Originally posted by @JBoy
Originally posted by @Chertsey-Saint
As I wanted, Davies as Brexit Secretary. Best we could have hoped for.
Kelvin or Kevin?
Out of the two, definitely Kevin.
Kelv just wouldn’t get anything done. They’d be trying to have important conferences deciding the settlement, and he’d be fucking about.
Kevin wouldn’t be afraid to surreptitiously kidney punch the French or Germans if they got uppity. That’s the sort of hard negotiation we need.
Chris Mason:
“Boris Johnson’s portfolio of previous remarks - with his penchant for a colourful phrase - is likely to raise the occasional eyebrow overseas. In 2007, for instance, he described Hillary Clinton, who could be US president in a matter of months, as being “like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital”.”
I used to think all politicians were lying bastards. Reassuring to learn nothing has changed.
Yep, Bletch, within the context that you’ve outlined, I reckon that the appointment of ‘Man of the People’ Boris as Foreign Secretary is also a very shrewd move.
Great job creator.
With the way he carries on, we’ll be at war with ten countries. The arms industry and associated supply chain will be booming 
It may be a shrewd move, especially if she’s got the dirt on Boris and can curtail any leadership ambition for the time being.
However, I’ve a sneaking suspicion that he’s not really up to much apart from being Boris Johnson, haven’t been impressed with the reports from his mayoral stint, and if he replicates that form on an international scale, I’d be concerned.
‘Within the context that you’ve outlined’ I said.
I’m not his greatest fan either, Pap, but the fact is, he’s one of the very few Tories that appeals to members of other parties. Whether this appeal is justified or not is another argument.
Why do you constrain me, Halo? 
Even on that basis, it’s a bit dodgy post Brexit.
Johnson on Obama (after Obama allegedly removed a bust of Churchill from the Whitehouse) …
Some said it was a snub to Britain. Some said it was a symbol of the part-Kenyan President’s ancestral dislike of the British empire – of which Churchill had been such a fervent defender,
#awkward
Sounds like a great judge of character
Keep Boris close -
he is either the punchbag for any Brexit criticism which can be deflected from the PM, or he’ll just cock-up and be unable to challenge her in future as he’ll look like a clown.
Boris?!
ffs
The man is a clown.
Why not just give Farage a job and we’ll be sorted…
Jeez…
Yep, Boris being in the cabinet is about tents, bastards and pissing direction.
She’s a sly one.
Then again I don’t think you get to the top of the slimiest pole in Britain without having some skills in the dark arts of politics.
Thanks for implanting an image of Theresa May sliding up and down a greasy pole.
#icantunseethat
Not sure, but he is in the process of taking the UK Govnt to the EU court of justice over the retention of personal data. He brought the action with Tom Watson and Liberty. He is a committed Libertarian and not afraid to stand up and have a go. Will be interesting to see how he gets on with negotiating brexit alongside using the EU courts to rule against his party. He’s supposedly a very able and formidable politician, too.
Ken Loach on Boris Johnson “It’s the day irony ended”
https://amp.twimg.com/v/0f9fd1e5-2a28-4aa4-9665-8068288c3c90
The appointment of David Davis is a shrewd one. I’ve met him a few times at social events up north as he’s a friend of my F-I-L. I’ve always found him a really decent bloke. His politics are to the right on mine but I do believe he is sincere in this thought and deed. I’ve no doubt he will do what he thinks best for the country and not just the party or himself. He’s a rare thing in modern politics, a free thinker.
Fox is also a shrewd appointment regarding trade deals.
As for BJ, well, either May is the greatest troll of all time or it’s a case of “you fucked it all up; you fix it”.
I would like to echo Turkish PM Binali Yildirim’s comments on Boris Johnson being appointed Foreign Sec. “May God help him and reform him"
Gove and Morgan sacked apparently - two disasterous Education Secretaries.
