Johnson becomes 77th PM and forms a government of Brexiteers
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RAKIB EHSAN Have the lefties calling Boris Johnson racist noticed he’s put Priti Patel and Sajid Javid in his cabinet?
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Rakib Ehsan
26 Jul 2019
The Sun
NOW that Boris Johnson is Prime Minister, the hypocrisy of our liberal lefties is clear to see.
In rather outrageous fashion, Johnson has already been labelled by such people as “far-right”, “fascist” and “racist”.
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson has already been labelled 'far-right', 'fascist' and racist by liberal lefties Credit: Getty - Pool These are words which are used too often by individuals to insult all those who disagree with their views.
Terms which are in danger of losing all real meaning.
This represents the intolerance of the supposedly tolerant.
The idea that Johnson is a fascist is nonsense.
He has appointed Sajid Javid, who is of Pakistani Muslim origin, as his Chancellor.
Javid’s appointment certainly makes a mockery of the idea that the Conservative Party is institutionally “Islamophobic”.
Priti Patel, the new Home Secretary, is of Indian Hindu heritage.
Her parents were part of the stream of Ugandan Asians who have contributed so much to our country. A real success story.
'TOKENS'
In spite of this, some on the liberal Left decry the appointments of Javid and Patel as “tokens”.
Johnson, the argument goes, is merely meeting Cabinet diversity quotas.
Yet, had he chosen an all-white Cabinet, these very same people would be foaming at the mouth and accusing him of racism.
Johnson’s appointment of Munira Mirza as head of the No10 Policy Unit is another positive step.
Born to working-class migrants of Pakistani origin in Oldham, Mirza has a history of criticising the divisive nature of multi-culturalism and calling out misogynistic attitudes within migrant communities.
However, due to her background and policy views, regressive leftists view her as a problem.
New Home Secretary Priti Patel is of Indian Hindu heritage. Her parents were part of the stream of Ugandan Asians who have contributed so much to our countryCredit: Getty Images - Getty 
Sajid Javid, who is of Pakistani Muslim origin, has been appointed Chancellor Credit: Paul Edwards - The Sun The “pro-diversity” camp are only pleased with black and Asian success when it fits with their own agenda.
For them, Javid and Patel are the “wrong type” of Asian. Rather than being embraced because of their South Asian heritage, they are derided as “coconuts”, a slur inferring someone is brown on the outside but white on the inside.
For the liberal Left, ethnic and racial diversity is only good if it is part of a progressive utopia in which everybody sings from the same hymn sheet.
Labour, who portray themselves as the champions of diversity, are anything but.
As well as being the only party of note that has never had a woman as leader, Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet is staggeringly uniform.
While Johnson awarded two top jobs to Javid and Patel, Corbyn filled these corresponding positions in his first Shadow Cabinet with John McDonnell and Andy Burnham.
MIFFED AT COUNTRY VOTING BREXIT
While Corbyn continues to turn a blind eye to the anti-Semitism that rages on in his own party, Johnson has made Dominic Raab, who is the son of a Czech Jewish refugee who escaped the Holocaust, the UK’s Foreign Secretary.
Labour, which was founded to take the fight to dis-crimination and injustice, is now currently under investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over anti-Semitism.
The only other political party investigated by this body was the BNP.
Britain’s liberal lefties, still miffed over the country voting Brexit, are struggling with the fact that Johnson has named a Cabinet which is both exciting and diverse — one that just happens to be dominated by Leavers.
But instead of making reasonable points, much of the hysterical liberal Left have quickly resorted to name-calling and hurling insults.
CONFIDENT BRAND OF PATRIOTISM
But in doing so, they play right into Johnson’s hands.
This group comes across as whiny, bitter and immature — a band of people who are all too happy to lower the tone of the debate by childishly throwing loaded terms towards their opponents.
Meanwhile, for many, Johnson’s opening speech as PM would have been uplifting, positive, a breath of fresh air. A welcome break from the stale and uninspiring leadership we have recently endured.
His clear position on Brexit, ambitious plans for rail and road infrastructure and assembling of a Cabinet which reflects the diversity of modern Britain has created real excitement among his supporters, and serious panic among his opponents.
For all of his flaws — and there are a good few — Johnson’s optimistic, confident brand of patriotism will go down well with many voters.
And it provides a clear contrast with the divisive negativity and continuous sneering being offered by many on the liberal Left — a wing of British politics which supposedly celebrates diversity, but is becoming increasingly hostile towards diversity of thought.
Rakib Ehsan is a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society think tank.
