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[brain_stew]

Talk of Corbyn going next. Country is in full on meltdown.

 

[uncleniccius]

lol, what is this nonsense

Just you wait until you get a new tory pm and you'll be wishing Cameron was staying. I'm amazed you can't see that.

He was killed by having a number of Thatcherite mps.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Will there be an election following this?

Nope! Same deal as Blair-Brown. But the Conservatives have a vulnerable majority that has already led to failures in Parliament (the whole tax credit stuff etc).

I would be surprised if BoJo ran unopposed. And even more surprised if at the end of the leadership contest than enough backbenchers are on-side enough to continue a stable government.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Absolutely right this cunt should resign.

In his attempt to play petty politics, he's pretty much doomed the country and left it with a much worse off future.

 

[Tommy DJ]

A fun guest host on Have I Got News For You.

A terrifying prospect as Prime Minister.

I'm actually legitmately pissed at HIGNFY because as far as I'm concerned, they made Boris seem like a harmless clown when he's anything but.

Like the current batch of high ranking Tories seem literally evil compared to any spiteful politician we might have in Australia.

 

[Jezbollah]

37%.

So no.

329 seats. A majority.

No one has won a UK general election with over 50% of the common vote since the 1930s.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

In one night, a country imploded.

 

[bomma_man]

imagine boris and trump as the leaders of the anglo world lololol

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson

Michael Gove, Theresa May, Boris Johnson.

All lunatics.

Pretty much every other Tory waiting in the wings.

It's going to be Boris. We're irretrievably fucked now.

Oh you have no idea.

Boris Johnson.

There are far, far worse Tories than Cameron. Far worse. The full on nutter right wing of the party will now have control of the party. Nothing will be sacred now.

All right, seems like Boris is considered far worse. I am not that familiar with UK's politics, care to summarize for me why?

 

[Socrates92]

When Cameron leaving feels like a catastrophe, you know we've got unspeakable levels of shit coming our way.

I am lost for words. Surreal.

 

[AnathemicOne]

Holy fucking shit this is unbelievable. I fear for the UK and the world economy

 

[InsanerBrainer]

So after looking up who this Boris Johnson guy is...

...If Donald Trump and British Donald Trump come into power at the same time there's some large scale behind the scenes fuckery going on here.

 

[CyclopsRock]

Eh, if it's like Canada you're still voting for the leader/party though. No one gives a fuck about the local MPs

Sure. I was just illustrating that a party winning a landslide (or not) and a PM resigning are effectively not affected by one another.

 

[Kurtofan]

utter mess.

 

[Jezbollah]

TLDR: Boris Johnson is a cross between Donald Trump and Mr Bean.

 

[Busty]

There are far, far worse Tories than Cameron. Far worse. The full on nutter right wing of the party will now have control of the party. Nothing will be sacred now.

*sighs*

This.

The future, sadly, is bleak.

 

[The Naked Priest]

For England's best I hope Nigel Farage will be the next PM.

He will do a great job.

 

[DorkLord54]

imagine boris and trump as the leaders of the anglo world lololol

Can't we just have Trudeau and Sturgeon be our faces to the rest of the world? At this point, I'd take Bush and Abbott.

 

[TCRS]

yeeeeess

boris johnson next

 

[thatdamnmook]

Talk of Corbyn going next. Country is in full on meltdown.

Get rid of him IMO

When Boris becomes party leader and calls a GE, if Corbyn is still leader he will be utterly crushed.

 

[HUELEN10]

One thing's for sure, things just got a lot more interesting for Americans that wanna move to Canada or Australia should the current GOP candidate win the presidency.

This stuff with GB truly affects us all, doesn't it?

 

[nOoblet16]

Most likely replaced by either Johnson or Gove.

 

[O Canada Our Home and Native Land]

So after looking up who this Boris Johnson guy is...

...If Donald Trump and British Donald Trump come into power at the same time there's some large scale behind the scenes fuckery going on here.

Ok, you guys can't make fun of us when we elect Trump if this guy is your next PM.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

David Cameron: "Fuck this and fuck you, I'm out"

Such a great leader.

 

[uncleniccius]

There are far, far worse Tories than Cameron. Far worse. The full on nutter right wing of the party will now have control of the party. Nothing will be sacred now.

Thank you. Some people on here are being blinded by their hatred of the tories and are unable to see how much worse things are going to get.

 

[legendaryskitch]

Ok, you guys can't make fun of us when we elect Trump if this guy is your next PM.

Pretty sure they already lost that right by actually voting to leave the EU earlier. That is some next level dumb shit. I pray for not only the UK but the world.

 

[+Aliken+]

329 seats. A majority.

No one has won a UK general election with over 50% of the common vote since the 1930s.

