However desperate the news for the Conservatives, we can always rely on someone to offer a more positive spin.
This is the catastrophic implosion of a Conservative Government, Cabinet and Party - but apparently it's bad news for Labour.
Even if there's a new leader, the economic headwinds are still there. I suspect it won't be much of an inheritance for the next non-Conservative Government.
Presumably IF Sunak gets the top leader, Javid will be Chancellor and perhaps Dowden will get a senior role.
I assume we can expect one of two things from HY once he receives his instructions from whoever is left in Downing Street: 1. Sunak and Javid were never real Tories 2. Johnson has a majority of 80 and the public's opinion doesn't matter 3. Anyway he is safe for a year
Unless they have the votes amongst Tory MPs to remove him he will, he is as stubborn as Corbyn and Trump and will just appoint a new Health Secretary and Chancellor
It's barely 2.5 years since the GE, which he won handsomely. Covid disrupted his intended plans, but also meant 'normal' politics was more or less suspended.
How the heck has he gotten himself in a position where a majority of backbenchers and now many in the Cabinet want him out? No one who wins that big should make themselves so vulnerable.
It's worse than that: a year ago the Conservatives were well ahead of Labour. The blows that have laid him low were totally self-inflicted, and also the sort of stuff that got him in trouble *before* he became PM.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
I assume we can expect one of two things from HY once he receives his instructions from whoever is left in Downing Street: 1. Sunak and Javid were never real Tories 2. Johnson has a majority of 80 and the public's opinion doesn't matter 3. Anyway he is safe for a year
Tomorrow Nadine will be chancellor, and Bone in charge of our health…
He has nothing to lose now that he’s losing his seat at the next election
Raab will be Prime Minister shortly. Once Boris is thrust onto the erect phallus of the political sword, he will quit. Not just as PM, as an MP. Gone. So Raab becomes PM by means of being deputy PM whilst the Tories do a leadership slaughter.
Perhaps G bloke, but it's not far off a Tory nightmare and this one is real!
Would be a cause of Labour discomfort if there were an obvious star waiting in the wings. But there’s not. There are loonies even less respected than Boris, and then there are half competent people whose austerity era economic ideas are totally at odds with public opinion.
Unless they have the votes amongst Tory MPs to remove him he will, he is as stubborn as Corbyn and Trump and will just appoint a new Health Secretary and Chancellor
I assume we can expect one of two things from HY once he receives his instructions from whoever is left in Downing Street: 1. Sunak and Javid were never real Tories 2. Johnson has a majority of 80 and the public's opinion doesn't matter 3. Anyway he is safe for a year
...that's three things.
But in fact I think he might surprise us. If the winds have changed so dramatically, he knows what the party needs to do.
It's barely 2.5 years since the GE, which he won handsomely. Covid disrupted his intended plans, but also meant 'normal' politics was more or less suspended.
How the heck has he gotten himself in a position where a majority of backbenchers and now many in the Cabinet want him out? No one who wins that big should make themselves so vulnerable.
It's worse than that: a year ago the Conservatives were well ahead of Labour. The blows that have laid him low were totally self-inflicted, and also the sort of stuff that got him in trouble *before* he became PM.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
Handed a 20% lead, and delivered a catastrophe. I'm sure his publishers can handle it.
It's barely 2.5 years since the GE, which he won handsomely. Covid disrupted his intended plans, but also meant 'normal' politics was more or less suspended.
How the heck has he gotten himself in a position where a majority of backbenchers and now many in the Cabinet want him out? No one who wins that big should make themselves so vulnerable.
It's worse than that: a year ago the Conservatives were well ahead of Labour. The blows that have laid him low were totally self-inflicted, and also the sort of stuff that got him in trouble *before* he became PM.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
Handed a 20% lead, and delivered a catastrophe. I'm sure his publishers can handle it.
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
Calm yerself
Boris is not Thatcher. Starmer is not Blair
If Labour scrape a NOM win in 2024 and have to govern in the face of economic storms, while riven by Woke madness, I can easily see the Tories romping back in 2028
Besides, Boris was leading your team to terrible defeat, anyway. Look at Tiverton
It's barely 2.5 years since the GE, which he won handsomely. Covid disrupted his intended plans, but also meant 'normal' politics was more or less suspended.
How the heck has he gotten himself in a position where a majority of backbenchers and now many in the Cabinet want him out? No one who wins that big should make themselves so vulnerable.
