>Johnson took his seat and smirked. It’s what he does. A nervous tic. Even when the shit hits the fan, he can’t help taking everything as a joke. The masochist in him loves the attention. Even when it’s all negative. He’d rather people were still talking about him rather than ignoring him. It’s about the only way he knows he’s still alive. He looked to his right and left. There were Dominic Raab and the newly promoted Nadhim Zahawi who had just spent over £20bn in his first media round as chancellor. He could get to be an expensive habit. But both were fine as they were. Useful idiots. Loyalists who knew they would never get a job in any other government. Good thing they had no idea of the contempt in which he held them…
From the Guardian live blog during today’s Liason Committee:
On twitter Jeremy Clarkson was asking how it got this bad.
I mean, mate, you had this pillock on your show and no doubt have voted Tory your whole life, how the hell do you think this happened?
Excellent article thx
>Cries of “Bye-bye, Boris” accompanied Johnson’s exit from the House of Commons chamber
At the Liaison Committee…..
>Huw Merriman took the performance art to new levels by posting his own letter of no confidence about 30 seconds before quizzing the prime minister in person. Stephen Crabb took to updating The Convict on MPs quitting and asking who was left to fill the vacancies
Time for Bunce to get back to his duck and goose farming. No grace in power, I can’t see him having any grace as he leaves.
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>Johnson took his seat and smirked. It’s what he does. A nervous tic. Even when the shit hits the fan, he can’t help taking everything as a joke. The masochist in him loves the attention. Even when it’s all negative. He’d rather people were still talking about him rather than ignoring him. It’s about the only way he knows he’s still alive. He looked to his right and left. There were Dominic Raab and the newly promoted Nadhim Zahawi who had just spent over £20bn in his first media round as chancellor. He could get to be an expensive habit. But both were fine as they were. Useful idiots. Loyalists who knew they would never get a job in any other government. Good thing they had no idea of the contempt in which he held them…
From the Guardian live blog during today’s Liason Committee:
>>[15.53](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/06/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-sajid-javid-resignations-uk-politics-live-latest?page=with:block-62c5a0f08f084595044be736#block-62c5a0f08f084595044be736):
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>Johnson dismisses claims he won’t be able to replace resigning ministers, saying there is ‘wealth of talent’ in party
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>[15.57](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/06/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-sajid-javid-resignations-uk-politics-live-latest?page=with:block-62c5a24d8f089dd60ac4ea74#block-62c5a24d8f089dd60ac4ea74):
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>Jessica Elgot: Tory whips can’t find backbenchers to fill vacant ministerial posts, MPs say
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>Conservative MPs say that they have heard from party whips that there are now no MPs prepared to fill the vacant positions from those who have resigned en masse.
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>One former minister who has stayed loyal to Johnson told their whip that there were absolutely no terms they were prepared to accept and said the whip had agreed with them.
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>Another MP said they believed that message had been conveyed in “brusque tones” to Downing Street.
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And [a list of those vacancies that need filling](https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/vsqeav/boris_johnson_six_more_ministers_quit_at_once_as/if30fyu/) (accepting Sunak’s and Javid’s positions now filled).
On twitter Jeremy Clarkson was asking how it got this bad.
I mean, mate, you had this pillock on your show and no doubt have voted Tory your whole life, how the hell do you think this happened?
Excellent article thx
>Cries of “Bye-bye, Boris” accompanied Johnson’s exit from the House of Commons chamber
At the Liaison Committee…..
>Huw Merriman took the performance art to new levels by posting his own letter of no confidence about 30 seconds before quizzing the prime minister in person. Stephen Crabb took to updating The Convict on MPs quitting and asking who was left to fill the vacancies
Time for Bunce to get back to his duck and goose farming. No grace in power, I can’t see him having any grace as he leaves.
Big dog is dog food.