Almost HALF of Tory members want to 'reduce Muslims coming to UK', shock poll shows EXCLUSIVE: A poll for Hope Not Hate has alarming revelations about the 160,000 Conservative members who'll choose our next Prime Minister
Almost half of Tory party members (40%) believe the Government should "lower the number of Muslims entering Britain," according to the survey. The results of the YouGov poll for Hope Not Hate also show more than two thirds of those questioned (67%) believe the lie that parts of Britain operate under Sharia law. The poll shows 45% also believe the falsehood, bolstered by Donald Trump, that there are "no go" areas for non-Muslims in the UK. And it shows 39% believe "Islamist terrorists reflect a widespread hostility to Britain amongst the Muslim community".
With his picture on many of the front pages for the fourth day running, the Times reports that Boris Johnson is launching a "fightback" to reassure Tory activists he's the right man to lead the party. It says he will make five public appearances today - all heavily stage-managed - to try to dispel claims by his leadership challenger, Jeremy Hunt, that he is avoiding scrutiny. The Guardian describes it as a "media blitz" and a firm departure from his previous "submarine" tactic of keeping out of the spotlight. In an excoriating column for the paper, Mr Johnson's former boss at The Telegraph - Max Hastings - accuses him of cowardice, self-obsession and moral bankruptcy. "The Conservative party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people", writes Hastings, "who will not find it funny for long".
The New Statesman website says the former foreign secretary has no choice but to change media strategy - after he declined to answer questions about the late-night altercation with his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, that prompted neighbours to call the police. That refusal, according to Stephen Bush, means "another day of the row being the topic of discussion, as opposed to literally any other subject." But the Sun says the mudslinging has already gone on for too long - and calls on the Tories to avoid a "juvenile slanging match" as the race for Number Ten intensifies.
Theresa Mays Withdrawal Bill is in the bin. That is except for the bit on citizens rights which he wants to reach an agreement on. The backstop bit is kicked into the long grass, and agreed on at some point in the future. We wont be paying the money we owe. He wants a transition period, which he is calling a standstill period where we just carry on as we are. He intends to trade tariff free, under "Gatt 24".
There is one slight problem relating to his plan, which is that none of it is at all possible.
Boris Johnson once again dominates the morning papers, with one phrase proving particularly irresistible to the editors. "Do or die" are the words that leap out from the front pages of the Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Express and the i. Taken from Mr Johnson's interview with Talk Radio, it refers to his pledge to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October "come what may", if he becomes the next prime minister.
The Times says his stance has been "met with dismay" in Brussels, with one diplomat telling the paper that his plans were "divorced from reality". The Daily Express says Mr Johnson's "bold Brexit pledge" amounts to him "putting his political career on the line". The Independent website brings us the reaction of Lord Kerslake, the former head of the civil service, who says that by tying himself to that date, Mr Johnson was like an escapologist who has "put on a straitjacket, padlocked the door and started the tap running". The Telegraph warns that his Brexit pledges need to be followed through.
'National crisis' Away from the Tory leadership battle, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail both lead with health stories. The Telegraph reports that hundreds of rural villages have lost their GP surgeries. The paper's own investigation reveals the number of families living more than an hour away from their nearest GP has gone up by 40% in two years. The paper calls it "a national crisis that needs to be urgently addressed". The Mail front page headline claims doctors are saying it is racist to charge foreign nationals for using the NHS. It comes after delegates at the British Medical Association's annual conference voted to back a motion that said charging visitors from other countries made medical staff "complicit in racism". The paper says the doctors union will now lobby the Department of Health on the issue. The Guardian says the existing rules have been criticised for stopping undocumented migrants from accessing the medical care they need because they could not pay the fees in advance - the paper says some of those denied care have died. The Mail's editorial says changing the rules would let "health tourists exploit our system" and argues that Britain's national health service cannot afford to become an international one.
Boris Johnson’s premiership could be an ‘opportunity for disaster’, warns ex-civil service chief Lord Kerslake says Britain is also facing most ‘perilous’ state than at any point in his long career
“My strongest memory of Boris though was something he said in jest after one of his self-inflicted mishaps. He said: ‘Just remember out of every disaster comes an opportunity.’ “He then paused and said: ‘Or in my case an opportunity for another disaster.’ Boris as PM may just be another opportunity for disaster.”
Bumbling Boris Johnson takes to the airwaves to lie, lie and lie again
Tory leader-in-waiting unable even to maintain the most basic rules of conversation
Look, said Ferrari, the hair’s all wrong in the photo. It’s much longer than it is now. So this picture was taken months ago. You’ve been taking the public for fools. “Um... er... crikey,” Johnson stammered, trying to rediscover the inner clown tribute act which had proved such a winner in the early years of his political career. The thing about his hair ... The thing about him was he was so virile – literally overflowing with **** at times – that his hair grew incredibly fast and he sometimes had to have it cut two or three times a day.
