Let that cat in and give him the job!
In case we forget the really important stuff behind what instigated this present situation, more people have come forward during the day lodging official complaints against Chris Pitcher for sexual assault
Either he’s going to call a snap GE (which is an enormous gamble but in character; if he wins they can’t sack him and if he doesn’t he’s taken the Tories down with him) or some mechanism will need to be found to remove him.
There is the roumour that the 1922 will oust him if he doesn't go quitley. But that won't happen instantly, we could be stuck with him until after summer, and also beggs the question, who the chuff out of the shallow pond of filth will be his replacement?
From Twitter….
Third PM in a row to be brought down by Boris Johnson.
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Priti calling for him to go now, according to various sources.
While this is all thoroughly entertaining and I long for Boris to be left broken and alone on the street, I still can't get over the fact that all these spineless arseholes were, only a couple of weeks ago, backing him all the way in a VOC, stating their full support, voting along party lines etc.
They're not abandoning him cos they've suddenly grown a conscience. They're deserting to save their own skin. They're still corrupt scum...
Not my words, but very funny:
At least we won’t have a capital building storm. Demographically speaking, we are more likely to get some grumpy faces at Mecca bingo.
If he calls a GE does that throw a spanner in the works for the SNPs plans for court case followed by GE?
I think technically he could ignore the 1922 committee. He'd not be leader of the Tories, but the PM is decided by the queen at least on a procedural basis (I think). So he could call a snap election for a couple of weeks, not enough time for a leadership election....
There is the roumour that the 1922 will oust him if he doesn’t go quitley. But that won’t happen instantly, we could be stuck with him until after summer, and also beggs the question, who the chuff out of the shallow pond of filth will be his replacement?
They could hold another VOC tonight if they wanted to but he’s not obliged to go. Only mechanism would be if there was a VOC in the Commons because he’s PM only as long as he has the confidence of the House.
It’ll be Wallace, Hunt or Mordaunt, ultimately.
They’re not abandoning him cos they’ve suddenly grown a conscience. They’re deserting to save their own skin. They’re still corrupt scum…
Exactly. Almost casts JRM and Dorries in a good light.
This is amazing he's going to cling on to the very bitter end
It's all getting very trumpy
https://twitter.com/AnushkaAsthana/status/1544752417757138949?t=CyUoSCKujwVrAeIEd-MhPg&s=19
Still, I'm.gkad we settled for a strong and stable government rather than chaos with Ed Miliband...
That Zahawi promotion was well judged.
He's toast now, sureley lol!
https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1544747554721644550?s=20&t=xZYGfYCsKjKfrNVz7dMqPA
I still can’t get over the fact that all these spineless arseholes were, only a couple of weeks ago, backing him all the way in a VOC, stating their full support, voting along party lines etc.
Not one of them would get a job as the most junior bag carrier for anyone else other than that clown
They know it, I know it, you know it. I suspect they’ll be reminded of it now they all run for leader
Whoever the next leader and PM is, it won’t be a member of this present joke of a cabinet
"Surely someone has done a ‘Downfall’ parody by now?"
That movie has already been made:
"Castaway" starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donahoe.
He’s come out and got in a car…
Ignore - might have been an old clip
Not left in the bbc news
They’re not abandoning him cos they’ve suddenly grown a conscience. They’re deserting to save their own skin. They’re still corrupt scum…
I know this, you know this and we just have to hope that Tory voters realise this as well.
I think technically he could ignore the 1922 committee. He’d not be leader of the Tories, but the PM is decided by the queen at least on a procedural basis (I think). So he could call a snap election for a couple of weeks, not enough time for a leadership election….
Her Maj would very politely tell him to sling his hook.
This is genuinely fascinating. Very much like Trump (albit working within a totally different system) if you throw out all convention, care not one jot about honor, opinion of theose around you or broader public opinion (beyond your rabid base) - you can do a damn good job of making like a limpet.
We need this farce to move to the next step.....Johnson to continue to fail to resign but the bulk of those that have said he should to do so. Then watch him flounder around and put some ministerial hats on the most spectacular of none entities. Actually scratch that - be more Trump - how many kids has he got? Now's the time for the grand reveal - he has bred an entire cabinet just for this moment.
