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BORIS JOHNSON HAS said he won’t run to become the new British Prime Minister.
He made the shock announcement just before the noon deadline for Conservative party leader nominations.
Johnson was seen as one of the frontrunners for the position. He was one of the most vocal Leave campaigners in the Brexit referendum.
Speaking during a live press conference at St Ermin’s Hotel in London, he said: “Last week, the people of this country voted to take a new path and a new direction for Britain, in a decision that I passionately support.
“It is vital now to see this moment for what it is … It is a moment for hope and ambition for Britain. A time not to fight against the tide of history, but to take that tide at the flood and sail on to fortune.”
https://www.facebook.com/skynews/videos/1385783864769540/
Johnson added that he is not the right person to lead the Tories.
Having consulted colleagues, and in view of the circumstances in parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me.
David Cameron announced his resignation after the UK voted to leave the EU last week.
Justice secretary and Leave campaigner Michael Gove announced his intention to run this morning. He had been expected to back Johnson’s bid.
Gove said he was standing because he had come “to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead”.
In the next few days I will lay out my plan for the United Kingdom which I hope can provide unity and change.
Earlier this week, a leaked email from Gove’s wife Sarah to her husband warned him about the risks of backing Johnson.
Darren McCaffrey / TwitterEMAIL IN FULL: Here is the Sarah Gove email to Michael Gove about @BorisJohnson and leadership. pic.twitter.com/4PPv1ud4IM
— Darren McCaffrey (@darrenmccaffrey) June 29, 2016
Meanwhile, interior minister Theresa May vowed to unite Britain as she launched her bid to succeed David Cameron as Conservative Party leader in a letter to The Times today.
Like Cameron, May supported remaining in the bloc but played a low-key and conciliatory role in the campaign that has seen her tipped as a unifying figure.
She wrote:
Following last week’s referendum, our country needs strong, proven leadership to steer us through this period of economic and political uncertainty, and to negotiate the best possible terms as we leave the European Union.
She said her leadership would launch a “radical programme of social reform” that would “make Britain a country that works for everyone”.
In a swipe at Johnson, former mayor of London, May wrote that a leader was needed who understood hardship.
“Some need to be told that what the government does isn’t a game, it’s a serious business that has real consequences for people’s lives,” May wrote.
Cameron promoted the 59-year-old vicar’s daughter to Home Secretary following his 2010 election victory and she kept the role after his 2015 re-election.
Known as a hardliner on immigration, May’s stern demeanour has drawn comparisons with 1980s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Boris Johnson
Bookmakers had Johnson as a slight favourite over May and The Sun newspaper reported yesterday that he had already secured the backing of 100 of the 330 Tory MPs who will whittle down the field to two nominees. He was expected to officially announce his bid this morning.
The ConservativeHome blog surveyed more than 1,300 members and found the slimmest of leads for May, mirroring the results of a YouGov poll published on Tuesday.
Pro-EU finance minister George Osborne, long seen as a possible Cameron successor, has ruled himself out.
Critics had questioned whether the Leave camp — and Johnson in particular — had any idea how to manage the unprecedented situation left by last week’s vote.
“He has still to offer anything like a concrete plan on how he would negotiate the post-Brexit future,” former BBC political editor Nick Robinson wrote.
Cameron’s successor is expected to take office in early September and will face the prospect of assuming negotiations with the EU on Britain’s relationship with the bloc and a decision on whether to call an early election.
First to throw his hat into the ring for Cameron’s job was work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb, a virtual unknown to the British public, whose campaign is expected to stress his working class credentials in a party often seen as elitist.
The 43-year-old urged the Conservatives to “get past this Boris/stop Boris dichotomy”, in reference to the divisive Johnson.
Andrea Leadsom, MP for South Northamptonshire, and Liam Fox, MP for North Somerset, have also thrown their names into the ring.
Andrea Leadsom MP / TwitterDelighted to say I'm running for the @Conservatives Leadership.
— Andrea Leadsom (@andrealeadsom) June 30, 2016
Let's make the most of the Brexit opportunities!#FreshStart
The new Conservative leader, who will be chosen by a postal ballot of party members currently numbering around 150,000, is expected to be announced on 9 September.
He or she will also become prime minister, but may call an early general election.
- Contains reporting from © AFP 2016
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Cameron cut the legs out from under Boris by resigning. The next PM would be forced to do the negotiations, rather than Cameron make a balls of it and Boris sweeping in on a tide of popular votes.