There was no more coherence from Johnson when listeners were invited to have their say. Especially on Brexit. The man Tory MPs have staked their careers on is literally clueless about Brexit. His ignorance near total. First, he would get the EU to admit the withdrawal agreement was nonsense. Then he’d set up some badger border patrols in Northern Ireland. As for the £39bn, he’d treat it with some creative ambiguity. Much like his relationships. A need-to-know basis.
But how can we trust you, asked Mike from Littlehampton. You were rubbish as London mayor and rubbish as foreign secretary. “Um... er... wiffle... waffle...,” Johnson bumbled, a bead of sweat appearing on his brow. The thing about trust was that it was over-rated. People had tried voting for politicians they trusted and that hadn’t worked out, so now it was time for someone who could be relied on to let you down and not tell the truth. The kind of unreliability you could trust. Close to the end, as the interview disintegrated into a gestalt therapy session, Johnson broke down. “People are trying to stop me achieving what I want to achieve,” he sobbed. Finally the mask had dropped and we had the real man. One with the limitless sense of entitlement who believes that normal rules do not apply to him. Being prime minister was only ever a box to tick on his CV. An ego trip of narcissistic self-gratification. It had never occurred to him that being prime minister was about other people’s needs. It had only ever been about him. Johnson was still a complete wreck an hour later when he gave a second interview to TalkRadio’s Ross Kempsell. Now he didn’t even bother trying to talk in proper sentences. He had regressed so far he was pre-verbal. “Do or die,” he snapped. Brexit as Biggles book. He would do and the rest of us could die. Yes, he might have been slung out by his wife. Yes, the police might have been called to his girlfriend’s flat. Yes, he was basically dossing on the floor, living out of a suitcase with his underpants only held together by the stains. But in his mind he was Mummy’s “King of the World”
Then came the final implosion. Asked what he liked to do in his spare time, Johnson literally had no idea what to say as even he could see that “shagging” wasn’t an appropriate answer. “Um... er...,” he said. He liked making buses from wooden crates. No, not crates, but cardboard boxes. Then he coloured them in red, wrote £350m down the side, and painted in happy faces of people all saying how much they loved Boris before breaking into a chorus of The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round. Call it occupational therapy for a sex and love addict. Kempsell understandably looked amazed. Even Johnson looked as if he had surprised himself. It was such a pointless, obvious lie. One there had been no need to tell. But he just couldn’t help himself. Lying was what he did. Lying was what he had always done. And it would almost certainly earn him the keys to Downing Street. In the meantime, one of his carers was sent off to make a cardboard bus. Just so they would have something to show the media.
Bumbling Boris Johnson takes to the airwaves to lie, lie and lie again
Tory leader-in-waiting unable even to maintain the most basic rules of conversation
Look, said Ferrari, the hair’s all wrong in the photo. It’s much longer than it is now. So this picture was taken months ago. You’ve been taking the public for fools. “Um... er... crikey,” Johnson stammered, trying to rediscover the inner clown tribute act which had proved such a winner in the early years of his political career. The thing about his hair ... The thing about him was he was so virile – literally overflowing with **** at times – that his hair grew incredibly fast and he sometimes had to have it cut two or three times a day.
There was no more coherence from Johnson when listeners were invited to have their say. Especially on Brexit. The man Tory MPs have staked their careers on is literally clueless about Brexit. His ignorance near total. First, he would get the EU to admit the withdrawal agreement was nonsense. Then he’d set up some badger border patrols in Northern Ireland. As for the £39bn, he’d treat it with some creative ambiguity. Much like his relationships. A need-to-know basis.
But how can we trust you, asked Mike from Littlehampton. You were rubbish as London mayor and rubbish as foreign secretary. “Um... er... wiffle... waffle...,” Johnson bumbled, a bead of sweat appearing on his brow. The thing about trust was that it was over-rated. People had tried voting for politicians they trusted and that hadn’t worked out, so now it was time for someone who could be relied on to let you down and not tell the truth. The kind of unreliability you could trust. Close to the end, as the interview disintegrated into a gestalt therapy session, Johnson broke down. “People are trying to stop me achieving what I want to achieve,” he sobbed. Finally the mask had dropped and we had the real man. One with the limitless sense of entitlement who believes that normal rules do not apply to him. Being prime minister was only ever a box to tick on his CV. An ego trip of narcissistic self-gratification. It had never occurred to him that being prime minister was about other people’s needs. It had only ever been about him. Johnson was still a complete wreck an hour later when he gave a second interview to TalkRadio’s Ross Kempsell. Now he didn’t even bother trying to talk in proper sentences. He had regressed so far he was pre-verbal. “Do or die,” he snapped. Brexit as Biggles book. He would do and the rest of us could die. Yes, he might have been slung out by his wife. Yes, the police might have been called to his girlfriend’s flat. Yes, he was basically dossing on the floor, living out of a suitcase with his underpants only held together by the stains. But in his mind he was Mummy’s “King of the World”
Then came the final implosion. Asked what he liked to do in his spare time, Johnson literally had no idea what to say as even he could see that “shagging” wasn’t an appropriate answer. “Um... er...,” he said. He liked making buses from wooden crates. No, not crates, but cardboard boxes. Then he coloured them in red, wrote £350m down the side, and painted in happy faces of people all saying how much they loved Boris before breaking into a chorus of The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round. Call it occupational therapy for a sex and love addict. Kempsell understandably looked amazed. Even Johnson looked as if he had surprised himself. It was such a pointless, obvious lie. One there had been no need to tell. But he just couldn’t help himself. Lying was what he did. Lying was what he had always done. And it would almost certainly earn him the keys to Downing Street. In the meantime, one of his carers was sent off to make a cardboard bus. Just so they would have something to show the media.