They’re not abandoning him cos they’ve suddenly grown a conscience. They’re deserting to save their own skin. They’re still corrupt scum…
Exactly. They are still a significant part of the problem. They are as self interested and narrow minded as the buffoon in chief. And I'm not seeing anyone who I have too much confidence in to actually do right by the country.
See that dickensien lanky streak of imbred piss is still backing him
Either he’s going to call a snap GE (which is an enormous gamble but in character; if he wins they can’t sack him and if he doesn’t he’s taken the Tories down with him)...
That may be what he's threatening to do.
Luber, maybe.
No, I hope that they go in 'dry'.
Not exactly the adjective I would choose.
It wouldnt surprise me if I woke up to find he'd sacked the whole cabinet and announced a Troika of him, Rees Moog and Dorries
I guees he's waiting for a job offer from a benefactor as Carrie wont be hanging around as soon as hes out of office
Anyone knowledgeable enough to diagnose his underlying condition? Narcissist? Sociopath? Psychopath? The man is unhinged
Still, I’m glad we settled for a strong and stable government rather than chaos with Ed Miliband…
https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1544693957766135809?t=n6rUBL-LVeMVEe2TI79Hdg&s=19
Malignant narcissist for sure.
Hilarious irony that he was finally brought down by the tank-topped prehensile Pincher.
Anyone knowledgeable enough to diagnose his underlying condition? Narcissist? Sociopath? Psychopath? The man is unhinged
Assume that's a joke, but on the other side of the coin, maybe he does believe he's being bullied by self-serving ministers and the media, and that he has the will and backing of the people. So why would he step down? That's who he answers too right? The public. So a GE would be the right thing to do I guess.
Not supporting him, just mulling things over.
On yerself Boris, fight them to the hilt, jam it right up their 1922 committee!
Brandon Lewis just resigned.
Why would he step down? Because regardless of what he thinks the public might think about him, he has clearly lost the support of the vast majority of his MPs and it is impossible to govern in those circumstances. It's very simple.
And if he doesn't resign, they will vote to remove him next week. All he is doing is delaying the inevitable by a matter of days.
So a GE would be the right thing to do I guess.
He could just call a by-election if wants to be kicked out by voters.
All this tells me is that we need to completely reform how our government and voting works. One thing we definitely need is a **** off clause. This is where, I don’t know, the Queen maybe, can tell the PM to **** off by royal decree or something.
What other job in the world can you **** up completely and not just get sacked from. Leader of a western democracy is HR proof.
Can’t wait for the film
Who’ll be boris?
He’d probably play himself, the egotistical prick. My vote goes for Mr Potato Head in a wig or an actual bale of hay.
Brandon Lewis just resigned
Seems to be confusion on this.
That’s who he answers too right? The public.
Yes and no - Johnson appears on the ballot paper of a tiny fraction of the national electorate. The PM gets their power from the backing of the other MPs who also won their seats. Those MPs represent their electorates, not him, and a good number (basically all) have got the message from their local electorate that the clown is no longer that appealing. That's how it actually works, though I would take your obvious next point that in reality the personality of the national party plays a huge party in the election or otherwise of local MPs.
bye election
Deserves credit.
RM.
He’s going to have a lot more time to spend with his family(families) by the weekend? Poor sods it’s all got a bit trumpian now I heard one of his backers on R4 this afternoon wants him to stay to “make Britain great” chilling stuff looking forward to seeing him dragged out leaving finger nails in the tarmac🤞
So a GE would be the right thing to do I guess.
The tories wont call one till they've rinsed and repeated and took control of the narrative and improved their polling.
Absolutely nothing to say they have to barring a sense of when they think they'll win.
When they eventually remove him I’m hoping they’ll pin him down and brush his hair
When they eventually remove him I’m hoping they’ll pin him down and brush his hair
It'll be like the end of a scooby doo episode, "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those pesky ministers".
Rriiiiiiiipppp
Trump in a Johnson mask.