GOT has nothing on these guys.
He was dead right, careful what you wish for , Johnson showed the courage of his convictions today, it’s Yellow.
Cameron absolutely made the right decision. It’s a lucky escape that Boris isn’t running.
I think Boris was shocked by a victory he never expected or planned for.
He had no plan…….
I really don’t see what game of thrones has got to do with anything
Of course he was shocked!
Daisy
It all makes sense now, the night of the vote 48 Tory leave MPs penned a letter stating no matter what the result Cameron should stay on as leader. In other words take the flack for the impossible negotiations that would follow. Cameron by resigning made them clean up their own mess or the political wilderness (for the time being anyway)
The carve up of the spoils has begun. Gove’s missus demanded her husband get specific commitments in return for support and we can be certain that Johnson has got his price for getting out of the way.
The playing fields of Eton has always produced perfidious men.
So Theresa May is rewarded with a leadership bid for her “low-key and conciliatory role” in the Remain Campaign. While Corbyn is thrown to the wolves and faces the open revolt of his parliamentary party for allegedly adopting the same approach while Camron screeches his impotent rage at him across the floor of the commons.
The risible hypocrisy of the capitalist establishment is limitless.
So let the Red Tory exodus continue, bring on the split and let a real Labour party emerge to represent the interests of the majority working class instead of the bloated capitalist parasites.
And let’s hope we see a split in the Tory ranks as well.
In fairness. Corbyn is a man of integrity and beliefs for which he can’t be faulted but sometimes you need a leader. This, he is not. He refuses to speak with other MPs and was shown to be small minded on certain issues as Russell Crowe pointed out to him on the tellybox a few weeks ago. You have to be inclusive of everyone no matter what you think of them. Do you think enda likes giving the thumbs up to everyone. Actually scrap that last point. He’d stick his thumbs up anywhere
Dessie,
Corbyn should not be inclusive of the Blairite neo liberals who dominate his parliamentary party. They are enemies of the working class which Labour is supposed to represent and they should be deselected and expelled from the party. Corbyn’s mistake so far was to pander to these parasites.
So Corbyn picked his cabinet and allowed the free vote on Syrian aristrikes to try and prevent a split in the party. Brexit has now made unity within the party impossible . It never really was possible as Corbyn is an old school social democrat lifted to the leadership by a grass roots movement of the working class. He leads a parliamentary Labour party which is dominated by pro market antio working class Blairites who despise his politics. Corbyn will oust the Red Tory ghouls or they will remove him. In either case, a split in the Labour party is likely and necessary.
Wally, he should be inclusive of all democratically elected officials. Or are you saying he should subvert the will of the people?
2 speeches and he choose the wrong one – there is More to leadership than
Populism
Dave,
The Red Tories are trying to subvert the will of the people. The hundreds of thousands who joined the Labour party and lifted Corbyn to the leadership last year.
“This is not a string of random acts. This is a coordinated attack on Corbyn’s leadership (because let’s be frank, that’s what it is), and it is coming from one source. The Fabian Society. A society who are funded by the likes of HSBC, Cuadrilla (who, oddly, Portland do PR work for) Barclays and Lloyds – while masking themselves with the veneer of advocating ” social progress […] gradualist, reformist and democratic means in a journey towards radical ends. We are a pluralist movement and create space for open debate.”The Fabians have mobilised their assets in both the parliamentary Labour party, in the media and in the sphere of public relations, namely via Portland Communications – to inflict as much damage as possible on Corbyn. And thus far, it appears to be working – albeit utterly against the will of the party membership and trade unions.”
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/06/28/truth-behind-labour-coup-really-began-manufactured-exclusive/
The Red Tories are free to leave the Labour party at any time and see if the “will of the people” will return them to parliament in the next general election.
Boris Johnson dare not drink from his own chalice haha haha ha ha I would have respect for this man or any ukip guys that can make sense of what is ahead but looks like this is as far as they could see!
All talk and no guts
Those Of you that think Cameron should lead to the UK out of the EU are mad – if he disagrees with the policy he has to step aside. The leave campaign have no plan and no one wants it.
On mature reflection , I would like to add that Gove is a backstabbing , manipulating , piece of dogs vomit, the epitome of the sleezy politician , Johnson still should have taken him on, the U.K. Is in big trouble I fear .