It's worse than that: a year ago the Conservatives were well ahead of Labour. The blows that have laid him low were totally self-inflicted, and also the sort of stuff that got him in trouble *before* he became PM.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
Handed a 20% lead, and delivered a catastrophe. I'm sure his publishers can handle it.
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
That even now you don't get it speaks a lot about your own values.
It isn't just about "he won an election". You're supposed to be a Christian. Which means you are supposed to have a deep-rooted understanding of right and wrong. So why don't you?
I think she has looked thoroughly pissed off with Johnson.
I wouldn't now rule out Sunak for the top spot. @BartholomewRoberts would be very pleased!
Near zero chance of that, Wallace trounced Sunak 59% to 25% in this week's Conhome survey, Truss beat Sunak 50% to 35% and Mordaunt beat Sunak 58% to 33% and it is Tory members and Tory members alone who get the final say on the next PM and Tory leader if Johnson goes
It's barely 2.5 years since the GE, which he won handsomely. Covid disrupted his intended plans, but also meant 'normal' politics was more or less suspended.
How the heck has he gotten himself in a position where a majority of backbenchers and now many in the Cabinet want him out? No one who wins that big should make themselves so vulnerable.
It's worse than that: a year ago the Conservatives were well ahead of Labour. The blows that have laid him low were totally self-inflicted, and also the sort of stuff that got him in trouble *before* he became PM.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
It feels a bit like Corbyn in that the same attacks which didn't work in 2017 worked in 2019, as the atmosphere was very different (yes Brexit was a big part of it too).
Boris has always been very flawed, but he also brought enthusiasm, a certain boosterist vision (albeit a confused one). But for whatever reason since a little before the Paterson debacle (which remains a shameful episode for all involved), it has begin to really stick.
He retains fans, and people who fear a replacement cannot match his appeal in the Red Wall. But MPs since sick of his chaotic shit.
At this stage, if you’re a Cabinet Minister with hopes of a post-Boris career, why wouldn’t you resign this evening too? You don’t want to be left alone standing next to Dorries and Mogg.
Men in grey suits will swing this. I know Boris is one of those who will be inclined to slug it out until he is voted out by his own party, but even he knows the bunker walls are crumbling.
Truss has been totally outmanoeuvred here. Bless her.
Not if she gets appointed Chancellor, Boris clings on for a while longer, and she repeats John Major's trajectory from Foreign Secretary to Number 10.
Anyone who sticks with Johnson now will be utterly contaminated.
The question is how contaminated will the whole bunch be that stuck with him for months & months under a constant stream of sewage from the broken BJ soil pipe.
My sources tell me that Steve Barclay is likely to be the next Chancellor.
Interesting. I thought he was the biggest of the Sunak allies. Perhaps he's been asked to stay on and mind the shop to make sure Johnson didn't do anything too wrong in his final days.
Unless they have the votes amongst Tory MPs to remove him he will, he is as stubborn as Corbyn and Trump and will just appoint a new Health Secretary and Chancellor
At this stage, if you’re a Cabinet Minister with hopes of a post-Boris career, why wouldn’t you resign this evening too? You don’t want to be left alone standing next to Dorries and Mogg.
Give them an hour to write their letters etc .........
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
Maybe by then you will have learned to put the country’s health and prosperity ahead of your party’s narrow and petty political obsessions?
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
Johnson is not Thatcher.
He's a corrupt twat who has no compunction about burning the Conservative Party to the ground, in order to cling to office a few days longer.
He has no loyalty to the Conservative Party, and they should have none to him.
He has nothing to lose now that he’s losing his seat at the next election
Raab will be Prime Minister shortly. Once Boris is thrust onto the erect phallus of the political sword, he will quit. Not just as PM, as an MP. Gone. So Raab becomes PM by means of being deputy PM whilst the Tories do a leadership slaughter.
Whilst it has been noted to death that just because he is deputy PM there is no reason he must become PM in the event of the PM suddenly going, I'm not sure who else the Queen would be advised to pick in such a scenario among the current crop of MPs. May would be an obvious choice as a temporary one, but would be a bit political of a choice.
Men in grey suits will swing this. I know Boris is one of those who will be inclined to slug it out until he is voted out by his own party, but even he knows the bunker walls are crumbling.
