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Conservative vice-chair resigns live on TV
Their doing it live on TV now
https://twitter.com/TheNewsDesk/status/1544388951435247625?t=2K8tp7R8LmGfHL7Zv4vNSQ&s=19
If the Tories were to publicly depose Boris and then call a snap election, I reckon they’d get a big enough bounce to get another majority.
That.
Could we see mad nad as chancellor before the whole edifice crumbles? Just for 20 mins any longer and the comedy of the situation might be overtaken by the financial disaster.
Even the nutters are deserting him now …
[Jonathon Gullis if you want an example]
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I wouldn’t bet against Johnson appointing a load of people from outside the Commons and shutting parliament “early” for the summer. Worry about the legal and political problems of that kind of move in September… hope for an event to occur in August to save him.
Where is Truss?
I wonder what the Mail’s headline will be in the morning?
The Daily Mail seems to have turned against Johnson over the last few weeks, which means that Paul Dacre has a successor in mind.
It's a good job that the Johnson loyalists remaining in the cabinet have a strong track record of competence and vision.
Where is Truss?
Instagram.
The only way dorres will resign is if bojo says he will take her into the sunset with him
I guess we'll get another tranche of resignations once the new chancellor is chosen 😀
If the Tories were to publicly depose Boris and then call a snap election, I reckon they’d get a big enough bounce to get another majority.
The Tories will definitely replace Johnson now as he has become an election liability who can't reasonably recover.
I can't see any obvious advantage in them calling a snap general election though. They currently have a huge majority which whatever the outcome of the next general election they are very unlikely replicate.
Huge majorities are highly desirable as they make rebellions almost certainly ineffective and make legalisation incredibly easy to pass.
Furthermore until Johnson's first **** up over Paterson the Tories had a consistent lead over Labour, the only reason the Tories have trailed Labour by a few points since last November is because Johnson has had one **** up after the other, there is no reason to assume that with him gone the Tories will not re-establish a lead. Unless they choose another blunder prone idiot in which case they will probably lose the snap election anyway.
As long as Starmer stays Labour leader until the next general election the Tories can reasonably assume to remain in government for at least the next 6 years. If they call a snap election and they win it Starmer will definitely resign and the most they can be sure of is to be in government for the next 4 years.
I have to admit i clicked on that cold war Steve link with a certain amount of fear of losing my dinner
I wonder what the Mail’s headline will be in the morning?
something....something snp bad.....migrants......benefit scroungers......immigrants swarming into Britain...something....something..
So just the usual shit.
It used to seem a bit of joke that once he's gone Boris would be free to write his two letters on should Britain be a republic or a monarchy. Probably shortly before announcing his intention to save the nation as President Boris. Following Rees-Moggs views on who's mandate is it anyway might hint he could really do it. All we do know is it's going to be same old same old in office or out.
An 'ally' of truss says she backs blojo.
In other news 'lord' david frost says it's time for new leadership and new pm.
Will any tory - fabric*nt excepted - be so stupid as to appear on newsnight?
As for the morning media round - raab, coffey? No? Too busy doing each others hair..
Someone must be doing the Hitler bunker video now
An ‘ally’ of truss says she backs blojo
Entirely predictable.
Easy to either reaffirm or contradict that when it's clear which way the wind is blowing.
Declare for the wrong side and she's ruined, declare for the right one and she's chancellor by Friday or leader elect.
bob - raab operating the camera;
ree-smug and mad nad on fluffing duties - carrie not available.
Someone must be doing the Hitler bunker video now
Its more akin to Seal team 6 storming the Abbottabad compound to dispose of Osama Bin Laden, we'll find Boris carcass t'morn floating face down in the thames outside the Houses of Parliament
The Tories will definitely replace Johnson now as he has become an election liability who can’t reasonably recover.
The problem for the tories is without the focus on "Boris's circus" then the legislative agenda comes into focus. For the past few years they have been unhindered by scrutiny and/or accountability because oh look Boris has poured custard down his pants again. The idea that the legislative agenda has been hampered by his antics isn't really supported by the evidence.