Gove is the real villan of the piece . He is the ultimate devil incarnate , he dumped his close friend Boris at the drop of a hat , fought the leave campaign on the basis of his own hatred of everything “non british” , plotted a UK exit with zero plan ,he called the good Friday agreement as appeasement , he’d prefer to still have troop in the north fighting the IRA . He is Rupert murdochs political bitch and has any journalist that question him shredded by one of Murdoch rag mouthpieces
Boris doesn’t want to be the PM who goes down in the history books as the person who pulled apart the UK. Clever boy.
Drop the bomb, walk away.
Brave, brave man.
He’ll be the Prime Minister after this one. It would be like taking over from Alex Ferguson, a poison chalice!
God help Britain if Michael Gove becomes PM……
its all part of the plan, hook line and sinker
@ Chris Kirk
This cartoon sums up Gove perfectly –
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/cartoon/2012/mar/16/1
Boris is done, there’s no coming back from this.
Not true, Boris isn’t going for pm because he knows he hasn’t nearly enough support. He’s populist, pulls at the heart strings of lots of the English but all his bravado counts for little in the real world. They (brexit campaigners) didn’t have so much as an a4 page of a plan, nothing. But many believed the nonsense because they’re fed up with the bull that goes on in EU. A more sensible answer would be a proper overhaul of EU, because it had many positives. But the baby is gone with the bath water
Brexit, a response but not a solution. Boris never wanted the leave vote to win. He wanted it to narrowly lose, that way he has an issue to keep pushing with but now he got what he claimed he wanted and the mess will outlast him.
Indeed the cartoon depicts Gove as an innocent. But the reality is stark in that he has led England in particular into a Reformation similar to that of the sixteenth century against Catholic hierarchical rule. The English by nature do not like to be ruled, would rather see themselves led over the top. The problem is leadership is not a strong point of government at the moment, other than high- tories taking charge of the rabble without a clear plan of where Brexit is going.
@ Chris
Not as an innocent, but as a self important egotist with completely unjustified self belief, despite zero experience.
“The English by nature do not like to be ruled” – I think the opposite Chris, the monarchy is proof they love to be ruled. That’s why the class system is still so prevalent.
Anyway – here’s hoping it won’t be him.
Forest Johnson.
Buffoon becomes PM via bizzare set of accidental happenstance.
Or Boris Gump…..
Boris Trump
The British are living in cloud cuckoo land, Bojo thinks the British should be able go and work and live in the EU but they don’t want anyone coming there. Negotiations needs to benefit both parties but I feel there are to many egos obstructing what’s good for the EU and the U.K.
Boris got them into this mess, It will be interesting to see how he gets them out, first impressions are the bulls**t he preached of getting access to markets without any of the the costs will not happen if the EU let it every country would succeed. All the back tracking will be fun to observe
“they don’t want anyone coming there”
They don’t want just anyone coming there. They’d prefer to have people who are going to contribute to the wealth and prosperity of the UK regardless of whether they live in the EU or not.
Well at least the prospect of a Boris- Trump axis has receded. Big sigh!
A cute huerrrr throw in the grenades and run.Let someone else clean up the mess.
Very clever move by boris
He understands if he takes over now he takes on the mess of his own making, which will not be pretty for Britain. Let someone else clean up the mess he made, let them take the hit, and Boris will then take over as the new Knight in shining Armour, He may act the buffoon but he is clever, however the English public will sallow it all.
Hardly clever. His political career is over. Cameron made sure of that.
Michael Gove or Andrea Leadsom are good options…Leadsom came across well throughout the campaign but I would choose Michael Gove – he also came across well and he seems very capable. It’s ironic that they’re calling Boris the opportunist when it’s clear that Theresa May – who was Remain-lite, didn’t campaign and hedged her bets throughout – is the real opportunist.
I don’t think so ktsiwot. Boris was too visible, and too prominent in Brexit campaign for this to be forgotten.
Along with Farage he was the face of Brexit. He’ll be tainted by association to this forever, like Blair is to Iraq, and will be known as the man who ran away, before the hard negotiations even began.
Joe … Your comment sums up the sorry mess brilliantly !!!!
Oracle
I hope you are right, but I have a seeking suspicion he will be back in a few years. In the mean time it will be panel shows and media work to rehabilitate himself. If FF can come back after destroying a country, surely Boris can, many voters have little to no memory or just don’t care.
FF can, but Bertie can’t. His opponents won’t let anyone forget either way.
Oracle, There is already a ‘I’m voting UKIP in the next general election page’ – Farage is going nowhere for now. Also, there is no “tainted” – the leave side had the support of 52% of voters! This situation is not a catastrophe – history will prove the leavers were right.
