Sadly I do @tobee. That’s at least two ethics advisors who have resigned citing him directly (amp.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/20/priti-patel-boris-johnson-bullying-report-findings).
The more moderate tories and advisors who resign/leave allows the (further) takeover of far right leaning MP’s with no moderation from a balanced circle of those they take on board advice from. Effectively the echo chamber gets larger and stronger. It’s their way or the highway.
The current direction of the Tory party is highly indicative of cult-like behaviour imho and that’s dangerous. They simply can’t back down from a position, no matter how wrong it’s shown they are, because they’ve invested so much in their ‘team’. They ‘have’ to be right because to admit error or failure would implode the whole thing and there’s some very fragile egos involved and bank accounts reliant on the grift.
I’m genuinely coming round to the notion the tories as they are now are done. They’re venturing further right than I imagined they would do so boldly. They’ve lost a lot of good people, I just hope that they still feel a duty to their country enough to openly fracture the party and stand as a separate faction. Whether the conservative electorate is strong enough to be tempted by a moderate alternative isn’t a definite because a lot of ordinary supporters are vulnerable to the same sunk cost fallacy as their MP’s.
I would never identify as a Tory voter or any party in particular, but even I recognise that people whose politics I don’t agree with or like can be acting in the honest belief they are serving their country and it’s people in good faith. I detect nothing even approaching that from the current cabinet because they’re not an unintelligent bunch and there are just too many instances of factual evidence they’ve chosen to simply not recognise to protect the career of a wholly unsuitable prime minister.