Boris vows to take Britain out of the ‘prison’ of the EU by October 31 ‘do or die’

BORIS Johnson today vowed to take the UK out of the "prison" of the EU by October 31 "do or die" as he blasted Theresa May's "gloom and morosity".

The frontrunner revealed his plan A, B and C for getting Britain out as soon as possible - and vowed to scrap the current PM's hated withdrawal agreement.

In an interview with talkRADIO he said: "We are getting ready to come out on October the 31st. Come what may. Do or die."

He refused to delay Brexit again with another extension like Mrs May did twice, and said his "positive energy" would unlock the talks.

Boris blasted: "I've never seen such morosity and gloom from a government.

"For three years we've been sitting around wrapped in defeatism telling the British public that they can't do this or that. It is pathetic, it's absolutely pathetic."

His plan would be firstly to get a better deal through more talks with the EU.

He would implement a "standstill" arrangement with the bloc "so that we keep going with the existing arrangements until such time as we've completed our free trade agreement and we use that period to solve the questions of the Northern Ireland border."

And he vowed: "I think we can do that."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/9368734/boris-brexit-plan-b-october-31-do-or-die/

Red October incoming?

'Big difference between the Hanoi Hilton' and border facilities

“The View” co-host Meghan McCain on Tuesday rejected the notion that migrant detention shelters along the United States' southern border are “torture facilities” like the one her father, the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), was kept in during the Vietnam War.

“I know what a torture facility looks like. I’ve been to one,” McCain said. “When you have a facility whose specific purpose is to torture people, that is not what’s going on. Yes, it’s inhumane, but there’s a big difference between the Hanoi Hilton and what’s happening at the border right now.”

McCain’s father was imprisoned at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison for more than five years during the Vietnam War.

While serving in the Navy, John McCain was captured after his plane crashed during a mission. He suffered multiple broken bones, was tortured and beaten, and refused to be released ahead of other U.S. soldiers who were taken prisoner before him.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/450241-meghan-mccain-big-difference-between-the-hanoi-hilton-and-border-facilities

>but there’s a big difference between the Hanoi Hilton and what’s happening at the border right now.

One distinct difference is Border Control officers aren't asking the illegal aliens to betray their country of origin but to return to it… too soon?

(not notable but comical)

Federal prosecutors allege Hunter repeatedly misused campaign funds during affairs

Federal prosecutors have unveiled new allegations of campaign finance violations by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), claiming that the lawmaker improperly used campaign funds in the course of five different affairs with congressional staffers and lobbyists.

In a court filing made late Monday night, the Justice Department requested permission to share the new allegations with jurors during Hunter’s upcoming trial on alleged campaign finance violations.

The Justice Department said it was necessary to unveil the new allegations “to establish the personal nature of the expenditures" as well as to "to demonstrate Hunter’s knowledge and intent to break the law, and to establish his motive to embezzle from his campaign.”

In the 12 page-long document, federal prosecutors claim that Hunter repeatedly used campaign funds to cover expenses while he had extramarital affairs with five different women, all of whom “were involved in politics in some manner.”

“Evidence of the intimate, entirely personal quality of Hunter’s specific encounters with these women is essential to demonstrate that his spending to facilitate those encounters was improper,” the court filing reads. “At trial, the evidence will demonstrate that Hunter improperly used campaign funds to pursue these romances wholly unrelated to either his congressional campaigns or his official duties as a member of Congress."

Hunter's office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The Hill. He has repeatedly denied the accusations against him, calling them politically motivated while blaming his wife for any campaign finance misconduct.

Hunter's wife, Margaret Hunter, earlier this month pleaded guilty to conspiring to misuse campaign funds. An attorney for Duncan Hunter has said his wife’s guilty plea will not impact his case.

The new Justice Department filing claims that during one alleged affair with a lobbyist in 2010, Hunter used campaign funds to rent a car, cover a $1,008 hotel tab, buy a $180 plane ticket back to D.C., and buy a single Sam Adams for $7 from a nearby “saloon,” while he stayed with one woman by Lake Tahoe.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/450252-federal-prosecutors-allege-hunter-repeatedly-misused-campaign-funds-during

Over zealous prosecutor or corrupt repub? If the repub is really this stupid then he doesn't need to be any where near a government position…