Looks like the end. What the hell took them so long? It's not as though we've learnt anything about Boris this week that we didn't know last month, or last year, or in 2019 when he was chosen as leader.
Still, it's progress. Getting rid of him is the necessary first stage - but only the first stage - of putting things right.
Yes, back to opposition, probably for at least a decade if not more.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
Maybe by then you will have learned to put the country’s health and prosperity ahead of your party’s narrow and petty political obsessions?
Even from a purely partisan viewpoint, the Conservatives would be well rid of him.
What's more important is that the next PM inherits a lot of power with a 74 seat majority. More than enough to implement policies that might bring them back into play. Labour must be praying for a miracle right now.
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He has gone over policy.
Javid gone over ethics.
Double act as I said earlier.
We need to draw the Brexit poison, finally. Boris going is half the job. Starmer the 2nd Voter needs to go as well
Then perhaps we can all - at last - move on. A new generation
Hat still in the ring…
That is a killer letter. Nothing about Pincher and lying, exclusively says you can't be trusted with economy
Actum est de puero pinguido
However desperate the news for the Conservatives, we can always rely on someone to offer a more positive spin.
This is the catastrophic implosion of a Conservative Government, Cabinet and Party - but apparently it's bad news for Labour.
Even if there's a new leader, the economic headwinds are still there. I suspect it won't be much of an inheritance for the next non-Conservative Government.
Presumably IF Sunak gets the top leader, Javid will be Chancellor and perhaps Dowden will get a senior role.
1. Sunak and Javid were never real Tories
2. Johnson has a majority of 80 and the public's opinion doesn't matter
3. Anyway he is safe for a year
My caretaker May prediction looks fucking spot on now
He has nothing to lose now that he’s losing his seat at the next election
I know, we've all been there.
Although all a bit murky as there is no such role in constitution.
I for one want him gone, and I am a Con supporter.
The only surprising this about his fall is people's evident surprise that it happened this way. The Garden Bridge debacle showed many of the same character flaws that have led him to this position.
Last time the Tories toppled an election winning PM, Thatcher in 1990, they lost 3 out of 4 of the following general elections and it took them until Boris in 2019 to win a big majority again
When will you accept it is over for Johnson
I think she has looked thoroughly pissed off with Johnson.
I wouldn't now rule out Sunak for the top spot. @BartholomewRoberts would be very pleased!
But in fact I think he might surprise us. If the winds have changed so dramatically, he knows what the party needs to do.
https://twitter.com/Queen_UK/status/1544372281522126849?s=20&t=5E0h9OzckhlXY16bNNSIoQ
Boris is not Thatcher. Starmer is not Blair
If Labour scrape a NOM win in 2024 and have to govern in the face of economic storms, while riven by Woke madness, I can easily see the Tories romping back in 2028
Besides, Boris was leading your team to terrible defeat, anyway. Look at Tiverton
"Jacob is standing firm with the PM"
https://twitter.com/kateferguson4/status/1544371083503190017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12iPj-TQrM
It isn't just about "he won an election". You're supposed to be a Christian. Which means you are supposed to have a deep-rooted understanding of right and wrong. So why don't you?
https://conservativehome.com/2022/07/04/next-tory-leader-play-offs-sixth-rishi-sunak/
Boris has always been very flawed, but he also brought enthusiasm, a certain boosterist vision (albeit a confused one). But for whatever reason since a little before the Paterson debacle (which remains a shameful episode for all involved), it has begin to really stick.
He retains fans, and people who fear a replacement cannot match his appeal in the Red Wall. But MPs since sick of his chaotic shit.
JRM, Dorries, of course. Kwarteng is a surprise
Wallace must surely resign
He's a corrupt twat who has no compunction about burning the Conservative Party to the ground, in order to cling to office a few days longer.
He has no loyalty to the Conservative Party, and they should have none to him.
Propriety.
Policy.
Not getting up.
Jesus Christ...
https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1544319204861550597?s=20&t=5E0h9OzckhlXY16bNNSIoQ
https://twitter.com/AutismCapital/status/1544319214323990533?s=20&t=5E0h9OzckhlXY16bNNSIoQ
Bonkers. He'll try to hold on if it's only two.
The worst possible result for everyone in the UK is that Boris stays on, bleeding out in Number 10
Enough! Get rid! And I am a Leaver that liked Boris
Was the Roman way. And is still the Tory way (as with Sir Anthony and Maggie back in their day)?