More This is an open offer to any of the poorly paid interns within Boris Johnson's media team: I will pay you cold, hard cash for a screenshot of the text, email or WhatsApp message which demanded you start making demented little winebox bus art projects.
More This is truly weird. Boris Johnson, likely the next Prime Minister of the UK, gets asked what he likes to do in his free time, to relax. Watch what he says...it's so bizarre that it's mesmerizing. Via @talkRADIO
Brexit: $1 trillion of assets and 7,000 banking jobs moved from UK to EU so far, research finds
City financial firms have so far moved at least 7,000 jobs and $1 trillion of assets out of the UK to prepare for Brexit, with the true cost likely to be higher, according to new research. Brexit has also now cost major financial services firms £4bn for moving staff, legal advice, contingency plans and other outlays, accounting and consultancy firm EY found. The £4bn is made up of £2.6bn spent by companies building up their presence in other financial centres such as Frankfurt, Dublin and Paris to ensure smooth operation of services once London is outside the European Union, as well as more than £1.3bn on contingency planning and staff relocations.
Boris Johnson's pledge to revive his referendum campaign idea to introduce an Australian-style points-based system for migrants is widely reported - and makes the main story for the Telegraph. It says foreigners who want to work in Britain will have to be able to speak English and must have a job before they arrive if he becomes prime minister. "Boris talks tough on migrants" is the Mail's headline. According to the Times, Mr Johnson believes the system has proved effective, is supported by the public in Australia and has generated a lot of interest in Britain. The Financial Times says Theresa May's decade-long legacy of restrictions on students, workers and family migrants - forged at the Home Office and Downing Street - is being dismantled before she has left office.
A promise by Mr Johnson's Tory leadership rival, Jeremy Hunt, to consider preserving free TV licences for all over-75s is the lead for the Express and the Mirror. Mr Hunt tells the Express the Conservatives should stick to their 2017 election manifesto commitment to keep the free licences. The Mirror says he told LBC radio: "I'm not comfortable with the way things have ended up."
Wednesday's warning by the leaders of social care departments in England that the system is failing elderly and disabled people makes the lead for the Guardian. The paper says the frank message reflects deep frustration at the government's repeated neglect of promises to come up with a way to pay for growing adult social care needs. A funding green paper - promised more than 18 months ago - has been postponed six times, it adds.
Boris Johnson: odds of no-deal Brexit are 'a million-to-one against' Tory leadership frontrunner’s claim comes one day after he said UK will leave EU ‘come what may, do or die’
Boris Johnson has said the chances of a no-deal Brexit are a “million-to-one against”, despite promising to leave on 31 October whether or not he has managed to strike a new agreement with the European Union. Johnson, the frontrunner to be prime minister, told a hustings that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were vanishingly small, as he believed there was a mood in the EU and among MPs to pass a new Brexit deal. “It is absolutely vital that we prepare for a no-deal Brexit if we are going to get a deal,” he said. “But I don’t think that is where we are going to end up – I think it is a million-to-one against – but it is vital that we prepare.” He said there was a new feeling of “common sense breaking out” among MPs in favour of passing a deal, despite many of his Eurosceptic backers believing he is readying himself for a no deal Brexit.
It comes just a day after he promised in a TalkRadio interview to leave the EU on 31 October “come what may, do or die”, raising fears among moderate Tory MPs and opposition parties that he was intending to push through a no-deal Brexit. The EU has repeatedly said it will not revisit Theresa May’s withdrawal deal and experts are severely sceptical that a new prime minister can secure any changes to the controversial Northern Ireland backstop hated by Eurosceptics by the end of October.
The Government would pass the Withdrawal Agreement, followed by a 21 month implementation period, during which nothing would change, providing certainty for business.
The future trading relationship would be negotiated during the implementation period, and if they were not concluded by the end, the backstop would come into play, only until trading arrangements were finalised.
The backstop was blamed for Parliament not passing the WA.
