I was wondering how much, if anything, these resignations will cost the individuals concerned. If they are re-appointed next week is it just a weeks pay, or would it have an impact on pensions or length of service type payments too? Obviously if they go back to being a backbencher it costs them more but that is largely out of their control.
A friend of a friend in the civil service has been busy. With each resignation, some pour soul has to change the access permissions to all sorts of complex government systems and documents.
We need some information on the history.
I think recall not so long ago Ministers getting a payment because they "lost their jobs" at an election, and got them back again 3 weeks later.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
£67,505 is the (Additional) salary for being a minister. So 2 days pro rata would be £370. She's left of her own accord so there's no constructive dismissal potential award there.
I presume it is an assumption that -
"Under the 1991 Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act, ministers under the age of 65 are entitled to three months of their ministerial salary when they are forced out of office."
Just for the betting markets I'm curious if we might find ourselves in the position of an 'acting PM' with Boris gone?
Yes in theory there's no such thing as an acting PM as it stands, but also as it stands we have an unwritten constitution, so things that have never happened before can happen in the future, as new precedent becomes invented.
When Boris was hospitalised Raab was entrusted with the responsibilities of the PM role, without being PM. Could the same happen again now?
Don’t think so, there has to be a PM, and the current one has lost the confidence of seemingly everyone around him.
I’d start looking at names like Theresa May or Michael Gove as next PM on the betting markets, rather than the more obvious runners and riders. Obviously for a few months over the summer, to allow the Tories to elect a permanent leader.
As English is a living language, I am proposing the addition of a new verb today. To braverman: means to have it both ways entirely without scruples. Example. ‘I have bravermanned my position on climate change, calling for drastic action but no curbs on Co2 emissions’
£67,505 is the (Additional) salary for being a minister. So 2 days pro rata would be £370. She's left of her own accord so there's no constructive dismissal potential award there.
I presume it is an assumption that -
"Under the 1991 Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act, ministers under the age of 65 are entitled to three months of their ministerial salary when they are forced out of office."
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
As English is a living language, I am proposing the addition of a new verb today. To braverman: means to have it both ways entirely without scruples. Example. ‘I have bravermanned my position on climate change, calling for drastic action but no curbs on Co2 emissions’
Cue the arseholes and sycophants saying he’s done the right thing and it’s time to rally round for the good of the country and to give the next leader the shot etc etc.
But all Boris is doing is what Boris has always done.
He's always put himself first, second and everywhere.
He's never had respect for constitutional norms.
He's never been honest.
His whole life has always been about "you can't make me".
The only thing that has changed is that, instead of screwing over The Man, he's screwing over all of us.
Everyone knew this, and yet the Tory party put him in Downing Street. They are the real villains in this.
The British people kept him there to get Brexit done and beat Corbyn, given Labour was offering a choice of refusing to respect the EU Referendum result and making Corbyn PM
Not really - the British People didn't vote for him.
It is right to say that they put the Tories in Government, rather than have Labour in place with their offering at the time. And at the time, you'd have to say that (given what they believed) those who voted Tory did a good job of keeping Corbyn's mob out of government. In a straight choice between what they imagined a Johnson-led government would be like v. what they imagined a Corbyn-led government would be, they made a decisive overall choice.
However, There is *no-one* to blame for the fact that Boris Johnson was at the head of that administration, but the Tories. They put him in the leadership position. They voted confidence in him only a month or so ago.
Don't try foisting that on the British People in a Moggian twist of democratic reality.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
Though it looks like he has finally decided to resign anyway
£67,505 is the (Additional) salary for being a minister. So 2 days pro rata would be £370. She's left of her own accord so there's no constructive dismissal potential award there.
I presume it is an assumption that -
"Under the 1991 Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act, ministers under the age of 65 are entitled to three months of their ministerial salary when they are forced out of office."
applies....
She hasn't been "forced" anywhere though.
Quite... as I said, an *ass*umption. Which as everyone knows....
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
If Quentin Letts is right, the problem might be more human than political. Boris hasn’t got anyone in there with the emotional authority to say OK old friend, this is it, now
He hasn’t got a Dom or a Carrie
Aides and loyalists will be too nervous
Normally the spouse would tell the PM when it's time to go.
Something tells me the spouse will be doing the exact opposite this time.
Boris Johnson cannot stay on as caretaker Prime Minister. There is too much to do, and his MPs have lost faith in him. His reputation has been shredded, his judgement found desperately wanting.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
Though it looks like he has finally decided to resign anyway
But all Boris is doing is what Boris has always done.
