It’s actually really chilling all this. That Sun cover splash about dipping in Blood. The Daily Mail cover, still supporting him (which reminds me of that ‘saboteurs’ front page over the judges and illegal proroguing.) It’s Trump stuff.
Basically Boris must feel he doesn’t need to have his colleagues’ support and that he doesn’t need to test the will of the people again at a GE just because he has the Sun and the Mail on his side and knows that will give him control over a lot of people. It’s so massively undemocratic it’s frightening.
So now one man’s psychological issues and misplaced priorities are going to drag us into constitutional crisis. The value of the pound and markets will crash further. There is likely to be public disorder. It’s outrageous that he is doing this to us.
Sorry to mention this as it will be triggering for some people but the sight of an angry man’s adamant refusal to leave is actually very disturbing to see, as a woman. I won’t say anything else about that here but it’s frightening to watch and will be giving some of us an extreme concerns around his personality and motivations.
What do we need to happen?
MPs to resign as MPs? (I’ll be writing to my Tory MP again today, at least they have now said publicly that Boris Johnson should go, but have fallen short of saying they will definitely vote no confidence if there’s a vote. In this climate I will take nothing for granted.)
Mass public demonstrations? (Or is that what Johsnon wants?- Trumpian unrest on the streets in his name?)
I feel like we’re all being held hostage as a country quite literally as he is setting fire to the economy and democratic norms. This situation is way out of control. The psychology that enables it all is really frightening.