Many MPs stated that their argument against the backstop was that it wasn't time limited, and that we could end up stuck in the backstop forever.
I think this is a completely bogus argument. The backstop was an arrangement where a hard border would be avoided in Ireland.
The fact that it would only come into play if trade negotiations weren't completed, and only last until they were, surely assumes a temporary nature.
Did anyone really assume that these trade negotiations could last forever?
Surely if these negotiations dragged on for years without any sign of an agreement, we would have made alternative arrangements.
It is hard to imagine that a deal couldn't be finalised, when both sides benefit from reaching a deal.
In the early days of the negotiations Theresa May was accused of cherry picking, as our side was clearly trying to gain the benefits of membership without committing to the associated responsibilities,
It would seem that we have gone full circle, and are back to cherry picking.
The EU have consistently maintained that cherry picking would not be acceptable.
Yet neither of our candidates have a coherent plan.
Both of them say they will negotiate a new deal, yet the EU are clear on the fact that there will be no further negotiation on the WA.
Parliament has 20 sitting days from when the new PM is appointed, and the leaving deadline.
It is difficult to see what may be accomplished in less than 3 weeks, that couldn't have been negotiated in the 3 years since the referendum.
Boris has said in the last couple of days that do or die we leave in October, with or without a deal. He maintains that he would prefer to leave with a deal, but has obviously learnt nothing from Theresa May painting herself into corners.
Jeremy Hunt has been less clear on the deadline, which probably makes him less electable to the Tory members.
Boris has put himself in a position where he will be unable to backtrack.
You have to question whether it is possible to negotiate a new deal in 3 weeks.
You also have to question whether Parliament, will sit back and watch us leave with no deal.
There seems to be around 12 Tory MPs that are saying that they are prepared to bring down their own Government in a no confidence vote, rather than accept no deal.
Boris said yesterday that he thought the odds on leaving without a deal were a million to one. This will not make him popular amongst his ERG supporters, and should be discouraged from a future as a bookmaker, should his political career go pear shaped.
His explanation surrounding tariff free trade is nonsense, as is his claim regarding an implementation period, in the case of a no deal Brexit.
Japan says next British PM must not lead UK out of EU without deal
Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister. In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The thing is the only people who want compromise are those who didnt want out in the first place.
Like I posted about a thousand posts ago Out means out, no negotiations, no deals, nothing , nowt, nada.
Just like a real divorce. Leave first, sort the who gets what out after. Also just like after a real divorce life goes on and gets better.
#lionsledbycowards
Are you being serious?
Yes thats what most brexit supporters voted for. No more payments to the EU. No more meddling by the ECJ. No more anything. Leave, goodbye, sayonara, go, do one, tarra, laters.
Germany still want to sell us their cars, France their wine etc. Spain will still want to fish in our waters etc except now they do it on our terms not theirs. Hello US. China, India, S.E. Asia.
Lets do business.
Japan says next British PM must not lead UK out of EU without deal
Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister. In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The thing is the only people who want compromise are those who didnt want out in the first place.
Like I posted about a thousand posts ago Out means out, no negotiations, no deals, nothing , nowt, nada.
Just like a real divorce. Leave first, sort the who gets what out after. Also just like after a real divorce life goes on and gets better.
#lionsledbycowards
Are you being serious?
Yes thats what most brexit supporters voted for. No more payments to the EU. No more meddling by the ECJ. No more anything. Leave, goodbye, sayonara, go, do one, tarra, laters.
Germany still want to sell us their cars, France their wine etc. Spain will still want to fish in our waters etc except now they do it on our terms not theirs. Hello US. China, India, S.E. Asia.
Lets do business.
Japan says next British PM must not lead UK out of EU without deal
Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister. In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
New Vauxhall Astra will be built in the UK – depending on Brexit terms
The next generation of the Vauxhall Astra will be built in the UK, but it will be conditional on the final terms of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the car giant has announced. Parent group PSA said the new model will be built in Ellesmere Port on Merseyside, which employs over 1,000 workers, if a satisfactory Brexit deal is reached. Unite regional officer Mick Chalmers said: “Unite has been in positive discussions with PSA about a new vehicle agreement and securing new models for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant. “A no-deal Brexit will destroy all of that along with the hope of securing the plant’s long-term future.
“It is imperative for the future of the thousands of people who depend on Vauxhall Ellesmere Port that a no-deal Brexit is taken off the table and a deal reached with the European Union that secures frictionless trade and tariff free access.
Boris Johnson is said by the Times to be preparing an emergency Budget - likely in September - in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The paper says the package of measures will include an overhaul of stamp duty and a moratorium on new regulations. The Daily Mail leads with the suggestion that a documentary about the Foreign Office was censored, to remove Boris Johnson's use of the word "turds" to describe the French in their approach to Brexit. It said the BBC had agreed to the edit following an official request. A "leaked Whitehall memo" is said to have warned that the undiplomatic language "would make Anglo-French relations awkward". The BBC said the production team had made judgements about the programme and were satisfied with the content.
