EU trying to do same as Hitler, says UK's Boris Johnson

And there he is . England's Donald Trump.

He's banked his political career on the Brexit, consequences be damned. Like Cameron or the murderer Blair before him.

We are governed by fools. Toffee nosed, elitist, fools.

The man should be ashamed of himself.

Who would be content as a team of horses under a single whip?

This nasty, spoiled, piece of elitist rubbish will say anything to get a headline.

He's not funny. He's not endearing. He's a boil on the arse of the UK.

What a plonker!

Johnson has history on Europe:

All those comedy stories of meddling EU bureaucrats – directives demanding square strawberries and smaller condoms – were inserted into the public domain by the Telegraph’s Brussels correspondent in the 1990s, one Boris Johnson. As a former colleague, Sarah Helm, has recalled: “Johnson’s half-truths created a new reality … correspondents witnessed Johnson shaping the narrative that morphed into our present-day populist Euroscepticism.”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/13/boris-johnson-donald-trump-post-truth-politician

I think he is correct in fearing the nature of EU. It is part of globalization, and it is obvious who is going to govern the globe

and it is obvious who is going to govern the globe

It's not obvious to me, tina, other than it isn't going to be you or me.

But I like your phrase "the nature of the EU". One problem I see is that this nature is described differently by almost everyone - much like religion is described by its followers. As a resident of Scotland, I hate the EU, but I hate it much less than the I hate the UK establishment, and slightly less than I hate the Scottish establishment. How should I vote?

What a marvelous chance to make comments that might resonate in the minds of viewers...what a pointless endevour. I was so young at the time when i visited europe and read all about the ambitious projet of a unified currency based on the ECU. that was i thought the gold standard as the ECU goes back quite a few hundred years i believe...i was in France , you see, and the ECU is their traditional gold coin...what a relief now today to be able to cheer on the British and their dream of renewed sovereignety.

what a relief now today to be able to cheer on the British and their dream of renewed sovereignety.

Aye, right. In Tyneside they're lining up in their thousands for the thrill of being sent down the mines again.

The man is a complete lizard with no compass other than his own ambition. Just like Trump.

A vote for Brexit is a vote for PM Boris Johnson, a vote for the end of the UK as we know it (with Scotland likely to leave), a vote for Putin's vision of an ethnically divided Europe, and a vote for economic turmoil. And Brexit wouldn't even achieve its aims; immigration would still happen, or we would have no EFTA. Can't have it both ways. And now we get this man making utterly ridiculous Nazi comparisons. Don't vote for this idiot or his destructive no-solution to anything whatsoever campaign.

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson

If that was the whole EU voting, everybody not in Britain would say yes to a Brexit as that would lock the Boris outside of Europe.

Most of the comments are ad hominem attacks devoid of logical argument. Objectively, I think the UK would be better off outside of the ill-fated EU. Membership in the EU costs the UK approximately 11% of her GDP. To a socialist, that may sound like a bargain, but not to those being bled dry.

Boris Johnson is essentiall correct. But of course once anyone brings up Hitler the conversation is poisoned --Goodwins Law.

Membership in the EU costs the UK approximately 11% of her GDP

Total utter rubbish.

The man is correct, but for some reason failed to mention the real culprit who brought the EU into exsistence. That would be the US. How better to control a quarter of a continent than by creating a burocratic class and a central bank to rule over them. It's worked so well for Greece, Italy and Spain. And someone please remind me why Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are in the EU?

It's worked so well for Greece, Italy and Spain.

Yes indeed it has. Those three countries were dictatorships not so long ago. Greece is in much better condition now than it was in the 60s and 70s. Spain is better off in the Eu than it was dear Franco. Italy is better off in the EU than it was under Mussolini.

And someone please remind me why Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are in the EU?

Because they want to be. Pretty simple. Those three countries were under Soviet rule not so long ago. Now they are free and thriving. Looking at the Baltics, Poland etc it is very clear that the EU is a better place to be than the Iron Curtain was.

Well yoshitsune, I agree that many countries are better than before. But really, referencing the Warsaw Pact and Franco and Mussolini is not a logical argument. The Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1993, not 1953 as your logic would expect. I have an on-line friend from Lithuania, and I'm glad he's out of the past. But to claim these countries are thriving is just ludicrous. You do understand that the EU, the US and Japan, controlled by the central banking cabal and are massively in bedt right? Please don't screw around the "happy" words and not address the serious problems that come from central banking.

referencing the Warsaw Pact and Franco and Mussolini is not a logical argument. The Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1993, not 1953 as your logic would expec

I disagree. The EU came into existence to prevent the likes of Mussolini and Hitler from happening to Europe again. Franco was in charge until 1975, not 1953. And the Warsaw Pact countries are doing far far better in the EU than they did behind the Iron Curtain - which fell in 1991, not 1953. It is perfectly logical to point out that the last quarter of a century in Eastern Europe is a clear indication that the EU does work.

I have an on-line friend from Lithuania

Yes, yes, very good. I have friends from and in Lithuania and have been there, and it is not ludicrous to claim that Lithuania is thriving. Why do you say it is- did you go there and witness poverty and misery? Obviously not. The stats back me up: the per capita GDP of Lithuania was under 3,000 USD in 1991. It is now over 15,000, well above the world average. Not a slight improvement, but an absolutely massive one.

You do understand that the EU, the US and Japan, controlled by the central banking cabal and are massively in bedt right?

Is that right? And does that mean that Boris Johnson is correct with his absurd Nazi comparison?

The EU referendum is putting the brake on the UK economy. Stay or go the reduction in growth for this year alone is forecast to be worth around £63b. How does that stack up as good value against the UKs net contribution of £8.5b Boris? The mans a fool and likening the EU to any empire builder is divisive nonsense. I think Boris misjudged this one. Perhaps he thought this comment would be a patriotic rallying cry?

Hear, hear.

Perhaps he thought this comment would be a patriotic rallying cry?

That's right, he's off to fight them on the beaches (by Eurostar) while wearing a Union Jack bowler hat (a flag that may cease to exist if Brexit happens) and waving a Cornish pasty around (a food item which is protected under EU laws)

Y'know who was like Hitler?

Hitler.

Though I hate the EU in its current form I support the idea of nations helping each other out though this guy is a lunatic.

@Yoshitsune"MAY. 16, 2016 - 01:06PM JST Membership in the EU costs the UK approximately 11% of her GDP

Total utter rubbish"

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/24/eu-referendum-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-5715240/

"Some estimates suggest the total economic cost of EU membership is around 11 per cent of our annual GDP – which makes it something like £200billion."

That's a quote.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/24/eu-referendum-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-5715240/#ixzz48vChGtH7

A quote from a Metro article which doesn't give any sources or say who exactly those estimates have been thrown out there by or show any of the workings. 11% of GDP is a total utter fabrication; pure nonsense.

EU member states are required to pay 1% of GDP towards the EU budget. The UK gets a rebate on that, and so pays around 0.8%, or around 14.5 billion. The 200 billion figure you've quoted is so ridiculous that it would be enough to cover the combined annual budgets of the UK's military (56 billion) and the NHS (95 billion) with 50 billion change. How is that even remotely possible? It isn't.

As I said the first time, total utter rubbish. Do you honestly believe this figure? This referendum is so important; please, please when people throw around crazy figures like 11% of GDP don't just accept them. They are trying to take you for a mug.