Unstoppable Force meet immovable object aka Trump 2.0
Weeks probably, months hopefully, a year for maximum ruination of the Tories
Soon it will just be him, Nadine Dorries as Minister for everything and Raab as Minister for taking one for the team.
He’ll deny he lost the job long after he has been physically dragged out.
So the answer is forever. But he already has no power and can effect no change.
He thinks he still has a considerable amount of public support from the 2019 election, something which the right wing newspapers are pushing to try and make it a ‘politicians vs the people’ narrative.
He’s taking a Trump like stance and now he’s only got the far right wing thugs on his side, I wouldn’t be surprised if the January 6th events would be replicated in some way here if the Tories lost the next election with or without Boris.
Theresa May: 1106 days
Boris Johnson: 1079 days
Worst PM in history
Well, it’s a year given the rules of the no confidence vote that he won recently.
I mean, unless they decide they don’t like the vote any more, and want to change the rules to vote again.
But I think we’ve had the discussion about whether that’s “allowed” haven’t we? In other contexts? No one is allowed to change their mind over a vote even if circumstances change, and the outcome of that vote’s genuinely looking like a Really Bad Idea.
Are we watching the death throws of the Tory party?
The one constant with the party has been loyalty to the party. Even Thatcher put the party before herself when she was told it is time to go.
But Johnson has only ever used the Tory party as a vehicle for his own ambitions and is now putting himself before the party.
The only outcome of this impasse is a massive split between the ultras and the sensible wings of the party.
Well surely if he can’t fill goverment vacancies then he’ll give up. Got a feeling he’ll be gone by the end of tomorrow.
The system is predicated on the prime minister being an honourable person with personal integrity and the capacity to feel shame, who actually cares even a little about the good of the country.
As Boris Johnson is none of those things, but rather a blatant narcissist, the process can’t cope with someone him.
I wish he could stay much longer for tactical reasons but I must say that I am still ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE of this Tory train wreck.
It’s good to know, though, that we have prime talent preparing to replace the convict, as reported in the Guardian:
_The attorney general, Suella Braverman, said it was “time for the prime minister to resign” on Wednesday night. She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election – but would not be immediately resigning. “I don’t want to resign because I have that duty and we need an attorney in government.”_
I want him to stay as long as possible
He’s doing a superb job of killing his evil party
I think he might call a GE just to shaft those who have shafted him. Under current conditions I think the Conservative contingent at Westminster would probably be reduced to 150 or so. They may even lose historic Conservative seats purely because even habitual Conservative voters will have no idea who or what they are voting for.
At this point we needn’t have had a civil war, apparently we have a mad king who can do whatever he bloody well likes, I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost the no confidence vote and still refused to go
It is just me that doesn’t trust what is going on? I don’t know why, just seems shady. Like, they can now turn around and blame him and once he’s gone seem like they’re good again. It’s so worrying.
And I think he’s in on it.
About 2 hours it seems
Not much longer at all, it turns out
4 weeks tops.
For just another two hours, it seems.
I hope he clings on for another week or two. Makes it even more laughable.
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Unstoppable Force meet immovable object aka Trump 2.0
Weeks probably, months hopefully, a year for maximum ruination of the Tories
Soon it will just be him, Nadine Dorries as Minister for everything and Raab as Minister for taking one for the team.
He’ll deny he lost the job long after he has been physically dragged out.
So the answer is forever. But he already has no power and can effect no change.
He thinks he still has a considerable amount of public support from the 2019 election, something which the right wing newspapers are pushing to try and make it a ‘politicians vs the people’ narrative.
He’s taking a Trump like stance and now he’s only got the far right wing thugs on his side, I wouldn’t be surprised if the January 6th events would be replicated in some way here if the Tories lost the next election with or without Boris.
Theresa May: 1106 days
Boris Johnson: 1079 days
Worst PM in history
Well, it’s a year given the rules of the no confidence vote that he won recently.
I mean, unless they decide they don’t like the vote any more, and want to change the rules to vote again.
But I think we’ve had the discussion about whether that’s “allowed” haven’t we? In other contexts? No one is allowed to change their mind over a vote even if circumstances change, and the outcome of that vote’s genuinely looking like a Really Bad Idea.
Are we watching the death throws of the Tory party?
The one constant with the party has been loyalty to the party. Even Thatcher put the party before herself when she was told it is time to go.
But Johnson has only ever used the Tory party as a vehicle for his own ambitions and is now putting himself before the party.
The only outcome of this impasse is a massive split between the ultras and the sensible wings of the party.
Well surely if he can’t fill goverment vacancies then he’ll give up. Got a feeling he’ll be gone by the end of tomorrow.
The system is predicated on the prime minister being an honourable person with personal integrity and the capacity to feel shame, who actually cares even a little about the good of the country.
As Boris Johnson is none of those things, but rather a blatant narcissist, the process can’t cope with someone him.
I wish he could stay much longer for tactical reasons but I must say that I am still ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE of this Tory train wreck.
It’s good to know, though, that we have prime talent preparing to replace the convict, as reported in the Guardian:
_The attorney general, Suella Braverman, said it was “time for the prime minister to resign” on Wednesday night. She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election – but would not be immediately resigning. “I don’t want to resign because I have that duty and we need an attorney in government.”_
I want him to stay as long as possible
He’s doing a superb job of killing his evil party
I think he might call a GE just to shaft those who have shafted him. Under current conditions I think the Conservative contingent at Westminster would probably be reduced to 150 or so. They may even lose historic Conservative seats purely because even habitual Conservative voters will have no idea who or what they are voting for.
At this point we needn’t have had a civil war, apparently we have a mad king who can do whatever he bloody well likes, I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost the no confidence vote and still refused to go
It is just me that doesn’t trust what is going on? I don’t know why, just seems shady. Like, they can now turn around and blame him and once he’s gone seem like they’re good again. It’s so worrying.
And I think he’s in on it.
About 2 hours it seems
Not much longer at all, it turns out
4 weeks tops.
For just another two hours, it seems.
I hope he clings on for another week or two. Makes it even more laughable.