Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister

[honeybee13]

Does this concept work with global Britain and free trade, TJ?

 

HB

[tobyjugg2]

You mean (for example) if a UK based Chinese owned company, wanted to trade with a French based Spanish owned company?

 

or were you more thinking of

if a UK based Unknown ownership due to tax haven privacy wanted to trade tax free with a US nominally based asset management company under US laws 

 

You'll need to be more precise HB ....

 

Of course, if you mean anyone trade through a UK freeport - then its nowt to do with the UK is it as the bribes will be paid indirectly through multiple tax havens and unregulated banking ?

Particularly given the none-disclosure employment agreement

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[honeybee13]

I'll have to have a think about that one...

 

But I thought current Tories believed in Thatcherism, or at least some of it, and she was quite relaxed about companies and utilities, etc, being sold off.

[tobyjugg2]

or do you just mean do the profits go abroad ?

- of course they do.

[tobyjugg2]

the few remaining Tories undoubtedly do.

[tobyjugg2]

I see they are reporting Putins apparent LOL@TheYanks leak

 

Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election during a closed session of Russia’s national security council, according to what are assessed to be leaked Kremlin documents.

 

be interesting to see the LOL@TheBrits one when Johnsons gone

[honeybee13]

That's no great surprise, is it? Nobody seems to be interested in any possible Russian interference in UK campaigns.

 

Changing the subject slightly, Peter Oborne has written an article comparing Enoch Powell and the PM.

 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-boris-johnson-modern-day-enoch-powell-racism-tension

 

[honeybee13]

Here's David Allen Green on the PM's speech and press conference yesterday. Suffice to say, he's rather more impressed with Beth Rigby than with Johnson.

 

 

The best of questions and the worst of speeches – a practical example of the accountability gap in UK policy-making – The Law and Policy Blog

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15th July 2021 When the question came, it was superb. Take a moment to listen to this question to the prime minister from the Sky political editor...

 

[tobyjugg2]

I dont think Johnson is a racist like Powell or Trump

With Johnson its just a narcissistic knee jerk opportunity for him to sow division and grab attention to demonstrate his importance by a whistle to his dogs - who are racist.

 

That it stokes division and racism he will always claim isnt his intent - as his intent is always his own soapbox whatever the mechanism or outcome.

That perhaps defines him as a narcissistic immature incompetent sociopath rather than a racist.

 

Corbyn seems little different apart from externalising his self-importance as 'his goals' which largely remain hidden under reverently spoken broad ranging BS - like Johnson - only the delivery is more solemn. babblings of a psychotic child rather than the squealing incoherent outbursts of one trying to copy the words of grown ups.

Neither should be allowed in a position of responsibility let alone run anything.

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[tobyjugg2]

“Boris Johnson — the actual Prime Minister — in a speech that was supposed to set out his policies to address regional inequality, asked the public to email him with ideas.

Pub landlords and pest control companies must email a separate private address to get government contracts.”

 

- Angela Rayner on Johnson the Liars Rambling speech

[honeybee13]

To me, that says he doesn't have any ideas and is hoping to use some frrom the public and take the credit, as he seems wont to do.

 

Following public opinion again...

[tobyjugg2]

To say 'levelling up' has been one of his main 'selling point' claims  .. well forever .. The only thing he's levelled up - is his floorboards- and that at taxpayer expense until caught

 

Boris Johnson’s flat makeover spent £28,000 of taxpayers’ cash mainly on ‘floorboards’

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Official report reveals extraordinary money-chain – before prime minister finally paid excess costs himself

 

 

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[tobyjugg2]

Incompetent oath breaking numty strikes again

 

UK forced to reopen sensitive Ukraine trade pact after errors in text

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Exclusive: Sections of the largely copy-paste agreement tie Britain to EU rules

 

"lauded as a key example of Britain’s post-Brexit trade and foreign policies"

sure is Johnson, Sure is.

 

Dont worry Johnson, I'm sure the small bent nana's from Ghana .. at twice the price deal is still holding up ... or is it?

 

 

Johnson has been reminded that there are rules and requirements which need to be honoured in their club by NZ, and that like Britain in the EU, NZ can and will veto the UK's membership if Johnson is ... Johnson

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[honeybee13]

Unbelievable. It's just never-ending...

[unclebulgaria67]

Or beliveable that Government will be making loads of mistakes, due to the size of the task involved.

 

These trade documents run into thousands of pages and given the timescales Government have tried to work to, they will have copied/pasted large sections across  to any new trade deal document.

