Our new Prime Minister Theresa May, and her cabinet...

[Goldstone1976]

Boris as foreign secretary? Well, f*ck me. Best not let him near any foreign kids if he's carrying a rugby ball. Best not let him talk about the Hun. In fact, in the interests of time, it's easier just to say "best keep him away from any actual, err, foreigners".

 

[Steve in Japan]

Would that be why he threw his lot in with Leadsom?

Don't know. Just scratching around for some logic really. I didn't understand why Boris didn't stand and didn't buy that Gove was the reason. Supporting Leadsom or saying a few nice things about her seems inconsequential now IMHO.

 

[Triggaaar]

How long before we seriously offend someone?

Not going to happen, he's already said he's ready and willing to work with yellow people, black people, and every other colour.

Boris gets a big job, does that suggest a deal was done in the leadership contest? It would seem so.

No, he backed Leadsom (as I see had already been pointed out).

I didn't understand why Boris didn't stand

Because he didn't think he could win.

Supporting Leadsom or saying a few nice things about her seems inconsequential now IMHO.

Sure, but it's pretty clear he didn't pull out of the leadership contest due to an offer from May.

It also seems clear that May is going to do things her way.

 

[Steve.S]

Don't know. Just scratching around for some logic really. I didn't understand why Boris didn't stand and didn't buy that Gove was the reason. Supporting Leadsom or saying a few nice things about her seems inconsequential now IMHO.

The reason he didn't stand was because Gove took the MPs who would have backed Boris. He did not have enough MPs behind him and would have finished 4th. I do think that his support for Leadsom was to make sure Gove didn't come second. If you are looking for a reason, I would suggest that May does not want him on the back benches undermining her if the Brexit negotiations don't go as planned. Keep your enemies close and in Boris case busy and traveling around the world..

 

[heathgate]

Boris as foreign secretary? Well, f*ck me. Best not let him near any foreign kids if he's carrying a rugby ball. Best not let him talk about the Hun. In fact, in the interests of time, it's easier just to say "best keep him away from any actual, err, foreigners".

So ignoring the fact that for many years he represented a multicultural London, with high approval ratings and good results.... marketing London across the world.

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[beorhthelm]

...Keep your enemies close and in Boris case busy and traveling around the world..

this.

So ignoring the fact that for many years he represented a multicultural London, with high approval ratings and good results.... marketing London across the world.

and that. it a surprise but not so utterly ridiculous when you think about it.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

What IF the whole thing has been fixed!!?[emoji54]

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[Bakero]

So ignoring the fact that for many years he represented a multicultural London, with high approval ratings and good results.... marketing London across the world.

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He loves other races. Especially "picanninies" with their "watermelon smiles."

 

[biddles911]

The reason he didn't stand was because Gove took the MPs who would have backed Boris. He did not have enough MPs behind him and would have finished 4th. I do think that his support for Leadsom was to make sure Gove didn't come second. If you are looking for a reason, I would suggest that May does not want him on the back benches undermining her if the Brexit negotiations don't go as planned. Keep your enemies close and in Boris case busy and traveling around the world..

Wouldn't it have been nice to think she chose the best person for the job rather than for political reasons?!

Have serious doubts about May after this ridiculous appointment. Johnson ought to have been consigned to the political wilderness after his pathetic performance post-vote and his total cowardice in refusing to stand for leader. I'd have had a lot more respect for the guy if he'd stood and lost and, given what an oddball Gove is, I'm far from sure he would have lost anyway......

God help us in getting a good Brexit deal with BJ at the forefront.

 

[vegster]

The appointments of Hammond, Fox and Johnson have underwhelmed me, Fox is as dodgy as they come and Boris at The Foreign Office has to be a bad dream or a massive spoof. Expect to see plenty of pictures of Boris hanging off that zip wire.

 

[Machiavelli]

He loves other races. Especially "picanninies" with their "watermelon smiles."

Was going to say the same myself. It's almost as if we've been taken over by a lot that still think we're in the nineteenth century. Oh.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

New Chancellor is going to sit down with 'experts' this morning to work out strategy.


I thought we'd all had enough of them ?

 

[El Presidente]

All the appointments represent constituencies south of Oxford.

It's going to be grim for those up North, and is inconsistent with the talk of a 'one nation'.

 

[ManOfSussex]

The only appointment I'm pleased with is Amber Rudd.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

He loves other races. Especially "picanninies" with their "watermelon smiles."

Really? When did he say that?

 

[ManOfSussex]

Really? When did he say that?

2008

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/i-didnt-mean-to-be-racist-claims-boris-6648542.html
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/jan/23/london.race

 

[Blackadder]

I thought Grayling was supposed to get a top job?

 

[CHAPPERS]

All the appointments represent constituencies south of Oxford.

It's going to be grim for those up North, and is inconsistent with the talk of a 'one nation'.

#northernpowerhouse

 

[Surf's Up]

The lunatics have commenced their takeover of the asylum.............

 

[Steve in Japan]

The reason he didn't stand was because Gove took the MPs who would have backed Boris. He did not have enough MPs behind him and would have finished 4th. I do think that his support for Leadsom was to make sure Gove didn't come second. If you are looking for a reason, I would suggest that May does not want him on the back benches undermining her if the Brexit negotiations don't go as planned. Keep your enemies close and in Boris case busy and traveling around the world..

Being denounced as unfit for office by Gove, who after all knows what its like to be unfit for office, shouldn't necessarily have torpedoed Boris' leadership campaign so quickly. I am not at all certain Boris would have finished last.

Boris was the only other name on the leadership list that had a chance to win, and he went away very quietly and very early. Leaving the field open for May, because there was never any chance Gove or Leadsom would win. IMHO natch.