This latest series of The Thick of It is pretty good.
>LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he was not going to resign, and that the last thing the country needed was a national election.
>”I am not going to step down and the last thing this country needs, frankly, is an election,” he told a parliamentary committee, when asked to confirm he would not seek to call an election rather than resign if he lost a vote of confidence.
Big Logan Roy “I will win” vibes, without the winning.
Given how often he lies, I don’t think that statement will age well.
I wonder what happens if Boris can not get enough MP’s for the Cabinet/Ministry roles, won’t resign but the Conservative Parliamentary Party isn’t willing to call a vote of no confidence/election in the Government in Parliament. Constitutional crisis? Would the Queen get involved?
Could very well be the situation by this evening, can’t think it has ever happened before.
Absolutely shocked, no way we could have seen this coming
Nadhim Zahawi has now called on him to resign. He was made Chancellor literally yesterday. How much more ungrateful can you get!?
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A frivolous way to end for a frivolous man.
Another purogement of Parliament?
to shreds you say?
Boris frantically refreshing Durham police’s twitter page every eight seconds.
just feel strong ray patterson energy rn.
“Oh gosh. You know, I’m not much on speeches, but, it’s so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you’ve made. You’re screwed. Thank you. Bye.”
A general election is coming, he’s gonna scurry to the palace dissolve parliament and do it that way rather than do an honourable thing and fall on his sword…. something that should have happened so very long ago
What an absolute clown.
The Tories literally can’t force him to go unless they change the rules, this is kinda hilarious.
If I know my history, this is about the time when he poisons his dog and shoots himself and his girlfriend.
Tough way for Carrie to find out who she is though.
Good, see you at the next GE!
He’ll quit.
The resignations won’t stop. Even those that support him know the game is up.
He has got the job he thinks is his divine right. He is not giving that up easily, not if his life depended on it. He knows he is safe from a vote of no confidence for at least a few more weeks, unless the 1922 committee change their rules next week, meaning he can sit back and relax while MPs tell him to resign. Those who wanted the early vote of no confidence have really shot themselves in the foot as they have allowed Johnson to survive this latest scandal.
*narrator’s voice*
He will
Tis but a flesh wound
Why tho? nobody wants him as PM, he’s done absolutely no good since he got handed the job and the country, hell even his own cabinet have lost faith in him
Sad little dictator wannabe.
So what about all the MPs that have resigned. Will they also have to vacate their seats or just their fancy jobs?
Good. Stay and finish destroying the whole bastard party. Don’t quit now.
The arrogance of this man is absolutely unbelievable! Defiant to the end.
They would have better luck all leaving and starting a new party.
I don’t want him to.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not support him at all. But I want him to call an early GE, lose it spectacularly and then fuck off.
I just feel bad for whoever is next. What a shitty inheritance.
Something has to be going on this makes zero sense. Some serious shady shit he’s doing that he needs to stay as PM to do.
Imagine having absolutely no shame whatsoever. It must be a wonderful feeling. Like being at a party, no one wants you there but you’re eating all the food and drinking everything in sight whilst being obnoxious all night and ruining it for everyone else.
UK PM Johnson : I will not resign
Uk : You fucking should
Just missing a baying mob of brexiteers invading parliment shouting 3 word slogans.
>”When a regime has been in power too long, when it has fatally exhausted the patience of the people, and when oblivion finally beckons – I am afraid that across the world you can rely on the leaders of that regime to act solely in the interests of self-preservation, and not in the interests of the electorate.”
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Wow, what a surprise.
This latest series of The Thick of It is pretty good.
>LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he was not going to resign, and that the last thing the country needed was a national election.
>”I am not going to step down and the last thing this country needs, frankly, is an election,” he told a parliamentary committee, when asked to confirm he would not seek to call an election rather than resign if he lost a vote of confidence.
Big Logan Roy “I will win” vibes, without the winning.
Given how often he lies, I don’t think that statement will age well.