So I wouldn't be surprised if they try and keep the circus rolling for a bit longer yet.
Dear God, Steve barclay as health Secretary.
I mean it could have been worse, moggster prescribing leeches but still
Someone must be doing the Hitler bunker video now
Boris will barricade himself in number 10 and be like one of those Japanese soldiers found in the jungle on a Pacific island, still fighting the Second World War
That's why he wanted the armoured tree house.
Dear God, Steve barclay as health Secretary
Or to give him his full title. The shortest serving health Secretary in political history
I imagine it was like the episode of the Thick of It when Nicola Murray, the 9th choice for the role is appointed
I hope everyone’s looking for this all falling apart over the next couple of days. PMQs is going to be brilliant tomorrow. Can Keir get covid so Angela Rayner can do it? 😂
Can Keir get covid so Angela Rayner can do it?
That was my thought too
Or to give him his full title. The shortest serving health Secretary in political history
Will his new department even bother setting up a meet and greet?
Wasn't he supposed to be merging various other departments and being Johnson's Chief of Staff in the wake of partygate? I suppose throwing in a fourth job won't be that hard.
Boris' next job might be in cyber
Boris’ next job might be in cyber
😂
So I wouldn’t be surprised if they try and keep the circus rolling for a bit longer yet.
I would be. But if it's a circus that they are after all is not lost. The current bookie favourite to replace Johnson is Penny Mordaunt.
And Penny Mordaunt is such a prankster - who can forget that hilarious speech she made in the House of Commons when she repeatedly used the words "cock" and "laid" for a dare and for a laugh?
I saw S’Kiers response to this stream of events on C4 news earlier - OMG the headteacher at my daughters primary school had more prescence about him. Just pathetic electoral waffle about a clean slate for Britain.
I think the tories could field a potato with googly eyes stuck on and and it would do a better job in the polls! 🤣
The thing is with all these resignations, some are saying now that they're fed up because Johnson keeps lying to them. To "Them". Not "Us". they're all more than happy to tell huge whoppers when it suited them for public consumption, but suddenly come over all Braveheart about lies told to the party.
Future pub quiz question:
Who was appointed Health Secretary for 3 days in July 2022?
what have I missed, why 3 days?
His responses to SunaK and Javid are sickenly telling - thanks and here’s everything I’ve done while you worked for me.
What a c….
what have I missed, why 3 days?
That’s how long the ammo will last that Nadine Dorres has taken in to Number 10 with her
It's brilliant that he's still clinging on
It's like a never ending parade of daring to see just how low he can sink
I desperately hope this chancer can be kicked out at last.
Although I don't kid myself that sunshine and rainbows will follow.
I saw S’Kiers response to this stream of events on C4 news earlier – OMG the headteacher at my daughters primary school had more prescence about him. Just pathetic electoral waffle about a clean slate for Britain
That was as technically as hasty as it gets. Double flags, out of focus, on camera mic sound - distorted.
Liz Truss as chancellor? You wouldn’t trust her to work out the change from a round of drinks
His responses to SunaK and Javid are sickenly telling
In fairness their letters were also telling about what a great job they had done only held back by him so its time to resign and let them take over.
Nadhim Zahawi is chancellor
Boris wanted Liz Truss as chancellor!!! That was a close shave for the UK , jeses
Javid's timing is as good as his trolling.
Zahawi is only the lesser of two morons
I don't have much faith in him as chancellor
Don't worry he won't be chancellor long 🤣
Truss won't be happy
But it's Zahawi who's just blown up his ministerial career
https://twitter.com/thejonnyreilly/status/1544410985007562759?t=Gwe7Om7hz5GnRk7lcFFWtg&s=09
Liz Truss would have taken the job of Chancellor because she is a simple as an 8 piece Jigsaw.
I had Zahawi down is a bit more sophisticated than that. I can only assume he is hoping it wins him some political capital for an upcoming leadership contest
I wonder what the Mail’s headline will be in the morning?
LOOK! Squirrel!
Or they’ll just brand Javid and Sunak as traitors. Probably traitors with funny coloured skin and funny names.
