Boris Johnson: the new PM to energise the country?

Greg Hook

Get rid of the pointless HS2 and you can cover all those pledges and more.
Last estimates are over 56 billion which is insane.

domtheone

All admirable ambitions but first things first.  

Maybe he'll get to all of the above in November.

doug56hl

Not as insane as Allan Cook, who is reviewing the project amid cost concerns, has predicted the final figure could end up being between £70 billion and £85 billion. HS2 'will cost £30bn over budget' as rail scheme controversy deepens

Greg Hook

Madness, just think what huge benefits that money could do to the country, as opposed to saving a piddly 10 minutes on a journey from brum to London.

richp007

One of the first things Johnson can get to dealing with is the Zaghari-Ratcliffe situation. Especially seeing as he bears much responsibility for her suffering.

That would certainly earn him some brownie points amongst his doubters.

Rasczak

Was HS2 going to be paid for entirely from this coming budget?

The majority can be quickly implemented in the next budget.

nheather

I like what he is saying but I simply can’t see how Brexit can be delivered in any form.

We know that around half the MPs will vote against Brexit in any form, even if the most fantastic deal was put on the table.  And if it is less than fantastic, a handful of defectors is all it needs to halt it.

Then you have JC saying he will call for a non-confidence vote - seems a bit immoral to call one before giving a new prime minister a chance but hey, JC couldn’t care less about the country, he just wants to be prime minister himself.  The only thing that might stop him is that it’s doubtful that Labour could win outright at the moment, maybe form a coalition with LibDem, but not sure that would satisfy his ego.  And if he did force a GE and lost then that would be the end of him.

Cheers,

Nigel

Bl4ckGryph0n

Yep, it's the same again.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Is that how it works nowadays? Didn’t realise we had a general election. Some of you are hilariously, what are you going to to take court again?

weaviemx5

You can prove these were pledges?

What date did he put on them?