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The Fat Man is a big fan of Boris and had sent me some links on him. I found this one and thought some who are fans of Winston Churchill might enjoy this.
Boris Johnson is not also a politician. He is a scholar and an author and an amazing orator. This talk is a lecture about Churchill in support of Johnson’s book on Churchill.
Paul Bradford’s article “Nationalism Won the British Election and It Will Win Again Here,” is a reasonably concise evaluation of the way Boris Johnson steered his party away from both the open borders of Labour and the libertarian economics of the Tories to embrace a Nationalism that successfully united the aspirations of working class and middle class voters.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/12/19/nationalism-won-the-british-election-and-it-will-win-again-here/
Bradford sums this up in his last sentence, “Put America First and curb immigration. It won in the UK, and it can win again in America.”
This guy gets it. Trump and Johnson win because they’re not worrying about the theoretical basis of conservative government. They’re trying to give the people a government that helps solve their problems and doesn’t despise them.
For us on the Right, today is a great day. This is 2016 all over again. Boris and the Tories took districts in the north of England that have never voted for the Conservatives before. That is like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan voting for Donald Trump. The working class is coalescing around the opposition to our elitist masters. It happened in the Brexit vote, in Donald Trump’s victory and now again in the British General Election.
The people need champions and some perceptive men are stepping forward. Nigel Farage, Donald Trump and now Boris Johnson. The pattern is there and so far, we’re running the table. And we need to run the table. We’re barely ahead of the end game. These people have done so much damage that they’ve almost bled us dry. It’s going to take hard work and enormous luck to claw our way back. And America needs someone after Trump finishes his eight years to keep running the table.
But the deplorables are waking up and even the normies are starting to figure out that the people running the show want to get rid of them all together. That’s a start.
Well, enough of that. Boris will get his majority and it’s up to him to deliver a real and honest Brexit from the EU. And he has to do it soon or he’ll lose the mandate he’s been given. All these new MPs will only toe the line for as long as Boris has the public’s backing. So now he needs to be the leader he says he wants to be. He has to bully the EU into a good deal or he has to walk away with the No Deal Brexit. That much is clear. And finally, Boris can negotiate with Donald Trump to their mutual benefit. An Anglo-American trade deal would go a long way to helping Boris compensate for any losses from EU trade tariffs and without a doubt special access to the UK market would be another boost to the already booming American economy.
But tonight, I just want to bask in the glow of all those traitorous Tories who Boris booted out of Parliament in October sitting on the sidelines while better men take their places and burning with impotent anger. They sold out their countrymen for some EU perks and probably some cold hard currency but they lost the bet and now they’ll have to suck it up. Their friends in Brussels will attempt to hurt the British economy but honestly, I don’t think that will work. And let’s not forget that other big loser. Barack Obama told Britain if they left the EU, they would go to the back of the line trade wise. Well he got that exactly backwards. But I guess he expected President Hillary Clinton to exact vicious revenge on British Deplorables too. Funny how many things the Light worker turned out to be wrong about.
So well done you sons of Albion. The freedom loving Brits are still standing on their feet. Let’s hope and pray that we keep up our winning streak too.
I watched this interview that Boris gave to the BBC and I’ll have to say I think he’s making an enormous blunder. https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50264395
Claiming that working with the Brexit Party risks throwing the election to Labour strikes me as completely wrong-headed. There are areas of the country where voters would never vote for the Tories. It’s a multi-generational family tradition. But they’ll vote for Farage. He’s one of them whereas Boris is not.
This looks like a case of Boris appeasing his allies and losing sight of the big picture. If he allows enough seats to escape back to Labour then the new Parliament will be just as bad as the present one. This is his chance to think more clearly about what the nation needs than what he wants. He can divide up the districts into those that vote Tory and those that don’t. Any Labour districts that voted strongly Brexit are a natural fit for a Brexit Party candidate and the Tories should leave these districts to the Brexit Party and support that candidate against Labour. And even the overwhelmingly Labour districts should be left to the Brexit Party to challenge. The Tories can replace the ejected Remainer Tories with reliably Brexit friendly Tory candidates.
Boris should be aware that coalitions are standard operating procedure in the British Parliament. Attempting to squash the Brexit Party now will lead to disaster. Sharing space on the Right with the Brexit Party will strengthen the Tories and weaken Labour immeasurably.
Wake up Boris. Time is running out.
After forcing Boris Johnson to extend the Brexit waiting period yet again to January 31st, the Remainers may have just signed their own political death warrants. The Tories, with the cooperation of the Labor Party were able to pass a bill calling for a General Election on December 12th.
