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Surya Gayatri

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10. Boris has been checkmated by Cameron. The Brexit ringleaders expected

Reply to Craig234 (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 06:49 AM

Jun 2016

Cameron to trigger Article 50 immediately after the vote, and to take the lethal political hit from all the fallout.

He has refused to do that and has resigned instead, leaving the now poisonous political moves to his successor. Boris would be declared DOA even if he did manage to get the Premiership. Thus, the "poison chalice" allusion.

48 hours after the fact and Britain is reeling, waking up to the reality they have ignorantly wrought.

For the Brexit Bandits, Brexit has always been a naked ploy to gain power--nothing more. Gaining that power would now mean their nearly instantaneous political death.

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'People Are Really, Really Hoping This Theory About David Cameron and Brexit is True' [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2016 OP

In your last paragraph… If he runs for leadership of the party… Are you refering to Cameron? midnight Jun 2016 #1

It's a reference to Boris Johnson. Skinner Jun 2016 #3

That is a really fascinating take. Skinner Jun 2016 #2

+1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #15

The Poisoned Chalice theory TubbersUK Jun 2016 #4

What if the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle ... surrealAmerican Jun 2016 #24

LOL n/t TubbersUK Jun 2016 #27

Danny Kaye. One absolutely has to have video on this! longship Jun 2016 #28

There has been a change... meaculpa2011 Jun 2016 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #5

Maybe, maybe not TubbersUK Jun 2016 #7

Conventional wisdom has been Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #11

Interesting - thanks very much for the update :) n/t TubbersUK Jun 2016 #13

"A poison chalice"...long may the Tories quaff its contents. Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #6

And save some for their American counterparts AwakeAtLast Jun 2016 #30

Um Craig234 Jun 2016 #8

Boris has been checkmated by Cameron. The Brexit ringleaders expected Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #10

About that Craig234 Jun 2016 #26

Jesus. Could you learn what you're talking about, pls? Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #34

Learn what you're talking about Craig234 Jun 2016 #36

"The UK", not "England". Spider Jerusalem Jun 2016 #37

And now you're nitpicking Craig234 Jun 2016 #38

This was really about a power play within the Tory party. vintx Jun 2016 #35

Thanks so much BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #9

Boris Johnson, like Trump, if elected HAS to follow through on Brexit (or Trump 'tearing up' pampango Jun 2016 #12

Very, very interesting take. auntpurl Jun 2016 #14

King took King JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #16

I'm laughing my ass off here. Stinky The Clown Jun 2016 #17

Maybe Boris Johnson knows it now.... paleotn Jun 2016 #18

They were having too much fun trolling to realize that they might The Second Stone Jun 2016 #29

The EU says that they're treating the referendum as binding and are going to follow it anyway. craigmatic Jun 2016 #19

To the EU it's a game similar to ''Too Big to Fail" bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #20

They can't. The member nation has to invoke Artivle 50. NT Adrahil Jun 2016 #25

They will violate their own treaty if they do it. roamer65 Jun 2016 #32

Seems to me the Brexiters, Boris Johnson in particular, are analogous truebluegreen Jun 2016 #21

Pure plebiscite bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #23

K&R trof Jun 2016 #22

Interesting. n/t DirkGently Jun 2016 #33

KnR to read link tomorrow Hekate Jun 2016 #39