Does Boris have the guts to turn up at the 1922 meeting, or will he just bottle it?
One option would be to turn up and cause trouble, but perhaps he needs to spend more time with his ego.
What happened to Boris's resignation letter?
May announced his resignation for him before the letters had been written on both sides. Frankly with behavior like that, they can't complain when someone resigns while she's in the middle of a speech somewhere in future.
Since even if May is ousted it will take at least a week - more likely several months - to name a replacement they know perfectly well she will still be in office.
I can't see her lasting beyond October now though.
Does Boris have the guts to turn up at the 1922 meeting, or will he just bottle it?
One option would be to turn up and cause trouble, but perhaps he needs to spend more time with his ego.
What happened to Boris's resignation letter?
May announced his resignation for him before the letters had been written on both sides. Frankly with behavior like that, they can't complain when someone resigns while she's in the middle of a speech somewhere in future.
Given he'd skipped a COBRA meeting and hadn't showed up to a Conference he was hosting they had to do something.....
Does Boris have the guts to turn up at the 1922 meeting, or will he just bottle it?
One option would be to turn up and cause trouble, but perhaps he needs to spend more time with his ego.
What happened to Boris's resignation letter?
May announced his resignation for him before the letters had been written on both sides. Frankly with behavior like that, they can't complain when someone resigns while she's in the middle of a speech somewhere in future.
Given he'd skipped a COBRA meeting and hadn't showed up to a Conference he was hosting they had to do something.....
They just said on sky that he informed Downing Street and before he could send letter etc they announced it.
Anyone contemplating resigning is unlikely to do so if they want a tilt at the top job, for fear a disloyal resignation will cost them support in the contest.
Helps May quite a bit. To cause her serious harm it requires a beast big enough for their resignation to matter but who is unlikely to want to be PM.
Mr. Doethur, if she survives a no confidence motion there's a year minimum until the next such vote.
She could resign, of course.
What I meant was that even if she loses the vote, she remains PM until her successor is elected.
Wouldn't someone take over as a caretaker?
Not unless she resigns as PM. She would then have to nominate her successor anyway, which would be awkward as it couldn't be anybody standing in the leadership election and it is unlikely anyone else would have both the ability and support to do the job.
Good riddance to Boris.... I see DD thinks he (BJ) shouldn't have resigned... I thought his chance of doing so honourably was over Heathrow but blew that too.
Mr. Doethur, if she survives a no confidence motion there's a year minimum until the next such vote.
She could resign, of course.
What I meant was that even if she loses the vote, she remains PM until her successor is elected.
Wouldn't someone take over as a caretaker?
Nope.
It is in many ways a rather serious constitutional flaw. If we had a PM die in office (which fortunately hasn't happened since 1865) if they were Tory there is currently no mechanism for appointing an interim successor (with Labour it wouldn't matter so much as the deputy leader automatically succeeds pending a leadership election and would be PM as well).
Presumably the Cabinet would nominate someone from among themselves and notify the Sovereign via the Lord President of the Council, but it's all a bit clumsy.
If Liam Fox is seriously being considered as Foreign Secretary then all Conservative wisecracks about the Labour front bench will look distinctly hollow.
Mr. Doethur, if she survives a no confidence motion there's a year minimum until the next such vote.
She could resign, of course.
What I meant was that even if she loses the vote, she remains PM until her successor is elected.
Wouldn't someone take over as a caretaker?
Nope.
It is in many ways a rather serious constitutional flaw. If we had a PM die in office (which fortunately hasn't happened since 1865) if they were Tory there is currently no mechanism for appointing an interim successor (with Labour it wouldn't matter so much as the deputy leader automatically succeeds pending a leadership election and would be PM as well).
Presumably the Cabinet would nominate someone from among themselves and notify the Sovereign via the Lord President of the Council, but it's all a bit clumsy.
I was told that there is a continuity of government plan in place.
During the coalition if something happened to Dave the Tory party would nominate William Hague to be Prime Minister until the Tories had elected someone.
I think had Dave remained an MP he'd be the William Hague.
If Liam Fox is seriously being considered as Foreign Secretary then all Conservative wisecracks about the Labour front bench will look distinctly hollow.
Now come on. He would be a much saner appointment than 'Colonel' Emily Thornberry, '£30 a year pay' Abbott, Laura 'I'm a nice person except I hate all intelligent humans' Pidcock and Keir 'I was a great DPP apart from all those prosecutions I screwed up' Starmer.
Mr. Doethur, if she survives a no confidence motion there's a year minimum until the next such vote.
She could resign, of course.
What I meant was that even if she loses the vote, she remains PM until her successor is elected.
Wouldn't someone take over as a caretaker?
Nope.