Currently Boris Johnson’s personal popularity is extremely high. And the popularity of the Tories is also strong. They currently lead Labor 37% to 25% as the two largest parties. Add in the 10% that Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party controls and it’s practically a majority without the necessity of coalition building. Add to this the anger by even Laborites at the dirty tricks that the Remainers have used to block Brexit and we have the makings of a popular revolt.
I imagine that Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage will need to coordinate their efforts to ensure that the Tories who have remained faithful to the Brexit promise are spared any Brexit Party competition and only Remainers and Labor districts are targeted for replacement. I imagine Farage will start by selecting all the districts that were represented by Tories that were thrown out of the party for voting against the Hard Brexit last month. But he may have an even larger prize with the districts that voted for Brexit in 2016 but have a Labor MP that voted against Brexit this year. That could turn a small electoral majority into a landslide for the Pro-Brexit parties.
I have to confess I’m shocked that the Labor Party agreed to this election. It seems like an unforced error. I know there is an element of risk for the Tories. Electorates can be fickle but I think the upside for them is immense. With a well-orchestrated campaign attacking the shenanigans that the Remainers committed and playing to the British national pride I believe this will be the chance to have a Pro-Brexit majority in Parliament and provide the right environment to make the Conservative Party actually conservative again. It will also allow them to shed their image as globalists and steal the populist mantle from Labor.
It is sad that Boris wasn’t able to fulfill his promise to leave the EU by Halloween but he has redeemed himself by ensuring that the British voters will get to have the final say on Brexit. And based on the date of the election it looks like it could be considered an early Christmas present for the Britons and a good start for 2020.
If you look back to 2016 it was the Brexit victory in the UK that preceded and almost announced the way for the even more astonishing Trump electoral victory over the Wicked Witch and the Republican Dwarfs.
It would seem almost poetic justice if achieving Brexit with a truly conservative Parliamentary majority is the opening act for President Trump to crush the Resistance under the heel of William Barr and achieve re-election by a landslide. If only we could imitate that venerable old English custom of installing traitors like Comey and Clapper and Brennan in the Tower of London and provide them with the just desserts they truly deserve.
According to this report the Parliament will vote tonight on whether a general election will occur in December. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/britain-looks-set-early-election-attempt-break-brexit-deadlock-n1073201
Of course I wouldn’t put it past the Remainers, both in and out of the Tory party, to prevent the election. They must know their days are numbered if they allow it. Good luck Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the rest of the British people.
Fingers crossed.
In Britain, Boris Johnson has done everything legally possible to push Brexit over the line to completion, but a large contingent his own party has shown its true colors and figuratively and literally crossed over to the enemy camp to defeat the effort. Will the Remainers be able to forestall a General Election? Maybe they can. And maybe they’ll even find a way to cancel Brexit. But the real question is, have the English had enough? Has the open and shameless flouting of the people’s will reached the point where the English will do something about it? You may ask what? After all, Britain is a Constitutional Monarchy where the elected representatives of the people in Parliament are the ultimate legal authority. Is there anything the citizens can do if the various parties conspire to defy the will of the people and refuse to allow a General Election?
There surely is. Any Pro-Brexit voter whose MP voted against Boris Johnson this week can write and e-mail and let his MP know that when the next election finally rolls around the MP will be out on his ear and Nigel Farage will be providing a replacement under his Brexit Party banner. And he can add that this unfortunate MP shouldn’t expect to be elected for anything higher than dog catcher for the rest of his natural life. And he should ask his friends to send the same. In fact, Farage should already be publishing the names of all MPs who voted against Brexit and represent districts that voted for it. I’ll bet that should be an interesting list. There’s nothing an elected official likes less than the prospect of having to work for a living.
And that’s just the beginning. Call up Farage’s office and volunteer time and give money to help get publicity and public opinion rolling. Farage can use the money to buy advertising space in the papers and news sites. He can use the money to do research on these Remainers and identify their links to globalist interests that benefit from Brussels’ hegemony over Britain. There’s plenty that can be done if you’re angry enough.
A good example of how this can work occurred during the US 2018 Senate Elections. Despite the supposed mid-term doldrums that swept the Democrats into the majority in the House, the Senate races were predominantly in red states and there were at least four democrats who were incumbents in very red states. These were targeted by the Republican Senate Campaign Committee to showcase how these senators had voted against Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court based on the lunatic charges and outright libel of a partisan hack. And all four of these senators were ousted easily.
