Can't stand still for more than a minute before doing something for attention. #NotMyPrimeMinister pic.twitter.com/veyBfH5B1b
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) September 9, 2019
Ah here.
This morning/afternoon.
Government Buildings, Dublin 2
Earlier….
wow. the PM of Ireland just absolutely *shreds* boris – to his face – here. brutal pic.twitter.com/a9uztfodJG
— Nicky Woolf (@NickyWoolf) September 9, 2019
For the benefit of those of us not classically-educated…
Hercules went mad and killed his wife and children but Athena stepped in, knocked him out and stopped his killing spree.
She then helped him through the rest of his 12 labours to atone for his streak of lunacy. https://t.co/U7j75ua6LU
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) September 9, 2019
Earlier….
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Dublin for talks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar https://t.co/S8uYHp2qa9
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 9, 2019
This morning.
Government Buildings. Dublin 2.
More as we get it.
Would love to know what the black paper is about.
To stop the paps getting a shot of his notes?
No belt Boris?
Empty folder cover? Empty?
No belt is a common flex among elite individuals; lets everyone know that your suit has been tailored, rather than being bought off the rack ;)
What about buttoning your shirt and tucking it into your pants [pic #3]? Nothing shouts “class” like a muffiny belly peeping out because you haven’t done up your bottom button. And that might also explain why he doesn’t wear a belt. Also, in fairness to Leo, he does make an effort in this department.
As the saying goes – ‘money can buy you many things, but it can’t buy you class’.
Indeed, Leo is normally well turned-out (apart from the oddly-broad tie).
If the pants don’t have belt loops then it’s tailored and for a tubby chap like Piffle, button-on braces would be common. Pants with an adjustment tab really wouldn’t work for a fellow with his rotund waistline. So I think it’s quite likely he’s rather sloppily out without a belt.
Yes, because there’s a real danger of losing your trousers if they’re not tailor-made.
Shower of masticators! [Boris says the Brits have been masticating Brexit for the past three years]
Also, the govt press boy called questions from RTE, BBC, The Indo and ITV. No Irish Times, take that Pat Leahy!
Go Boris!
Give him wot for!
It’s silly and petty, but it’s nice how Leo is taller than most other world leaders.
Doesn’t make up for the lack of personality.
Yep, and he got the power handshake in too.
Note how he’s the one using his other hand on BJs arm.
It’s practised to show an ‘upper hand’ so to speak and Obama was brilliant at it.
Once you notice it, you’ll see nearly all people of power doing it. Funny when both try it.
Try it at your next meeting and wield your power!
BoJo has a nicer voice though. Leo’s sounds reedy in comparison.
Leo’s voice might sound like a bee with a buzzsaw but BoJo’s voice is also very annoying.
And all that comes out of it is contrived befuddlement and evasive bull poo.
Leo is giving Johnson a reality check by the sounds of it- and he is right- no deal Brexit is the beginning, not the end.
I like that description “contrived bufuddlement”. I will be using that for BJ from now on.
Clown meets Joker…
EU stooge meets City of London stooge.
Awesome! You’re on fire!
Valuable contribution !
Yer ma is a stooge
Triggered seal clap guys
If a seal claps on the internet doesn’t anyone in cyberspace hear a sound?
Yer ma hears it.
Tory rent boys hear it
Did Leo sort his sunglass tan lines?
Markets seem to think that Boris is now assessing his options, and, given the DUP is no longer needed, with Boris down 25 Tory MPs which makes the 10 DUP support irrelevant, and given his limited options, he may plumb for what was previously rejected, a Northern Ireland-only backstop which effectively puts a border between NI and GB down the Irish sea.
The DUP will be outraged but are, for now, convinced it won’t happen.
With the chaos in British politics, a Northern Ireland-only backstop may be the lesser of all evils. It would mean frictionless movement of goods and people across the Irish border, but would mean goods checks between Northern Ireland and Britain.
SNP are insisting that any condition keeping NI in a customs union should also apply to Scotland.
clever move.
That would require a hard border between Scotland and England.
marvellous
heh,heh,heh
No problem. Hadrian’s wall already exist, they just need to put checkpoints on the A1, A7, A74 and they are sorted.
SNP can fupp off
for all the talk by the right here and the Brits about the EU abandoning us, it would be quite amusing to see the Brits essentially abandon the unionists
Worst PSB tribute band ever (photoshop in 2 Roland JP8s please)
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously
Gove Comes Quickily
What Have I Done To Deserve This?
btw you can’t use PSB singularly anymore – there’s a completely separate 3 piece (fairly decent also) electronica outfit called Public Service Broadcasting
I watched the event and saying that Leo “absolutely *shreds* boris” is a bit rich. He was firm, no doubt about it, but this was after he waxed lyrically about warlord Winston Churchill and purposely added Roman references knowing well that Johnson studied Classics up at Oxford. Bit of a lick I thought.
Or good politician
I think you will find there was a bit of a dig in the classics reference- and he wasn’t just being firm- he laid it on the line- the other boyo spoke in riddles.
No fan of Leo or his party but in fairness he did well here. Firm, straight talking and that classical dig was class. Fair play
I actually get the Athena dig now, sorry. Learned a little about classic mythology today ;)
A note of levity from Leo’s speech writer.
That would make the EU Hera?