Jeremy Corbyn continues to turn a blind eye to the anti-Semitism which rages on in his own party Credit: Rex Features 
Johnson appointed Dominic Raab, the son of a Czech Jewish refugee who escaped the Holocaust, the UK’s Foreign Secretary Credit: Alamy Live News 
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9587068/boris-johnson-racist-priti-patel-sajid-javid/
Boris Johnson vows to close the North-South divide by spending billions of pounds on new generation of rail links - as he fuels snap election rumours by 'love-bombing' Labour heartlands with £2bn fund
Boris Johnson launched a charm offensive on the North of England in a speech in Manchester, as he continues the breakneck start to his time in No10. In one of his first major policy pledges, Mr Johnson announced funds for a new multi-billion pound trans-Pennine rail route between Manchester and Leeds. He said he wanted to end the 'long-term decline' across much of the North, saying politicians had 'failed' many areas that wanted change. Mr Johnson is also drawing up plans for a major £2billion fund to improve life in Britain's 'left-behind towns' - seemingly aimed at Brexit-backing areas that have traditionally voted Labour.
Boris Johnson launched a charm offensive on the North of England in a speech in Manchester, as he continues the breakneck start to his time in No10. In one of his first major policy pledges, Mr Johnson announced funds for a new multi-billion pound trans-Pennine rail route between Manchester and Leeds. He said he wanted to end the 'long-term decline' across much of the North, saying politicians had 'failed' many areas that wanted change. Mr Johnson is also drawing up plans for a major £2billion fund to improve life in Britain's 'left-behind towns' - seemingly aimed at Brexit-backing areas that have traditionally voted Labour.
Uh... nooooo...
Again, if he was elected by the public, there would have been an election. There wasn't, this was an internal party election, not a general election.
He is PM by virtue of his party selecting them as their leader, NOT because he's the best guy to the public at large. Kind'a like how May took over.
So all those people who voted for Johnson over Hunt in the final round of voting weren't members of the public?
Poll after poll of the general public, conducted every week since 13th June, show Johnson to be the most preferred of all the candidates who stood, sometimes by a huge margin - one poll had Johnson on 32%, way ahead of second-placed Gove on just 11%.
But I'll tell you one thing - Johnson is PM now because May failed to take Britain out of the EU on 29th March. So if you don't like Johnson being PM and Britain now having a Leave govvernment, blame it on the fact that Brexit has not yet happened.
You reap what you sow.
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Never mind the Boris, it's about Brexit and if new Prime Minister Johnson doesn't deliver, he's finished. What we need now is a statesman - not Dennis The Menace
By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail
26 July 2019
This column doesn't do honeymoon periods, though it would be churlish not to admit to a sense of satisfaction and vindication now that Boris has finally made it into No 10.
As I wrote at the time and have maintained ever since, he should have got the job the day after the referendum result was announced.
My heart sank when he was knifed by Michael Gove, ushering in three wasted years of dismal, defeatist Theresa May.
Boris deserved the chance to follow through on the convincing majority to leave the EU, which he had done so much to secure. My guess is we'd have been out by now, a free-trade deal signed and sealed.
Of course, you can never legislate for the obdurate obstructionism of die-hard Remainers, who have never accepted the democratically expressed will of the British people.
In his barnstorming speech in Downing Street this week, Boris channelled the Sex Pistols: 'Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here'
But they might not have been so emboldened in their efforts to scupper Brexit had they been faced down by a confident, determined Boris Johnson, rather than indulged by a timid, technocratic Theresa May, whose heart was never in it.
Still, spilt milk and all that. What matters now is what comes next.
In his barnstorming speech in Downing Street this week, Boris channelled the Sex Pistols: 'Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here.'
It was a cute line, the kind of throwaway quip we've come to expect from this supreme political showman, who deploys language like the master of ceremonies in a Victorian music hall. His bravura performances both in Downing Street on Wednesday and in the Commons yesterday were vintage Johnson.
He's rightly being praised for raising the nation's mood after an eternity of gloom and doom dished out by May and ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond, a man with all the charisma and bonhomie of a pox doctor's clerk.
Boris deserved the chance to follow through on the convincing majority to leave the EU, which he had done so much to secure. My guess is we'd have been out by now, a free-trade deal signed and sealed
Our new Prime Minister is clearly revelling in all the attention after achieving his lifelong ambition.
Good for him, but he should make the most of it while it lasts and then concentrate on the job in hand.
If I may inject a note of caution: 'Never mind the Boris, it's about Brexit.'
Yes, it's a relief to have a larger than life character in No 10, especially one with a fine intellect and an irrepressible sense of mischief.
But what we need now is a statesman, not a showman — someone the EU negotiators must fear as a real menace.
