The Thatcher situation was different as the system then meant there was going to be a further vote. So they had to tell Maggie (and did) that she was going to lose it - the dam couldn't hold and… (View Post)

He's done. Ministers will be considering positions, and the by-elections will be presented by media and opponents (other parties and his own) as the People's Confidence Vote. Resignation by… (View Post)

It also ignores the fact that a confidence vote simply isn't the same. Many MPs who voted for someone else in the 2019 leadership contest will nonetheless have had confidence in Johnson until qu… (View Post)

This implies that the Tories lost the 2005 General Election due to some kind of backlash against the removal of Thatcher 15 years previously, and 2019 was all about a long gone, latterly somewhat unp… (View Post)

I don't think that's an especially tricky question. A Tory successor isn't going to want to bang on about Johnson, but nor do they need to repudiate his entire leadership and everythin… (View Post)