Gove told lies during the Brexit campaign by pushing the Conservative mesage that Brexit would deliver Britain a huge bonus to the NHS. The truth is that Conservatives have for years been trying to undermine the NHS and force doctors to sign unrealistic contracts.
If you think that Britain is divided now then wait till Michael Gove gets into power, he will tie the country up in knots with his EU hate campaign and lies.
Chris
You are right, however I don’t think I have ever heard a politician tell the hole truth. And this becomes multiplied in a referendum, can’t wait for our referendum on the 8th amendment, the spin, lies and downright intimidation that will be pedaled.
Gove stood on the burning deck and said; ” don’t listen to the experts, they have been wrong before”.
Well they might sometimes have been wrong, but they weren’t trying to deliberately deceive people into believing that everyone else was wrong.
Run Boris…run…
Cameron tried to sink Boris by calling the referendum he expected to win. Cameron is finished and Boris will wait until he thinks he can take over as the saviour of the British people after someone else tries to clean up the mess he helped cause.
Got his Brexit now won’t fixit…pathetic cowered
He created this mess, now he’s not gonna bother following through… If it’s possible, I just lost more respect for Boris, I thought I was tapped out already.
Hang on… you actually had respect for that buffoon?
My money’s on Theresa May. Solid, steady, boring, not widely hated. Probably what they need now.
Wonder if the leadership was decided on the playing fields of Eton over a soggy biscuit
Pig’s Head?
Daisy.. I believe the word for what we’re experiencing is schadenfreude.. Lovely, warm, cuddly schadenfreude…
If you thought British politics was bad pre Brexit, you’re ain’t seen nothing yet.
And it look very like the “European political elites that were going to scupper the democratic process” are going to sit back and let the whole thing burn…..
Bless them for they knew not what they done.
I’d pick Gove over Boris, but I’d pick May over both of them, although with that ECHR thing … erm.
Now I like Boris, he’s a witty, educated and erudite chap. I’d love to go for a drink with him. I just don’t want him running my country.
Your country? Had the impression you were in Ireland?
I’m in Ireland, but I’m not Irish.
That’s allowed.
I’m shocked…..
I always thought you were one of the Donegal O’Damoclese’s.
Fair enough.
I believe it’s Ó Damoclaoisigh David
I’ve never particularly hidden the fact.
You voted Leave mate, why don’t you fack off and leave then, innit? :D
I didn’t vote leave. I was disenfranchised by Tony Blair and the 15 year rule.
Your brethren did, but nevermind t’was only in jest anyway.
Yeah, you say that but it’s just a manifestation of your jealousy because you, my boy, never had an empire.
We never lost an empire either… :)
Ah Damo, if us Irish had an empire, it woulda been one big party with the locals loving us and singing our praises about how we were the best rulers they ever had ;)
But you never did.
And now you’re jealous.
No, we’re not jealous of something we have never wanted or believed in, many English however, are bitter with the Irish because we pushed over some of the first dominoes in the fall of their Empire.
Well of course you won’t admit it.
Jealous? No. If we’d had an empire it’s shame I’d feel.
What a motley crew!
Boris is a coward
Boris is a ball breaker
Boris is a coward. It’s quite clear now that he doesn’t have the balls to trigger article 5. But who does?
Cameron left the ultimate poisoned chalice for his successor.
Ah good old Boris, he marched them up to the top of the hill, dropped them off and ran away.
No one wants the shit-sandwich this referendum served up.
Never though he would win, realises now what he has done – hides for a few days and then runs away leaving the problem to others.
It’s very simple as to why… Johnson is not liked by Murdoch, so would not be supported by his media, despite being happy to use him during the Brexit campaign.
Murdoch’s choice appears to be Gove, who also has the backing of the Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre. (Gove’s wife Sarah Viner, conveniently, is a columnist at the Mail, and in fact believed to be Gove’s ‘brain’.)
Surely you all knew that candidates for party leadership or PM in Britain are selected by Rupert Murdoch and other major media proprietors?
Nice to see Sarah Jessica Parker joining in the Boris protests in that pic tho’.
What’s almost amusing Mike, is how desensitized to this backing we now are. Imagine that email 30 years ago as a letter from a newspaper to a prospective leader!
It’s like we’ve taken an interfering media as a given, and are happy to know that someone is ‘s man/woman.
Investigative journalism is a fast track to the p45 nowadays!
