Boris Johnson, parties and the Sue Gray report fall out. Thread 6

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Wakefield By-Election Voting Intention:

LAB: 56% (+16)
CON: 33% (-14)
IND: 3% (New)
RFM: 3% (-3)
LDM: 2% (-2)
GRN: 2% (New)
YSP: 1% (-1)
BF: 1% (New)

Via @Survation, 24 May - 1 Jun.
Changes w/ GE2019.

No, there isn’t. But as long as the opposition(s) win seats to oust the Tories, it’s good enough for me.

Enough seats.

Ooooh!

Donors are not going to continue to donate to a party that is sleepwalking into losing a General Election.

Just checking in. Got the prosecco ready.

Its not looking good for the greased piglet but I suspect he will scrape through -but then the Torys are full of surprises.

Led by donkeys have done a fine video here.
twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1533765420427186179?s=20&t=IN4-vCXqfaHyEZfXg-e24g

Lest we forget, here is the video about Boris by Led By Donkeys, already with 1.4 million views:

twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1533765420427186179?cxt=HHwWhsC41cHhg8kqAAAA

Johnson hasn't. He finds criticism very difficult

Cross post there with Che

He has 131 MPs publically backing him with less than 10 minutes to go before voting starts...

134 now.

135!

Not enough, is it?

Hmmm

As it's anonymous would we really know?

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4563895-boris-johnson-tory-mps-are-voting-for-or-against-tonight

Nope. The only ones declaring are the ones that want to keep in with him I suppose. 136 now. It's nerve wracking. I don't want to hope, but I can't help it.

Just turned the telly on and realised why I don't watch tv news anymore. JRM

I found this all a bit silly - it was pretty clear at the time that Boris was seriously but probably not critically ill. It's not unusual for people who have been through a similar medical experience to exaggerate a bit in retrospect. We should be focusing on his many, many more serious lies.

So he's 40+ short of declared yes voters?

I'm sure he'll scrape through but more than 105-110 Noes and he's going to be weakened.

Interesting thread crunching the numbers (posted 40 mins ago so probably out of date/time!)

twitter.com/harrytlambert/status/1533846576258490372?s=21&t=6CtmZaqhZO-ocr3XROmPPw

"By my count, the PM can bank on 155 MPs at best. Another 31 probably back him. That gives Johnson 186 - and he needs 180 to survive.

But narrow survival will not be enough. A rebellion of 117 - or anything over 100 - is likely to be hard to survive for long, as many have said."

Let's put it this way; it's not going to go away

No it's not going away - Wakefield & Tiverton in 3 weeks then followed by Privileges Committee investigation (which will include Downing Street flat parties).

Oh you are funny. Yes very good.

After the last few years, I'll take decency over charisma every time.