[Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-10 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
The resignation of several leaders of the winners and loosers of this BREXIT vote speaks poorly of the quality of leadership of the country.  The resignations, followed by the (official recently released) Chilcot report critical about PM Blair leading Britain into the Iraq war speaks poorly abou

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: > Mervyn, > Are your referring to the Japanese term of 'committing harakiri'? > Here is another twist to the Brexit story. > UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down. > http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36702468 > Who is next? The Labour leade

[Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-05 Thread Marshall Mendonza
It appears that Brexit has become a hot potato for the the prime actors. It was meant to be a threat to the EU but backfired on its protogonists as well as antagonists who never expected that the vote would go this way. None were mentally, economically nor socially prepared for the consequences. Th

[Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-05 Thread Mervyn Maciel
Naguesh Bhatcar wrote: Mervyn, Are your referring to the Japanese term of 'committing harakiri'? Here is another twist to the Brexit story. UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36702468 Who is next? The Labour leader?? Although I think your comments are di

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Mervyn Maciel wrote: > The post-Brexit dust has not quite settled down. The in-fighting within > the Conservative party over who should be their next leader is not > helping matters.Boris, the lion, might still roar! > > My own feeling is that once we know who o

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-04 Thread Naguesh Bhatcar
gt; Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 02:11:09 -0500 > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit > > Gabe Menezes, > Looks like the British Parliament is going to closely resemble the > Tanzanian Parliament in the sense that they will have to *rubber stamp*

[Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-04 Thread Mervyn Maciel
Mervyn Lobo wrote: Brexit is only chapter one of a saga and it is not yet completed. Hi Mervyn, The post-Brexit dust has not quite settled down. The in-fighting within the Conservative party over who should be their next leader is not helping matters.Boris, the lion, might still roar! My own fe

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 1:44 AM, Gabe Menezes wrote: > > COMMENT: The plot thickens: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36700350?post_id=1319872449_10210501614039509#_=_ > > > Gabe Menezes, Looks like the British Parliament is going to closely resemble the Tanzanian Parliament in the sense t

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-03 Thread Gabe Menezes
> My namesake, > I do not think British politicians are the dragons to be slayed in this > issue. > > The real problem is the millions of Beelzebubs who voted to exit. These > voters seem to be scared that people who do not look like them are taking > away their jobs and changing the landscape. The

Re: [Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:38 AM, Mervyn Maciel wrote: > To reinforce my earlier comments, here are extracts from letters in > today's(Saturday) Daily Telegraph: > > 1."Small wonder that the British public have an inherent mistrust of > Westminster politicians. The devious shenanigans of Michael Gov

[Goanet] Boris Johnson & Brexit

2016-07-02 Thread Mervyn Maciel
To reinforce my earlier comments, here are extracts from letters in today's(Saturday) Daily Telegraph: 1."Small wonder that the British public have an inherent mistrust of Westminster politicians. The devious shenanigans of Michael Gove and his cohort make Messrs Blair and Brown appear almost hono