Yep, crazy isn’t it Ronan? The illusion of democracy now rather obvious one would have thought, but still folks follow the narrative given them :(
Enda\Leo. Boris\Gove
We do share problems us and the neighbours.
But lets face it. Boris woke up Fri and though oh boll&&&&. He is a buffoon born with a silver spoon who makes Cameron look credible.
Be like Martin O’Neill resigning and Dunphy parachuted in.
With all my heart I hope that Boris gets to become leader of the Tories and the Prime Minister. I can think of no other Country on this earth that deserves someone like Boris to be their leader. They are so far up their own backsides at the moment that I reckon they are all looking out the windows of the Commons expecting to see Lord Admiral Nelson sailing up the Thames to save them. What a shower of complete and utter gob shXtes
Brian
Great thinking. That the sort of adolescent immature attitude that we need to see alright
Its clear that you struggle with handling a little wit. As for acting mature, the GB voting to leave is the most immature action ever taken by any Nation, all because it does not like foreign people arriving on their shores, To be honest the sooner GB is out of the EU the better, they have made their decision to leave so please activate article 50 and lets move on. I would question if GB were ever really committed to the EU. Way too much time and effort was spent trying to satisfy their every demand. The EU project has a better chance of working with partners who are committed to resolving the issues and making it work for everyone. it is noticeable how quick Boris has run away from taking responsibility for the exit. and you want to lecture about mature, Boris is a total fool and I question how mature his followers are.
So you’re a halfwit then Brian and a slippery one at that – good to know.
“I really think Michael needs to….” maybe this email isn’t actually to Michael
Most previous comments now invalid thanks to the wonderful news that Johnson has withdrawn. Great to have some welcome and surprising news. Johnson has caused huge damage to the UK and his deception and cowardice will linger long.
It’s a pity he’s backed out. Boris leading the UK into Brexit would have been delicious.
Daisy
How would it have been delicious. Perhaps you are not looking at the bigger picture and implications. Getting the GB and EU relationship working correctly is very important for all of our futures and should not be seen as entertainment.
So now the EU is important? God help us.. Boris just figured that out. Democracy won… and those who voted to leave are going to get exactly what they wanted…
Boris is not running.
Blimey!
Yeah, shocker! I wonder if Gove entering the race changed his mind
Also, given Gove’s rationale (“Boris is not a leader”) does he now come under pressure to withdraw?
Summary of Boris speech
He pulls out of leadership contest
Calls for ‘sensible, moderate One Nation Conservative approach’
Says Government must tackle income inequality
Says vital to bring together everyone from Remain and Leave sides
Has a dig at President Obama
Says he is ‘no communist and is ‘a tax cutting Conservative’
And he is going to walk away having caused untold damage to Britain’s economy and reputation because he had a private vendata against the Prime Minister.
Coward
Or maybe tactically astute
No Nick – coward is the correct description
John
If he became PM the likelihood is that he would have failed. Anticipating failure and avoiding it is tactically astute
Seems a common theme now with the Tories. Failure.
Are you a PR manager for Boris with special interest in Irish media ???
Cove gave Boris a knife between the shoulder blades
I think it will be Mrs May who opposed Brexit
Coward
You have to hand it to the Tories. They know , how to cock up big time and then run like cowards.
Since the Conservatives began electing their leaders, the favourite at the start of the process has always lost.
Apparently Sarah Vine let him know by email!
Mrs Macbeth screwing her courage to the sticking place!
So we aren’t going to have the ‘Dream Team’ of The Donald and The Boris!!! What a pity.
OMG, what a selection! The political power grabbing battle begins. All these contenders, (bar Crabb perhaps, only because he’s a relative new comer), have little interest in the general well-being of the country, and more their own egotistical status!
Borris brought the UK over the Cliff and now he hasn’t the spine to lead the country in the uncertainty they now face. Maybe he understands sabotage he has caused..
Boris may have brought GB over the cliff but I don’t believe he ever expected to succeed in doing so. It appears he doesn’t have a plan for Brexit so he is doing the right thing by not standing for PM. I don’t think it is spineless he just realises he is not able to do the job
Nick if he drove the leave campaign and filled the public with rubbish then he should have had a plan. It just shows that this was a monumental mistake.
Neil
In my honest opinion, not one of them had a plan for Brexit. I think that none of the leave campaign expected success and as such didn’t plan anything. That’s why Cameron and Boris et al are all running for cover. They have enough sense to see it is a complete poison chalice. Labour didn’t expect it and they are imploding and as for that racist Farage he is just talking populist rhetoric again with no substance.
