Boris Johnson and the cabinet of curiosities Thread 8

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Lewis Goodall

Michael Gove not on frontbench. Am hearing a lot of whispers about his future right now.

What are they meeting Raab for? To tell him, to tell Johnson, to go?

He’s (BJ) not hiding the stress well…

Raab looks very po-faced.

What's the meeting with Raab for?

Contingencies for leadership.

I'm fitted they got told off for clapping.

I really enjoyed that more than the stupid pantomine Johnson usually puts on.

Perking up slightly now it's almost over, but he was hanging his head at various points. Painful.

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Boris Johnson told MPs in the tea room last night - there were seven MPs in the Carlton Club last week with Chris Pincher, why didn’t anyone stop him?

Tory MP just says it in PMQs

I heard this earlier from another MP who was in the tea room and heard it too

This was one of the things Johnson said in the tea room that pushed some MPs over the edge into calling for him to quit

From Twitter:

"After these PMQs It’s not so much that the wheels have come off the bus but that the bus itself has disintegrated and Boris Johnson is merely sitting at a steering wheel in a playground."

Gulps from the criminal front bench now Javid is giving a great speech.

Geoffrey Howe moment Javid is accusing the PM of lying.

Javid gets it. such a shame it took so long.

Yes, a very impressive speech from Sajid Javid.

Boris just walked out

I’m not a Javid fan but this is a very good speech.

Literally after Javid finished his speech, no one else had gotten to their feet.

(for those not watching)

in shock?

Another resignation - Stuart Andrew (housing)

What a powerful statement. Too late, and he should never come back when he resigned as Chancellor, rather than sack all his advisers at the Treasury. I had some respect for him then. But then he came back.

In rage. He’s an odious creature. Javid will have said it all in private before I would imagine.

I want to believe Javid's words but damn, he's left it to the very last minute to make a stand.

(I did note his reference to being a good father, husband & son being good enough for him 😉 )

Sajid Javid says it was impossible for him to keep his integrity while remaining loyal to Boris Johnson.

He says he was lied to about there being no parties in Downing Street and that all rules were followed.

"At some point we have to conclude that enough is enough."

Sajid Davis speech was spot on and powerful.

I also think it's telling he was allowed to make it.

Bid for leadership?