Boris Johnson – Peter Geoghegan

UK discovers Brexit isn’t leaving club….it’s replacing the operating system

By peterPosted on 14th July 201814th July 2018Posted in Brexit, Irish IndependentTagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, ERG, No Deal, Theresa May

For 48 hours, Theresa May looked as if she was in control of her government. Last Friday, Britain’s embattled leader called all her ministers to the bucolic prime ministerial bolt hole at Chequers. The UK cabinet, almost two years to the day of the Brexit referendum, would finally agree a collective position on leaving the […]

Boris Johnson's 'lefty crap' could cost him London's Irish vote

By peterPosted on 16th February 2012Posted in Ireland, Irish Post, PoliticsTagged Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, London1 Comment

Almost every sketch of Boris Johnson includes the same adjective: gaffe-prone. And with good reason – during his chequered political career, the current London mayor has variously accused the city of Liverpool of “wallowing” in its “victim status”, compared Tory party in-fighting to “Papua New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief-killing”, and described anti-capitalist Occupy […]