Doesn't the Hulk go on mindless and destructive rampages with no foresight or strategic thinking whatsoever? 🤔
In an interview with the Mail On Sunday the PM – who will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Luxembourg in the coming week – likened Britain to the fictional scientist Bruce Banner, who transforms into the monstrous green Hulk when he is angry in the Marvel superhero comics and movies.
‘Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be – and that is the case for this country.Mr Johnson claimed a ‘huge amount of progress is being made’ on Brexit and told the paper: ‘I will be talking to Jean-Claude about how we’re going to do it. I’m very confident. ‘When I got this job everybody was saying there can be absolutely no change to the Withdrawal Agreement, the backstop was immutable, the arrangements by which the UK was kept locked in to the EU forever, they said no-one could change that.‘They have already moved off that and, as you know, there’s a very, very good conversation going on about how to address the issues of the Northern Irish border. A huge amount of progress is being made.’ Escargot, salmon and fromage will be on the menu when Mr Johnson and Mr Juncker meet for lunch on Monday. The PM, accompanied by Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay and Number 10’s Brexit negotiator David Frost, will also meet the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier during the Luxembourg visit. Despite the Mr Johnson’s optimism, Downing Street warned that Monday’s meetings will not be a ‘big breakthrough’ moment in the Government’s bid to strike a deal with Brussels. Ahead of the trip, the PM took another swipe at his opposition rival Labour leader Jeremy Corybyn, saying: ‘Don’t be fooled by Corbyn and the ringleaders. On the one hand, they say I don’t want a deal.‘I am straining to get a deal, but I will also end the uncertainty and take us out on the 31 October.’It came as research by Opinium suggested the Conservatives have increased their poll lead to 12 points above Labour. The pollsters put the Tories on 37 per cent, with Labour on 25 per cent, the Liberal Democrats on 16 per cent and the Brexit Party on 13 per cent. A separate poll by ComRes and the Sunday Express suggested just one in 10 people think Parliament ‘works well and is fit for the 21st century’.
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