life for a number of years due to paying the mortgage on it. Inflation would have eased the burden eventually. Move way out of B'ham and I might have managed a recent house. Maybe a small older terraced in some parts of B'ham.

More to do with 15% interest rates in the 80s/90s than all your waffle