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What is Borisism?

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January 21st, 2020, 10:53 am

Mike and Bernie Winters!
Absolutely. And the Two Ronnnies.
And many people was mad about Morecambe and Wise.
Entertainers of that era had prodigiously long careers: Forsyth, Monkhouse etc. 

I am pretty staggered that Nicholas Parsons still does Just A Minute now, at the age of 96, having started on the stage in 1945.
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January 21st, 2020, 12:55 pm

And Shirley Bassey!
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January 21st, 2020, 2:58 pm

I met UG briefly once. Really sweet man.
He would be good in the team. The only concern  is that he would try to bend the rules.
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January 26th, 2020, 4:27 pm

Their comments came as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain will become a global, trail-blazing country after it leaves the EU and unveiled the government's full plans to mark Brexit day.

Does that include getting the trains to run on time?
I always take the bus.
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January 26th, 2020, 5:09 pm

I don't think there's much correlation between train punctuality and economic growth!

Which reminds me, I've been complaining about the chase for greater and greater economic growth long before Extinction Rebellion was a gleam in anyone's eye. I think Middle Ages with vaccines, paracetamol and Netflix would be ideal.
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January 26th, 2020, 5:30 pm

I don't think there's much correlation between train punctuality and economic growth!

Would you like to repeat that?
Tell that to the commuters up North; lost pay, jobs, productivity.
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January 26th, 2020, 5:42 pm

Sorry, I should have said causality!! 
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January 26th, 2020, 8:02 pm

It can be hard to tell the difference!
https://xkcd.com/552/
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January 26th, 2020, 8:08 pm

Business groups have raised concerns about the prospect of divergence from the single market, after the Chancellor Sajid Javid said last weekend there would not be alignment.
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January 26th, 2020, 8:20 pm

Sometimes divergence is good, sometimes bad. Happy to help!
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January 27th, 2020, 1:21 pm

Somehow resonates with dropping the badger cull (at least in some areas) - science shows it does more harm than good.

If Paul agrees to be my business partner, I can provide my microsimulations ;-)

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January 27th, 2020, 3:32 pm

Boris and Dominic invest in maths

I like that!
If you can't beat 'em , join 'em. Personally, stimulating home-grown talent should also be a priority. At my last course, 3 of the 22 students were British,  higher than the average down the years.

Would they be 'migrants'?

// BTW mathematicians - in general - don't have a clue about plumbing.
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January 28th, 2020, 12:43 pm

I am pretty staggered that Nicholas Parsons still does Just A Minute now, at the age of 96, having started on the stage in 1945.
Ah spoke too soon. It seems we had the last hesitation, repetition, or deviation. RIP
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February 14th, 2020, 11:56 am

Minister of the year’ Julian Smith sacked by Boris Johnson 

https://www.ft.com/content/898681b2-4e5 ... d18ec715f5

Of course, he was a Remoaner.
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February 14th, 2020, 1:29 pm

Borisism is also about firing anyone who's not a boot-licker, it seems.
This makes Blair and Brown seem like a harmonious relationship.

My "spad" has told me you have to fire all your "spads" otherwise he feels threatened. Sorry.
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