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Some of the new intake have been the first to call Johnson out as well.
Possibly less than 10 more letters required, aparrently.
How much Russian money is there in London? Rather a lot, no?
It's everywhere, not just London. I used to go to Zurich a lot with work and the number of large black German made executive cars with Russian reg plates is incredible. Usually to be found parked outside private banks, parked next to the Mercedes Vito people carriers full of Chinese people with cases of cash.
Some of the new intake have been the first to call Johnson out as well.
Because they're all sat on paper-thin majorities. They won their seats, but not by much, so they're looking at last in/first out. My own new Tory MP has a majority of 100. I'd be twitchy if I was him. I can't se him writing a letter though. He's a proper Brexit Boris fan boi
Channel 4 were saying that on present polling in the north, all but 3 of the 'Red Wall' constituencies would return to labour if there were an election tomorrow. Thats going to give you something of a different viewpoint to Southern MPs sat on huge majorities
Johnsons head of policy has just resigned over Boris Johnson’s Jimmy Savile attack on Keir Starmer, with a pretty damning letter
https://twitter.com/spectator/status/1489259974333063176?s=20&t=-GxkxO-ueVaumr7nHKzldg
I wonder if that will provoke any more letters to the 1922
The person who doesn't believe in institutional racism put in charge of the investigation into institutional racism? Shame to see her leave.
Anyone still on board is looking at risk of going down with the ship.
Yeah, I don't think anyone who's been close to Johnson for a long period of time is going to have a record that many of us would approve of. It's still all part of the abandonment of Johnson, as things get increasingly desperate and he thrashes about and looks for new lows in red meat attack lines to shore himself up.
Munira Mirza: Another one of the old Revolutionary Communist Party who seem to have migrated to the tories. The RCP being big provo supporters bitd - but we don’t mention that because Corbyn supports terrorists.
I think it must have an impact; I think we'll get to the required number of letters in the next week if bad new stories keep coming. I wonder if any outlets are holding something back to sell the weekend papers? Originally I thoguht even if a VONC was held he'd never lose but I'm not so sure now. If one is called and they know its the only oppurtunity to get rid of him for a year will they really want to risk him coming good?
Part of me hours there is a vonc and that he wins.
He will be unable to do anything in terms of policies and he will damage the tories even more.
Hopeful thoughts i appreciate
Once you’ve got 54+ MPs against you, it’s a downward slope whether you win the VONC or not.
I think losing such a central senior advisor in a very public rebuke of his judgement is big. Worse for him than the 11 MPs who have spoken out so far.
When does a letter to Graham Brady expire?
Going by the faces that are getting the airtime at the moment, the Tory party looks more like the National Front or the BNP.
Think you missed an E out there
From here:
1. The current rules
The current rules for electing the leader of the Conservative Party were
introduced in 1998. A leadership contest can be triggered in two ways:
• If 15% of Conservative MPs write to the Chairman of the 1922
Committee saying they no longer have confidence in the leader of
the Conservative Party, or
• if the current leader resigns.
In brief, the election system consists of two stages:
• Stage 1 - Conservative Members of Parliament select a choice of
two candidates to present to the membership of the whole Party.
• Stage 2- Party members vote, on a "one member one vote" basis,
for their preferred candidate from a shortlist of two.
The rules and procedures for stage 1 are the responsibility of the 1922
Committee. The 1922 Committee is a committee of backbench
Conservative MPs that meets weekly when the Commons is sitting (see
section 4). Its chair is elected by Committee members.
The detailed rules for stage 1 are not published and are a matter for the
1922 Committee Executive to agree in consultation with the
Conservative Party Board. In the event of a contest the Chairman will
announce the procedure and timetable to be followed.
So in relation to
When does a letter to Graham Brady expire?
We don't know but I imagine they have to be expressly withdrawn. "Not having confidence" is a state of affairs, not an event.
Another one of the old Revolutionary Communist Party who seem to have migrated to the tories.
Wonder if she will follow Claire Fox to the lords. It was always amusing to see the right wing nuts ranting about communism and Corbyn when Johnson had several RCP senior members around him.
IIRC once the threshold has been reached Graham Brady then has to go round and check that everyone who submitted still stands by their decision.
We’re probably now about as credible as Russia on the international stage nowadays. Probably less so
Who'd have thought that negotiating in bad faith for years then threatening to break an international treaty could undermine your reputation for diplomatic honesty?
I got a reply from my MP today - Anne Marie Morris, yes, that one.