Neil
I completely agree it was a monumental mistake. Iceland knocked England out of the Euros and the people that shop in Iceland took Britain out of the EU.
He probably wasn’t expecting the leave vote to win and now is getting himself as far away from that mess as he can
Another Tory tramp no matter what way you look at it.
Boris:”Oh my god, what have I done!”
Borris the bottler!!
So what was it all about so. Idiot.
I always thought Boris’ bumbling pretentious posh idiot persona was all an act.
Now we know he was the real deal all along.
Boris the naive. Outflanked by Gove.
Who’d have thunk it eh!
Events unfold at Boris’s HQ……. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6HNXtdvVQ
the people were duped; they were sold a pup & fell for it – there never was a plan to win, now they’re up shit creek without a paddle
Lol. Poor old Boris, the whole point of being protest is that you never actually get majority support and are expected to actually do something practical. The people are just supposed to join you in righteous anger and keep re-electing you (just as the AAA-PBP). The British people really screwed him by actually believing him and voting for his proposals.
He probably figures the risk of slipping away from the lime light are not nearly as bad as the risks of being the poor fool who actually tries to negotiate Brexit.
I taught he was the “hair” to the throne….
This development increases the likelihood of a rerun of the Brexit referendum.
How?
@LITTLEONE
The possibility of a Remain campaigner becoming Prime Minister.
Seriously ciaran. You think a Tory leadership contest is grounds for ignoring democracy. The referendum is done. People voted. That’s how democracy works. Just because it’s caused upheaval within a party that was clearly in disarray before the referendum with some wanting out , while some wanted in. Is not grounds for a rerun. Ridiculous
Just because the new leader may have been a remain campaigner means nothing. In case you missed it . David Cameron was remain , yet the country voted to leave.
I personally think David Cameron should have stayed on but since he left I think it would be a bad idea for a remainiac to be voted leader at this stage.
….it’s not done. That referendum is an advisory one – it’s not binding. The decision on whether to leave or not is down to MP’s and the House of Lords.
He’ll just let someone else enact article 50 and come back when the dust settles. Bafoon!
Would be like Barney getting made Mayor in the Simpsons…but not as funny…..
A slightly more important scenario than Dev and Collins I think… But I see what you mean. Luv Walley’s posts ! Saves time when you see the name… You don’t even have to read them !
There is a God
The numbers must not have added up for boris, leading the Brexit campaign and winning he must have thought would have given him No10
Seems to me David Cameron is playing the de Valera role and Boris is Michael Collins in negotiating with the British/EU. Boris knows he will be slaughtered with whatever deal he comes back with from the EU. That is were the similarities of my analogy end though. Boris is no Michael Collins
‘spoke Well, I suppose if he were to become Prime Minister, there would be no time for fun or extra-marital affairs
Just more evidence of how the Leave side duped their country
And now they want those on the remain side to sort the mess they created
Cameron’s faithful had daggers out for him and promised a very messy campaign against him. The ‘leaked’ email last night said the heads of the British press didn’t have confidence in him. If he ran all his dirty secrets would be splashed over every front page from now till the election. When you play the type of game he’s been playing you make a lot of powerful enemies. You can be sure they have been sitting of stories buying their time to pounce. If he ran for PM he would of been ruined before a vote was cast. All he is doing now is self preservation as usual.
Boxit?
Boris a champion s*it stirrer helps create a civil war in his party and then sidesteps quickly to the sidelines where he can keep stirring it!
Unbelievable
What a wimp. It’s all very well campaigning “passionately ” for a BeExit but as soon as it happens he goes “oh BO**OX” What the f**k do we do now. What amazes is me that NONE of the political parties. Over there. Even the small ones won’t come out and say “This may have been a protest vote ” and I would move that we follow our wonderful friends in Ireland who are much more intelligent than US and have a second Vote
Mmm,Conspiracy Theory ,What if….Cameron and Johnson cooked up a plan( when they held their meeting to see if Boris would back him) to make it Look like Boris was for Leaving and fight for it( but not too much). It would Look like there was opposition, wouldn’t it? Then Boris and Leave side win, Boris Has No Plans, because he Never believed they would win! That’s my Theory!
Corbyn for PM.
Sounds more like MG cut the legs off of Boris’ campaign. I don’t think this is him running, it’s him falling from a push.
Tryg
Try
yes
I agree
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Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times an ad is presented to you).
Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects.
Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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