Lets be honest here neither can afford to be independent.
If they want it let them have it, no more earn it in England spend it in Scotland, no more me or 3 million other visitors spending our money in Wales and I live half my life there at my caravan but I can always relocate to an English resort.
Immediate candidates for an E U bailout because theres zero economy to grow, apart from tourism and lets be honest If I have to through the rigmarole of passports and euros and a 5+ hour journey, I'm probably going to take a cheap flight to the sun rather than Edinburgh or the Highlands
Boris Johnson has wheeled out the old 'Australian points based immigration system' nonsense Boris Johnson is still lying, and still no one cares Boris Johnson's Brexit plan has been shown to be garbage. It has not stopped him sticking to it.
There’s been another round of Tory leadership hustings. Boris Johnson’s position on Brexit is still meaningless garbage. He still wants to “disaggregate bits of the withdrawal agreement”. He still wants to deal with the Irish border question “during the implementation period”, all the while continuing to have “frictionless trade” with the European Union.
It’s still the case the European Union say they will not countenance this. It is still the case that there is no implementation period unless an agreement is signed. It is still the case that his own deputy prime minister, David Lidington, has had to put out a statement saying exactly this – that the almost certain next prime minister’s plan for Brexit is a complete non-starter.
Guy Verhofstadt accuses Boris Johnson of 'foreigner bashing' and claims the Tory leadership frontrunner has 'learned NOTHING WHATSOEVER' from the past two years of Brexit talks European Parliament's chief Brexit co-ordinator ruled out changing Brexit deal Leading Europhile accused Mr Johnson of 'duping' voters to back Leave in 2016 Mr Verhofstadt said Mr Johnson would soon have to 'make good on his promises' Comments suggest Mr Johnson faces uphill task to persuade EU to renegotiate
Guy Verhofstadt has launched a stinging attack on Boris Johnson as he accused the Tory leadership front runner of 'foreigner bashing'. The European Parliament's chief Brexit co-ordinator claimed Mr Johnson had continued behaviour from the 2016 EU referendum campaign as he sought to 'dissemble, exaggerate and disinform the public about Brexit'.
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EXCLUSIVE: A poll for Hope Not Hate has alarming revelations about the 160,000 Conservative members who'll choose our next Prime Minister
Almost half of Tory party members (40%) believe the Government should "lower the number of Muslims entering Britain," according to the survey.
The results of the YouGov poll for Hope Not Hate also show more than two thirds of those questioned (67%) believe the lie that parts of Britain operate under Sharia law.
The poll shows 45% also believe the falsehood, bolstered by Donald Trump, that there are "no go" areas for non-Muslims in the UK.
And it shows 39% believe "Islamist terrorists reflect a widespread hostility to Britain amongst the Muslim community".
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/almost-half-tory-members-want-16905670
With his picture on many of the front pages for the fourth day running, the Times reports that Boris Johnson is launching a "fightback" to reassure Tory activists he's the right man to lead the party.
It says he will make five public appearances today - all heavily stage-managed - to try to dispel claims by his leadership challenger, Jeremy Hunt, that he is avoiding scrutiny.
The Guardian describes it as a "media blitz" and a firm departure from his previous "submarine" tactic of keeping out of the spotlight.
In an excoriating column for the paper, Mr Johnson's former boss at The Telegraph - Max Hastings - accuses him of cowardice, self-obsession and moral bankruptcy. "The Conservative party is about to foist a tasteless joke upon the British people", writes Hastings, "who will not find it funny for long".
The New Statesman website says the former foreign secretary has no choice but to change media strategy - after he declined to answer questions about the late-night altercation with his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, that prompted neighbours to call the police.
That refusal, according to Stephen Bush, means "another day of the row being the topic of discussion, as opposed to literally any other subject."
But the Sun says the mudslinging has already gone on for too long - and calls on the Tories to avoid a "juvenile slanging match" as the race for Number Ten intensifies.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-48753035
It seems that his intention is as follows.
Theresa Mays Withdrawal Bill is in the bin.
That is except for the bit on citizens rights which he wants to reach an agreement on.
The backstop bit is kicked into the long grass, and agreed on at some point in the future.
We wont be paying the money we owe.
He wants a transition period, which he is calling a standstill period where we just carry on as we are.
He intends to trade tariff free, under "Gatt 24".
There is one slight problem relating to his plan, which is that none of it is at all possible.
Boris Johnson once again dominates the morning papers, with one phrase proving particularly irresistible to the editors.
"Do or die" are the words that leap out from the front pages of the Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Express and the i.
Taken from Mr Johnson's interview with Talk Radio, it refers to his pledge to take the UK out of the EU by 31 October "come what may", if he becomes the next prime minister.
The Times says his stance has been "met with dismay" in Brussels, with one diplomat telling the paper that his plans were "divorced from reality".