As things stand she is of the opinion the the clown Johnson should move on.
Both the people who have resigned from the No.10 unit recently (so far)are women. As Nikki Da Costa- ex head of legislative affairs unit for May and Johnson said on Twitter it’s not a good look for them to replace Mirza so quickly- I have worked in institutions like that and it shows a very one way concept of loyalty
Nikki da Costa
@nmdacosta
I like Andrew a lot so this is no comment on him, but it's not like a ministerial vacancy when this needed to be rushed out. So it is also a message of brutality, and indicative of a No10 operation that says whenever a good colleague is lost 'Next'.
Can't see Johnson being very happy with Sunak, I need a big cost of living crisis announcement to shore up my failing premiership, OK boss will do.....
Daily fail leader...
Rishi lets Boris Swing.
the Scum leader
Rish won't Dish
the Brexit Bugle
breaking Coup begins ....
The fact that it is Sunak on his feet announcing something that looks like a cash handout* rather than his boss tells you everything you need to know.
*It isn't obviously.
I'm sceptical that Mirza's suddenly developed a conscience
Johnson has said plenty of outrageous, offensive & blatantly untrue things before
Just looks like a convenient excuse to abandon a sinking ship
I’m sceptical that Mirza’s suddenly developed a conscience
Both she and particularly her partner are good mates with Rishi…
She's not developed a conscience, she smells the death of her sponser.
Rishi also stated how much he liked working with her.
Rats.. alternative ship.
Aye but if it means Boris goes down in flames I'm all for it. Surely if these rats are leaving it'll be a cascade collapse of support bar some of the die hard Brexidiots. And talking of flames looks like Boris legacy is catching up and Northern Ireland is about to explode.
I wonder if regards a VONC they are holding off only for the reason that it will be a do or die affair (i.e. if it fails he is there for another year) so maybe some holding off until they are sure he will be a goner. I do not think there is another way to rid us of him and he clearly will not do the decent thing and fall on his sword. But there is also the other side of the coin that the longer he stays the more he destroys the tories.
FM that very scenario was being discussed on PM this evening, they believe more MPs want to put letters in but are scared they may get stuck with him for another year.
surely they are resigning because they were at the parties ?
The whole sham is literally imploding around Boris now isn't it?
I can't lie, I'm loving it.
Spectacularly tone-deaf from his (former) comms chief - apparently the last couple of weeks has been very hard for him and his family. As long as no-one is partying while he's been having a tough time, eh?
If you work for a high profile lying scumbag, why would you expect an easy time?🤷🏼♂️
https://twitter.com/Number10cat/status/1489311978040532992?s=20&t=4uuZfRoI8Qm7hwKT3tqHKw
Larry agrees
I'm checking twitter every so often expecting to see someone else quit!
Daily mail (sorry) political ed. just tweeted more news coming from no. 10 this evening..
edit. I feel compelled to point out I don't follow him, but it was retweeted by my local MP
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1489323420982693891
another.... is the list of those at the parties?
more news coming from no. 10 this evening..
Dan Rosenfield gone
Edit: too slow
Is this a 'principled clearout' or are people resigning 'on principle'? Where's the Nugde Unit and the Institute of Government in all of this?
It's falling apart isn't it!
How long before Johnson has to do a Trump and start employing his kids to make up a team?
we need a minister to jump ship...
How long before Johnson has to do a Trump and start employing his kids to make up a team?
That's a large pool of people to choose from, but I am not sure that they are old enough. He does have a brother, sister and father that I am sure he could find jobs for.
Johnson is and will be surrounded by casualties. So sad.
This is effing brilliant, I'm guessing those going would have been binned in the great purge to appease the party gods, now Boris can't sacrifice them to save himself.
stolen from ****ter
Who get's custody of the fridge ?
I’ve no doubt he will spin this as part of his intentional restructuring……
This is effing brilliant, I’m guessing those going would have been binned in the great purge to appease the party gods, now Boris can’t sacrifice them to save himself.
And like Dom before them, they know where the bodies are buried.
I wonder if they’ll decide to talk to the Met or the media first?
Who get’s custody of the fridge ?
You better check the contents before you take it home as there could be a big useless lump of gammon in it.
What a shitshow!
I'm loving it!
Any bets on who's next?
How long before Johnson has to do a Trump and start employing his kids to make up a team?
His adult kids aren’t likely to ever want to work with him. They know him.
He does have a brother, sister and father that I am sure he could find jobs for.
One of his brothers resigned as an MP, rather than be seen to endorse him as PM. He knows him.