It’s easy to get angry and spout off about politicians. But doing something, even something as easy as sending an e-mail, takes some willpower. So that’s the question. Are the English fed up with their disloyal government? Are they ready to get up off their butts and do something? I think they are. And I expect they will hear from Farage very soon. Hopefully Farage and Johnson can begin to coordinate how the coming election can be arranged between the Loyal Tories and the Brexit Party. If they are smart, as soon as the date of the election is nailed down, they should begin a campaign to wake up the country and lay out their platform. Let Brexit be just the beginning of reclaiming the country for its citizens. Many Labour MPs are from districts that went heavily for Brexit. Adding their seats to a Brexit Party constituency would begin an important realignment that is long overdue. It would be similar to how Rust Belt Democrats crossed over to vote for Donald Trump.
I am encouraged by the determination that the English people showed in making the Brexit vote a success. I am sure that they have the stamina to see this process through to a successful close. It will be necessary to throw the globalists out of Parliament to finish the job but it will provide the added benefit of producing a working majority in Parliament that knows it is accountable to the voters.
Donald Trump has reintroduced the modern world to Right Wing assertiveness. He has ignored as “fake news” all the brow-beating that has typically paralyzed Republican politicians and gone his own way on policy matters. He tears up old policy like NAFTA that doesn’t suit him and blazes a negotiating trail that leaves his opponents in the dust. When President Trump called Boris Johnson, “Britain Trump,” he is hitting on something that has a basis in fact. It’s not that the two men are highly similar in the details of their lives and philosophy. It’s the fact that they are willing to throw the dice. It’s their audacity. Both men have won big by not playing it safe.
Now Boris Johnson is gambling on a grand scale. He’s setting up a make or break scenario for himself, for his premiership, for the Tories, for the Brexit campaign and even for British independence, all on one throw of the dice. It’s a two-stage strategy to preserve the Hard Brexit.
The first stage is to cow the Remainers from voting against Hard Brexit by threatening to oust them from the party and deselect them from running as Tories in their re-elections. If this succeeds then Johnson’s hand is strengthened in his negotiations with the EU but, all else failing, a Hard Brexit will occur on October 31st. But if the Remainers refuse to follow his lead on Hard Brexit then stage two is calling for a General Election. And the audacity of this move would be Homeric. Now Johnson is bringing into play Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party to essentially replace Remainers in both the Tory and Labour Parties in order to gain a majority in Parliament for the Brexit Movement. That is indeed a gutsy move. What if it fails. Johnson would be out as PM. The Tories would be a spent force. Brexit would be revoked and the EU and the Remainers would reign supreme. And even if the Brexit Party swings the majority to Pro-Brexit, who is to say that Nigel Farage will give Boris Johnson the premiership back? It’s entirely possible that Farage could end up as Prime Minister. After all Theresa May called for a General Election in order to strengthen her hand when she was trying to negotiate the Brexit and all it did was lose her the Tory majority she already had. A General Election is the ultimate toss of the dice.
So, does that mean I’m saying that Boris Johnson is being rash in forcing the issue on Hard Brexit? Hell no!
Boris has no choice. His adversaries have rigged the game. Much as in the United States both major parties are full of globalists who are more beholden to corporate and elitist interests than they are to the will of the people who elected them. His only choice is to threaten these frauds with the only punishment they truly fear, namely being cast out of their lucrative, powerful government jobs that provide them with such a comfortable and privileged lifestyle to which they have become so thoroughly accustomed. He is making them accountable to the people they allegedly represent.
So, he has no choice but throw the dice. But that doesn’t mean he should not be greatly praised for doing it. Think of the other allegedly conservative politicians who when confronted with choices like this surrender and follow the path the Left has goaded them toward. Theresa May is the latest example but the list is literally endless and is prominently sprinkled with George Bushes of various middle names.
So, kudos to you Boris Johnson. I hope the Remainers cave and make your life easy. In fact, I actually hope you get the chance to negotiate a few of the terms of the Brexit with those geniuses in Brussels. It would do them some good to actually start learning again what it means to treat with equals instead of dictating to the proles. It might save them from the Grexit and the Itexit and even the Frexit. But then again maybe they should get everything they’ve earned, with interest.
Conrad had been of the opinion that Theresa May would get Brexit done. Well that wasn’t the case. Hopefully Boris will have much more successful career as PM.
Conrad Black: The Europeans now know they need to take Boris Johnson seriously
For Boris, outflanking the Remainers is a tricky game of brinksmanship that pits the MPs love of power versus their hatred for the Brexit. If they attempt to sabotage the Brexit, Boris can attempt to block their ability to sit for re-election or even more drastically, trigger a General Election that can have disastrous results for these MPs who have gone against the wishes of their constituents. What Johnson risks is triggering a bloodbath as the public supports the Brexit Party at the expense of Labour and the Tories. Sharing power with Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party wouldn’t please Boris all that much either so it’s a bold threat to use.