The Daily Express says Mr Johnson's "bold Brexit pledge" amounts to him "putting his political career on the line".
The Independent website brings us the reaction of Lord Kerslake, the former head of the civil service, who says that by tying himself to that date, Mr Johnson was like an escapologist who has "put on a straitjacket, padlocked the door and started the tap running".
The Telegraph warns that his Brexit pledges need to be followed through.
'National crisis'
Away from the Tory leadership battle, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail both lead with health stories.
The Telegraph reports that hundreds of rural villages have lost their GP surgeries. The paper's own investigation reveals the number of families living more than an hour away from their nearest GP has gone up by 40% in two years.
The paper calls it "a national crisis that needs to be urgently addressed".
The Mail front page headline claims doctors are saying it is racist to charge foreign nationals for using the NHS.
It comes after delegates at the British Medical Association's annual conference voted to back a motion that said charging visitors from other countries made medical staff "complicit in racism".
The paper says the doctors union will now lobby the Department of Health on the issue.
The Guardian says the existing rules have been criticised for stopping undocumented migrants from accessing the medical care they need because they could not pay the fees in advance - the paper says some of those denied care have died.
The Mail's editorial says changing the rules would let "health tourists exploit our system" and argues that Britain's national health service cannot afford to become an international one.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-48766828
Lord Kerslake says Britain is also facing most ‘perilous’ state than at any point in his long career
“My strongest memory of Boris though was something he said in jest after one of his self-inflicted mishaps. He said: ‘Just remember out of every disaster comes an opportunity.’
“He then paused and said: ‘Or in my case an opportunity for another disaster.’ Boris as PM may just be another opportunity for disaster.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-october-no-deal-leave-remain-eu-a8974411.html
Tory leader-in-waiting unable even to maintain the most basic rules of conversation
Look, said Ferrari, the hair’s all wrong in the photo. It’s much longer than it is now. So this picture was taken months ago. You’ve been taking the public for fools. “Um... er... crikey,” Johnson stammered, trying to rediscover the inner clown tribute act which had proved such a winner in the early years of his political career. The thing about his hair ... The thing about him was he was so virile – literally overflowing with **** at times – that his hair grew incredibly fast and he sometimes had to have it cut two or three times a day.
There was no more coherence from Johnson when listeners were invited to have their say. Especially on Brexit. The man Tory MPs have staked their careers on is literally clueless about Brexit. His ignorance near total. First, he would get the EU to admit the withdrawal agreement was nonsense. Then he’d set up some badger border patrols in Northern Ireland. As for the £39bn, he’d treat it with some creative ambiguity. Much like his relationships. A need-to-know basis.
But how can we trust you, asked Mike from Littlehampton. You were rubbish as London mayor and rubbish as foreign secretary. “Um... er... wiffle... waffle...,” Johnson bumbled, a bead of sweat appearing on his brow. The thing about trust was that it was over-rated. People had tried voting for politicians they trusted and that hadn’t worked out, so now it was time for someone who could be relied on to let you down and not tell the truth. The kind of unreliability you could trust.
Close to the end, as the interview disintegrated into a gestalt therapy session, Johnson broke down. “People are trying to stop me achieving what I want to achieve,” he sobbed. Finally the mask had dropped and we had the real man. One with the limitless sense of entitlement who believes that normal rules do not apply to him. Being prime minister was only ever a box to tick on his CV. An ego trip of narcissistic self-gratification. It had never occurred to him that being prime minister was about other people’s needs. It had only ever been about him.
Johnson was still a complete wreck an hour later when he gave a second interview to TalkRadio’s Ross Kempsell. Now he didn’t even bother trying to talk in proper sentences. He had regressed so far he was pre-verbal. “Do or die,” he snapped. Brexit as Biggles book. He would do and the rest of us could die. Yes, he might have been slung out by his wife. Yes, the police might have been called to his girlfriend’s flat. Yes, he was basically dossing on the floor, living out of a suitcase with his underpants only held together by the stains. But in his mind he was Mummy’s “King of the World”
Then came the final implosion. Asked what he liked to do in his spare time, Johnson literally had no idea what to say as even he could see that “shagging” wasn’t an appropriate answer. “Um... er...,” he said. He liked making buses from wooden crates. No, not crates, but cardboard boxes. Then he coloured them in red, wrote £350m down the side, and painted in happy faces of people all saying how much they loved Boris before breaking into a chorus of The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round. Call it occupational therapy for a sex and love addict.
Kempsell understandably looked amazed. Even Johnson looked as if he had surprised himself. It was such a pointless, obvious lie. One there had been no need to tell. But he just couldn’t help himself. Lying was what he did. Lying was what he had always done. And it would almost certainly earn him the keys to Downing Street. In the meantime, one of his carers was sent off to make a cardboard bus. Just so they would have something to show the media.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/25/bumbling-boris-johnson-takes-to-airwaves-to-lie-lie-and-lie-again
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This is an open offer to any of the poorly paid interns within Boris Johnson's media team: I will pay you cold, hard cash for a screenshot of the text, email or WhatsApp message which demanded you start making demented little winebox bus art projects.
