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oldsoftie

(12,489 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2019, 07:08 AM Jul 2019

Developing: Boris Johnson elected next British Prime Minister

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Source: MSNBC

Boris Johnson speaking now on his victory.

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Developing: Boris Johnson elected next British Prime Minister (Original Post) oldsoftie Jul 2019 OP

The Onion has occupied this hemisphere. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #1

British Lose Right to Claim That Americans Are Dumber nycbos Jul 2019 #2

And now the West as we know it is truly fucked... Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #3

Pitcairn Island. jeffreyi Jul 2019 #6

Brexit and Boris Johnson are designed chaos Yavin4 Jul 2019 #4

I never thought my British friends BlueIdaho Jul 2019 #5

This world is getting terrifying. OliverQ Jul 2019 #7

Locking ... Yonnie3 Jul 2019 #8

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)

1. The Onion has occupied this hemisphere.

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 08:38 AM

Jul 2019

..........

nycbos

(6,034 posts)

2. British Lose Right to Claim That Americans Are Dumber

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 09:41 AM

Jul 2019

An oldie but still good.

LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—Across the United Kingdom on Friday, Britons mourned their long-cherished right to claim that Americans were significantly dumber than they are.

Luxuriating in the superiority of their intellect over Americans’ has long been a favorite pastime in Britain, surpassing in popularity such games as cricket, darts, and snooker.

But, according to Alistair Dorrinson, a pub owner in North London, British voters have done irreparable damage to the “most enjoyable sport this nation has ever known: namely, treating Americans like idiots.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

3. And now the West as we know it is truly fucked...

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:16 AM

Jul 2019

We had a good run, I guess... Maybe I can emigrate to India or someplace...

jeffreyi

(1,938 posts)

6. Pitcairn Island.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:31 AM

Jul 2019

My impeccable source (a podcast) says they are looking for fresh troops.

Yavin4

(35,421 posts)

4. Brexit and Boris Johnson are designed chaos

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:19 AM

Jul 2019

Thrust the UK into a fiscal emergency and then proceed to privatize public services.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)

5. I never thought my British friends

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:28 AM

Jul 2019

Could be this stupid. Brexit will put the UK on its knees.

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)

7. This world is getting terrifying.

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:32 AM

Jul 2019

Yonnie3

(17,420 posts)

8. Locking ...

Reply to oldsoftie (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2019, 11:09 AM

Jul 2019

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