If there is one trait admirable in British politicians it is their ability to work on the English language when confronted with adverse situations.During the last two days as the ruling Conservative Party in the UK went through a revolving door of resignations and new appointments , the language was enriched by a number of inimitable one liners... a few
"...anyone defending the proposal would be polishing a turd. "once you have imagined such a situation ( of polising a turd) , you realize the sting in the statement made by the irrepressible Boris Johnson commenting on his Prime Ministers' proposal on Brexit. He resigned from the Foreign Secretary post within hours , but the statement will stay on for years as his parting gift to the English language.
"... the government has a song to sing. The trouble is that ...they stick in (my) throat..".Another memorable one from Boris , this time expressing his inablity to support the proposal. This, within 36 hours of his stoutly defending it!
"...or maybe he'll be inside the tent pissing." This from a Conservative insider who sagely observed that the PM had reconciled to having Boris inside the Cabinet tent, rather than leave him outside and risk him pissing in. Boris obviously defied conventional wisdom!.
"to lead is to decide..." responded the defiant PM responding to Boris' resignation letter and justifying her actions. I am still to make sense of that one!
and all hail to the Hon'ble Keir Starmer MP( Labour) for...
" Theresa May has successfully kicked the can down the road on a number of occasions, but now she has run out of road..."
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