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Boris and The Tories Trounce Labour Human Events, DC - Appropriately enough, May 2 is the day on the Orthodox Church calendar that honors Saint Boris of Bulgaria. Post-election comments -- penned in the daily ... |
Appropriately enough, May 2 is the day on the Orthodox Church calendar that honors Saint Boris of Bulgaria. As reported here last week, Johnson’s grandfather-- born Osman Ali-- was a Turkish journalist and (briefly) a minister in to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. At home he followed a social democratic agenda and not the traditional socialist agenda.Gordon Brown was supposed to have been anti-EU, or a Euro-sceptic at least. Blair knew that Brown will be a disaster as PM and held off leaving office as long as possible. Boris points out that since his wife’s Mother is from India, their four children are truly multi-ethnic so he cannot be accused of cultural insensitivity. Boris was thought to be a clever Classics student. Bound only by the provisions of law and the rules of Parliament, a British Prime Minister, if they can carry, command or demand the support of his MPs in Parliament, can do anything they want. But by noon, the bookies had already declared Boris Johnson the new Mayor of London. By comparison, only 23 percent of the public voted for Labour placing that party in third place behind the Liberal Democrats who received 24 percent of the national votes. Conservative/libertarian mayor for London town! Continued Much of this rosy outlook for a future Conservative Party ascent to power depends on how Boris Johnson handles his new job. Demographically, this is important as one in every six London voters are from an ethnic minority - the largest and wealthiest of these being from Indian backgrounds. France is embracing capitalism and leading the way with alternative (nuclear) energy! He also managed to insult the residents of Liverpool and dissed one of the UK’s most popular TV chefs. He apologized for the first of these indiscretions, but took the blows on Liverpool and the chef. He has revealed that he is anything but.The EU constitution for which Blair promised a referendum was turned down by the voters of Franch and Holland and should have been scrapped. He is (technically) Constitutionally eligible to do just that as he was born in New York City. He says that if he does well, he might like to run for President of the United States someday. He told England’s most senior law enforcement officer that if London’s crime statistics are not dramatically and quickly improved, Blair can expect to be fired. He was absolutely correct.And you think the the existence of Super Delegates is open to manipulation and disenfranchisement, and is unrepresentative and iniquitous? He was reading the election results from across the United Kingdom and the news for Labour was devastating. He will be the canary in the coal mine, a political cliché not lost on the Welsh. His Cheshire Cat grin purred out: ‘told you so’ to Labourites and to critics who accused him of clinging to power. Ireland pulled itself out of serfdom and discovers the benefit of lower taxes! It was the Party’s worst showing in 40 years. Johnson and David Cameron go back 25 years, to their days as students at Eton and Oxford, two of England’s ultimate old boy’s educational clubs. Margaret Thatcher never lost an election and was not expected to lose the next one either, but she was fired anyway.Tony Blair has a certain amount of charisma, he was expected to be very CND (campaign for nuclear disarmament) and he was not. Margaret Thatcher, at the height of her power, enjoyed an absolute majority of about 130 members, Tony Blair at one time achieved about 160, while in the past Harold Wilson and others had majorities in single figures. Meanwhile, over at Number 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s single working brown eye was turning blue and possibly weeping. Nobody expected that he will do anything with the military except cut its budget, but happily we were wrong. Of course, he’d have to reapply to renew his recently relinquished American citizenship.Susan Easton is a third career theologian. Osman, a Muslim, relocated to England just after World War One and changed his name to Wilfred Johnson. Past episodes include Boris having once referred to black children as “picanninies” in a Spectator Magazine article. Polls indicate that only 32 percent of the public have confidence in the economy. Post-election comments-- penned in the daily newspapers from assorted left leaning grumblers, snidely suggested that it will take at least one saint (or a collection of them, plus a bevy of guardian angels) to keep Boris from dragging London down to a new level of hell. Reader Comments: (9)Here are the comments submitted by Human Events readers:Page 1Report Abusive PostThat "I'll sack the head of Metro if things don't get better." bit will play great. Rumor has it that Cameron called Johnson about his run for Mayor, but made him vow to clean up his act so the Tories will not be embarrassed by his notorious antics and boisterous sense of humor. Susan and her husband of 37 years, Terry, divide their time between homes in the Bay Area and London. The elder Johnson shared family photos which do prove the family are descended from natural blond Turks. The establishment threw out Margaret Thatcher because she was not pro-EU enough. The monarch can also (technically) dissolve Parliament at will, block elections, and so forth. The public do not get to participate, and eligibility to vote in these 'in-house elections' is not the same in each of the party organizations. The Tories garnered 46 percent of the votes. The winner in each constituency is declared by simple majority of votes cast for each candidate. These results were a reverse image of Labour’s victory, in 1995, under Tony Blair’s leadership. They own an estimated 10,000 businesses in greater London.Johnson’s management insensitivities are another matter. They won't get the same resistance from Cameron for he already appears to be just another eurofanatic..It was another strange manifestation of our election system. This fact was revealed in a TV interview given by Johnson’s Father, Stanley, a lively and engaging man in his own right. To assure Cameron of his sincerity, Johnson gave up drinking for three months. To that end, Cameron’s people are making sure that the best and the brightest available Tories surround Boris. Tongues wagged when a photo of a beaming Blair was snapped outside a chic Mayfair eatery on election night. Using slightly different methods and procedures the members of each political party select and privately elect the individual that they wish to be their leader. When an election is called, no later than 2010, the betting shops are already giving the odds to another Tory sweep and that means David Cameron will become the next Prime Minister. Young thugs know they can attack anybody smaller than they are or anybody they out number.