Not a landslide.
That was the question.

 

[web01]

Sensationalist scaremongering to say UK is fucked.

 

[exmachina64]

All right, seems like Boris is considered far worse. I am not that familiar with UK's politics, care to summarize for me why?

He's British Donald Trump.

 

[darkace]

David Cameron was a good leader, one of the best in the UK parliament. Sad to see him step down. And worried about who comes next.

 

[RibMan]

This week is ending on a tremendously fascinating note.

Doesn't Cameron stepping down all but guarantee Brexit won't be challenged?

 

[kharma45]

Pity. DC was a very good PM.

 

[ghostjoke]

The idea of Boris Johnson being the one negotiating this is an amazing sitcom premise. Real life though, please no, for the sake of everything, no.

HIGNFY, you have a lot to answer for.

 

[Plasma]

Talk of Corbyn going next. Country is in full on meltdown.

Good his fucking blown it as labour leader and his sat on the sidelines this whole referendum.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Oddly relevant?

http://youtu.be/qvIUa47x_Oc

I'll never get over the Speaker in this video.

Like he's acting like he is in a sketch from a Bit of Fry & Laurie, whilst he is wearing one of the most ridiculous ties I've ever seen.

 

[Lightning Count]

Anyone better Boris Johnson or Farage as his successor. I spoke rashly earlier but Cameron was one of the better tories.

 

[Lakitu]

Boris as PM, Gove as deputy.

Kill me now.

 

[Moppeh]

Is Boris or Nigel really popular enough to be PM? I don't know much about British politics but it seems like all this Brexit backlash would bite them in the ass, right? Would pro-leavers still vote for these people even after the tanking of the economy and the downright lies?

 

[Interceptor]

Glorious day. Laughing so hard right now at all those politically correct 22 year olds shivering in fear of a hysterical WW III. Your arrogant ignorance caused this great project to fail. Glooming in self righteousness they still call everyone racist who doesnt agree with their black and white world. Wonderful.

 

[AngryMoth]

It's gonna be Boris. Fuck

Out of the frying pan, into the fire

 

[sono]

His full speech is here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2beKSqnZI

 

[Ghost]

Never thought I would be sorry to see Cameron go, but it's literally only going to get worse now.

 

[Staf]

From the outside, specifically Sweden, he seemed to be sane and pragmatic. Huge loss in these times.

 

[orochi91]

Glorious day. Laughing so hard right now at all those politically correct 22 year olds shivering in fear of a hysterical WW III. Your arrogant ignorance caused this great project to fail. Glooming in self righteousness they still call everyone racist who doesnt agree with their black and white world. Wonderful.

What are you talking about?

What does political correctness have to do with this?

 

[Gurgelhals]

Is Boris or Nigel really popular enough to be PM? I don't know much about British politics but it seems like all this Brexit backlash would bite them in the ass, right? Would pro-leavers still vote for these people even after the tanking of the economy and the downright lies?

There doesn't have to be a general election (and even if there were, a conservative majority seems rather likely because Labour is a mess right now and FPtP sucks).

Ultimately, it's entirely up to the conservative party who becomes PM next. Which means, yes, everything is fucked.

 

[blazinglord]

TLDR: Boris Johnson is a cross between Donald Trump and Mr Bean.

To be fair, he wasn't too bad as London Mayor. He is pretty hands off on general stuff, delegating a lot, while he focuses on pet projects like bendy buses. So I don't think if he did became PM, it would be a complete disaster on the scale of Trump becoming Prez

 

[DeathyBoy]

Just you wait until you get a new tory pm and you'll be wishing Cameron was staying. I'm amazed you can't see that.

He was killed by having a number of Thatcherite mps.

Of course the next person will be worse. It's been a string of shit for decades. But I won't shed a tear that Cameron's gone. He's a two faced snake who's too much of a coward to even try and sort things out on a surface level.

Him running out of the sand box says it all, and anyone defending him should wake up and realise that he's fucked us two times over. But I'm not naive enough to think the next PM will be better.

 

[Staf]

Absolutely right this cunt should resign.

In his attempt to play petty politics, he's pretty much doomed the country and left it with a much worse off future.

By allowing people to vote on Brexit? Nonsense, the people who voted for leaving are to blame for this not Cameron.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Is Boris or Nigel really popular enough to be PM? I don't know much about British politics but it seems like all this Brexit backlash would bite them in the ass, right? Would pro-leavers still vote for these people even after the tanking of the economy and the downright lies?

Nigel Farage can't be PM as he's not a Conservative and isn't an MP. Boris Johnson is a possibility. As for your 2nd point yes they would, people like BoJo would just spin it some other way so it's totally not their fault.

 

[BrassDragon]

Well, he certainly did leave a legacy.