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This is truly weird. Boris Johnson, likely the next Prime Minister of the UK, gets asked what he likes to do in his free time, to relax. Watch what he says...it's so bizarre that it's mesmerizing. Via @talkRADIO
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I have thought about this a lot and I have realised that this is exactly how my 3yo son would answer this question.
City financial firms have so far moved at least 7,000 jobs and $1 trillion of assets out of the UK to prepare for Brexit, with the true cost likely to be higher, according to new research.
Brexit has also now cost major financial services firms £4bn for moving staff, legal advice, contingency plans and other outlays, accounting and consultancy firm EY found.
The £4bn is made up of £2.6bn spent by companies building up their presence in other financial centres such as Frankfurt, Dublin and Paris to ensure smooth operation of services once London is outside the European Union, as well as more than £1.3bn on contingency planning and staff relocations.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/brexit-1-trillion-assets-7-121400520.html
A no-deal Brexit could cost the UK car industry up to £70 million a day, according to a new report.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/car-chiefs-warn-knockout-blow-083914265.html
Boris Johnson's pledge to revive his referendum campaign idea to introduce an Australian-style points-based system for migrants is widely reported - and makes the main story for the Telegraph.
It says foreigners who want to work in Britain will have to be able to speak English and must have a job before they arrive if he becomes prime minister.
"Boris talks tough on migrants" is the Mail's headline. According to the Times, Mr Johnson believes the system has proved effective, is supported by the public in Australia and has generated a lot of interest in Britain.
The Financial Times says Theresa May's decade-long legacy of restrictions on students, workers and family migrants - forged at the Home Office and Downing Street - is being dismantled before she has left office.
A promise by Mr Johnson's Tory leadership rival, Jeremy Hunt, to consider preserving free TV licences for all over-75s is the lead for the Express and the Mirror.
Mr Hunt tells the Express the Conservatives should stick to their 2017 election manifesto commitment to keep the free licences.
The Mirror says he told LBC radio: "I'm not comfortable with the way things have ended up."
Wednesday's warning by the leaders of social care departments in England that the system is failing elderly and disabled people makes the lead for the Guardian.
The paper says the frank message reflects deep frustration at the government's repeated neglect of promises to come up with a way to pay for growing adult social care needs.
A funding green paper - promised more than 18 months ago - has been postponed six times, it adds.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-48780975
Tory leadership frontrunner’s claim comes one day after he said UK will leave EU ‘come what may, do or die’
Boris Johnson has said the chances of a no-deal Brexit are a “million-to-one against”, despite promising to leave on 31 October whether or not he has managed to strike a new agreement with the European Union.
Johnson, the frontrunner to be prime minister, told a hustings that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were vanishingly small, as he believed there was a mood in the EU and among MPs to pass a new Brexit deal.
“It is absolutely vital that we prepare for a no-deal Brexit if we are going to get a deal,” he said. “But I don’t think that is where we are going to end up – I think it is a million-to-one against – but it is vital that we prepare.”
He said there was a new feeling of “common sense breaking out” among MPs in favour of passing a deal, despite many of his Eurosceptic backers believing he is readying himself for a no deal Brexit.
It comes just a day after he promised in a TalkRadio interview to leave the EU on 31 October “come what may, do or die”, raising fears among moderate Tory MPs and opposition parties that he was intending to push through a no-deal Brexit.
The EU has repeatedly said it will not revisit Theresa May’s withdrawal deal and experts are severely sceptical that a new prime minister can secure any changes to the controversial Northern Ireland backstop hated by Eurosceptics by the end of October.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/26/boris-johnson-chances-of-no-deal-brexit-are-a-million-to-one-against
The original plan was simple.
The Government would pass the Withdrawal Agreement, followed by a 21 month implementation period, during which nothing would change, providing certainty for business.
The future trading relationship would be negotiated during the implementation period, and if they were not concluded by the end, the backstop would come into play, only until trading arrangements were finalised.
The backstop was blamed for Parliament not passing the WA.
Many MPs stated that their argument against the backstop was that it wasn't time limited, and that we could end up stuck in the backstop forever.
I think this is a completely bogus argument. The backstop was an arrangement where a hard border would be avoided in Ireland.
The fact that it would only come into play if trade negotiations weren't completed, and only last until they were, surely assumes a temporary nature.
Did anyone really assume that these trade negotiations could last forever?
Surely if these negotiations dragged on for years without any sign of an agreement, we would have made alternative arrangements.
It is hard to imagine that a deal couldn't be finalised, when both sides benefit from reaching a deal.