Being presented as part of the clearing out - a controlled and planned process.
Ha - it's a pathetic attempt to show he's in charge; johnson is now being controlled by events - he can't stop the runaway train.
WooHoo.
I wonder if they’ll decide to talk to the Met or the media first?
The media of course, get anything out there that can then be said will prejudice a trial.
It's like coming out of the bunker and wondering whether to surrender to the Russians or the Americans, it's not a hard choice 🙂
The frightening thing is he might have to make a decision without running it past an adult first (even when he runs it by an adult he can still stuff things up)
"we need a minister to jump ship"
They're too busy jumping sharks.
The line up for Question Time tonight had the rest of the panellists plus ‘a Cabinet Minister TBC’
It’s now been confirmed that it is Crispin Blunt.
Probably the only one in the subsidised bar who hadn’t run for the hills and was pissed enough
No ‘Cabinet Minister TBC’ then?
And that was before the latest shenanigans
https://twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1489238809187426311?s=21
Should be interesting 😂
Having seen Tim Stanley on sky's papers review earlier this week his exchanges with blunt I agree with binners - should be...interesting.
I love the way the Tory WhatsApp group is always screen shotted
https://twitter.com/kevinaschofield/status/1489337562921684995?s=21
Surely if it's sofa's purge then they'd be sackings not resignations.
and replacements named.
Surely if it’s sofa’s purge then they’d be sackings not resignations.
Aye that first letter by Munira Mirza didn't sound like a push.
Surely if it’s sofa’s purge then they’d be sackings not resignations.
It depends if you know you are going to be sacrificed for him. I would be tempted to jump first after sticking the knife in.
But if people are jumping first it just proves he's not in control
Mail piling in
https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1489363139783184396?t=xLebcJgpZr-pZZNo-EUlVQ&s=19
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Surely if he's cleaning house and in command and Sunak has put the knife in then Rishi is a goner No ? Can't see the tough Johnson narrative lasting more than a day.
A day? This ‘Big Dog Getting Tough’ bullshit won’t survive first contact with the real world
Even the most hapless halfwit (ie:Tory backbencher) will struggle to swallow this crap
Everyone who is anywhere near Downing Street is getting the **** out of Dodge, which raises the obvious question of what provoked that?
Anyone reckon the Downing Street staff might have seen any leaked reports about what’s in the pipeline?
It's really not being reported as a clear out is it?
It's almost totally being reported as the latest clusterfudge.
Only by Johnson stooges on Twitter, parroting the whips tripe!
Newsnight : Crispin Blunt was useless
Tim posh-but-dim was once again
The poor Prof when confronted with repeated stupid Q's must have felt like walking off
Crispin Blunt was useless
Yes, Dom Cummins is playing us all, well Crispin, Bozo could have got his side of events out first (oh hold on he couldn't).
Sparks didn't really fly on QT tonight, Crispin Blunt was largely ignored, put in the corner with a glass of port like an elderly senile relative at Christmas.
Tim Stanley tried to be too clever for his own good and was very subtly and graciously put in his place by the guy from the NHS. I'm sure he thought he was going to shine tonight, you could see how chomping at the bit he was from the moment the gates opened, he managed to clear the first fence but was out of the picture at the finish.
In the end I think he served himself up as a fine example of the kind of supercilious detachment that abounds at the two publications he works for. He and his employers think they are at the forefront of events and indeed they have been, because they have been colluding and canoodling with those in power these past few years. Events are now passing them by and they've yet to realise that even their own readership doesn't trust them anymore. We all know Tim Stanley and his colleagues knew about the parties 18 months ago.
Ended up being a rather sensible public information film from the NHS, Dr.Rosena Allin-Khan did well, putting the emphasis on getting the right public health message across rather than looking to score cheap political points.
"Only by Johnson stooges on Twitter, parroting the whips tripe!"
Gottle of geer, gottle of geer....whose a pretty boy then.
Come to think of it, the only costume I haven't seen Johnson cosplaying in is a pirates hat, (but i bet Nadine has...)
The amount of times somebody is photographed in a high viz jacket does seem to be inversely proportional to the likelihood of them actually wearing a high viz jacket while not being photographed
Never thought I’d see the Mail parroting a Sun headline about Neil Kinnock on the 92/93? election against a Tory PM.
Southend West bi election - I clearly don’t understand politics because although never expected to change parties, the enormity of the continued Conservative voting amazes me with what’s going on. How is it even possible they are so popular right now?