Oh, how many times in the past two years I had hoped, thought and felt confident something was the end of him. And oh how many times I’ve been wrong.
*“It’s not the despair, I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.”*
Nigel Mills then swiftly moved over to the ~~other Conservative~~ Labour party
>[Guardian live blog](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/13/boris-johnson-uk-politics-live-rishi-sunak-partygate-lockdown?page=with:block-62569e908f08a2e8ff78035a#block-62569e908f08a2e8ff78035a):
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>Nigel Mills has told PA Media more about why he thinks Boris Johnson should go now ([see 9.10am](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/13/boris-johnson-uk-politics-live-rishi-sunak-partygate-lockdown?page=with:block-625682538f08115fda8558a2#block-625682538f08115fda8558a2)) and why he does not accept that this would be a mistake because of the war in Ukraine. He said:
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>**”***I have two comments on that. The first one is, when will Ukraine be any better than it is now? If you told me this crisis would be over in three months’ time, then you might say, ‘well OK, let’s get this done [then] the prime minister can meet his fate’.*
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>*But the Ukraine crisis could last for a very, very long time. Are we saying there’s no chance of a change of prime minister for years?*
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>*The second thing I’d say … France are having an election – and they’re one of the three biggest parts of Nato. So if they can have an election with the alternative candidate being someone who probably [has] a radically different policy in relation to Ukraine than President (Emmanuel) Macron, whereas I don’t think any of the leadership contenders we would have would have a different policy to the prime minister.*
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>*So there wouldn’t really be any uncertainty that we would keep sending them as many weapons as we can and they want, and as much aid as we can, but we’re not going to be intervening. So I’m not convinced.*
Great. Lets have the BBC and Telegraph editorial board next
So at least one Conservative MP can just about think for themselves
Though I expect he’s getting quite the tongue lashing from the tory whips right now
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Slightly different presentation
>[Times: First Tory MP calls for ‘mortified’ Boris Johnson to resign over partygate fines](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/first-tory-mp-calls-for-mortified-boris-johnson-to-quit-5ql5rk6bp)
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>([*mirror*](https://archive.ph/ymPPj))
Oh, how many times in the past two years I had hoped, thought and felt confident something was the end of him. And oh how many times I’ve been wrong.
*“It’s not the despair, I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand.”*
Nigel Mills then swiftly moved over to the ~~other Conservative~~ Labour party
>[Guardian live blog](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/13/boris-johnson-uk-politics-live-rishi-sunak-partygate-lockdown?page=with:block-62569e908f08a2e8ff78035a#block-62569e908f08a2e8ff78035a):
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>Nigel Mills has told PA Media more about why he thinks Boris Johnson should go now ([see 9.10am](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/apr/13/boris-johnson-uk-politics-live-rishi-sunak-partygate-lockdown?page=with:block-625682538f08115fda8558a2#block-625682538f08115fda8558a2)) and why he does not accept that this would be a mistake because of the war in Ukraine. He said:
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>**”***I have two comments on that. The first one is, when will Ukraine be any better than it is now? If you told me this crisis would be over in three months’ time, then you might say, ‘well OK, let’s get this done [then] the prime minister can meet his fate’.*
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>*But the Ukraine crisis could last for a very, very long time. Are we saying there’s no chance of a change of prime minister for years?*
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>*The second thing I’d say … France are having an election – and they’re one of the three biggest parts of Nato. So if they can have an election with the alternative candidate being someone who probably [has] a radically different policy in relation to Ukraine than President (Emmanuel) Macron, whereas I don’t think any of the leadership contenders we would have would have a different policy to the prime minister.*
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>*So there wouldn’t really be any uncertainty that we would keep sending them as many weapons as we can and they want, and as much aid as we can, but we’re not going to be intervening. So I’m not convinced.*
Great. Lets have the BBC and Telegraph editorial board next
So at least one Conservative MP can just about think for themselves
Though I expect he’s getting quite the tongue lashing from the tory whips right now