Not Dennis The Menace.
To Boris's credit, he has made all the right noises. He's ruthlessly purged the Cabinet of ministers determined to prevent No Deal. He has put Brussels on notice. We are coming out with or without a deal. And unless EU leaders accept the new reality, they can forget about any £39 billion divorce settlement.
I'm also led to believe that Steve Barclay, who is staying on as Brexit Secretary, has been to Dublin and read the riot act to pipsqueak Irish Prime Minister Lenny Verruca, reminding him on which side of his bread he'll find the Kerrygold.
As a consequence, Verruca is coming under serious pressure at home to stop playing silly beggars on the so-called backstop. If he continues to be Michel Barnier's stooge, the southern portion of the Emerald Isle is facing certain economic ruin.
So Boris does have some strong cards to play, though he's a long way short of a royal flush.
His main problem is the petulance and self-importance of so many Conservative MPs.
They refuse to accept the referendum result, they refuse to carry out the clear commitments to Leave which they made in their last Election manifesto, and now a significant number of them pour scorn on their new leader, who was elected by two-thirds of their own party members.
Which bit of democracy don't they understand?
Even before Boris was confirmed, no-mark ministers you'd never heard of were resigning from jobs you didn't know they had because they couldn't serve under Boris or commit to a No Deal Brexit.
Most of them jumped before they were pushed, but that's not the point. It used to be said that unity was the Conservative Party's secret weapon, even though it's always been a nest of vipers.
But, as they have demonstrated time and again since 2016, far too many preening Tory MPs no longer respect the concept of loyalty, collective responsibility or honouring the will of the people who pay their wages.
So Boris will have a titanic battle to get any Brexit departure deal, or no deal at all, through the Commons. He won't be able to busk and bluff it.
He's helped by Corbyn's admission that Labour is now a Remain and second referendum party, which has horrified MPs in Leave-voting Northern constituencies.
These MPs won't want a snap General Election and may be persuaded to vote with the Government. But don't bank on it.
If Boris does call an election, he should do as I wrote a few weeks ago and forge a pact with the Brexit Party, giving Nigel Farage's impressive list of candidates a free run at Labour's Leave heartlands, where no Tory would ever win.
Boris needn't think, either, that he can pull a fast one by slipping a heavily-disguised version of Theresa May's withdrawal agreement under the radar, as many Leavers fear.
If he fails to drive through a clean, convincing Brexit, Britain is finished as a proper democracy, the Tories are finished and so is Boris.
Honeymoon's over.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7287815/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Never-mind-Boris-Brexit.html
By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail
26 July 2019
This column doesn't do honeymoon periods, though it would be churlish not to admit to a sense of satisfaction and vindication now that Boris has finally made it into No 10.
As I wrote at the time and have maintained ever since, he should have got the job the day after the referendum result was announced.
My heart sank when he was knifed by Michael Gove, ushering in three wasted years of dismal, defeatist Theresa May.
Boris deserved the chance to follow through on the convincing majority to leave the EU, which he had done so much to secure. My guess is we'd have been out by now, a free-trade deal signed and sealed.
Of course, you can never legislate for the obdurate obstructionism of die-hard Remainers, who have never accepted the democratically expressed will of the British people.
In his barnstorming speech in Downing Street this week, Boris channelled the Sex Pistols: 'Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here'
But they might not have been so emboldened in their efforts to scupper Brexit had they been faced down by a confident, determined Boris Johnson, rather than indulged by a timid, technocratic Theresa May, whose heart was never in it.
Still, spilt milk and all that. What matters now is what comes next.
In his barnstorming speech in Downing Street this week, Boris channelled the Sex Pistols: 'Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here.'
It was a cute line, the kind of throwaway quip we've come to expect from this supreme political showman, who deploys language like the master of ceremonies in a Victorian music hall. His bravura performances both in Downing Street on Wednesday and in the Commons yesterday were vintage Johnson.
He's rightly being praised for raising the nation's mood after an eternity of gloom and doom dished out by May and ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond, a man with all the charisma and bonhomie of a pox doctor's clerk.
Boris deserved the chance to follow through on the convincing majority to leave the EU, which he had done so much to secure. My guess is we'd have been out by now, a free-trade deal signed and sealed
Our new Prime Minister is clearly revelling in all the attention after achieving his lifelong ambition.
Good for him, but he should make the most of it while it lasts and then concentrate on the job in hand.
If I may inject a note of caution: 'Never mind the Boris, it's about Brexit.'
Yes, it's a relief to have a larger than life character in No 10, especially one with a fine intellect and an irrepressible sense of mischief.
