Loved the comment on Boris Johnson by the editor of the Daily Mirror on Sky news:
“He’s like Sid James in Carry on up the Kyber”
I'm really starting to think he's pathologically delusional and genuinely thinks it's just a few ministers and the press making all this noise, that the electorate still love him, and in a weeks time he'll have fixed everything again and that everyone will clap him on the back and congratulate him.
I imagine that's why Gove was fired, I can very much see him having pointedly told Boris that he doesn't have his support or confidence, that Boris is the problem so no Gove won't resign and those that did are cowards trying to save their skin instead of do the job, that the world thinks Boris is a ****er and to sod off and let the rest of the cabinet get on with their jobs and running the country.
The rest I can see having tap danced around it and expressing their support whist they encouraged him to go.
Except Patel obviously, she'll have put her Rosa Kleb shoes on for the occasion but she's a true believer in the vision.
It's quite refreshing the BBC seem to feel safe enough to hold more frank interviews tonight. I think even they know the writing is on the wall for the conservatives.
Who knows... They might even dare to put out a new episode of 'have I got news for you' in the near future.
I think Keir needs to move a vote of no confidence now.
If Braverman thinks that tory party members are going to get behind a youngish second-generation immigrant woman as PM, that's just nominative determinism.
I think Keir needs to move a vote of no confidence now.
Lose lose for him and us, the tories will have to shut up or put up and it won't be the latter.
We'll end up saddled with Boris as pm of a party he can't even hope to run and no solution - not even a bad one - to anything in sight.
Starmer will be out because he couldn't even unseat Boris when he had single figure support and we'll end up with another Labour leadership race lurching from one side of the party to the other because the middle ground has somehow become toxic and you'll still end up with a middle class white bloke in charge.
If Braverman thinks that tory party members are going to get behind a youngish second-generation immigrant woman as PM, that’s just nominative determinism.
They'll get behind what ever looks least like Boris and most likely to win votes. They'd put corbyn in charge of the party if they thought for a second it would win them the election.
think Keir needs to move a vote of no confidence now.
Will never happen, even the Tories that most despise Johnson will rally behind him on that, because they know a GE would destroy them right now
Edit- what dangourebrain saud
Leave the Conservative MPs to sort this mess out… let’s see how the public end up viewing their party by the time Johnson is finally defenestrated.
Inspired trolling from Rudy Guilliani’s favourite landscaping company
https://twitter.com/totalseasons/status/1544799120505901056?s=21&t=BXQmhXG74C4dH5Ee1xjDFA
I think Keir needs to move a vote of no confidence now.
Never interfere with the enemy while he is in the process of making a mistake.
The backstabbing and general party-rending has only just started. We owe it to ourselves to enjoy the ritualistic tory self-mutilation for at least a few days.
Imagine the carnage if he tried to call an election to confirm his presidential mandate.
Imagine the carnage if he tried to call an election to confirm his presidential mandate
Looking at Johnson’s track record, and the statements he’s made today, I’d be amazed if that isn’t presently his number one option.
His complete detachment from reality is now complete. He thinks he’s a Roman emperor. He’s so deluded that he thinks he’s bigger than the country and the party and he thinks a grateful public are going to carry him aloft to Westminster
I can’t wait to see him coming crashing into reality
Quite the Mutally Assured Destruction actually applied. Takes out 100 dissenting MPs as he goes down.
It's not called MAD for nothing. And as we can all see, BoZo is most certainly barking MAD.
I did think it a little unfair of Martin Lewis (MoneySavingExpert) to be calling out the Labour rep on Newsnight earlier for not being direct about the reasons for not calling for a vote of (no?) confidence in Johnson when pressed by Kirsty Wark. It's blindingly obvious they don't have to do anything currently and if they did it would just be getting in the way. It would be counter productive and . . . spoil the fun ;o)
The Labour calling for a vote of no confidence thing was just a distraction. Thankfully the conservative woman from the Cameron years explained the obvious, that those Tories who could vote against Johnson tomorrow would suddenly rally around him were Labour to call for one.
Didn't stop Kirsty from the block labouring the point even further though. She is utterly useless. The Labour rep doesn't do herself any favours though, the last few times I've seen her she has seemed slow witted and walks into traps all too easily.
She should have just told Wark to stop beimg stupid and left it there. Mick Lynch has shown the way to deal with TV pundits (I hesitate to call them joirnalists), and all Labour politicians need to take note.
Why is nobody shouting down this "14 million voters" mandate? That's not how government works in this country, he's not the president. 25,351 people in his constituency voted for him, plus the nitwits in the Conservative party who chose him to be PM. Some way short of 14 million.
