Boris Johnson, the first British Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher with a gift for leadership, in Northern England, the heartland of the industrial revolution, to launch his campaign for the revitalization of the UK.
Related:
Zero Hedge: Poll: Majority Of Brits (Including A Third Of Remainers) Want Brexit Vote Respected
But not the bunch of Britain's past dud PM's, Major, Blair, Cameroon, and May,* all failing to heed Boris Johnson's sound advice that "the main function of a past Prime Minister is to remain silent."
Instead, this congery of slithering losers, is baying for a second Brexit referendum, the one that Cameron called with the deepest cynicism in the assumption that the leavers would be defeated, and which May failed to kick into the long grass despite repeated and agonizingly feeble efforts, having gone the wrong damn way.
* And I forgot the biggest loser of the lot, Gordon Brown, still sour as Hell.
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Saturday, September 14, 2019
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Why Old People Can Be Great Leaders
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip, has written a series of blog posts about the US Presidential election. In his current post he argues that whoever wins, Hillary or Donald, will be a bad president because they are too old for the job.
Being a bit older than Scott Adams, and older even than both Trump and Clinton, I have, perhaps, some qualification to comment on this theory, which in my view is mistaken. But before considering the question on the basis of any theoretical consideration or my personal experience of age, what of the historical evidence?
Consider Prince Mikhail Kutuzov, appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian Army as Napoleon embarked on the invasion of Russia in 1812. Aged 67, grossly overweight, within months of death from natural causes, Kutuzov ordered Russian forces to retreat in the face of the enemy, burning crops and grain stores as they went. Suffering from narcolepsy, Kutuzov had to be tied to his horse to prevent him falling off when he drowsed. Periodically, his staff officers would wake him and ask "what now," to which he would reply "continue the retreat."
Being a bit older than Scott Adams, and older even than both Trump and Clinton, I have, perhaps, some qualification to comment on this theory, which in my view is mistaken. But before considering the question on the basis of any theoretical consideration or my personal experience of age, what of the historical evidence?
Consider Prince Mikhail Kutuzov, appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian Army as Napoleon embarked on the invasion of Russia in 1812. Aged 67, grossly overweight, within months of death from natural causes, Kutuzov ordered Russian forces to retreat in the face of the enemy, burning crops and grain stores as they went. Suffering from narcolepsy, Kutuzov had to be tied to his horse to prevent him falling off when he drowsed. Periodically, his staff officers would wake him and ask "what now," to which he would reply "continue the retreat."
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