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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh My! Boris Johnson rules himself out of Tory leadership race after Gove ditches him [View all]
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/30/boris-johnson-rules-himself-out-of-tory-leadership-race-brexit-eu-referendum<snip>
Boris Johnson has unexpectedly ruled himself out of the Conservative leadership race hours after his key ally Michael Gove announced a challenge for the top job, on a turbulent morning.
Speaking at a hotel in central London, where he had been expected to launch his candidacy, Johnson gave an upbeat speech, saying the agenda for the next prime minister was for the UK to become a more outward-looking nation that resets its relationship with Europe.
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The backstabbing among British Cons is breath-taking.
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malaise
Jun 2016
OP
So the 'Trump' of the UK could lead promote the chaos but had no plan of what to do next.
pampango
Jun 2016
#3
And yet the PLP instead of taking advantage of the Tory infighting..........
socialist_n_TN
Jun 2016
#4
No they don't. They know that having a left of left politician will get them nowhere...see here
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#5
I guarantee you, if there was a GE tomorrow, the British press would have Corbyn dressed up as
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#7
This is the hard left trying to hang onto what they've got, which will end up with Labour either
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#18
Maybe you know this, but has there been a policy change within the Socialist movement to rebrand as
OnDoutside
Jun 2016
#36
It's just that it seems Progressive is publicly used as a smokescreen because the word Socialist is
OnDoutside
Jul 2016
#59
It won't go down well in the UK, it's not that kind of country AND I cannot repeat enough, the Media
OnDoutside
Jul 2016
#65
No, they're trying to pull the party back from the brink; it's Corbyn who is destroying it.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2016
#9
I find it heart-breaking that left-wingers are campaigning so effectively for the Tories.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jun 2016
#19
Absolutely, he should be. Speaking of criminal, just started to key in on Lord Ashcroft
suffragette
Jul 2016
#66
I think that sentiment fits in perfectly with Cameron's announcement that he wasn't the guy to
Lucinda
Jun 2016
#16
Bought dam time! Their 'piss on the poor' economic system about destroyed the planet.
Rex
Jun 2016
#26
They love to exploit others, who could have predicted such sadistic folks would rise to such power?
Rex
Jun 2016
#34