But what we need now is a statesman, not a showman — someone the EU negotiators must fear as a real menace.
Not Dennis The Menace.
To Boris's credit, he has made all the right noises. He's ruthlessly purged the Cabinet of ministers determined to prevent No Deal. He has put Brussels on notice. We are coming out with or without a deal. And unless EU leaders accept the new reality, they can forget about any £39 billion divorce settlement.
I'm also led to believe that Steve Barclay, who is staying on as Brexit Secretary, has been to Dublin and read the riot act to pipsqueak Irish Prime Minister Lenny Verruca, reminding him on which side of his bread he'll find the Kerrygold.
As a consequence, Verruca is coming under serious pressure at home to stop playing silly beggars on the so-called backstop. If he continues to be Michel Barnier's stooge, the southern portion of the Emerald Isle is facing certain economic ruin.
So Boris does have some strong cards to play, though he's a long way short of a royal flush.
His main problem is the petulance and self-importance of so many Conservative MPs.
They refuse to accept the referendum result, they refuse to carry out the clear commitments to Leave which they made in their last Election manifesto, and now a significant number of them pour scorn on their new leader, who was elected by two-thirds of their own party members.
Which bit of democracy don't they understand?
Even before Boris was confirmed, no-mark ministers you'd never heard of were resigning from jobs you didn't know they had because they couldn't serve under Boris or commit to a No Deal Brexit.
Most of them jumped before they were pushed, but that's not the point. It used to be said that unity was the Conservative Party's secret weapon, even though it's always been a nest of vipers.
But, as they have demonstrated time and again since 2016, far too many preening Tory MPs no longer respect the concept of loyalty, collective responsibility or honouring the will of the people who pay their wages.
So Boris will have a titanic battle to get any Brexit departure deal, or no deal at all, through the Commons. He won't be able to busk and bluff it.
He's helped by Corbyn's admission that Labour is now a Remain and second referendum party, which has horrified MPs in Leave-voting Northern constituencies.
These MPs won't want a snap General Election and may be persuaded to vote with the Government. But don't bank on it.
If Boris does call an election, he should do as I wrote a few weeks ago and forge a pact with the Brexit Party, giving Nigel Farage's impressive list of candidates a free run at Labour's Leave heartlands, where no Tory would ever win.
Boris needn't think, either, that he can pull a fast one by slipping a heavily-disguised version of Theresa May's withdrawal agreement under the radar, as many Leavers fear.
If he fails to drive through a clean, convincing Brexit, Britain is finished as a proper democracy, the Tories are finished and so is Boris.
Honeymoon's over.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7287815/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Never-mind-Boris-Brexit.html
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So when Brexiteers comment on Irish politics and @LeoVaradkar's electoral position they are accused of bullying
But when @LeoVaradkar argues that @BorisJohnson doesn't have a majority for No Deal that is seen as sound analysis
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So all those people who voted for Johnson over Hunt in the final round of voting weren't members of the public?
What a ridiculous question. If a handful of cronies in a back room vote to do something, that's "public support?" I guess that the KGB operated with overwhelming public support in the Soviet Union because a handful of members of their general public thought that it was a good idea to "disappear" millions?
What a ridiculous question. If a handful of cronies in a back room vote to do something, that's "public support?" I guess that the KGB operated with overwhelming public support in the Soviet Union because a handful of members of their general public thought that it was a good idea to "disappear" millions?
(can't stand the man, by the way)
.... and then there was a general election and the Canadian Public got to choose as to whether a Trudeau led Liberal government should lead us for a time. Like the result of not, democracy was served. Canada occasionally has fresh Prime Ministers "dropped in" like Boris has been ... in recent times, Kim Campbell, Paul Martin, John Turner but they do not go far without calling an election and looking for a legitimate mandate from the Canadian people.
By the way, the three above mentioned were all shot down in a ball of flames because their party's private choices did not align with the requirements of the people.
So,when is Boris going to drop the writ and seek a proper mandate from the British people to proceed?
I thought not. Democracy has naught to do with this process.
Your system?
You've got the exact same system as we have. You've copied it. It's called the Westminster parliamentary system. You're attacking a system of government which your country follows.
Your neighbours to the south don't have such a system. In fact, they've had presidents, including the current one, that didn't win the most votes in the election.
How am I supposed to know?
He doesn't have to call one at all, of course. He's the leader of the political party we elected into government.
We, just like you, elect the governing party, not the PM.
I believe in Westminster parliamentary democracy, the same system that you have - you know, the one in which you elect the party, not the PM.
We have a parliamentary democracy, not a presidential one.