He's always put himself first, second and everywhere.
He's never had respect for constitutional norms.
He's never been honest.
His whole life has always been about "you can't make me".
The only thing that has changed is that, instead of screwing over The Man, he's screwing over all of us.
Everyone knew this, and yet the Tory party put him in Downing Street. They are the real villains in this.
The British people kept him there to get Brexit done and beat Corbyn, given Labour was offering a choice of refusing to respect the EU Referendum result and making Corbyn PM
Yeah I blame them too. And the Labour Party for putting up such a shitty candidate. Basically, Britain has failed.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
Though it looks like he has finally decided to resign anyway
Has he hell as like decided to resign. He's been dragged kicking and screaming.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories and kept there scandal after scandal, lie after lie.
I know you're not supposed to use the word but 'C* of the Week' has to go to Nadim Zahawi. He hasn't yet turned up at the office once but after touring the TV studios all yesterday he wrote his resignation letter asking the Prime Minister to resign on Treasury notepaper
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories.
And he was right to be put there, and he was right to be removed. 👍
In this country we don't have dictators for life, our PMs serve at the will of Parliament and are not contrary to popular belief "elected dictators". Boris has served his purpose and now he is gone.
But all Boris is doing is what Boris has always done.
He's always put himself first, second and everywhere.
He's never had respect for constitutional norms.
He's never been honest.
His whole life has always been about "you can't make me".
The only thing that has changed is that, instead of screwing over The Man, he's screwing over all of us.
Everyone knew this, and yet the Tory party put him in Downing Street. They are the real villains in this.
The British people kept him there to get Brexit done and beat Corbyn, given Labour was offering a choice of refusing to respect the EU Referendum result and making Corbyn PM
Not really - the British People didn't vote for him.
It is right to say that they put the Tories in Government, rather than have Labour in place with their offering at the time. And at the time, you'd have to say that (given what they believed) those who voted Tory did a good job of keeping Corbyn's mob out of government. In a straight choice between what they imagined a Johnson-led government would be like v. what they imagined a Corbyn-led government would be, they made a decisive overall choice.
However, There is *no-one* to blame for the fact that Boris Johnson was at the head of that administration, but the Tories. They put him in the leadership position. They voted confidence in him only a month or so ago.
Don't try foisting that on the British People in a Moggian twist of democratic reality.
If the British people had given Theresa May a majority in 2017 as most of the Tory Party and I wanted they would also have beaten Corbyn and got Brexit done. Boris would then never have become PM.
They refused to do so, only giving Boris that majority in 2019. So it is not as if the British people had no say in Boris becoming PM.
Sir Anthony Seldon has just said on Sky he believes those in no 10 will be composing Johnson's resignation speech
Seldon may be an eminent Parliamentary Historian, but did he account for Johnson? The ink on Johnson's, prepared by others, resignation speech has already been dry for 24 hours.
Did Donelan and Zahawi even update their twitter handles?
I feel like they were so flattered to be asked they said yes on the spot, then their advisers told them they had been idiots.
Husband has expressed some sympathy for Donelan just now. Thinks she allowed heart to rule head when given chance to join cabinet, and that good sense has reasserted itself after opportunity for reflection. Others may have different opinion, but at least she has gone. I'm less than convinced by Wallace and others deploying the necessity excuse for staying put.
I know you're not supposed to use the word but C* of the week has to go to Nadim Zahawi. He hasn't yet turned up at the office once but after touring the TV studios all yesterday he wrote his resignation letter asking the Prime Minister to resign on Treasury notepaper
It's fine to say "Conservative of the week", really.
I know you're not supposed to use the word but 'C* of the Week' has to go to Nadim Zahawi. He hasn't yet turned up at the office once but after touring the TV studios all yesterday he wrote his resignation letter asking the Prime Minister to resign on Treasury notepaper
I’m hoping this farce has holed him below the waterline in any leadership contest but I have a horrible feeling it won’t have.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories.
I am a conservative and his brexit, covid and Ukraine actions were fine, but his behaviour since Paterson to Pincher changed everything for me and I resigned from the party
I expect there will be many rejoining the party now
Peoples claiming this is making Britain a laughing stock. But ultimately it will be the swift removal of a PM - not that bad.
I agree - I don't think it is making Britain a laughing stock (although these kinds of dramas are always more than faintly ridiculous as they play out, so there will be plenty of laughing.) It is, however, destroying what vestiges of tattered reputation Johnson and those around him still retained.