Of the best of the rest, one who is not goimg to lead the country to the abyss,
My money would be on Ben Wallace. He emgages his brain before opening his mouth. Doesn't come across as the spoit child, ex head boy of a posho school.
Looks normal in a suit that doesn't look like it was deliberately cut badly by a tailor, then never hung or folded correctly.
The tories are here to stay, which tories though, thats the question
Why is nobody shouting down this “14 million voters” mandate? That’s not how government works in this country, he’s not the president. 25,351 people in his constituency voted for him, plus the nitwits in the Conservative party who chose him to be PM. Some way short of 14 million.
It is how government should work but in reality it is not how it works. People vote for a party above the actual MP in their constituency and those 14MM wanted a conservative party led by Boris.
The recent by election losses are not because people don't want a conservative party it is because they don't want a Conservative party with Boris leading it.
Looks like the Mail are still supporting him, for now anyway.
Likewise The Sun and Express.
LOL
Fingers crossed he inflicts as much damage as possible to the Cons
Looking forward to the next round of voting intention polling.
It's not even 7 o'clock and a minister has just quit
https://twitter.com/BrandonLewis/status/1544921034368901122?t=2YhPO9O5lC8HAvS69foP9g&s=19
Helen Whatley
https://twitter.com/Helen_Whately/status/1544921576449183745?t=G5tbmjQBAuvd5f980zAMYQ&s=19
She's lied for him on plenty of occasions
It's pure self preservation & it's hilarious
Ding Ding round 2 (or is it 3?)
I have visions of Priti and Grant going round to number 10 and trying to hunt down Johnson as he hides in various cupboards and fridges refusing to come out despite being told that he's not really in trouble and that while they do love him, they do need to have a chat and he might have to think very hard about what he's done.
My Canadian wife just complained that no one told her that she'd be moving to a politically unstable country when she came here.
At least they have the gumption to resign. Braverman wants the piss stained sofa to go but won't resign herself because she knows this is the pinnacle of her career and she won't get another chance.
Do we get cameras into the briefing room every morning?
How long can this go on for?
I have work to do today!
Pretty bonkers thou Johnson’s government collapsing after one blokes boozy night out and not even Johnson.
Didn’t see that one coming.
Boozy night out, or sexual assault enabled by Johnson?
Science Minister has gone.... this is NUTS!
My Canadian wife just complained that no one told her that she’d be moving to a politically unstable country when she came here.
Boris Johnson Broke Britain.
And we’re all paying the price.
The next 12 months are going to be very tough for most of us. And he did this to us. It was always going to be this way, a state, a country, an economy, a population, hamstrung to cope with world events and day to day business and life by a man who only acts for himself. Only cares about himself. You put this man in office, and this is what you get. Slow hand clap for everyone who enabled him, not least these Conservative MPs only now publicly admitting what they’ve always known… that Boris Johnson should not be PM. It will take decades to clear up his mess.
Yes, a HIGNFY special, please.
Regarding the 'mandate to rule,' he's truly crazy if he thinks he's going to have his own Capitol moment. How long before the first 'Boris Must Go' march in old London town?
I met George Freeman a couple of years ago, he wasn't all bad actually.
Does anyone know how many this is now? It was 45 when I went to sleep last night..
I *think* George Freeman makes it a half century for Boris, a good innings in anyone's book!
sexual assault enabled by Johnson?
Definitely..
It’s pure self preservation & it’s hilarious
Yep once the games up they’re all trying to save their political careers,it’s sickening really,you’d never believe that they’d only voted on his confidence what was it 3-4 weeks ago,now he’s persona non grata.
The gift that keeps on giving. This is so terribly damaging to the tories. Long may it continue 🤣
The Sun says Boris Johnson should go with dignity.... when you've lost the dirty digger the jig is up.
Yep, we’re at 50 now. The Chief Whip has turned up to try an do some more convincing.
+1 to what Kelvin said. After seeing Klunks comment i watched the comittee recording last night, and it’s very apparent Johnson doesn’t have a clue about half the things that should or need to have been done in this country. It’s all sitting piling up in a back office whilst he blusters his way through lies and sound bites daily. Watch it, it really is quite shocking that this could have been allowed to happen.
It’s going to take some effort and some pain to sort out for sure.
What a complete sh*t show eh?! I hope people remember how many of his suck up MPs supported him and kept him in office for so long.
It's too late for leaving with dignity. No support from the mail either, branding him shameless.
