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He did so against the weakest opposition, overwhelmed with infighting and a lacklustre leader, seen in a generation, campaigning solely on the notion of "Gettin
by sbuk 6y ago
He did so against the weakest opposition, overwhelmed with infighting and a lacklustre leader, seen in a generation, campaigning solely on the notion of "Getting Brexit Done (tm)" (barely) after 4 years of MPs arguing about it. Traditional Labour seats were lost based on Brexit fence-sitting. They will revert, especially as those constituents are slowly realising that getting Brexit done meant screwing them over. Johnson's Tories didn't so much win, it was essentially a one horse race.
*Edit: That said, speaking as a staunch remainer, as much as we need to accept that we can't have our cake and eat it, the EU must recognise the same. It's their own fault that they're in this position.
- peteretep 6y ago> He did so against the weakest opposition, overwhelmed with infighting and a lacklustre leader All of which was also present in 2017 when May squeaked to victory > Campaigning solely on the notion of “Getting Brexit Done” which ... was effective and led to the largest landslide in 40 years. I think he’s been a crap PM but the idea that he’s not a sharp political mind with a keen sense of the political mood is insane.
- sbuk 6y agoMay squeaked by because hardline brexiters (Johnson/Rees-Mogg/Farage acolytes, of which there are fighteningly many) saw her a someone pandering to Brussels and remainers. She was an unpopular PM on all sides, where as Johnson is just a populist. > ...he’s not a sharp political mind with a keen sense of the political mood is insane. He's a chancer. As an example, he refused to go on the Marr Show, relenting to only to capitalise on a national tragedy so that he could wave his populist flag. You could call that 'sharp', I'd call it cowardly. His saving grace was Cummings, and with him mercifully out of the picture, we'll see the real Boris.