>Much as the British people and their elected representatives may have wanted a break from politics during the platinum jubilee celebrations, the issue of the country’s political leadership has cropped up at many a street and garden party.
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>“*I would say that at all the events I have been to – and it is a lot – the vast majority have tried politely to avoid it where they can,*” said one Tory MP with a southern constituency.
>
>“*But about half a dozen people have searched me out to talk about Boris and every one told me he has to go.*”
>Boris Johnson has been warned to pencil in June 24th as his Black Friday when moves to topple him could begin.
>
>Senior Tories say backbench shop steward Sir Graham Brady may wait until the day after key by-elections in Devon and Wakefield before counting letters of no confidence in the PM.
in case you think tomorrow is clear cut.
His goose is way past oven ready.
“Former Cabinet Minister”:
> “His whole pitch has been that he is popular and that he is a winner. The reaction showed that he is not very popular any more. That kind of thing is going to happen again.”
Will Johnson show his face to campaign at the upcoming byelections?
If he doesn’t he will appear scared and unwilling to follow through on claims of being an electoral asset.
If he joins the campaigns he risks further public ridicule, booing and negative coverage, and being blamed afterwards if the Tories lose (though tbf this is likely in either case.)
If a no-confidence vote hasn’t yet taken place, this could be critical for the outcome. But if predictions of an early vote middle of next week pan out, and he survives it, his treatment by the byelection constituents will be seen as a verdict on the party as a whole.
The best thing is he stays, everyone below him is the same or worse, and having him for two more years needs to drive home everything bad about populist right wing government, we need them out for a generation at the next election.
Man on third marriage and seven children struggles with concept that he might be the problem
I wish Liz Truss wouldn’t cross her legs like that. I can’t concentrate on my job.
Read the room Boris and eff off
This is wishful thinking. Boris knows that if he says sorry if you were offended then that dents the anger. He also knows most Toris adhere to both parties are as bad as one another. Those MPs who question Boris today know they will fall in line or get voted out of office. Boris is guaranteed to win the next election.
The Tories don’t give a flying fuck as to all the endless lies, if they did they have had plenty of time and opportunity to get rid of the grim git.
Given he was well known for lying long before he was PM, or even in politics , that duplicity and slime they are perfectly comfortable with, all they care about is retaining self serving power.
Everyone of his enablers are worse than him, they witness this toxic culture and do nothing, not a good human among them.
I doubt it’s Tory “anger”. It’s more like Tory survival instinct, the point being that this isn’t some sort of epiphany about being upstanding in politics, and more a protective reflex around success in their own next constituency election. That’s probably the most depressing aspect of all this.
I don’t see a vote of no confidence happening though. I just cannot see anyone wanting to be PM with the country as it is. Who wants that poisoned chalice? As long as he wants to occupy the role of PM when no one else does, he is safe for now.
Remember when Boris was hours from getting sacked back at Christmas? Only none of that was true, tories just wanted to pretend because he was unpopular. And now they’re doing the same thing, because they love everything he’s done. Except they want even more. But are happy to pretend otherwise…
I think Boris has just realized that he has outlived his time as the useful idiot, and is now entering the sacrificial goat period of his usefulness to the Tory party and people that hold their purse strings.
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>Much as the British people and their elected representatives may have wanted a break from politics during the platinum jubilee celebrations, the issue of the country’s political leadership has cropped up at many a street and garden party.
>
>“*I would say that at all the events I have been to – and it is a lot – the vast majority have tried politely to avoid it where they can,*” said one Tory MP with a southern constituency.
>
>“*But about half a dozen people have searched me out to talk about Boris and every one told me he has to go.*”
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more:
>[Tories may face catastrophic defeat in Wakefield byelection – poll](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/04/tories-may-face-catastrophic-defeat-in-wakefield-byelection-poll)
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>Survey puts Labour 20 points ahead in the constituency amid reports Boris Johnson could face no confidence vote
Big reads:
>[Financial Times: Crunch time for Boris Johnson: ‘He is really lucky to be in a job’](https://www.ft.com/content/5441a751-6e27-4756-9a93-23d2615d9a99) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/kw5KL))
>
>As Conservative MPs debate the prime minister’s future, he faces a crucial by-election in rural Devon
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>[Sunday Times: Can Boris Johnson weather the coming storm?](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-boris-johnson-weather-the-coming-storm-tbcj89fjn) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/Q9cjA))
>
>With polls predicting by-election trouble, the PM looks increasingly exposed. Rebels say the letters demanding a confidence vote are enough to sink him
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Add this [from last night’s Mirror](https://archive.ph/UY0g3):
>Boris Johnson has been warned to pencil in June 24th as his Black Friday when moves to topple him could begin.
>
>Senior Tories say backbench shop steward Sir Graham Brady may wait until the day after key by-elections in Devon and Wakefield before counting letters of no confidence in the PM.
in case you think tomorrow is clear cut.
His goose is way past oven ready.
“Former Cabinet Minister”:
> “His whole pitch has been that he is popular and that he is a winner. The reaction showed that he is not very popular any more. That kind of thing is going to happen again.”
Will Johnson show his face to campaign at the upcoming byelections?
If he doesn’t he will appear scared and unwilling to follow through on claims of being an electoral asset.
If he joins the campaigns he risks further public ridicule, booing and negative coverage, and being blamed afterwards if the Tories lose (though tbf this is likely in either case.)
If a no-confidence vote hasn’t yet taken place, this could be critical for the outcome. But if predictions of an early vote middle of next week pan out, and he survives it, his treatment by the byelection constituents will be seen as a verdict on the party as a whole.
The best thing is he stays, everyone below him is the same or worse, and having him for two more years needs to drive home everything bad about populist right wing government, we need them out for a generation at the next election.
Man on third marriage and seven children struggles with concept that he might be the problem
I wish Liz Truss wouldn’t cross her legs like that. I can’t concentrate on my job.
Read the room Boris and eff off
This is wishful thinking. Boris knows that if he says sorry if you were offended then that dents the anger. He also knows most Toris adhere to both parties are as bad as one another. Those MPs who question Boris today know they will fall in line or get voted out of office. Boris is guaranteed to win the next election.
The Tories don’t give a flying fuck as to all the endless lies, if they did they have had plenty of time and opportunity to get rid of the grim git.
Given he was well known for lying long before he was PM, or even in politics , that duplicity and slime they are perfectly comfortable with, all they care about is retaining self serving power.
Everyone of his enablers are worse than him, they witness this toxic culture and do nothing, not a good human among them.
I doubt it’s Tory “anger”. It’s more like Tory survival instinct, the point being that this isn’t some sort of epiphany about being upstanding in politics, and more a protective reflex around success in their own next constituency election. That’s probably the most depressing aspect of all this.
I don’t see a vote of no confidence happening though. I just cannot see anyone wanting to be PM with the country as it is. Who wants that poisoned chalice? As long as he wants to occupy the role of PM when no one else does, he is safe for now.
Remember when Boris was hours from getting sacked back at Christmas? Only none of that was true, tories just wanted to pretend because he was unpopular. And now they’re doing the same thing, because they love everything he’s done. Except they want even more. But are happy to pretend otherwise…
I think Boris has just realized that he has outlived his time as the useful idiot, and is now entering the sacrificial goat period of his usefulness to the Tory party and people that hold their purse strings.