I wonder what happens if Boris can not get enough MP’s for the Cabinet/Ministry roles, won’t resign but the Conservative Parliamentary Party isn’t willing to call a vote of no confidence/election in the Government in Parliament. Constitutional crisis? Would the Queen get involved?
Could very well be the situation by this evening, can’t think it has ever happened before.
Absolutely shocked, no way we could have seen this coming
Nadhim Zahawi has now called on him to resign. He was made Chancellor literally yesterday. How much more ungrateful can you get!?
[deleted]
A frivolous way to end for a frivolous man.
Another purogement of Parliament?
to shreds you say?
Boris frantically refreshing Durham police’s twitter page every eight seconds.
just feel strong ray patterson energy rn.
“Oh gosh. You know, I’m not much on speeches, but, it’s so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you’ve made. You’re screwed. Thank you. Bye.”
A general election is coming, he’s gonna scurry to the palace dissolve parliament and do it that way rather than do an honourable thing and fall on his sword…. something that should have happened so very long ago
What an absolute clown.
The Tories literally can’t force him to go unless they change the rules, this is kinda hilarious.
If I know my history, this is about the time when he poisons his dog and shoots himself and his girlfriend.
Tough way for Carrie to find out who she is though.
Good, see you at the next GE!
He’ll quit.
The resignations won’t stop. Even those that support him know the game is up.
He has got the job he thinks is his divine right. He is not giving that up easily, not if his life depended on it. He knows he is safe from a vote of no confidence for at least a few more weeks, unless the 1922 committee change their rules next week, meaning he can sit back and relax while MPs tell him to resign. Those who wanted the early vote of no confidence have really shot themselves in the foot as they have allowed Johnson to survive this latest scandal.
*narrator’s voice*
He will
Tis but a flesh wound
Why tho? nobody wants him as PM, he’s done absolutely no good since he got handed the job and the country, hell even his own cabinet have lost faith in him
Sad little dictator wannabe.
So what about all the MPs that have resigned. Will they also have to vacate their seats or just their fancy jobs?
Good. Stay and finish destroying the whole bastard party. Don’t quit now.
The arrogance of this man is absolutely unbelievable! Defiant to the end.
They would have better luck all leaving and starting a new party.
I don’t want him to.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not support him at all. But I want him to call an early GE, lose it spectacularly and then fuck off.
I just feel bad for whoever is next. What a shitty inheritance.
Something has to be going on this makes zero sense. Some serious shady shit he’s doing that he needs to stay as PM to do.
Imagine having absolutely no shame whatsoever. It must be a wonderful feeling. Like being at a party, no one wants you there but you’re eating all the food and drinking everything in sight whilst being obnoxious all night and ruining it for everyone else.
UK PM Johnson : I will not resign
Uk : You fucking should
Just missing a baying mob of brexiteers invading parliment shouting 3 word slogans.
>”When a regime has been in power too long, when it has fatally exhausted the patience of the people, and when oblivion finally beckons – I am afraid that across the world you can rely on the leaders of that regime to act solely in the interests of self-preservation, and not in the interests of the electorate.”
– [Boris Johnson, The Telegraph, 2011](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/av-last-gasp-gordon-browns-bunker-gigantic-fraud/),
As raised by [Daren Jones questioning the PM here](https://www.politics.co.uk/parliament/pm-asked-hows-your-week-going/?fbclid=IwAR0sW27EVQ_jUTKFFoP76HXv10WEurJmCIMvrxBE7EetmJ_eu_v8OMjCPSA#brid_cp_Brid_57126731) yesterday.
I had to find the quote source .
Nothing in the constitution says he has to resign (the relevant clause says “be a good chap, if that’s alright with you”.)
What is it with contemporary democratic politicians and their stubborn refusal to face reality and stand down gracefully? Trump was the same.
This aged well…
How quaint. His last big lie?
Well this aged like milk
Aged like milk 😂
Well this didn’t age well
Yet another lie.