To look forward a little, what will the party now do? They've been standing to Johnson's defence for so long, will they remember how to do politics properly?
Will they immediately skip forward a generation and magically reincarnate in a single bound, or will we have to go through a Hague, an IDS, and a Howard before we get to a Cameron?
Will the Moggies become garden variety backbench bastards, patting at the half dead mouse of democracy, or will there be a fight for the space where the soul of the party used to be?
So once he goes it'll be up to the right wing Tory membership to elect a new party leader, who will then become PM. I think we'll get a Thatcher Mk2 - slash taxes, slash spending, slash regulation. The real reason behind Brexit.
Boris's have cake, eat cake, no downsides, unicorns for everyone Brexit was crumbling anyway but the Thatcherites can now get rid of Boris and install one of their own. As the economy performs badly and there's the real prospect of power cuts this winter. I don't think it's going to be pretty.
I posted this in Sept 2020: Johnson and his government are going to fuck this country. They’re going to fuck Remainers. They’re going to fuck all the red wallers whose xenophobia the two Leave campaigns so successfully played on.
They’re going to fuck everyone because they think that out of the ashes they can build the kind of society that gets the right wing tumescent. With the kind of policies that would never win an election.
They’re going to sorrowfully point at the remains of what was the economy, wiping away their crocodile tears, and cut, cut, cut. Cut taxes, cut the NHS, cut workers’ rights. All the things that these red wallers really, when it comes down to it, care more about then a bit of fucking sovereignty.
And they’ll be able to say ‘well, this is Brexit, this is what people voted for.’
If a Thatcherite gets in we will be in the crocodile tears, slash, cut, slash, cut phase. Bye bye any last pretence of having cake and eating cake.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
Though it looks like he has finally decided to resign anyway
Let's just rejoice at that news! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories.
I am a conservative and his brexit, covid and Ukraine actions were fine, but his behaviour since Paterson to Pincher changed everything for me and I resigned from the party
I expect there will be many rejoining the party now
The big change in the political dynamic is that every single contender will be falling over themselves to show that they are completely different from Johnson. No continuity candidate will stand a chance.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories.
I am a conservative and his brexit, covid and Ukraine actions were fine, but his behaviour since Paterson to Pincher changed everything for me and I resigned from the party
I expect there will be many rejoining the party now
Surely depends who gets the gig.
Very likely the nuttiest of the fruitcakes nominated by the numpties who voted confidence in Johnson just a month ago.
"Johnson likes to be loved but he likes being feared even more. This can get you far in politics, indeed has got him to the top. When that love fades and the fear goes – and they will, one day – his fall will be worth watching. For those who believe that ruthlessness and ambition, untempered by competence and integrity, are dangerous, that day cannot come soon enough."
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
If Johnson loses a VONC, which now looks almost certain, then yes he would have to go and as stated my preference is now for Ben Wallace to replace him as Tory leader and PM
Though it looks like he has finally decided to resign anyway
Though you will regret that, and fair enough, there really was no realistic alternative - he couldn't fill government positions.
Rugby on Sky News stating he's going to appear outside No.10 today. Probably a resignation, though his behaviour has been so outrageous I wouldn't be wholly surprised by a "we fight on, we fight to win" statement.
Even at this stage, I'll only believe he's given up when he says it in public for the record.
Rugby on Sky News stating he's going to appear outside No.10 today. Probably a resignation, though his behaviour has been so outrageous I wouldn't be wholly surprised by a "we fight on, we fight to win" statement.
Even at this stage, I'll only believe he's given up when he says it in public for the record.
A quick solution to the leadership crisis. There are so many names likely in the hat, and there is a massive crisis in the country.
We do not have time for a protracted bloody contest. Sooooooo
ROYAL RUMBLE! Stick a ring in Downing Street. Have Mrs Brady draw lots to decide on the order, and then every 60 seconds a new contender enters the ring. Keep fighting until the last person standing is declared leader.
As Rishi Sunak is so short it will be difficult to throw him over the top ropes to eliminate him. My money would be on Rishi.
So is it today or September 1? Not that it really matters now
I believe not today. Essentially, he is hanging on in there on a technicality, hoping something will show up and turn things around even beyond the 11th hour.
Several commentators on R4 remarking that Johnson has lost his job is not because of policy (Thatcher, Poll Tax, May, Brexit) but because of who he is and how he has governed - which raises questions over whether he can continue as PM, and the suitability of Ministers who stuck with him to the end.
