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...And He's The Good Guy...
[link:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-independent-daily-cartoon-a8575981.html|
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2019/jun/01/donald-trump-breezes-in-to-britain-cartoon|
Heh. The fact that Trump has effectively endorsed Boris means a kiss of death @ the general. The old racists in the shires will think it marvellous but the centre left and centre right population that he needs to win over will not touch that toxic with a barge pole.... He cannot come back from what he has become and the Trump endorsement reinforces how noxious his brand has become.
Good article in the new statesmen on this:
Donald Trump’s endorsement underlines that there is no way back for Boris Johnson
The Trump endorsement will “cut through”, and it speaks to the doubts that many voters have about him: that he is economical with the truth, aligned with people they greatly dislike, and that he would be incapable of performing the job of Prime Minister. It is difficult for him to pivot away from Trump without confirming at least one of the three.
Whether he wants to be or not, Johnson has gone from being the candidate who can reach into every part of England and Wales to one that can speak only to half of it. It is a reminder that the choice that the Conservatives are making if they pick Boris Johnson is not to put the election winner of 2012 at their head, but to refight the 2017 election with a better campaigner and a more divisive Brexit offer, in the hope that they will get a more favourable result.
The Trump endorsement will “cut through”, and it speaks to the doubts that many voters have about him: that he is economical with the truth, aligned with people they greatly dislike, and that he would be incapable of performing the job of Prime Minister. It is difficult for him to pivot away from Trump without confirming at least one of the three.
Whether he wants to be or not, Johnson has gone from being the candidate who can reach into every part of England and Wales to one that can speak only to half of it. It is a reminder that the choice that the Conservatives are making if they pick Boris Johnson is not to put the election winner of 2012 at their head, but to refight the 2017 election with a better campaigner and a more divisive Brexit offer, in the hope that they will get a more favourable result.
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/06/donald-trumps-endorsement-underlines-there-no-way-back-boris-johnson|
That our would be Prime Minister is willing to get into bed with Trump... that should scare us all! Such a special relationship.....