Almost certainly. They'll either field a non-story or it'll be ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE and all their (or our) fault for just not believing in him enough.
The question is… Which of the slippery **** will replace him?
As I've said repeatedly over the last six years: be careful what you wish for. Not so long ago I'd have said Gove but all bets seem to be off right now. It could be Diane Abbott at this rate.
WTF is going on!
While remaining publicly loyal, it’s possible that some ministers will privately ask the PM to consider his position.
If he refuses to do so, this could provoke some further departures, with one minister telling me they’d go if the PM tries to stay on until the summer recess.
can only assume he is hoping it wins him some political capital for an upcoming leadership contest
Snouts in trough time. He has no chance of being leader and wouldnt have a job under a competent leader
I had Zahawi down is a bit more sophisticated than that. I can only assume he is hoping it wins him some political capital for an upcoming leadership contest
Leadership and potentially the next GE, its a very public role so might get him some sort of a profile in the running. The rest of the cabinet are, unless they screw up, largely a non event if you're not especially interested in the political happenings of the country. Under Boris you need to be a in the mould of Patel or truss if you want to be seen.
Truss will be fuming mind and now actively trying to figure out which end of the knife to stick Boris with
Eldest's Tory boy uni friend has an older brother on holiday with a broadsheet journalist and a junior No10 staffer.
Getting some interesting third hand gossip about Liz Truss being Boris's first choice for Chancellor 😱
Edit - Read back and obviously the story is out and confirmed.
only held back by him so its time to resign and let them take over.
Yup, Sunak's resignation letter is particularly worrying imo, it included:
We both want a low tax, high growth economy, and world class public services, but this can only be responsibly delivered if we are to work hard, make sacrifices and take difficult decisions, I firmly believe the public are ready to hear that truth”.
When Tories talk of "difficult decisions" they always mean cuts in spending and services.
The "truth" which the public are apparently ready to hear is no doubt the same sort of "truth" as the public were told when the need for austerity to clear the deficit was sold to them.
Sunak also says:
"In preparation for our proposed joint speech on the economy next week, it has become clear to me that our approaches are fundamentally too different, I have reluctantly come to the conclusion we cannot continue like this”.
All of that has bugger all to do with the Pincher scandal or Johnson lying about what he knew concerning previous allegations. It is a criticism of Johnson's economic approach.
The Tories have always been the party of austerity but it was Corbyn's election as L TVabour Party leader that forced Theresa May to give up arguing the case for austerity, the public simply weren't going to buy it anymore.
Johnson has maintained that position, as a big spending showman who needs to be loved by the public austerity has no obvious appeal to him. But now with him clearly on the way out I reckon the Tories will be ready to do what they do best - screw the public whilst telling them that it's for their own good.
I'm loving the fact that now forced into a reshuffle all the MPs he promised jobs to , to get through the VONC, are realising he promised lots of MPs the same job
https://twitter.com/lucyallan/status/1544424401545871361?t=kxWircDgjCFnLbs9Gy4OHQ&s=09
This cabinet reshuffle may be his actual downfall
WTF is going on!
Chaos with Ed Miliband.
Anyone getting major carry on infamy vibes?
This cabinet reshuffle may be his actual downfall
I doubt it, obviously he never said any of the things he said to get through the last popularity contest that he didn't realise was a VoNC. And if he did he's sorry that he's not sorry for it and is drawing a line under the whole thing to get on with job of doing what the public want him to do, except resign.
The Convict is teflon. He'll know all of the methods to stick this out. His latest squeeze won't want the shame of being kicked out. She wears his trousers.
Andrew Chalk resigned too (according to Newsnight)
This would be hilarious if we weren't facing the shitstorm of post-Covid, post-Brexit, recession compounded by an impending climate Armageddon
I reckon he might be ringing round to get quotes to hire a wallpaper stripper, just in case.
Who the **** ARE all these people? I've never heard of most of them.
This is hilarious - lets hope it has some lasting impact.
Andrew Chalk resigned too (according to Newsnight)
To paraphrase Mick Lynch, I don't even know who he is.
Although I suspect it's Alex Chalk who has resigned, from whatever position he had.