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This isn’t an act, he is just coked of his tits constantly
He doesn't appear to be with it at all. Only just turned it on, he can't find the words for anything.
BBC news, just tuned in. Loving the resignations counter
It's live on BBC news channel.
Where are you all watching this?
Live feed on the Guardian website
Cheers all.
Shapps, Brandon Lewis, Simon Hart and the Chief Whip are among the delegation.... will they resign if he says no ?
Where are you all watching this?
Oldschool telly. They're grilling him live on all the rolling news channels.
the same guy who was doing the rounds this morning is now jumping ship ? will he resign ?
He’s just playing the victim
He really can’t accept he has made any mistakes.
Meanwhile Zahawi reported to have turned on Johnson after accepting chancellor’s job!
I'm just praying he rebuffs the delegation and refuses to resign. Zahawi surely would have to resign in that case. Number 1 - will that be a new record for the shortest tenure in a cabinet post? Number 2 - what the **** has happened in 24hrs that means Zahawi has gone from toadying groveler and accepting Sunak's sloppy seconds (or is it thirds?) to offing the boss?
If he says “get on and deliver” one more time
There is an easy way out, based on his current state they could easily get him sectioned
Part of me actually feels a bit sorry for him, his whole carefully constructed world is falling apart before his eyes and I'm starting to think its not that he thought everyone else bought it and isn't he a wonderful trickster but rather that he's genuinely ill and believes in his own delusion.
Boris refusing to say he won't dissolve Parliament if he loses a vote of no confidence.
He's a nutter.
elect a clown watch the circus.
He is absolutely refusing to resign or step aside or acknowledge any fault on his part. Unbelievable.
His entire defence is to try and change subject, isn't it.
Dear god.
Absolutely wild the end of that committee meeting! Staggering
Number 2 – what the **** has happened in 24hrs that means Zahawi has gone from toadying groveler and accepting Sunack’s sloppy seconds (or is it thirds?) to offing the boss?
Realising he's about to get dragged down
Oh this is fun. Its everything I hoped for
Jesus H Christ, just finished watching the liaison committee grilling.
A million times better than anything Armando Iannucchi ever wrote for The Thick of It.
Then I remembered that it's all real, and that is a terrifying thought.
This is the best thread ever at the moment. Keep the info coming in people.
Get ready for:
'Night of the Long knives II'
I reckon I'm going to be glued to the news this evening...
I’m starting to think its not that he thought everyone else bought it and isn’t he a wonderful trickster but rather that he’s genuinely ill and believes in his own delusion.
Does anyone still think he's incredibly clever?
The prospect of a GE absolutely terrified Bernard Jenkin
Wow, I thought Iain Watson there was Andy Serkis for a moment.
So he said he didn’t read the bullying report as it would mean Patel would’ve had to be sacked or resign?!
This is the best thread ever at the moment. Keep the info coming in people.
34 resignations and counting.
"A million times better than anything Armando Iannucchi ever wrote for The Thick of It."
But a bit closer to "The Death of Stalin."
Caroline Nokes face was a picture of utter contempt regarding what she had understood the suggestion by Johnson that it was somehow an excuse for sexual assault being drunk
Oops, 35 now in the time it took me to post that.
35 on the bbc counter now
"34 resignations and counting."
Cricket score.
…35
"I've got a big man date" - another one? 😁
just finished watching the liaison committee grilling
That really was a kicking wasn't it
If the tory party have a voc in him and he looses he is still pm by my understanding just no leaderof yhe toey partu. That would take a vote in the hoc to remove him? Usually they resign but he won't
His entire defence is to try and change subject, isn’t it.
And to say he doesnt want to talk about politics.
He might want to reconsider his career choice in that case.
Still nothing from the AG?
That was telling,
"when you get into the wheels of government" - ie, they're in the shit when they start losing people who do the actual work.
Never seen anything like that committee session. That was a murder in broad daylight.
If the tory party have a voc in him and he looses he is still pm by my understanding just no leaderof yhe toey partu
Once the new leader is elected then he would lose the job but until then he carries on unless he choses to resign or they really cant stand him.
For example May who effectively lost a voc (as in was told they would be holding a new one if she didnt resign and knowing she didnt have a chance went for the latter) carried on until the idiot was selected.
1922 are dragging their feet on a rule change apparently.
Give him a week of breathing space?
Boris will survive no matter how many resignations there are at the moment.
If a GE is called now Boris will still survive, that's because the alternative (opposition) is unthinkable and they can't really make the situation better no matter how much they try.
However, with the way the world is going Boris might be weaken but his main test will come in two years time. If Conservative plays the ball right they will still be in power but that will depend if Labour or the oppositions will "bride" the population to vote for them by promising the sky (they usually do).