In the early days of the negotiations Theresa May was accused of cherry picking, as our side was clearly trying to gain the benefits of membership without committing to the associated responsibilities,
It would seem that we have gone full circle, and are back to cherry picking.
The EU have consistently maintained that cherry picking would not be acceptable.
Yet neither of our candidates have a coherent plan.
Both of them say they will negotiate a new deal, yet the EU are clear on the fact that there will be no further negotiation on the WA.
Parliament has 20 sitting days from when the new PM is appointed, and the leaving deadline.
It is difficult to see what may be accomplished in less than 3 weeks, that couldn't have been negotiated in the 3 years since the referendum.
Boris has said in the last couple of days that do or die we leave in October, with or without a deal. He maintains that he would prefer to leave with a deal, but has obviously learnt nothing from Theresa May painting herself into corners.
Jeremy Hunt has been less clear on the deadline, which probably makes him less electable to the Tory members.
Boris has put himself in a position where he will be unable to backtrack.
You have to question whether it is possible to negotiate a new deal in 3 weeks.
You also have to question whether Parliament, will sit back and watch us leave with no deal.
There seems to be around 12 Tory MPs that are saying that they are prepared to bring down their own Government in a no confidence vote, rather than accept no deal.
Boris said yesterday that he thought the odds on leaving without a deal were a million to one. This will not make him popular amongst his ERG supporters, and should be discouraged from a future as a bookmaker, should his political career go pear shaped.
His explanation surrounding tariff free trade is nonsense, as is his claim regarding an implementation period, in the case of a no deal Brexit.
Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister.
In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/japan-says-next-british-pm-must-not-lead-uk-out-of-eu-without-deal/ar-AADuVfw?ocid=spartandhp
Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister.
In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/brexit/japan-says-next-british-pm-must-not-lead-uk-out-of-eu-without-deal/ar-AADuVfw?ocid=spartandhp
The next generation of the Vauxhall Astra will be built in the UK, but it will be conditional on the final terms of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the car giant has announced.
Parent group PSA said the new model will be built in Ellesmere Port on Merseyside, which employs over 1,000 workers, if a satisfactory Brexit deal is reached.
Unite regional officer Mick Chalmers said: “Unite has been in positive discussions with PSA about a new vehicle agreement and securing new models for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant.
“A no-deal Brexit will destroy all of that along with the hope of securing the plant’s long-term future.
“It is imperative for the future of the thousands of people who depend on Vauxhall Ellesmere Port that a no-deal Brexit is taken off the table and a deal reached with the European Union that secures frictionless trade and tariff free access.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/vauxhall-astra-built-uk-depending-154152349.html
Boris Johnson is said by the Times to be preparing an emergency Budget - likely in September - in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The paper says the package of measures will include an overhaul of stamp duty and a moratorium on new regulations.
The Daily Mail leads with the suggestion that a documentary about the Foreign Office was censored, to remove Boris Johnson's use of the word "turds" to describe the French in their approach to Brexit.
It said the BBC had agreed to the edit following an official request. A "leaked Whitehall memo" is said to have warned that the undiplomatic language "would make Anglo-French relations awkward".
The BBC said the production team had made judgements about the programme and were satisfied with the content.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-48794807
I can hear a couple arguing about how Jeremy Hunt's support is up 19 points'
Boris Johnson is still lying, and still no one cares
Boris Johnson's Brexit plan has been shown to be garbage. It has not stopped him sticking to it.
There’s been another round of Tory leadership hustings. Boris Johnson’s position on Brexit is still meaningless garbage. He still wants to “disaggregate bits of the withdrawal agreement”. He still wants to deal with the Irish border question “during the implementation period”, all the while continuing to have “frictionless trade” with the European Union.
It’s still the case the European Union say they will not countenance this. It is still the case that there is no implementation period unless an agreement is signed. It is still the case that his own deputy prime minister, David Lidington, has had to put out a statement saying exactly this – that the almost certain next prime minister’s plan for Brexit is a complete non-starter.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-jeremy-hunt-brexit-tory-leadership-contest-bournemouth-a8978451.html
European Parliament's chief Brexit co-ordinator ruled out changing Brexit deal
Leading Europhile accused Mr Johnson of 'duping' voters to back Leave in 2016
Mr Verhofstadt said Mr Johnson would soon have to 'make good on his promises'
Comments suggest Mr Johnson faces uphill task to persuade EU to renegotiate
Guy Verhofstadt has launched a stinging attack on Boris Johnson as he accused the Tory leadership front runner of 'foreigner bashing'.
The European Parliament's chief Brexit co-ordinator claimed Mr Johnson had continued behaviour from the 2016 EU referendum campaign as he sought to 'dissemble, exaggerate and disinform the public about Brexit'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7188841/Guy-Verhofstadt-accuses-Boris-Johnson-foreigner-bashing.html
Boris Johnson: "Brexit is do or die"