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Game over, man – politicalbetting.com

SystemSystem Posts: 11,020
edited July 2022 in General
Game over, man – politicalbetting.com

Senior Tory MPs are saying that Chris Heaton-Harris, the chief whip, is telling PM the game is up

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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    First in the door, unlike Boris ...
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    Senior Tories now telling me they expect one of Boris Johnson's inner circle, possibly Canzini, to tell him it's time to stop. PM isn't quite there psychologically, they think, but needs a hand on the shoulder from someone who he trusts.
    https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1544672872530153476
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,706
    Beibheirli_C said:

    First in the door, unlike Boris ...

    Er, isn't he spreadeagled in the doorcase already?
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    StuartDicksonStuartDickson Posts: 12,146
    Tour de France cobblestones or De Pfeffel garrotting?

    Think the French carnage will be more family-friendly.
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    tlg86tlg86 Posts: 25,190
    Another thread?!

    Weekly deaths update:

    https://tinyurl.com/uhawawre

    Not posted this recently due to the bank holidays, but it's interesting that non-COVID deaths are running at around 1,000 more than the five-year average.

    Week-ending | 5-year average | COVID deaths | non-COVID deaths | non-COVID deaths in excess of the 5-year average

    01-Apr-22 | 9,672 | 853 | 8,987 | -685
    08-Apr-22 | 10,316 | 960 | 9,727 | -589
    15-Apr-22 | 10,591 | 1,003 | 8,916 | -1,675
    22-Apr-22 | 10,158 | 1,042 | 9,638 | -520
    29-Apr-22 | 10,278 | 1,125 | 11,316 | 1,038
    06-May-22 | 9,494 | 735 | 9,206 | -288
    13-May-22 | 9,840 | 719 | 11,329 | 1,489
    20-May-22 | 10,104 | 547 | 10,973 | 869
    27-May-22 | 9,864 | 410 | 10,450 | 586
    03-Jun-22 | 8,086 | 186 | 6,639 | -1,447
    10-Jun-22 | 9,989 | 284 | 11,458 | 1,469
    17-Jun-22 | 9,400 | 264 | 10,580 | 1,180
    24-Jun-22 | 9,296 | 285 | 10,551 | 1,255
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    RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 27,216
    Went to an old mate's stag do on Saturday. At 10:30am we had a private showing of Aliens. What a perfect movie that is.

    I recommend the '22 take off and nuke the entire Cabinet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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    IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    Scott_xP said:

    Senior Tories now telling me they expect one of Boris Johnson's inner circle, possibly Canzini, to tell him it's time to stop. PM isn't quite there psychologically, they think, but needs a hand on the shoulder from someone who he trusts.
    https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1544672872530153476

    Tendency to underestimate how horribly mad he is. I cannot see him doing a "regretfully decided for the good of the country" spiel
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,298
    tlg86 said:

    Another thread?!

    Weekly deaths update:

    https://tinyurl.com/uhawawre

    Not posted this recently due to the bank holidays, but it's interesting that non-COVID deaths are running at around 1,000 more than the five-year average.

    Week-ending | 5-year average | COVID deaths | non-COVID deaths | non-COVID deaths in excess of the 5-year average

    01-Apr-22 | 9,672 | 853 | 8,987 | -685
    08-Apr-22 | 10,316 | 960 | 9,727 | -589
    15-Apr-22 | 10,591 | 1,003 | 8,916 | -1,675
    22-Apr-22 | 10,158 | 1,042 | 9,638 | -520
    29-Apr-22 | 10,278 | 1,125 | 11,316 | 1,038
    06-May-22 | 9,494 | 735 | 9,206 | -288
    13-May-22 | 9,840 | 719 | 11,329 | 1,489
    20-May-22 | 10,104 | 547 | 10,973 | 869
    27-May-22 | 9,864 | 410 | 10,450 | 586
    03-Jun-22 | 8,086 | 186 | 6,639 | -1,447
    10-Jun-22 | 9,989 | 284 | 11,458 | 1,469
    17-Jun-22 | 9,400 | 264 | 10,580 | 1,180
    24-Jun-22 | 9,296 | 285 | 10,551 | 1,255

    Is this the foregone doctors' appointments coming home to roost I wonder.
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    IshmaelZIshmaelZ Posts: 21,830
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Went to an old mate's stag do on Saturday. At 10:30am we had a private showing of Aliens. What a perfect movie that is.