The oppositions are making the loudest noise at the moment but they will not win the next GE. Compare their leaders to Boris the are merely different sides of the same coin.
Angela Rayner for PM? That will learn you.
p/s: also if I were Scottish I would rather face a Conservative government rather than a Labour government ...
1922 are dragging their feet on a rule change apparently.
I guess they dont want to set a precedence of changing the rules and are hoping he will do the right thing.
Good luck with that.
Local news.
Hyndburn & Haslingden MP, Sara Britcliffe has resigned "with a heavy heart" as the Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Department of Education, a post she's held for 18 months. She calls the current political crisis "self-inflicted".
I know her dad!
I can't imagine any creature more clever than a slug would imagine Boris will "do the right thing". Ever.
National treasure. 🙂
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1544674271544352770?s=20&t=UTGbHJ476IpQJ3JJ4GP-Ww
What does everyone reckon, will he be gone by 6pm or alternatively is he going for the record of how many mass resignation induced cabinet reshuffles can a sitting PM have in a week?
Personally I'm just waiting for Jacob Rees Mogg to be interviewed live on channel 4 news, wearing his pants on his head while claiming that Boris has the Queen, the party, the country, the world and, indeed God, fully supporting him to continue as PM for all of eternity, then 3 weeks later attempting to resurect his flagging career by announcing that he is joining this autumns all-star celelbrity love island as a platform for his own Conservative leadership bid...
..36
I could type 37 now with confidence that it would be accurate within a half hour!
But quickly inaccurate again
..36
No biggie. They want to go then go.
"and now, let's cut to Scotland, who is laughing its tits off."
I’m sticking a tenner on him doing this…
He’s going to do it, isn’t he?
Just because he still can
Kwarteng has piled in on the has to go side.
If a GE is called now Boris will still survive, that’s because the alternative (opposition) is unthinkable and they can’t really make the situation better no matter how much they try.
I think I am correct that you are not living in the UK?
I would respectfully suggest you are missing the mood on the ground at the moment, and most Tory MP’s know it. ( Hence Bernard Jenkin pressing him at the end of the liaison Ctte. Meeting)
It’s clear they are terrified that he would call an election now. It’s possible that Johnson would loose his own seat in Uxbridge.
Kwarteng has piled in on the has to go side.
crikey man, that was sixteen minutes ago, keep up
You're wrong chewy. There's no surviving this. It's over.
'Angela Rayner for PM? That will learn you.'
What might it teach us Chew?
That was a murder in broad daylight.
But the corpse doesn't know he's dead yet.
I know her dad!
He must have been proud when she backed Boris last time.
I could type 37 now with confidence that it would be accurate within a half hour!
I'd like to imagine the panicked staff of Tory Ministers frantically typing out resignation letters desperately before he resigns. I would have thought a lot will feel they need to be able to say they were part of the party that got rid of him, come the next election. So cynical it's grotesque really.
I would respectfully suggest you are missing the mood on the ground at the moment, and most Tory MP’s know it. It’s clear they are terrified that he would call an election now. It’s possible that Johnson would loose his own seat in Uxbridge.
Personally, I would take that risk. See who got the bigger basketball.
Mood on the ground? Why? Stand firm as a leader because that's what leader suppose to be.
What might it teach us Chew?
She will learn us not to be silly billy. LOL!
You’re wrong chewy. There’s no surviving this. It’s over.
Yes, if Boris goes Conservative just dug themselves a hole.
The really donkey move by Boris is his support for Ukraine ... EU did not even do much and yet he sticks his neck out ... silly billy..
She calls the current political crisis “self-inflicted"
By the Tory party or the electorate?
Word of the day is 'filipendulous' (19th century): hanging by a thread.
The.word that springs to mind for me is 'Tagnut'
Even Patel is in #10
(Brand new) Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi
Home Secretary Priti Patel
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
Wales Secretary Simon Hart
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis
International Trade Secretary Anne Marie Trevelyan
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
In the end he has to go because he will lose ministers faster than he can replace them and Nadine Dorries cannot do
all theany jobsin governmentFTFY (for for Rory...)
Stand firm as a leader because that’s what leader suppose to be.
Whatever, dude.
Even Patel is in #10
Is that to help remove him or will the potential rebel ministers be waking up in Rwanda?
So the 1922 comm hasn't changed the rules, so if he doesn't resign he ain't getting shifted till next week when there's a new executive, new rules.
The UK will go without a functional government.
Question - how can Boris call a general election? Doesn't he need a vote in Parliament for that, and would he win that?
The UK will go without a functional government
so no change from the last few years eh?
Anyway, he can call a General Election if he wishes but he wouldn't be that stupid...would he? Er...oh...sorry...hmm...
Fabricant on R4 now...
Stand firm as a leader because that’s what leader suppose to be.
I'd rather have competence as the number one characteristic of a leader.