> The former cabinet minister David Davis said unease was spreading across Conservative ranks as MPs feared the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal could cost them their seats.
> “Nobody in the world could have made it plainer, I don’t think, that I want the prime minister to go – I haven’t changed my mind about that,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
> Asked whether discontent was spreading in the Tory party, Davis said: “There is no doubt about that, for two reasons.
> “Number one, frankly they see their own seats disappearing in many cases, they see themselves losing the next election on the back of this.
> “Also, it has a bad effect on the country … it is a distraction on everything you do and it doesn’t help the reputation of the country.”
Country coming a poor begrudging second, there, to career prospects.
> The former Brexit secretary said party leadership trouble traditionally took a “long time” to be sorted out, pointing to the length of time John Major and Theresa May stayed in No 10 despite experiencing backbench revolt.
> He added: “I fear we’ll not resolve this until the latter part of the year.”
Do losing seats mean they have to do daytime jobs like working at a supermarket, doing god’s work to make shelves stack up high so people have things to buy and eat on a daily basis?
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if I was them, I would assume a lot will lose their seats, because it was a rare landslide scenario, unlikely to be repeated. I just can’t see someone like Liz Truss doing better for them, Sunak is damaged – so who are they going to bring in?
he won’t go until he goes the full on trump .. and maybe not even then – let’s face it who wants to inherit the shit show that is Britain at the moment?? He is the perfect example of how much contempt Tories have for the electorate and get away with it because too many of them read the Daily Mail and believe the shite they publish.
>Treasury minister John Glen said he had had a “*very frank and very honest*” meeting with Johnson to express his and his constituents’ misgivings.
>
>“*I think we are in yellow card territory but as a member of the government I went to see him and let him know how I felt and my constituents felt but he asked me to get on with the job of driving reforms in financial services.*”
>
>[**🤔**](https://www.aardvarksafaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wild-dog-header-750×400.jpg)
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If some of these Conservative MPs want to keep their seats, their best way of doing so is by submitting a letter of no confidence and making some noise about that fact to their constituents. They could then have at least a chance of holding their seats in the General Election that would be triggered from a successful vote of no confidence in the Government.
They have nothing to worry about. Boris will always have their back and look after them just like he does the nation. Foreign leaders love Boris too.
Sad state of affairs when this is the only thing they care about. Forget the criminal/scummy/evil behaviour
This is where half a dozen of them cross the floor in order to save themselves. Christian Wakeford smelled his own redundancy coming so decided to save his own skin.
That’s inevitable at this point. Problem for previous Tory voters is where to cast their vote as it won’t be for Labour.
Tories haven’t done anything to keep their seats.
I think the key thing is that its not that getting rid of him is the right thing to do. Its that it negativly affects them.
Ah I see, they fear losing their cushy jobs and taxpayer-funded lifestyles, not the fact that Johnson is marching this country towards a fascist dictatorship.
Same old Tories.
Loosing THEIR seat. It’s only a problem when it’s a problem to them.
The selfservative MPs only care about losing those cushy little all-expenses paid opportunities for destruction of all that makes Britain tolerable.
To become top dog of a pile of lying, cheating deceitful weasels requires an especially vile weasel so there will be backroom machinations going on
Only when those that own the Tory press feel threatened will Boris be toppled.
Aye, change the rules about being decent and then (maybe) remove the bad man while no doubt keeping the rules that let them do whatever they want without resigning.
We should all support Boris. He absolutely HAS to stay.
Doomed by the selfishness of Tory voters. Saved by the selfishness of Tory voters.
Stuck in a perpetual dangle above rock bottom cos Tory voters may struggle to work on their third chins for the foreseeable.
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> The former cabinet minister David Davis said unease was spreading across Conservative ranks as MPs feared the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal could cost them their seats.
> “Nobody in the world could have made it plainer, I don’t think, that I want the prime minister to go – I haven’t changed my mind about that,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
> Asked whether discontent was spreading in the Tory party, Davis said: “There is no doubt about that, for two reasons.
