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Britain
Tory Elites Plot to Bring Down Govt if Boris Becomes Leader
2019-05-20
[BREITBART] A number of establishment Tory MPs are planning to bring down the Government if Boris Johnson is elected party leader and tries to implement a No Deal Brexit.

One minister warned that as many as 12 Tory MPs would vote against Mr Johnson if he tried to introduce a Queen’s Speech featuring a No Deal Brexit. Such a move would mean that a Boris-led party would not be able to command a majority in the House of Commons.

The minister continued, saying: "Boris cannot form a government, certainly not on a No Deal platform and probably not on any other."

The minister went on to stress that even with support from Northern Ireland’s Brexit-supporting Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who currently have a "confidence and supply" deal with the Conservative Party to give their minority government a majority in the Commons, the majority would be too slim to deliver a No Deal Brexit opposed by a dozen or more Tory MPs.

The minister said that "even with the DUP on board, that is the majority gone. Then we are straight into an election."
Posted by:Fred

#7  IIRR Boris claims to be a bit Turkish...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-05-20 18:34  

#6  ..like the Turk said, democracy is a trolley you ride to the end of the line and then get off.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-05-20 13:58  

#5  Innit funny how "democracy" and "free elections" is the gold standard? Until it isn't...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-05-20 10:37  

#4  I like the wto only deal best that the msm spins as node eel. Im not so sure about boris
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-05-20 10:28  

#3  Another insurance policy in the making.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-05-20 05:31  

#2  Elites will never allow the popular will to be enacted. They have too much to lose. That the people should vote against their interests is unthinkable. They literally never lose.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2019-05-20 03:15  

#1  Gee, this sounds awfully familiar...
Posted by: Raj   2019-05-20 00:55  

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