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muriel_volestrangler

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4. So much for "oven-ready"

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 08:05 AM

Sep 2020

He went on to repeat the “oven-ready” mantra on numerous occasions throughout his election campaign.

In the Conservative Party manifesto, he wrote: “With a new Parliament and a sensible majority government, we can get that deal through in days.

“It is oven-ready and every single Conservative MP elected at this election, all 365 of them, have pledged to vote for this deal immediately.”

When launching his campaign on 6 November, Johnson said: “We’ve got a deal, oven-ready, by which we can leave the EU in just a few weeks.”

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-oven-ready-brexit-deal-general-election-111920698.html

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It was always going to be a no deal Brexit [View all] Soph0571 Sep 2020 OP

Brexit never ever made sense! The people of Britain were hoodwinked, when they actually Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1

Because Johnson wanted it both ways: no_hypocrisy Sep 2020 #2

Boris and co. somehow sold it to the British people GopherGal Sep 2020 #8

Seems to always be a catch to Populism. safeinOhio Sep 2020 #3

So much for "oven-ready" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #4

Top UK government lawyer quits over Brexit withdrawal agreement changes muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #5

They sold a lie to their people, who thought they were number one dreamland Sep 2020 #6

Eerily familiar Cosmo Blues Sep 2020 #7