> “Number one, frankly they see their own seats disappearing in many cases, they see themselves losing the next election on the back of this.
> “Also, it has a bad effect on the country … it is a distraction on everything you do and it doesn’t help the reputation of the country.”
Country coming a poor begrudging second, there, to career prospects.
The calculation must be something like “get rid of him now, face [immediate election](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-general-election-mogg-b2000833.html), lose seat” vs. “get rid of him later, maybe lose later election, maybe lose seat”.
> The former Brexit secretary said party leadership trouble traditionally took a “long time” to be sorted out, pointing to the length of time John Major and Theresa May stayed in No 10 despite experiencing backbench revolt.
> He added: “I fear we’ll not resolve this until the latter part of the year.”
The next Tory conference, [starting 2nd October](https://www.conservatives.com/conference) would perhaps be an ideal platform for a new Tory leader to shine, a convenient three months or so after the start of August, when the [committee investigating Johnson’s lying](https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/privileges-committee-investigation) might well be winding up to a conclusion.
The latest to MPs to come out in favour of lancing the Boris Boil have been added to [Tom Larkin’s running total](https://nitter.net/TomLarkinSky/status/1530494580348559362#m)
Do losing seats mean they have to do daytime jobs like working at a supermarket, doing god’s work to make shelves stack up high so people have things to buy and eat on a daily basis?
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if I was them, I would assume a lot will lose their seats, because it was a rare landslide scenario, unlikely to be repeated. I just can’t see someone like Liz Truss doing better for them, Sunak is damaged – so who are they going to bring in?
he won’t go until he goes the full on trump .. and maybe not even then – let’s face it who wants to inherit the shit show that is Britain at the moment?? He is the perfect example of how much contempt Tories have for the electorate and get away with it because too many of them read the Daily Mail and believe the shite they publish.
>Treasury minister John Glen said he had had a “*very frank and very honest*” meeting with Johnson to express his and his constituents’ misgivings.
>
>“*I think we are in yellow card territory but as a member of the government I went to see him and let him know how I felt and my constituents felt but he asked me to get on with the job of driving reforms in financial services.*”
>
>[**🤔**](https://www.aardvarksafaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wild-dog-header-750×400.jpg)
–
If some of these Conservative MPs want to keep their seats, their best way of doing so is by submitting a letter of no confidence and making some noise about that fact to their constituents. They could then have at least a chance of holding their seats in the General Election that would be triggered from a successful vote of no confidence in the Government.
They have nothing to worry about. Boris will always have their back and look after them just like he does the nation. Foreign leaders love Boris too.
Sad state of affairs when this is the only thing they care about. Forget the criminal/scummy/evil behaviour
This is where half a dozen of them cross the floor in order to save themselves. Christian Wakeford smelled his own redundancy coming so decided to save his own skin.
That’s inevitable at this point. Problem for previous Tory voters is where to cast their vote as it won’t be for Labour.
Tories haven’t done anything to keep their seats.
I think the key thing is that its not that getting rid of him is the right thing to do. Its that it negativly affects them.
Ah I see, they fear losing their cushy jobs and taxpayer-funded lifestyles, not the fact that Johnson is marching this country towards a fascist dictatorship.
Same old Tories.
Loosing THEIR seat. It’s only a problem when it’s a problem to them.
The selfservative MPs only care about losing those cushy little all-expenses paid opportunities for destruction of all that makes Britain tolerable.
To become top dog of a pile of lying, cheating deceitful weasels requires an especially vile weasel so there will be backroom machinations going on
Only when those that own the Tory press feel threatened will Boris be toppled.
Aye, change the rules about being decent and then (maybe) remove the bad man while no doubt keeping the rules that let them do whatever they want without resigning.
We should all support Boris. He absolutely HAS to stay.
Doomed by the selfishness of Tory voters. Saved by the selfishness of Tory voters.
Stuck in a perpetual dangle above rock bottom cos Tory voters may struggle to work on their third chins for the foreseeable.