    I recommend the '22 take off and nuke the entire Cabinet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    But you're just a grunt...
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    FIVE ministers resign in one fell swoop: Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez https://twitter.com/DominicPenna/status/1544673877393129473/photo/1
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,994
    Carnyx said:

    Beibheirli_C said:

    First in the door, unlike Boris ...

    Er, isn't he spreadeagled in the doorcase already?
    I haven't heard 'doorcase' in years. Is it common in Scotland; down here we all seem to use 'doorframe'...
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    Anyone seen Comical Ali, sorry HYUFD today? lols.
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    RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 27,216
    IshmaelZ said:

    RochdalePioneers said:

    Went to an old mate's stag do on Saturday. At 10:30am we had a private showing of Aliens. What a perfect movie that is.

    I recommend the '22 take off and nuke the entire Cabinet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    But you're just a grunt...
    Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal's a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I *love* the Corps!
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    NemtynakhtNemtynakht Posts: 2,311
    Does that mean we have reached the 32? Only number that counts
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    edited July 2022
    IshmaelZ said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Senior Tories now telling me they expect one of Boris Johnson's inner circle, possibly Canzini, to tell him it's time to stop. PM isn't quite there psychologically, they think, but needs a hand on the shoulder from someone who he trusts.
    https://twitter.com/IsabelHardman/status/1544672872530153476

    Tendency to underestimate how horribly mad he is. I cannot see him doing a "regretfully decided for the good of the country" spiel
    Indeed. I can see him going immediately, and as an MP too. Toys out of the pram. Happily that’s also the best outcome for the country.
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    Carnyx said:

    Beibheirli_C said:

    First in the door, unlike Boris ...

    Er, isn't he spreadeagled in the doorcase already?
    I doubt it. Lashed down into his chair is more likely.

    I hope he refuses to resign. It would make wonderful theatre and probably be a huge improvement on most TV output
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    SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,704
    https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1544673998964932609

    Kemi Badenoch resigns as Equalities Minister

    stop, stop, he's already dead.....
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    wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 6,934
    Tis Shelley time

    I met a traveller from an antique land,

    Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

    Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

    Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

    And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

    The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

    And on the pedestal, these words appear:

    My name is Boris, King of Kings;

    Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

    Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

    The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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    CookieCookie Posts: 11,445
    FPT: @Leon , the answer to your question is here:https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-see-100-miles-out-to-sea-if-the-earth-is-round?top_ans=77847675
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    While BoZo is clearly a big loser from the events unfolding, spare a thought for Zahawi. Traded everything for a single day as chancellor...
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    TazTaz Posts: 11,166
    Scott_xP said:

    FIVE ministers resign in one fell swoop: Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez https://twitter.com/DominicPenna/status/1544673877393129473/photo/1

    To borrow from TSE

    Boris, Stepmom, Pornhub
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    solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,623
    Scott_xP said:

    FIVE ministers resign in one fell swoop: Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez https://twitter.com/DominicPenna/status/1544673877393129473/photo/1

    We need some COVID style blocks of data to represent these resignations heading exponentially upwards.
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    CookieCookie Posts: 11,445
    Cookie said:

    FPT: @Leon , the answer to your question is here:https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-see-100-miles-out-to-sea-if-the-earth-is-round?top_ans=77847675

    ...which is around 6600 feet.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    Scott_xP said:

    FIVE ministers resign in one fell swoop: Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez https://twitter.com/DominicPenna/status/1544673877393129473/photo/1

    Yep, desperate to resign before Billy Liar does.
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    nico679nico679 Posts: 4,801
    5 more resignations . Surely this must be game over .
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,706
    JosiasJessop said:

    Carnyx said:

    Beibheirli_C said:

    First in the door, unlike Boris ...

    Er, isn't he spreadeagled in the doorcase already?
    I haven't heard 'doorcase' in years. Is it common in Scotland; down here we all seem to use 'doorframe'...
    Don't know re Scotland; I'd picked it up mentally from an architectural study or report I was reading recently.
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    dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,964
    Cyclefree said:

    Once he goes the Tories' problems really start.

    What are they for? Who are they for?

    How do they reconcile their different constituencies?

    And how the hell do they persuade us to trust all these MPs and a new leader and Cabinet who up until recently were telling us to support the PM?

    Yes.
    No one else has the sheer chutzpah and bull to keep the coalition together.
    Penny is pretty though. So that ought to be enough, apparently.
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    Slackbladder said:

    https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1544673998964932609

    Kemi Badenoch resigns as Equalities Minister

    stop, stop, he's already dead.....

