Conservative leadership thread: Boris Johnson chosen as next UK Prime Minister

This seems to sum up what his regime will be like;

JR-M won't be Chancellor, it would be too controversial. Boris is already signalling a centrist mainstream kind of cabinet.

I think he might make Gove Foreign Secretary.

You're probably right about some of the others - it will be interesting to see who becomes Brexi-Sec, under Theresa that was largely a meaningless role since she ran it from No 10.

It's aggravating the extent to which people fawn over and capitulate to the ancien regime of Britain's extreme class system - here we have the full Etonian arrogance and entitlement coupled to the obsequious compliance of the Tory voters and many of his fellow MPs.

Even worse has been listening to the miserable toadying today from journalists across the Right who clearly have little in the way of critical faculties when confronted with so noble a presence. Or are they just too dazzled by the prospect of someone who can apparently easily beat Corbyn to worry about what a Boris government will actually be like?

I do think JRM will get a great office of state, but I doubt Boris will be that centrist.

Well, at least we're not like the poor Americans who have to put up with a clownish and over-privileged buffoon of an overweight old white man with no knowledge of ordinary people as their leader.

I do think JRM will get a great office of state, but I doubt Boris will be that centrist.

*sigh* What does Boris going to Eton have to do with anything?

To all the critics of Boris: who is the best national leader in the World right now?

Because it’s a class issue. We are being saddled with yet another member of the old boys plutocracy they has lead Britain into the dirt because among other things they have no experience or connection with working people.

Cameron, Boris and Osborne have never had to struggle to pay rent or anything- they’ve been extraordinary privileged- that’s why they champion the status quo it’s worked out very nicely for them.

You could say exactly the same thing about Corbyn. The man has never worked a proper job in his life, how can he possibly claim to represent working people when he himself is a career politician?

*sigh* What does Boris going to Eton have to do with anything?

Putin... Xi Jinping....

Most unlikely. One of Boris' problems, part of the Cameron/May legacy, is that far too many politicians are only willing to accept one of the top jobs and not an ordinary cabinet position. Boris is not only going to be left with a hostile Remainer faction but also with a lot of disgruntled office-seeking Brexiteers who are going to be disappointed and angry.

You could say exactly the same thing about Corbyn. The man has never worked a proper job in his life, how can he possibly claim to represent working people when he himself is a career politician?

I do think JRM will get a great office of state, but I doubt Boris will be that centrist.

*sigh* What does Boris going to Eton have to do with anything?

Because it’s a class issue. We are being saddled with yet another member of the old boys plutocracy they has lead Britain into the dirt because among other things they have no experience or connection with working people.

Cameron, Boris and Osborne have never had to struggle to pay rent or anything- they’ve been extraordinary privileged- that’s why they champion the status quo it’s worked out very nicely for them.

Putin... Xi Jinping....

It actually has a lot. Well, not Eton per se, but his general privilege.

Johnson isn't just man of startlingly limited ability, he has been sacked twice for dishonesty. He is someone who fails upwards and that is a consequence of his background.

Johnson is a fine example of why those of us who do not believe in rewarding failure, and believes that success should be based on ability, drive, initiative, etc. rather than entrenched privilege could never vote Conservative.

Play the ball, not the man.

Both Islamophobic bigots. Is this a troll?

Read Brittania Unchained before you say Toryism isn't meritocratic.

Yeah the Russian economy is and has always been poor (except for the oligarchs), civil rights in China are terrible.

How was the USSR a superpower for so long then?

Also it depends on what you value as a society.

I am, Boris and Cameron et al are a product of a certain way of doing things.

How are they islamophobic? Evidence please?

I’ve skimmed it. Typical assault on the poor from the have-everything’s, and is simply not based in reality.

Capitalism is based on ‘merit’ but unfortunately the merits are the worst impulses of humanity and the lowest common denominator.