Boris Johnson Off to a Roaring Start

Contra his many detractors, some of whom I greatly respect, I think Boris Johnson will prove to be a great Prime Minister. Both on politics and policy, he is brilliant. And I am pleased beyond even my expectations with his start. 

He has cleaned out most of the Wet/Damp/Remainer Tories from his cabinet and significantly upgraded.  Don’t take my word for it.  Scottish MP Pete Wishart has given a glowing endorsement:

Boris Johnson’s nightmare Tory government is shaping up to be the worst since Thatcher – packed full of extreme Brexiteers and rabid rightwingers who want to drag us back to a bygone era….

This is a Tory cabinet from hell, which Donald Trump or Nigel Farage would be proud of…

Sounds good to me! Labour Lefty John McDonnell also gives it a heartfelt endorsement, calling it “the most right-wing cabinet in my lifetime.” I am particularly pleased that Jacob Rees-Mogg is now on the front bench.  Watching him is already proving to be as fun as watching Boris.  If he is “Victorian values,” then we are amused!

Teresa May and her failure theatre has been a drag on the UK and has come precariously close to giving the world Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn.  Boris Johnson is the remedy to pull the UK and the Tories out of the May morass. Granted, his margin in Parliament is so narrow thanks to May and treacherous Remoaner Tories, he may have to call an election.  But if he can’t pull off Brexit and a UK revival, I don’t know who can.

And, as a bonus, it will be great fun to watch.

Tory Choice: Boris or Bust UPDATED

As Tories choose their leader, they had better look long and hard at the results of the EU MEP and Peterborough elections.  The Conservative Party did horrifically in both.

And the reason is clear to all but those who do not want to see. Three years after voters chose Brexit, the Conservative Party is still fumbling and bumbling in carrying out the voters’ will.  It looks suspiciously like failure theatre from Theresa May (Now gone and deservedly so.) and company.  But whether from intent or incompetence or both, the failure to carry out Brexit has alienated voters, including much of the Tory base.

Yet, as Mike Shedlock as pointed out, this has not resulted in Labour strength.  Labour is losing voters, too, although not as badly as the Tories.  The very new Brexit Party has taking voters from both in historic fashion.

To get the Conservative Party out of the May morass, it will take (1.) a confidence inspiring leader who will (2.) carry out Brexit no matter what.

Only one man who is running meets both of those qualifications: Boris Johnson.  And he is politically savvy to boot.

If Boris Johnson is chosen to be the next Tory Party leader, I predict the Conservatives will win the next parliamentary election whenever that is called.  Yes, things look bleak now.  But Boris is that good at both politics and policy. (And Labour is that awful.)  

But if the Tories choose another leader, especially one who will not get the UK out of the EU by Halloween, then God help the UK to survive Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn.

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UPDATE: Boris has just told the EU to negotiate in good faith or forget that 39 million pounds the UK “owes” them.

Does any other Tory leadership candidate have to guts and the savvy to do this?  Normal people love a leader who stands up for their country like that.  That is exactly the kind of leader the Tories must elect unless they want to hand the UK over to an Anti-Semite Marxist.