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?
There were no other mainstream parties standing as it was to replace the MP that got killed. Turnout was (I think) the lowest ever and 1/3 of normal or something.
it was to replace the murdered MP, Kryton, and all of the major parties said they would not field a competing candidate out of respect
Oh gosh, apologies for not reading beyond headline numbers in the circumstances. 🙁
Well this is certainly one interpretation...
https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-minister-claims-four-downing-street-resignations-are-prime-minister-taking-charge-minister-says-12532414
Awesome way to 'take charge' by Johnson 😁.
Supposing for one millisecond that this is true - what calibre of person will take a job working for him in the pretty much certainty you'll be thrown under a (red presumably) bus when it all goes wrong!
Yup, Hands on Radio4 as well, delivered his long piece about “the Prime Minister promised a shake up”. He then refused to “opine” about whether the PM was right to use parliamentary privilege to link Savile to Starmer… because he is too busy as energy minister to have a view on it. Not too busy to spin the “shake up” line about people resigning… but too busy to deliver an answer about Johnson’s dodgy Savile slur (unlike Sunak).
Turnout in Southend was 24%, as has been said there was no candidates from a mainstream party opposing out of respect for Sir David Amess, although a number of fringe parties put up candidates. Interestingly there were over 1000 spoiled ballots, more than any other two candidates put together.
Grauniad are reporting another resignation this morning
On Sky too - Elena Narozanski stating she's left due to "...the PMs conduct."
The first resignation yesterday was clearly a shock. It’s just possible that the other three were people that were for the chop anyway and were brought forward to distract from the first so they could try to claim that it was part of the promised clear out. More today would obviously make it hard to stick to that line though.
all of the major parties said they would not field a competing candidate out of respect
Four different far-right candidates did stand however. It's interesting to note that none of them managed to get anything above the 2.7% vote that UKIP received.
And all the more so when you consider that secure in the knowledge that the Tories were certain to win, any racist bigot could have felt completely comfortable voting for any of the far-right candidates.
More today would obviously make it hard to stick to that line though.
R4 reporting one more name and rumour of more to follow today.
Johnson getting turfed out of No10 & facing criminal charges would make my decade.
I am heartily sick of this fat, privileged, entitled Etonian pr1k.
I wonder if that will trigger more letters to the 1922 commitee.
Heart wraming that the Psychedelic Party in Southend got more votes than most of the right-wingers, but disconcerting how many seemingly RW parties there were, but then thankful there's so many as that splits the vote.
And all the more so when you consider that secure in the knowledge that the Tories were certain to win, any racist bigot could have felt completely comfortable voting for any of the far-right candidates.
I’m not sure that candidates who are further right than UKIP getting 5% of the vote is something to feel brilliant about. The previous MP’s death was a tragedy however not contesting elections doesn’t serve democracy. If you want to make a statement don’t campaign but giving people the choice of a ‘joke’ party (I wasn't thinking of the Tories when I wrote this) and a selection of right wing nutters doesn’t serve anyone.
I give it 6 months before Johnson is so desperate for cash that he's hosting The Side Boob Hour on GBnews
Not sure about all of these advisers that are going…
Is it a “Cunning Plan™” so that when the fallout from the report finally happens Boris can say that he has weeded out all of those responsible for the parties?
Rats deserting a sinking ship or foot soldiers sacrificing themselves to protect the boss?
He doesn't actually want to work for his rightful cash though......
For once, he might actually be so tainted by this as to be toxic. I can only hope.
I’m not sure that candidates who are further right than UKIP getting 5% of the vote is something to feel brilliant about.
So you don't feel that well over 90% of the electorate in Southend West rejecting far-right candidates is something to feel good about? You don't appear easily pleased, just as well that you don't live in certain parts of Europe, assuming that you don't.
The resignations are just that. Resignations.
This is a double edge sword for the sofa. If he tries to spin it as him having the promised clear out then why are they not sackings? Normally, as pointed out earlier, they would be announced with a named replacement. Also by sacking various aides then that could also be seen as they are guilty of wrongdoing as found in the Sue Gray Report Whitewash.
They could be well orchestrated dead cats to throw the dogs off the scent, proving that he’s a political and strategic mastermind.
By “allowing” the resignations it shows he hasn’t got control.
Oh, that’s three edges to the sword, I’m giving him too much credit. The reality is this car crash is out of his control.
@Harry_the_Spider - At least two have given scathing resignation letters. I'm not sure it matters if they were pushed or jumped; the distrust is such that the opticas are bad and might push more tory MPs to submit letters
Deary me, those hypodermics are prominent, I can't imagine what the message is there. Nice thing about the resignations is that it begs a question of those who, at the moment at least, have not yet resigned. Whether some of those who resigned were going to get the boot anyway it doesn't matter, it creates a welcome air of chaos and insecurity.
Please please please don’t let him go before the local elections 😀
So you don’t feel that well over 90% of the electorate in Southend West rejecting far-right candidates is something to feel good about?
With the current state of the Tory party I’m not sure you can assert that
I assumed syringes were to do with his obsession with Jaaabs and Boooosters
With the current state of the Tory party I’m not sure you can assert that
So you are claiming that the Labour Party, the LibDems, and the Greens, all refused to stand a candidate against a far-right candidate? Interesting.
I'm beginning to think Boris may be so toxic after all this that he won't have a career when he leaves office, other than as a washed up circus freak show.
Though if he is also thinking this, I'm a little concerned what last ditch desperate measures he may attempt to save himself
Did anyone hear the tory MP who was ostensibly on Today this morning to discuss road pricing in the face of falling petrol and car tax revenue? Forgotten his name sorry. Gave a not so subtle **** off to Johnson, I'd wager he has a VONC letter in. Seemed pretty chummy with Sunak.
be nice to see him going the way of Gerald Ratner..
Please please please don’t let him go before the local elections 😀
I get the distinct feeling he's not planning on going anywhere. Who was it who said that they'd need a screwdriver to physically prize his fingers off the Downing Street door? I think they're right. He thinks occupying number 10 is his birthright. He'll have to be dragged out, kicking and screaming.
Watching them try and get rid of him should be entertaining. There's no way on earth he's going to go quietly
