Post by oldie on Apr 25, 2023 6:09:26 GMT
Talking of forecasting and planning...
A “distraught” Boris Johnson declared “we’ve got no plan” when he realised Vote Leave would win the Brexit referendum, a new book claims.
Mr Johnson, who is widely credited with delivering the slim majority for Brexit, is said to have walked around his living room “looking ashen-faced and distraught”, muttering: “What the hell is happening? ... Oh s***, we’ve got no plan.
“We haven’t thought about it. I didn’t think it would happen. Holy ***t, what will we do?”.
Anthony Seldon, who has written books on the Downing Street years of every British leader from Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron, has with Raymond Newell turned his pen on Mr Johnson.
An extract published in The Times on Monday covers the hours and days after the Brexit victory.
“I think it was a straight calculation,” said Oliver Lewis, who was Mr Johnson’s Brexit adviser in No 10. “He reckoned it was win-win. ‘If I come out for Brexit and we lose, I position myself as a hero Eurosceptic, from which I can win the leadership at the next contest. If we win, then I’ll be clear favourite for prime minister.’”
A “distraught” Boris Johnson declared “we’ve got no plan” when he realised Vote Leave would win the Brexit referendum, a new book claims.
Mr Johnson, who is widely credited with delivering the slim majority for Brexit, is said to have walked around his living room “looking ashen-faced and distraught”, muttering: “What the hell is happening? ... Oh s***, we’ve got no plan.
“We haven’t thought about it. I didn’t think it would happen. Holy ***t, what will we do?”.
Anthony Seldon, who has written books on the Downing Street years of every British leader from Margaret Thatcher to David Cameron, has with Raymond Newell turned his pen on Mr Johnson.
An extract published in The Times on Monday covers the hours and days after the Brexit victory.
“I think it was a straight calculation,” said Oliver Lewis, who was Mr Johnson’s Brexit adviser in No 10. “He reckoned it was win-win. ‘If I come out for Brexit and we lose, I position myself as a hero Eurosceptic, from which I can win the leadership at the next contest. If we win, then I’ll be clear favourite for prime minister.’”