 

I can see large numbers of Civil Servants spending hours searching through every document to check the context of EU or European Union appearing in any text. 

 

And Government won't always be able to remove the EU from being involved, due to other non-EU countries requiring the UK to comply with EU rules/standards, as part of the trade deal. 

 

Brexiteers will end up with Brexitears. 

 

[tobyjugg2]

LOL

They claimed Brexit would give the benefits of trade deals ... mr Johnson apologist

So one could reasonably be excused for expecting them to have them competently ready ... NOT for rampant f*** ups and failures in everything

 

"I can see large numbers of Civil Servants spending hours searching through every document to check the context of EU or European Union appearing in any text.  "

Nope - I can see thats precisely what wasn't done. probably just a select handful of populist incompetents

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[tobyjugg2]

At least he's uniting the Island of Ireland - against him

 

From the DUP, through Alliance, UUP, and SDLP, to Sinn Féin – all unite with Dublin to say ‘no’ to Johnson’s Troubles amnesty plan

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ALL five Northern Ireland political parties have united with the Dublin Government to utterly reject UK plans for an effective amnesty for crimes...

 

 

 

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[honeybee13]

Covid: Boris Johnson resisted autumn lockdown as only over-80s dying - Dominic Cummings

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Boris Johnson also questioned whether the NHS would be overwhelmed, his former aide tells the BBC.

 

This interview is tonight at 19.00 BST, BBC2. The Beeb have released some excerpts and I suspect the PM isn't going to be happy.

 

'In a wide-ranging interview, Mr Cummings also said that, near the start of the pandemic last year, Mr Johnson had wanted to keep his weekly face-to-face meetings with the Queen going - but he had to warn his boss that she might die if she caught coronavirus.'

 

'The "median age" for those dying was between 81 and 82 for men and 85 for women, the prime minister allegedly wrote, adding: "That is above life expectancy. So get Covid and Live longer.

"Hardly anyone under 60 goes into hospital... and of those virtually all survive. And I no longer buy all this NHS overwhelmed stuff. Folks I think we may need to recalibrate... There are max 3m in this country aged over 80."'

 

 

[tobyjugg2]

as the populists are down to ministers of state visits to announce the release some half arsed reports rather than anything actual

 

"Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, will be in Scotland on a two-day visit to launch a report on green trade."

[tobyjugg2]

testing filtered alternate browser that hopefully makes this hodgepodge mess of a site usable and viewable

 

"Is there anything less British than forging an agreement, never having any intention of making it work?”

Jenny Chapman to Brexit minister Lord Frost on the Northern Ireland protocol

 

Well, yes there is

.. Forging agreements that are so unbalanced in favour of the other side against Britain, that its like surrender terms

- and that's the UK-Japan and UK-Australia trade deals I'm talking about NOT the UK-EU one.

[honeybee13]

Oh, the irony. Johnson has been proved to have lied to the House multiple times.

 

Dawn Butler said this and mentioned the Peter Stefanovic video that's had 27m views without the mainstream media mentioning it. She's told to leave the House.

 

So you can be sanctioned for telling the truth but not for lying to Parliament.

[honeybee13]

People in the world of journalism and others are very concerned about proposed new laws that would treat journos the same as spies.

 

Who’ll defend our right to a free press? Not the ex-hack in No 10 | Nick Cohen | The Guardian

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Journalists have every right to be fearful of the prime minister’s proposed legislation

 

And from the Press Gazette. 'Journalists could be treated like spies for reporting on matters of public interest under planned reforms to the UK’s Official Secrets Act.'

 

https://pressgazette.co.uk/official-secrets-act-reform-harsher-penalties-for-journalists/

 

[honeybee13]

On the PM visiting Cornwall.

 

Boris Johnson visited a village in Cornwall and asked the inhabitants what the government could do for them. "We have two big needs" said the village spokesman. "First, we have a health centre but no doctor." Boris whipped out his mobile phone, spoke for a while and then said "I have sorted it out. A doctor will arrive here tomorrow. What is your other need?" "We have no mobile phone reception at all in our village." - America’s best pics and videos

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[tobyjugg2]

Yep, Boris the Liar says he wont use the law he's implementing ... to attack those who call to question him and his cronies unlawfullness and cronyism

 

and MP's ejected from Parliament for telling the truth, while the liar carries on lying.

[honeybee13]

I see the cost of the 'national flagship' has already gone up by £50m and it hasn't even gone out to tender yet. Some commentators suspect that the additional annual running cost hasn't been considered yet.

 

I wonder how much will fall to the MoD and the Navy?