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Denzil_DC

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29. Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary,
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 04:56 PM
Jul 2018

Boris has walked back into the same lucrative gig.

It sounds like he's taken a bit of a pay cut, though. He was getting £300,000+ a year, now he's only getting £250,000 a year.

Of course, it was his ill-informed and malicious scribblings that played a not inconsiderable role in landing us with this almighty mess in the first place.

Still, nice money if you can get it.

The Independent's now updating its story: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #1
May must make the case for patriotism. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2018 #27
And another one's going: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #2
Davis's resignation letter: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #3
And May's reply: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #4
From all that, it's difficult to know who to blame more.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #5
Agree on all points LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #6
Commiserations on having President Fart nearby this week T_i_B Jul 2018 #17
Quite a lot of us were there to express our views on having him in our backyard! LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #24
I support the anti-Trump protestors even more now.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #25
My reading is that May finally realized that the only way out of the years-long impasse Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #8
From a distance, seems to me it all began with Cameron. Matilda Jul 2018 #23
Steve Baker and Suella Braverman have also resigned LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #7
Johnson finally resigns! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #9
Good riddance, except that he may now seek the keys to No. 10 and ultra-hard Brexit LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #10
The thought of Boris as PM obviously isn't one I'm keen on. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #11
I think that although opinion polls would want a GE I doubt the Tories would listen Soph0571 Jul 2018 #12
One name being mentioned as Foreign Secretary on social media at the moment is Gove. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #13
I think he would fly to take that job Soph0571 Jul 2018 #14
I suspect he'd do his damnedest to sprout wings if he could! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #15
Oh, and this is fun: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #16
I checked oddschecker for who was favourite as new Foreign Secretary. "Tristram Hunt", strangely muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #18
The bookies, for once, don't seem to have any more of a clue than the rest of us: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #20
It's Jeremy H*nt T_i_B Jul 2018 #21
If Labour win a general election and get saddled with this mess.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #19
So now Jeremy Rhyming-Slang will be Foreign Secretary LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #22
One thing worrying me about Boris Johnson is his ambition. calimary Jul 2018 #26
I think he will be pontificating for the Telegraph again. T_i_B Jul 2018 #28
Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary, Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #29
Add this to the list: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #30
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