Spockydog Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Johnson being asked about Lebedev. For the first time ever, he admits travelling to Italy without any staff to meet the KGB agent. This is going to snowball now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 The Safeguarding Minister has quit, which feels very appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Maybe Johnson will emulate Trump, and urge his supporters to march on Whitehall and storm the Houses of Parliament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 minute ago, SeanF said: Maybe Johnson will emulate Trump, and urge his supporters to march on Whitehall and storm the Houses of Parliament. The difference is that BoJo doesn't have any supporters. His approval rate is currently 23% and dropping, his disapproval rate is around 71% and trending upwards. YouGov is pretty well-disposed towards the government as well, so for them to be showing these figures shows that the writing is on the wall for BoJo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Fox Cauthon Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Boris Johnson may be Prime Minister less than Theresa May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Huw Merriman Tweeting he's submitted a letter of no confidence in the Prime Minister whilst simultaneously staring him in the eye at the committee meeting is a nice move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Matrim Fox Cauthon said: Boris Johnson may be Prime Minister less than Theresa May. What is it, three more days he needs to overtake her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Interesting stats: the last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority Prime Minister was Tony Blair in 2005. The last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority PM and then be defeated fairly in an election was John Major in 1997. Blair resigned halfway through his third term, leaving Gordon Brown less than 3 years in power before being defeated in 2010. And then we had the Tory-LibDem coalition in 2015. David Cameron then resigned in 2016 due to Brexit and Theresa May in 2019 due to Brexit. At least Johnson can argue his departure won't entirely or even majorly be because of Brexit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Jesus Christ. Boris's committee performance is like a 5-year-old after being caught with his hand in the sweetie jar. This is pure cringe. I don't think he knew that he'd lost 32 ministers. Seemed briefly surprised by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Werthead said: Interesting stats: the last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority Prime Minister was Tony Blair in 2005. The last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority PM and then be defeated fairly in an election was John Major in 1997. Blair resigned halfway through his third term, leaving Gordon Brown less than 3 years in power before being defeated in 2010. And then we had the Tory-LibDem coalition in 2015. David Cameron then resigned in 2016 due to Brexit and Theresa May in 2019 due to Brexit. At least Johnson can argue his departure won't entirely or even majorly be because of Brexit. Clearly he will resign for private reasons(taking care of his kids ;)) because he delivered a perfect Brexit and less capable people deserve a chance now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 According to Sky, Zahawi will be among three cabinet ministers waiting to tell Johnson it’s time to go. He’s probably wishing he’d given it to Truss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Apparently the entire Tory establishment has decided Johnson has to go. Including his newly-appointed Health Secretary and chief whip. Some of them are waiting at Number 10 for him come back from the committee meeting. Bernard Jenkin, who is well-known as a miracle of British medical science for being born without a spine, is now giving Johnson a really tough time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Arryn Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 True story: a few years back I was at the Oxford Union (Library!) and I got talking with a clerk who told me: The argument used to be whether Boris was a tosser, then it became how much of a tosser he was, then it became how much of a tosser you had to be to not see what a tosser he was, and soon will come the day when even those tossers will want him tossed for being such a tosser. Better late than never, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 16 minutes ago, Werthead said: Interesting stats: the last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority Prime Minister was Tony Blair in 2005. The last UK Prime Minister to complete a full term in office as a majority PM and then be defeated fairly in an election was John Major in 1997. Blair resigned halfway through his third term, leaving Gordon Brown less than 3 years in power before being defeated in 2010. And then we had the Tory-LibDem coalition in 2015. David Cameron then resigned in 2016 due to Brexit and Theresa May in 2019 due to Brexit. At least Johnson can argue his departure won't entirely or even majorly be because of Brexit. We're getting like Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Audible laughter as he says we need stable government. He also rules out a general election. So that means there will be one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Fox Cauthon Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, SeanF said: We're getting like Australia. Just pray you don't get like Austria. Since I moved to Austria in 2015, there have been 9 chancellors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I think it's up to four cabinet ministers now waiting to confront him at No. 10. Some alarm that Johnson may have floated the idea of a general election rather than resigning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Matrim Fox Cauthon said: Just pray you don't get like Austria. Since I moved to Austria in 2015, there have been 9 chancellors. The only decent one was the chancellor of the technocrat goverment our president set up after the first goverment of Kurz collapsed. Also the only female chancellor we had so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Werthead said: I think it's up to four cabinet ministers now waiting to confront him at No. 10. Some alarm that Johnson may have floated the idea of a general election rather than resigning. I can't see the Queen agreeing to it. When a PM goes rogue, is the point where the Head of State says no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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