It is in many ways a rather serious constitutional flaw. If we had a PM die in office (which fortunately hasn't happened since 1865) if they were Tory there is currently no mechanism for appointing an interim successor (with Labour it wouldn't matter so much as the deputy leader automatically succeeds pending a leadership election and would be PM as well).
Presumably the Cabinet would nominate someone from among themselves and notify the Sovereign via the Lord President of the Council, but it's all a bit clumsy.
I was told that there is a continuity of government plan in place.
During the coalition if something happened to Dave the Tory party would nominate William Hague to be Prime Minister until the Tories had elected someone.
I think had Dave remained an MP he'd be the William Hague.
Well, that would be sensible.
The Tories joining the modern age and having a Deputy Leader would be more sensible.
If Liam Fox is seriously being considered as Foreign Secretary then all Conservative wisecracks about the Labour front bench will look distinctly hollow.
Now come on. He would be a much saner appointment than 'Colonel' Emily Thornberry, '£30 a year pay' Abbott, Laura 'I'm a nice person except I hate all intelligent humans' Pidcock and Keir 'I was a great DPP apart from all those prosecutions I screwed up' Starmer.
I'd be reasonably content for Liam Fox to remain in government but only as Minister for Spare Room Bookings (Male Division).
There is an opportunity for someone, anyone, to stand up and point out that the charlatans and mountebanks that championed Brexit during the campaign are all running away from it.
If they can't stomach it, why should the rest of us?
In many ways this may be helpful for the country. It leaves the EU unable to demand more concessions - the political situation here means they will have to take or leave this, and since all the way through they have said one thing and instantly done another forcing a decision on them would be no bad thing (as long as they don't go for Leave, which has caused enough bloody problems already).
Similarly, I suspect most people will be happy with a semi Brexit, at any rate to start with. Contrary to the kerfuffle over a Northern Ireland backstop, we can diverge over time because that clause is not binding on us (even if the EU or Ireland think it is) and moreover, would require the EU to try and activate it which I think they would draw back from unless we did something really egregious like legalising slavery.
Finally, it has brought May's increasingly exhausted premiership within measureable distance of its end (and not in an Orwellian sense). Although much depends on her successor, with both her and Corbyn discredited and bereft of ideas, that allows for some fresh leadership to emerge that is badly needed. Raab and Javid seem likely candidates and both have undeniable strengths (although many thought that of May too).
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In many ways actually he is the logical choice given his role is going nowhere.
https://twitter.com/juliehdavis/status/1016363320281128960
I can't see her lasting beyond October now though.
Do we then leave with the the hugely damaging No Deal Brexit that Selmayr and his puppets have been trying to foist on us for two years?
She could resign, of course.
Also speaks volumes about the woman that appointed him to the role.
https://twitter.com/JakubKrupa/status/1016329496662827008
Helps May quite a bit. To cause her serious harm it requires a beast big enough for their resignation to matter but who is unlikely to want to be PM.
I can't understand somebody who is a May 'loyalist.'
That's like referring to Juncker having a sober moment.
Boris Johnson And David Davis Leave The Brexit Project Hanging By A Thread.
If today makes my colleagues look devious, self-indulgent, and incompetent - it's because they are.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-resigns_uk_5b438b25e4b0c523e2615ece?ncid=tweetlnkukhpmg00000008
https://twitter.com/BBCNormanS/status/1016367736983818245
https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1016367915912884224
Presumably the Cabinet would nominate someone from among themselves and notify the Sovereign via the Lord President of the Council, but it's all a bit clumsy.
They stuffed him after?
During the coalition if something happened to Dave the Tory party would nominate William Hague to be Prime Minister until the Tories had elected someone.
I think had Dave remained an MP he'd be the William Hague.
https://twitter.com/nigel_farage/status/1016358876248203264?s=21
https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/1016368016097972224
The Tories joining the modern age and having a Deputy Leader would be more sensible.
There is an opportunity for someone, anyone, to stand up and point out that the charlatans and mountebanks that championed Brexit during the campaign are all running away from it.
If they can't stomach it, why should the rest of us?
Similarly, I suspect most people will be happy with a semi Brexit, at any rate to start with. Contrary to the kerfuffle over a Northern Ireland backstop, we can diverge over time because that clause is not binding on us (even if the EU or Ireland think it is) and moreover, would require the EU to try and activate it which I think they would draw back from unless we did something really egregious like legalising slavery.
Finally, it has brought May's increasingly exhausted premiership within measureable distance of its end (and not in an Orwellian sense). Although much depends on her successor, with both her and Corbyn discredited and bereft of ideas, that allows for some fresh leadership to emerge that is badly needed. Raab and Javid seem likely candidates and both have undeniable strengths (although many thought that of May too).
That tells you all you need to know about Brexit.
Good evening, everyone.
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