Rugby on Sky News stating he's going to appear outside No.10 today. Probably a resignation, though his behaviour has been so outrageous I wouldn't be wholly surprised by a "we fight on, we fight to win" statement.
Even at this stage, I'll only believe he's given up when he says it in public for the record.
Every media outlet is confirming his resignation today and indeed to stay in office during his successor election campaign
But all Boris is doing is what Boris has always done.
He's always put himself first, second and everywhere.
He's never had respect for constitutional norms.
He's never been honest.
His whole life has always been about "you can't make me".
The only thing that has changed is that, instead of screwing over The Man, he's screwing over all of us.
Everyone knew this, and yet the Tory party put him in Downing Street. They are the real villains in this.
The British people kept him there to get Brexit done and beat Corbyn, given Labour was offering a choice of refusing to respect the EU Referendum result and making Corbyn PM
Not really - the British People didn't vote for him.
It is right to say that they put the Tories in Government, rather than have Labour in place with their offering at the time. And at the time, you'd have to say that (given what they believed) those who voted Tory did a good job of keeping Corbyn's mob out of government. In a straight choice between what they imagined a Johnson-led government would be like v. what they imagined a Corbyn-led government would be, they made a decisive overall choice.
However, There is *no-one* to blame for the fact that Boris Johnson was at the head of that administration, but the Tories. They put him in the leadership position. They voted confidence in him only a month or so ago.
Don't try foisting that on the British People in a Moggian twist of democratic reality.
If the British people had given Theresa May a majority in 2017 as most of the Tory Party and I wanted they would also have beaten Corbyn and got Brexit done. Boris would then never have become PM.
They refused to do so, only giving Boris that majority in 2019. So it is not as if the British people had no say in Boris becoming PM.
They didn't give "Boris" a majority, they gave it to the Conservative Party to Keep Corbyn Out. This has been proved over and over by Mike with polls demonstrating people's motivations. It was Corbyn Wot Won It (for the Tories)
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
Really? Why will you rejoin? Boris didn't do this by himself. He was put there by the Tories.
I am a conservative and his brexit, covid and Ukraine actions were fine, but his behaviour since Paterson to Pincher changed everything for me and I resigned from the party
I expect there will be many rejoining the party now
Surely depends who gets the gig.
Very likely the nuttiest of the fruitcakes nominated by the numpties who voted confidence in Johnson just a month ago.
Did Donelan and Zahawi even update their twitter handles?
I feel like they were so flattered to be asked they said yes on the spot, then their advisers told them they had been idiots.
Husband has expressed some sympathy for Donelan just now. Thinks she allowed heart to rule head when given chance to join cabinet, and that good sense has reasserted itself after opportunity for reflection. Others may have different opinion, but at least she has gone. I'm less than convinced by Wallace and others deploying the necessity excuse for staying put.
Your husband is a generous soul.
I partly agree, but you need some nous in politics
So is it today or September 1? Not that it really matters now
It matters hugely. This country is fucked. Runaway inflation, major cost of living crisis. We're on the edge of war with Russia. We have a growing crisis in NI. So we cannot now indulge the Tories with 2 months of introspection and infighting.
Constitutionally it is of course right and proper that Johnson stays in caretaker post. However it doesn’t make any of the leadership candidates look great rejoining the government so I remain to be convinced that will hold.
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I think recall not so long ago Ministers getting a payment because they "lost their jobs" at an election, and got them back again 3 weeks later.
That was pre the 2010 Expenses reforms iirc.
These are difficult days for you and to be fair you have been totally loyal to Johnson, but I hope you can now accept it is over and join those of us who want a conservative party with integrity and decency and to win the next GE
I will be rejoining the party once Johnson leaves
"Under the 1991 Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act, ministers under the age of 65 are entitled to three months of their ministerial salary when they are forced out of office."
applies....
3 PM's bowled by Johnson.
I’d start looking at names like Theresa May or Michael Gove as next PM on the betting markets, rather than the more obvious runners and riders. Obviously for a few months over the summer, to allow the Tories to elect a permanent leader.
This is unacceptable, and I don't trust him not to change his mind when they're that much closer to a General Election.
It is right to say that they put the Tories in Government, rather than have Labour in place with their offering at the time. And at the time, you'd have to say that (given what they believed) those who voted Tory did a good job of keeping Corbyn's mob out of government. In a straight choice between what they imagined a Johnson-led government would be like v. what they imagined a Corbyn-led government would be, they made a decisive overall choice.
