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French foreign minister calls Boris Johnson a liar with “his back against the wall”
France's foreign minister has said his newly-appointed British counterpart, Boris Johnson, is a liar with “his back against the wall”. In comments to Europe 1 radio, Jean-Marc Ayrault said Mr Johnson had lied to the British people during the recent EU referendum campaign and would now be under pressure “to defend his country”. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBojo will either put up or shut up; latter might be the best for one and all. I hope PM May has a suitably sized handbag to work on him.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Many Tories believe Mrs May has made a mistake with this appointment.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But Jean-Marc Ayrault is French. And the French lie, cheat, steal and surrender. Shut up, Jean!
Jul 15th, 2016 - 03:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Did he really write that poem?
Jul 15th, 2016 - 03:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Appointing a foreign minister who wrote a poem like that about the Turkish president is an absolute first, I'm sure.
He'd not have been appointed unless he is pinned down by a large pile of very capable underlings. And a “suitably sized handbag” (@1).
PM May's appointment of this Boris fella looks pretty much like an April fool's prank.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 03:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Boris was asked by the press if he had a lot of apologising to do about the things he had said. Specifically his remarks about Obama. Boris said, when it comes to the United States of America, they will be at the front of the Queue! (Remember Obamas statement on Brexit.). Classic Boris, don't underestimate the man, he's nobody's fool.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 03:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Boris went to Eton and would have learned from an early age when to keep his back against the wall. He may have told a few fibs in his time but who hasn't.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 05:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I reckon he'll do a good job despite this Frenchman's personal attack.
One day in the job and people are questioning May's judgement over this. What a great start!
Jul 15th, 2016 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's not how you start .....it's how you finish that counts.
Jul 15th, 2016 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Boris and Theresa will do a great job for England.
Have faith.
Give the man a bloody chance,
Jul 15th, 2016 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0he will either get the job done,
or he will fail,
The French have not always been the pillar of truth, Have they ?
Oh the frogs.
Jul 16th, 2016 - 07:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0French nationalism is surging at the expenses of euroism.
I'm not for sure Hollande will survive the diversity of France's populous.
I was listening to political commentators talking about Teresa May and Boris.
Jul 16th, 2016 - 10:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0They came up with a convincing theory. They said that Boris was being kept out of any Brexit negotiations in his new post and that it was a clever ploy of T.M. to take the flak away from her as she gets on with the job. They compared her to Merkel who also lacks charisma, so Boris will no doubt act in his flamboyant way, take the Press attention away from the PM and eventually will be kicked into touch taking all the blame for his gaffes.
It was also interesting to hear their comments about her meeting with Ms. Sturgeon. They said it was business like, no histrionics , with two intelligent women discussing their points-of -view. No posturing as between Cameron and Salmond or macho behaviour.
Maybe we should have more women in high office.
To all the doomsayers on here regarding how unsuitable BoJo is for this post:
Jul 16th, 2016 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, he's got the job, you haven't, so let's just see whether you are correct shall we?
At least he's not Hammond.
Boris is just boris,
Jul 16th, 2016 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0at least these European twats wont pressure him like they did to Cameron.
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Jul 16th, 2016 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Am beginning to think you might be right.
@5. Who asked you? Coward!
Jul 16th, 2016 - 05:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well it's about time there was someone in the UK that isn't afraid to offend a few Johnny foreigners...
Jul 17th, 2016 - 12:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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