and Donald Trump were separated at birth.

But his hair certainly was

WAS born in New York. Hmmm! Love your hair suggestion!

sadly it's the crappy piece

If only those darned voters would stop disagreeing all the time...

His bumbling affable persona is nothing like Trump's and a lot of people like him.

calls you perverse all you can do is laugh it off and point the piece of shit to a mirror.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boris-johnson-loves-life-city-901430

Is that Boris clearly doesn't understand the whole "United States" concept.

Anyway, I shall be leafleting for "Stronger In" this weekend as leaving the EU is a monumentally bad idea.

..."America is so exceptional!" (Chris Matthews of MSNBC)

We're not. We're just like every other country of the GD world. How pompous of us to think we are any better than anyone else. I guess that's a capitalist trait, to think you're better than everyone else. We have looked down our noses at other nations for so long and never stopped to think about what we were doing. And when 9/11 came along we wondered why they hated us so.

Clearly, PO should not have stuck US's nose in Britain's personal business. We don't like it when other nations stick their nose in our business, so why do we think we have a right to do it to any one else? I think we need to put a sock in it.

I can understand how Britain feels about this. My great grandpa used to say "If someone looks down their nose at you, don't look up to them."

There is a bit of a moral imperative here,

when an American president wades into their domestic issues.

The Civil War was a war within one nation. The U.S. would never agree with a EU arrangement with any other countries. Do we have one in North America? No., Democrats, Republicans and Indies would all oppose it. Look how much hatred there is for mild (compared to EU arrangements) trade agreements like NAFTA.

We might have trade agreements with them, but that's it.

Furthermore, while we have poor states in the U.S., there's not the huge difference like the countries in the EU - with very wealthy countries and very poor countries.

It's not the same.

there is no point.

Is ratification/nullification of a treaty with a foreign power a domestic issue?

I would say "yes."

arrangement with Canada and Mexico. Trade arrangements yes, sharing of sovereignty, no. My limited understanding is that the "ever closer union" is causing unease in the UK, particularly when it comes to the pressure financial taxes.

The cession of sovereignty really is the Brexit issue, and Americans should stay out of this. Even if it does have global consequences, I doubt that US intervention could possibly improve the outcome.

I have no opinion on the Brexit issue and I don't think I have a right to one.

The US has a moral duty and an ethical right to intervene when human rights are being violated, but this is not such a case.

I find this whole thing hilarious, personally, because despite what Johnson is now saying, he endorsed Barack Obama for the presidency in 2008. So he wanted to tell the Americans how to deal with their affairs then.

I doubt very much that Johnson is a bigot - aside from his endorsement of Obama, he backed legalization of illegal immigrants. He's not easy to categorize. He was for a living wage, etc.

We even gave it a catchy name.

If Britain leaves the EU it will have bad effects for the whole of Europe, and beyond.

That might be true, but kind of ironic considering that the vote is largely to keep the EU out of the UK's domestic affairs.

...any free trade deal we do cut with the EU after leaving will involve having to accept EU single market rules, without any say in how those rules are made. Much like Norway and Switzerland.

In effect, we lose more soverignity by leaving then we do by remaining in the EU!

We all know you have your hidden agenda for this. And it's not the public good.

Britain is not America, the comparison is ridiculous.

To the point. Britain tried a similiar thing back in the Eighties,boy that cost them dearly financially. And the same will happen again. Only thing Britain has left is a floundering Banking System. BTW,when Cameron opened his pie hole,the market started to sink like a rock. Their Currency is losing ground daily as a result of all this isolationism talk and threats.

might put his little tantrum in context.

Boris, like Michael Gove is one of their own, and gets an easy ride from the UK press.

And the less said about another "leave" supporter in charge of press regulation (whose used to be my MP) the better http://www.democraticunderground.com/10889660

The unions and Labour are opposing Brexit but the right likes the idea of getting out from under the labor rights standards that go with EU membership.

Isn't Cameron a conservative there?

Britain's trade unions are close to joining the push to keep the country in the European Union, bringing grass-roots muscle to a fight that has so far been dominated by big business and bankers, the head of the country's largest union group said. ... The TUC, which represents most unions, remains a political force with close ties to the opposition Labour Party which is broadly supportive of EU membership.

Unions will fight to stay in, emphasizing jobs and workers' rights, Frances O'Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, told Reuters in an interview. "What we need to do is start putting rights and jobs center stage in the campaign debate," O'Grady said. "The bulk of the rights at work that matter to us originated in Europe."

The EU-mandated protections for workers would be at risk if Britain votes to leave the EU. Many lawmakers in Cameron's Conservative Party resent them as an embodiment of EU over-reach into the affairs of member states.

For the TUC, by contrast, they are sacrosanct. "A Brexit would have massive implications for jobs, rights, and the very fabric of the UK," O'Grady said, referring to a possible British exit. "If you take that floor away, workers will be worse off. It's a hell of a gamble for those, who want to leave Europe, to depend on particularly the government we have now to protect the rights on which so many people's working lives depend."

Analysis of polling suggests that young voters tend to support remaining in the EU, whereas those older tend to support leaving, but there is no gender split in attitudes. YouGov have also found that euroscepticism correlates with people of lower income and support for the Conservatives. Scotland, Wales and many English urban areas with large student populations are more europhile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum,_2016#Opinion_polling

They didn't elect him.

This is a huge and complicated issue in Britain, and an attempt at American intervention probably helps neither side.

They are a sovereign nation and it would be best for us to remember that and stand off. While this particular politician is probably more loud-mouthed than most, in private I would imagine that many irascible comments are being made.

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Have to admit I'm clueless as to the "her" but guess he had an affair?

I remember now, so the presence of Kermit implies Ms. Piggy, oh no!