However, There is *no-one* to blame for the fact that Boris Johnson was at the head of that administration, but the Tories. They put him in the leadership position. They voted confidence in him only a month or so ago.
Don't try foisting that on the British People in a Moggian twist of democratic reality.
Anything happen in my absence?
Aye, right...
I feel like they were so flattered to be asked they said yes on the spot, then their advisers told them they had been idiots.
https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/1544957917895573504
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BREAKING: Boris Johnson has resigned.
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confirms that PM has agreed to stand down. He’ll stay on as caretaker leader until new Tory leader elected this autumn.
We still need a government!! Who's going to take all these roles!
This is fine
They counter with go now, you dont deserve more.
They agree he can stay on for expedited leadership contest.
In this country we don't have dictators for life, our PMs serve at the will of Parliament and are not contrary to popular belief "elected dictators". Boris has served his purpose and now he is gone.
They refused to do so, only giving Boris that majority in 2019. So it is not as if the British people had no say in Boris becoming PM.
Who will serve in his government for the next few months? They've all either quit or told him to do one.
Does everyone get their old jobs back? Who would the Chancellor be?
I expect there will be many rejoining the party now
To look forward a little, what will the party now do? They've been standing to Johnson's defence for so long, will they remember how to do politics properly?
Will they immediately skip forward a generation and magically reincarnate in a single bound, or will we have to go through a Hague, an IDS, and a Howard before we get to a Cameron?
Will the Moggies become garden variety backbench bastards, patting at the half dead mouse of democracy, or will there be a fight for the space where the soul of the party used to be?
Boris's have cake, eat cake, no downsides, unicorns for everyone Brexit was crumbling anyway but the Thatcherites can now get rid of Boris and install one of their own. As the economy performs badly and there's the real prospect of power cuts this winter. I don't think it's going to be pretty.
I posted this in Sept 2020:
Johnson and his government are going to fuck this country. They’re going to fuck Remainers. They’re going to fuck all the red wallers whose xenophobia the two Leave campaigns so successfully played on.
They’re going to fuck everyone because they think that out of the ashes they can build the kind of society that gets the right wing tumescent. With the kind of policies that would never win an election.
They’re going to sorrowfully point at the remains of what was the economy, wiping away their crocodile tears, and cut, cut, cut. Cut taxes, cut the NHS, cut workers’ rights. All the things that these red wallers really, when it comes down to it, care more about then a bit of fucking sovereignty.
And they’ll be able to say ‘well, this is Brexit, this is what people voted for.’
If a Thatcherite gets in we will be in the crocodile tears, slash, cut, slash, cut phase. Bye bye any last pretence of having cake and eating cake.
I know the BBC's grasp of the English language has been shaky for a few years, but really ...
Very likely the nuttiest of the fruitcakes nominated by the numpties who voted confidence in Johnson just a month ago.
"Johnson likes to be loved but he likes being feared even more. This can get you far in politics, indeed has got him to the top. When that love fades and the fear goes – and they will, one day – his fall will be worth watching. For those who believe that ruthlessness and ambition, untempered by competence and integrity, are dangerous, that day cannot come soon enough."
Bloody Cassandra I am.
https://www7.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2020/07/16/spotting-the-difference-what-really-matters-to-johnson-when-deciding-who-is-in-or-out/
" Please leave via the tradesman's entrance and take your ******' wallpaper with you".
Even at this stage, I'll only believe he's given up when he says it in public for the record.
Maybe a majority of letters?
Even at this stage, I'll only believe he's given up when he says it in public for the record.
🎼But it's a long long time … 🎼
#Priti4Leader
We do not have time for a protracted bloody contest. Sooooooo
ROYAL RUMBLE! Stick a ring in Downing Street. Have Mrs Brady draw lots to decide on the order, and then every 60 seconds a new contender enters the ring. Keep fighting until the last person standing is declared leader.
As Rishi Sunak is so short it will be difficult to throw him over the top ropes to eliminate him. My money would be on Rishi.
Theresa May - 03/08/2022
Viscount Palmerston (first stint) - 06/08/2022
James Callaghan - 21/08/2022
Henry Addington - 16/09/2022
lol.
Bugger off Boris. The Chiltern Hundreds are thataway.....
He should just go.
And for sh*ts and giggles, May should become interim leader...
Or you think those who have resigned will now come slithering back?
I partly agree, but you need some nous in politics
He needs to be removed. Today.