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Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 06:57 PM Jun 2016

Two reasons I'm tentatively hoping Johnson beats May


1) I think the commitment to leave the EU would be much easier to walk back for a repentant Brexiter than a Remainer ignoring the fact that they just lost, and I find the theory that Johnson never actually intended Brexit to win, while far from certain, plausible.

2) If the catastrophe continues to unfold as I fear, I think that being tarred with the Brexit brush will make him easier for a post-Corbyn Labour to defeat in the next election (especially if it comes soon) than someone who backed remain would be.

Far from sure I'm right on either count, though.
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Two reasons I'm tentatively hoping Johnson beats May (Original Post) Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 OP
Unless sabbat hunter Jun 2016 #1
Personally, Denzil_DC Jun 2016 #2
Jeremy Hunt is considering standing! LeftishBrit Jun 2016 #3
My sister, who is a junior doctor, burst out giggling when she heard that. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #4

LeftishBrit

(41,190 posts)
3. Jeremy Hunt is considering standing!
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 05:55 AM
Jun 2016

And Facebook suggested for me a site called 'ItsGotToBeGove', which indicates that, even if they're spying on my searches, posts, etc,, they're not doing it very effectively!

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
4. My sister, who is a junior doctor, burst out giggling when she heard that.
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 07:55 AM
Jun 2016

At least it would get him away from health...

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