XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: jamesah61-usenet@yahoo.com 
  
 On 30/10/2019 08:41, Keema's Nan wrote: 
 > On 30 Oct 2019, Vidcapper wrote 
 > (in article ): 
 > 
 >> On 29/10/2019 20:47, James Hammerton wrote: 
 >>> On 29/10/2019 10:39, Keema's Nan wrote: 
 >>>> On 29 Oct 2019, Pamela wrote 
 >>>> (in article ): 
 >>>> 
 >>>>> On 08:30 29 Oct 2019, Keema's Nan  wrote: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>> On 28 Oct 2019, Pamela wrote (in article 
 >>>>>> ): 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>>> There wasn't anybody, apart from Boris, who honestly believed we were 
 >>>>>>> leaving on the 31st October. The self-important food kidded himself. 
 >>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>> He has no idea at all how to be effective as prime minister. 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> What utter bollocks. 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>> He knows exactly how to be an effective PM, but with no majority and a 
 >>>>>> cowardly opposition trying to bring him down at every stage of the 
 >>>>>> proceedings (with no thought of the damage done to the country) it 
 >>>>>> would 
 >>>>>> be hard for anyone to be an effective PM. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> Boris got rid of 21 loyal Tory MPs and refused to reinstate them. He 
 >>>>> then 
 >>>>> goaded the Leavers by his underhand maneouvers into uniting against 
 him. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> How else do you €€€punish€€€ rogue MPs who stand for your party at 
 general 
 >>>> elections, but do not vote with the party in commons divisions? 
 >>>> 
 >>>> That was just a warning shot across their bows. If they have any 
 >>>> common sense 
 >>>> at all, they will now realise that even if they do pass the reselection 
 >>>> process for the forthcoming election, their chances of being anything 
 >>>> other 
 >>>> than an obscure backbencher for the rest of their careers is effectively 
 >>>> zero. 
 >>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>> Boris is the man up a tree who saws the branch he's sitting on. He's 
 >>>>> in a 
 >>>>> pickle of his own making and well deserved it is too. 
 >>>> 
 >>>> Boris only needs a double figure majority from his election (for which 
 >>>> the 
 >>>> opposition parties continue to put all manner of cowardly 
 >>>> pre-conditions) in 
 >>>> order to get is premiership on the move, and he is likely to get a 
 >>>> majority 
 >>>> closer to three figures. 
 >>> 
 >>> Why do you believe a 3 figure majority is likely for Johnson? 
 >>> 
 >>> Regards, 
 >>> 
 >>> James 
 >> 
 >> I don't think anyone really believes that - IMO boris would be happy 
 >> with a working majority of 20-30. 
 > 
 > I write my posts carefully. If anyone actually bothers to read as 
 carefully; 
 > before replying to what they would have liked me to have said, they would 
 > find my exact words were "and he is likely to get a majority closer to 
 three 
 > figures€€€. 
  
 My mistake, apologies. 
  
 > 
 > It was not "a majority of three figures", nor even a majority "close to 
 three 
 > figures€€€. I deliberately did not even define the parameters for 
 > €€€closer€€€. It might have been closer to three figures than single 
 figures, 
 > but it might not. 
  
 And you're not gonna tell us what you had in mind? 
  
 Regards, 
  
 James 
  
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