    It’s political whack-a-mole. Would be quite funny if there wasn’t a country that needed running.
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,115
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Went to an old mate's stag do on Saturday. At 10:30am we had a private showing of Aliens. What a perfect movie that is.

    I recommend the '22 take off and nuke the entire Cabinet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    The extended version, I hope?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU

    "Stopping them...it ain't stopping them."
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    MISTYMISTY Posts: 1,594
    Cyclefree said:

    Once he goes the Tories' problems really start.

    What are they for? Who are they for?

    How do they reconcile their different constituencies?

    And how the hell do they persuade us to trust all these MPs and a new leader and Cabinet who up until recently were telling us to support the PM?

    The debate is moving on from brexit to what kind of country we want to see in the post brexit world.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Went to an old mate's stag do on Saturday. At 10:30am we had a private showing of Aliens. What a perfect movie that is.

    I recommend the '22 take off and nuke the entire Cabinet from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

    Was that some hint towards the bride to be?
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    Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 60,289
    Nemtynakht said:

    Does that mean we have reached the 32? Only number that counts

    27 now
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    TheValiantTheValiant Posts: 1,708
    BBC reporting Gove was on phone during PMQs, outside the Palace of Westminster. Wonder what the scheming git is up to?
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    🚨 Exclusive

    Michael Gove has told Boris Johnson he must go

    Housing Secretary delivered message to PM this morning

    https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/news/politics/199324/exclusive-michael-gove-tells-pm-its-time-to-go
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    StuartDicksonStuartDickson Posts: 12,146
    MISTY said:

    Cyclefree said:

    Once he goes the Tories' problems really start.

    What are they for? Who are they for?

    How do they reconcile their different constituencies?

    And how the hell do they persuade us to trust all these MPs and a new leader and Cabinet who up until recently were telling us to support the PM?

    The debate is moving on from brexit to what kind of country we want to see in the post brexit world.
    Nope. Brexiteers won the battle. The war has barely begun. Starmer surrendered yesterday.
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    wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 6,934
    Or Byron, perhaps, is apposite with his feelings on Castlereagh after his suicide

    Posterity will ne'er survey
    A Nobler grave than this
    Here lie the bones of Castlereagh
    Stop, traveller, and piss
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    Now Mims Davies resigns. SIX ministers gone in two mins. Was on the phone to a cabinet minister as the joint resignations landed: “It’s difficult to see a positive end game now” https://twitter.com/bethrigby/status/1544674361617047553
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    BlancheLivermoreBlancheLivermore Posts: 5,227
    Aletha Adu
    @alethaadu
    Michael Gove is out, according to a number of MHCLG sources
    https://twitter.com/alethaadu/status/1544674664550731776
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    Cyclefree said:

    Once he goes the Tories' problems really start.

    What are they for? Who are they for?

    How do they reconcile their different constituencies?

    And how the hell do they persuade us to trust all these MPs and a new leader and Cabinet who up until recently were telling us to support the PM?

    It’s easy.

    Massive tax cuts and bans on green field building to win the south AND lots of spending on the red wall and defence all hidden behind a made up laffer curve argument. Basically become the Republicans.

    It’s bad for the county but will win one more election.
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    dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,964
    Don't believe the 32 number.
    It assumes all the payroll voted for him.
    I wasn't born yesterday.
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    Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 4,809
    edited July 2022
    Can I say, if it needs rule changes and more letters and VONCs and a crowbar then fine. Personally, I'm trying not to lose days of my work and life in popcorn eating distractedness, and though quick is good, the levering out of Boris, process or politics, isn't being done for my personal gratification, and it's rapidity is fine at the moment. So, I'll be away and popping in periodically whilst the political laxatives take their course.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    Will Zahawi be the shortest serving CoE ever?
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,994
    Carnyx said:

    JosiasJessop said:

    Carnyx said:

    Beibheirli_C said:

    First in the door, unlike Boris ...

    Er, isn't he spreadeagled in the doorcase already?
    I haven't heard 'doorcase' in years. Is it common in Scotland; down here we all seem to use 'doorframe'...
    Don't know re Scotland; I'd picked it up mentally from an architectural study or report I was reading recently.
    Ah thanks. I think I've only ever heard it in that sort of context. So it's poncy architect-speak for 'doorframe'.

