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Steve Bannon says: now is the moment for Boris Johnson
www.reuters.com ^ | /15/18 | Reuters staff

Posted on 07/15/2018 11:29:00 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Johnson, who led the main Brexit campaign in the 2016 referendum, resigned as foreign minister on Monday over May’s strategy which he said was killing the “Brexit dream” with self-doubt.

“Theresa May has got a lot of great qualities – I am not sure if it is the right leader at the right time,” Bannon, Trump’s former strategist and a key player in his 2016 election campaign, was quoted by the Daily Telegraph as saying. May’s government was rattled by the departures of Johnson and her chief Brexit negotiator David Davis just days after she appeared to have gained the support of her cabinet for her strategy at a meeting at her Chequers country residence.

Asked if now was the moment for Johnson to lead the country, Bannon, who was fired by the White House in August 2017, said: “I believe moments come. It is like Donald Trump... people dismissed him.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bannon; boris; borisjohnson; brexit; daviddavis; england; europeanunion; finland; helsinki; nato; sloppysteve; stevebannon; theresamay; trump; unitedkingdom
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Viva Brexit.

But, I say elect Niger Farage the man.

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1 posted on 07/15/2018 11:29:00 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease

Nigel’s absence as a direct political player has been gravely felt...Not sure if Boris Johnson has the stuff.


2 posted on 07/15/2018 11:34:24 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: a little elbow grease

I think a Tory/UKIP coalition government could be just what the Brexit doctor ordered.


3 posted on 07/15/2018 11:35:20 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: a little elbow grease

I’d love to see that but I’m not sure the Brits have the courage to do that. Nigal is terrific and represents the Brits we always think of, strong, tough and stiff upper lip. I’m afraid those men are part of the past and the dandies have taken their place


4 posted on 07/15/2018 11:39:21 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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To: 9YearLurker

You’re right but the Tory’s are too timid and stupid to ally with UKIP.


5 posted on 07/15/2018 11:40:13 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: a little elbow grease

‘Niger’?


6 posted on 07/15/2018 11:40:59 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: a little elbow grease

May is a leftist non sovereigntist. I am glad to see Bannon on stage again. What a great conservative nationalist.


7 posted on 07/15/2018 11:42:55 AM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.ith the solar)
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To: a little elbow grease
Sloppy Steve Bannon should stay out of it after screwing up the Alabama Primary with Ray Moore.
8 posted on 07/15/2018 11:51:49 AM PDT by wmileo
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To: a little elbow grease

Johnson had his shot:
https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/europe/uk-conservative-pm-candidates/index.html

And blinked, which is a disgualifier in my book. Can’t be funny in politics. But he has the backing of Rees-Mogg, who is a bit of an egghead and a throwback, but otherwise seems all right in a British sort of way:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5935751/Jacob-Rees-Mogg-says-former-Foreign-Secretary-make-excellent-Prime-Minister.html

Farage may go back to UKIP:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/988706/brexit-news-nigel-farage-theresa-may-betrayal-chequers-soft-brexit-eu


9 posted on 07/15/2018 11:53:32 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

Funny = gun shy .


10 posted on 07/15/2018 11:54:14 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: a little elbow grease

Not many people know this, but Nigel fronted a pop band in the ‘80s under the pseudonym “Nick Heyward”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_msHpEa3_Y


11 posted on 07/15/2018 11:59:26 AM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: gibsonguy

Only a weak enough election result could *maybe* lead them to actually consider the indignity.


12 posted on 07/15/2018 12:03:29 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Except UKIP has no currently elected members of Parliament.


13 posted on 07/15/2018 12:10:22 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States)
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To: a little elbow grease

Bannon was on Hannity’s radio show last week.

His voice didn’t sound like I expected.

I expected gruff, tough, but it was higher pitched and wonky.


14 posted on 07/15/2018 12:18:29 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: PlateOfShrimp
That was fabulous!

THANKS

Nigel was one cool kid!

15 posted on 07/15/2018 12:23:09 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: PlateOfShrimp

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Nigel in earlier years ..... as you said.

16 posted on 07/15/2018 12:31:40 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: a little elbow grease

We’re all just making plans for Nigel.


17 posted on 07/15/2018 12:32:26 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: a little elbow grease

Farage says all the right things. But there’s a significant chance he’s controlled opposition via Freemasons.


18 posted on 07/15/2018 12:39:44 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: a little elbow grease

LOL
Brilliant!


19 posted on 07/15/2018 12:41:07 PM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: a little elbow grease

Boris Johnson would make all the difference in that he’s not a freemason.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1905349/Boris-Johnson-answers-your-questions.html


20 posted on 07/15/2018 12:42:39 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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