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5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 1 reply · +1 points

I have to say I was astonished by Corbyn. I didn't expect it, but he did very well indeed.

Johnson, by contrast, flailed and floundered. The stories that he's effectively unbriefable ring ever more true. Speaking as a journalist (who once worked with Bozza), I'd say he - and Gove - prove that folk in my trade ought to be barred from public office. It's easy to come up with magic solutions and killer jokes in a column. Governing is very different.

That's almost (but not quite) a way of saying that I suspect Johnson at least half wants to lose the election...

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 1 reply · +1 points

Agreed on your last point. In fact, I'd go further: Johnson would love another referendum to get rid of Brexit for good.

He never believed in it, after all - and never expected it to be voted for - merely calculated that affecting to support it would stand him in good stead with the membership when Cameron stood down from the leadership (around now...)

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 3 replies · +1 points

That's because BJ rarely, if ever, stuck to the point. She was trying to bring him back to the subject in hand. The bulk of the time, the other three leaders spoke to the question.

I think Martin Kettle in today's Guardian is right: the idea that BJ has cut-through across the country is being exposed as fantasy.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 3 replies · +1 points

You might be right about the Libs talking to the Cons, but you can bet your bottom dollar they're talking to Labour too. They'd be crazy not to.

Re your last point, even if it could be proven that Corbyn would be more destructive long term to Britain than Brexit, that still wouldn't preclude a Labour/Lib/Scots pact. Once the referendum is done and dusted, these last two are going to insist on as the price of the deal, either – and likely both – party/s is/are going to pull the plug on the deal in short order. They won't want to prop Corbyn up any longer than is necessary for their main aim: stopping Brexit.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Lord Ashcroft: My next... · 1 reply · +1 points

Thank you.

I understand absolutely the difference between debt and deficit. My basic point is that while the Tories trumpet the drop in the deficit, they never talk about the massive hike in the debt that has occurred on their watch.

Mind you, I'm even more baffled as to why the opposition parties don't talk about that hike either, but that's another point.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 0 replies · +1 points

I believe 311 seats is the prediction from some clever number crunchers at the LSE. Their research is definitely worth a read.

It isn't enough to form a government, that's the point. That's why I believe there'll be another election next year - likely after another Brexit referendum.

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 10 replies · +1 points

Assuming the Tories are the largest party, they can struggle on as a minority government. Result: election in May or June next year.

Contrariwise, Corbyn cobbles together a coalition / conf and supply arrangement, the price of which will be exactly the same: another referendum. After which, conf and supply ends and we have another election in early autumn.

Anyway, that's my guess/es...

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Lord Ashcroft: My next... · 4 replies · +1 points

Sorry, family stuff prevented my being here.

Which options are you referring to?

I asked you if paying off one sum (of, eg: £120bn) by borrowing another sum (of in this case £1trillion) is wise? Perhaps you think it is. If so, can you explain why so? Because from where I'm sitting it looks like what I said earlier - robbing (or borrowing from) Peter to pay Paul...

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Johnson's campaign sto... · 12 replies · +1 points

I doubt the Libs will go into coalition with anyone given what happened to them last time. But let's assume she is in a position to grant Bozza confidence and supply. What is her first demand going to be?

5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Lord Ashcroft: My next... · 6 replies · +1 points

I am not trolling. I'm simply asking, Sgt Wilson style, if cutting £120 bn (or whatever) from one debt by increasing another debt by a trillion quid is "wise"?

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