    So we have any architects on PB? We seem stuffed to the gunwales with lawyers and engineers; are the architects all too busy on site?
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    Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 60,289
    Downing Street

    No snap election
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    Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 25,417
    This is exciting! Sorry for Boris n' all, but it is.
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    MISTYMISTY Posts: 1,594
    Scott_xP said:

    Now Mims Davies resigns. SIX ministers gone in two mins. Was on the phone to a cabinet minister as the joint resignations landed: “It’s difficult to see a positive end game now” https://twitter.com/bethrigby/status/1544674361617047553

    It reminds me of Smashey and Nicey rushing to resign before being fired from radio FAB
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    biggles said:

    Slackbladder said:

    https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1544673998964932609

    Kemi Badenoch resigns as Equalities Minister

    stop, stop, he's already dead.....

    It’s political whack-a-mole. Would be quite funny if there wasn’t a country that needed running.
    The Civil Service is loving it
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,926
    Sweet Jesus, he's just lost Lee Rowley.

    My old MP Lee Rowley ! I'd have him in the 100% Boris column.
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    RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    Anyone know if the vaccine rollout was the best in the world and if we currently have the best economy in the G7?

    Two claims I heard made today and neither were questioned.
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    ChrisChris Posts: 11,121
    Meltdown.

    Five further ministers have just resigned from the government.

    Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez have all resigned in a single letter.

    Julia Lopez was a culture minister.

    Lee Rowley was a business minister.

    Alex Burghart was an education minister.

    Neil O'Brien was a levelling up minister.

    Kemi Badenoch was a local government minister.
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    eekeek Posts: 24,977
    Nice article on Bozo over at unherd https://unherd.com/2022/07/did-boris-destroy-boris/

    Asks the question what changed between Boris running London and him arriving in No 10...
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    LostPasswordLostPassword Posts: 15,231
    Nigel_Foremain said:

    Anyone seen Comical Ali, sorry HYUFD today? lols.

    I assume he's being measured for his ermine so that he can be appointed as a PPS in the DfE.
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    LeonLeon Posts: 47,146
    MaxPB said:

    Zahawi made the wrong decision last night, I don't understand how these professional politicians are so bad a politics.

    I was saying this last night, but I think @Luckyguy1983 got it right. The chance to say “I was Chancellor of the Exchequer” (even if only for 3 minutes) was impossible to resist

    However, yes, an error
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    Fox breaks cover. https://twitter.com/LiamFox/status/1544676137284009984
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    Big_G_NorthWales said:

    Downing Street

    No snap election

    No fucking shit, Boris would lose his seat in one. It would be hilarious if the PM didn't now beat Therea May's tenure.
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    wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 6,934
    Gove steams in for the watch
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    Scott_xP said:

    Now Mims Davies resigns. SIX ministers gone in two mins. Was on the phone to a cabinet minister as the joint resignations landed: “It’s difficult to see a positive end game now” https://twitter.com/bethrigby/status/1544674361617047553

    Yikes!
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    Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 4,809
    Are the number of resignations from payroll vote at 32 yet?
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,983
    2022 departure now 1.04.
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    All these rats jumping ship before the coup de grace are so worried about not getting in on time they’re not even writing their own letters! Just signing other peoples
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,057
    edited July 2022
    I have loyally supported every @Conservatives Leader since 1992. However, today I am withdrawing my support for the Prime Minister. @BorisJohnson's leadership is untenable. My letter👇

    https://twitter.com/liamfox/status/1544676137284009984
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,981
    Scott_xP said:

    FIVE ministers resign in one fell swoop: Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Alex Burghart, Lee Rowley and Julia Lopez https://twitter.com/DominicPenna/status/1544673877393129473/photo/1

    Who?
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    nico679nico679 Posts: 4,801
    Luckyguy1983 said:

    This is exciting! Sorry for Boris n' all, but it is.

    Sorry for Boris . Really ! He’s getting what he deserves , good riddance to him .
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    edited July 2022
    Roger said:

    Anyone know if the vaccine rollout was the best in the world and if we currently have the best economy in the G7?

    Two claims I heard made today and neither were questioned.

    1) You can make a case for that.
    2) Not on forecasts. Yes on last comparable actuals, but mainly because we fell further in Covid so the recovery looked bigger.
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    If I were Liz Truss I would be calling Johnson now to advise him to go so that, when he goes,I can tell everyone I did it.
    https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1544676502414950400
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    Oh shit, Gove has done it.
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    Alphabet_SoupAlphabet_Soup Posts: 2,746
    MaxPB said:

    Zahawi made the wrong decision last night, I don't understand how these professional politicians are so bad a politics.

