Morning all! Has he been sectioned yet? Genuinely not being flippant about mental health; honestly think that could be how it ends now.
All these people resigning now who still supported him just a few weeks ago. Yes he handled Pincher badly but it was entirely within his standard MO: lie, deny, minimise, defend the indefensible ... this is exactly what he has been doing consistently since the parties, and well before. They should all be utterly ashamed of themselves for enabling him for so long, when it was in their interests, and that it took an alcoholic sexually assaulting some men to finally spur them in to action.
Yes, actually, this all about fucking cake, but it's not about the cake, it's never about the cake, or the carrots, or whatever; it's about standards in public office and the public being able to expect that no matter how much we disagree with our politicians and the decisions they make, we can trust that broadly they make those decisions in good faith and acting with what they believe to be the best interests of our country in mind. That they behave with honesty and integrity and not in their own self interest. Mr Johnson has led an approach that said none of this mattered and demonstrated time and again that he felt there was no place for ethical standards in public life and this shower of sycophants followed and cheered along until it became utterly embarrassing to stick with him any more.
Yes, they should be held to account, including by other politicians, and the electorate, but ultimately this is a Tory problem that won't disappear once Mr Johnson has gone because their culture is saturated with the view that it was 'only cake' and it therefore doesn't really matter. They don't understand people because they don't care about people, they are only interested in themselves.