Who, What, Why: Could Boris Johnson be UK PM and then US president ?

[Cidersomerset]

This is a bit of a stretch , but this article amused me and I did a thread about the
same subject a couple of years ago for fun, and he has a more legitimate claim
than the current encumbrant ..LOL.....or with a name like Boris he may challenge
Putin ? Boris also has royal blood and an ancestral castle in Germany.


Bojo v Barack? New York-born Boris says he could be President Johnson

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http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?46650-Bojo-v-Barack-New-York-born-Boris-says-he-could-be-President-Johnson



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Who, What, Why: Could Boris Johnson be UK PM and then US president?

12 May 2014


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Who, What, Why: Could Boris Johnson be UK PM and then US president?

Boris Johnson has renewed his US passport. It might seem fanciful but could he possibly
become UK prime minister and then US president, asks Tom de Castella.

Boris Johnson renewed his US passport in November 2012, the London Mayor's aides
have confirmed. The news came as a surprise to some. In a column for the Spectator in
2006 he said he was renouncing his US citizenship after being barred from using his
British passport to change planes in Texas. But it appears he didn't follow through.

There has been speculation Johnson might eventually succeed David Cameron as Tory
leader. Having dual citizenship is no bar to becoming prime minister. The only
requirements are to be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons and
be invited by the Crown to form a government, says John Curtice, professor of politics
at Strathclyde University. You don't even need to have British citizenship to be an MP.
The rules say only that you have to be a citizen of the UK, the Republic of Ireland or the
Commonwealth, and over 18.

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The answer
It is possible to be UK PM and then US president
You must be US born and aged over 35
You must live in the US for 14 years

The US passport revelation leaves an intriguing question floating in the air. Could
Johnson be prime minister and then US president? He was born in New York and being
born in the US is a constitutional requirement for any presidential candidate. He told
David Letterman in 2012 that he could "technically speaking" be US president. In
Johnson's 2006 Spectator piece he wrote: "When the going has got tough in England it
has sometimes crossed my mind that I could yet activate the Schwarzenegger option
and flee to the land of opportunity, perhaps beginning as a short-order chef in Miami
before winding up as Colorado senator and, inevitably, president." Tongue was firmly in
cheek. Or was it?

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Arnold Schwarzenegger - at one point a popular governor of California - cannot become
president because he was born in Austria. Rumour has it he has in the past lobbied to
get the rule changed. But Johnson has no such impediment.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California - but can't
run for US president

Article II, section 1 of the US Constitution has just three eligibility criteria for being
president - being "a natural born American", aged over 35 and living in the US for 14
years. Johnson falls down on the last - but in theory he could leave Downing Street and
move to the US and 14 years later enter the race for the White House.

There is nothing in the constitution to stop a foreign leader becoming US head of state,
says Dr Joshua Simon, lecturer in American politics at King's College London.

But that's the legal situation. The political one would be rather different.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-27371673


There are many examples of Boris'isms on U'tube and elsewhere and he
is just like JW with a few more brain cells and a over active libido.

Boris Johnson calls hecklers 'lefty t***ers' during visit to Bristol

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Wow! I'd never even heard of this guy. Reminds me a bit of Donald Trump -- could it be that temper?

p.s. i'd take a stranger over Arnold based on what I've read about his motivations..

[aheb]

I think Boris is rather dangerous. He looks like a tool, but underneath all the buffoonery I think you have a machiavelli

[Tesla_WTC_Solution]

I think Boris is rather dangerous. He looks like a tool, but underneath all the buffoonery I think you have a machiavelli

while Arnold is patently insane!! he wanted to be next Hitler.

" I was always dreaming about very powerful people, dictators and things like that." ~Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pumping Iron (film)

[aheb]

But what a brilliant actor ( joke)

[avid]

Dual nationality/passports for 'elected' politicians should not be allowed. We have this problem in the UK too. It's in conflict of interests - however, seems to be OK for loads of senior statespersons in the USA, with dual nationality with Israel. Conflicts and interests.....;) oh and where's that Israeli-flag-waving smiley? Too much money going to such a small state, one rule for that state, and the another rule for the rest in regard to human rights, legalities et al. That is incredibly unfair. Why is there such bias? I reckon there are too many of the dual-passport folks to make a democracy true. It's insideous. Yep - conflicts and INTERESTS....

[GuyFox]

Is this a Meme?

Strangely, I spoke with a friend in London about exactly this topic yesterday

[Ellisa]

You've gotta love Boris---(but I'd watch him very carefully too).

[GuyFox]

A Brit and An American discuss "the World situation" in this revealing conversation

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WorldView#1: "Can Boris Johnson be President? etc" Mid-May'14

Brit-Kong World View is a series of conversations with people from around the globe, talking about the state of the global economy, and world politics.

In this initial conversation, "Alpha", based in Hong Kong speaks to "Beta" in the UK. The conversation kicks off with a discussion about the US stock market, and when it might rollover. (A peak in the Russell 2000 has been made in early March, but the S&P500 and the DJIA have been making new highs.

The chat moves on to talk about the UK market, and the political situation in the UK, including the prospects for UKIP, and the major parties, including the possibility that popular London mayor Boris Johnston might run for parliament, and even become Prime Minister. In an interesting twist, BJ was born in the US, and so he also qualifies as a theoretical US presidential candidate, as crazy and impossible as that may seem.

The US election of 2016 is also discussed briefly, as is the challenge that the elites may face in winning over the American public, who is becoming increasingly disenchanted with two party politics, and the fact that Major party candidates no longer serve the voters, but rather corporate interests.

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"A Low in Gold should be in place before the end of July 2014"
Gold vs Debt chart / the chart from "post#24", as discussed:

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The music clip at the end comes from The Butterfly Lovers concerto.