    I did wonder if Javid had got wind of Sunak's resignation and decided to join in before he was asked to go back to the Treasury. All other things being equal he would have been the obvious choice.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    Big_G_NorthWales said:

    Nemtynakht said:

    Does that mean we have reached the 32? Only number that counts

    27 now
    There are at least two I know on the payroll who I know are not Bozo fans that haven't resigned yet.
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    SelebianSelebian Posts: 7,432
    FPT
    Pro_Rata said:

    biggles said:

    OldKingCole said:

    eek said:

    If anyone has 5 minutes to kill try https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

    I killed 54 people ..

    55

    Now what pearls of wisdom have I missed?
    68. Always was a bastard.
    52. Anyone below 50?
    79. So there.

    (I fairly consistently choose do nothing unless the choice is human versus non-human or no deaths for doing something. One exception was diverting the trolley to save best friend.)

    And I was so busy killing them all that I missed the start of the new thread :disappointed:
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    MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 25,173
    Luckyguy1983 said:

    This is exciting! Sorry for Boris n' all, but it is.

    It couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
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    BlancheLivermoreBlancheLivermore Posts: 5,227
    Pro_Rata said:

    Are the number of resignations from payroll vote at 32 yet?

    This is the latest list

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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    Nigel_Foremain said:

    Anyone seen Comical Ali, sorry HYUFD today? lols.

    Probably offline for a software upgrade...
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    Just spoken to another (loyal) cab min: "The game is up, this is not survivable. I can't see lasting the day and those suggesting he stays on not doing him any favours. I'm in the trenches with him, but we're outgunned, out manoeuvred & out of ammunition"
    https://twitter.com/BethRigby/status/1544676837510594560
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    wooliedyedwooliedyed Posts: 6,934
    For all the delay and talk of tories bottling, they are publically humiliating and defenestrating a man with a thumping majority. This is brutal. And fucking exquisite.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    nico679 said:

    Luckyguy1983 said:

    This is exciting! Sorry for Boris n' all, but it is.

    Sorry for Boris . Really ! He’s getting what he deserves , good riddance to him .
    Couldnt happen to a nicer man.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    MaxPB said:

    Oh shit, Gove has done it.

    Source please?
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    boulayboulay Posts: 3,926
    Roger said:

    Anyone know if the vaccine rollout was the best in the world and if we currently have the best economy in the G7?

    Two claims I heard made today and neither were questioned.

    We certainly have a world beating reenactment of Custer’s last stand with our blonde tousle haired hero bravely fighting to the end with troopers Mogg and Dories as the arrows of outrageous fortune rain down on them.

    As the end comes Boris Custer wonders if Carrie will mourn his little big horn.
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    Boris Johnson is due to appear before the Liaison Committee in 22 minutes.
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    solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,623
    So do we do spread betting now on how many resignations we get to before Boris finally calls it a day?
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    MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 25,173
    Big_G_NorthWales said:

    Downing Street

    No snap election

    That would be his best hope of keeping the wallpaper and curtains for a while longer.
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    OnlyLivingBoyOnlyLivingBoy Posts: 15,105
    Selebian said:

    FPT

    Pro_Rata said:

    biggles said:

    OldKingCole said:

    eek said:

    If anyone has 5 minutes to kill try https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

    I killed 54 people ..

    55

    Now what pearls of wisdom have I missed?
    68. Always was a bastard.
    52. Anyone below 50?
    79. So there.

    (I fairly consistently choose do nothing unless the choice is human versus non-human or no deaths for doing something. One exception was diverting the trolley to save best friend.)

    And I was so busy killing them all that I missed the start of the new thread :disappointed:
    Me too. I killed 61 but five of them were Boomers.
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    williamglenn said:

    I have loyally supported every @Conservatives Leader since 1992. However, today I am withdrawing my support for the Prime Minister. @BorisJohnson's leadership is untenable. My letter👇

    https://twitter.com/liamfox/status/1544676137284009984

    Ooh even the disgraced Liam Fox thinks Boris Johnson too disgraceful
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    Scott_xP said:

    Boris Johnson is due to appear before the Liaison Committee in 22 minutes.

    Well, technically “the Prime minister” is due. Might yet not be Boris….
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,274
    edited July 2022
    Now 27

    Mail reporting Gove has told Johnson to go

    LBC says Govey is now chief man in grey suit
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    eekeek Posts: 24,977
    MaxPB said:

    Zahawi made the wrong decision last night, I don't understand how these professional politicians are so bad a politics.

    He made a decision that placed him in No 11 rather than Truss - and allowed him to escape Education which given what @ydoethur has posted is a wise move...
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    dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,964
    Beibheirli_C said:

    Nigel_Foremain said:

    Anyone seen Comical Ali, sorry HYUFD today? lols.

    Probably offline for a software upgrade...
    Preparing to re-generate as an uber-loyal fan of whoever the Hell the Tory Party serves up next.
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    bigglesbiggles Posts: 4,340
    OnlyLivingBoy said:

    Selebian said:

    FPT

    Pro_Rata said:

    biggles said:

    OldKingCole said:

    eek said:

    If anyone has 5 minutes to kill try https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

    I killed 54 people ..

    55

    Now what pearls of wisdom have I missed?
    68. Always was a bastard.
    52. Anyone below 50?
    79. So there.

    (I fairly consistently choose do nothing unless the choice is human versus non-human or no deaths for doing something. One exception was diverting the trolley to save best friend.)

    And I was so busy killing them all that I missed the start of the new thread :disappointed:
    Me too. I killed 61 but five of them were Boomers.
    Was I wrong to kill the cat to save the lobsters so they would cook better?

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    LeonLeon Posts: 47,146
    Cookie said:

    Cookie said:

    FPT: @Leon , the answer to your question is here:https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-see-100-miles-out-to-sea-if-the-earth-is-round?top_ans=77847675

    ...which is around 6600 feet.
    i checked the map, and I am 90% sure I can see the highest peaks of the “Accursed Mountains” on the Albanian border. They are about 60 miles away
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    Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 13,781
    Mexicanpete said:

    Big_G_NorthWales said:

    Downing Street

    No snap election

    That would be his best hope of keeping the wallpaper and curtains for a while longer.
    Some poor bugger has to inherit that gauche load of bollocks
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    MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,607
    Nigel_Foremain said:

    MaxPB said:

    Oh shit, Gove has done it.

    Source please?
    Saw it flash up on one of my Whatsapp groups, waiting for confirmation. Supposedly removing confidence but potentially not resigning.
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    eekeek Posts: 24,977
    OnlyLivingBoy said:

    Selebian said:

    FPT

    Pro_Rata said:

    biggles said:

    OldKingCole said:

    eek said:

    If anyone has 5 minutes to kill try https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

    I killed 54 people ..

    55

    Now what pearls of wisdom have I missed?
    68. Always was a bastard.
    52. Anyone below 50?
    79. So there.

    (I fairly consistently choose do nothing unless the choice is human versus non-human or no deaths for doing something. One exception was diverting the trolley to save best friend.)

    And I was so busy killing them all that I missed the start of the new thread :disappointed:
    Me too. I killed 61 but five of them were Boomers.
    What I picked up was that in non clear cut decisions I prefer to do nothing...
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,981
    Nigel_Foremain said:

    williamglenn said:

    I have loyally supported every @Conservatives Leader since 1992. However, today I am withdrawing my support for the Prime Minister. @BorisJohnson's leadership is untenable. My letter👇

    https://twitter.com/liamfox/status/1544676137284009984

    Ooh even the disgraced Liam Fox thinks Boris Johnson too disgraceful
    That will put the Fox among the ostriches.
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    OnlyLivingBoyOnlyLivingBoy Posts: 15,105
    https://twitter.com/MetroUK/status/1544677264796909568?t=2lynxqrYahnn1WS7x2fKxw&s=19
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    eekeek Posts: 24,977
    Leon said:

    Cookie said:

    Cookie said:

    FPT: @Leon , the answer to your question is here:https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-see-100-miles-out-to-sea-if-the-earth-is-round?top_ans=77847675

    ...which is around 6600 feet.
    i checked the map, and I am 90% sure I can see the highest peaks of the “Accursed Mountains” on the Albanian border. They are about 60 miles away
    That's 100km not 100 miles (which is 160km)...
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    ChrisChris Posts: 11,121
    Scott_xP said:

    Boris Johnson is due to appear before the Liaison Committee in 22 minutes.

    Bloomberg reports popcorn manufacturers struggling to meet demand.
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 32,938
    🚨SNAP POLL🚨

    At least two thirds of UK adults say Boris Johnson cannot re-gain the trust of the following:

    People who voted Conservative in 2019 (65%)
    Conservative MPs (68%)
    The UK public (74%) https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/1544678333639806979/photo/1
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    MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 25,173
    Nigel_Foremain said:

    MaxPB said:

    Oh shit, Gove has done it.

    Source please?
    As it's Give do you mean sauce please?
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