Yes. Hadn’t thought of it that way Cornetto. That’s exactly it.
This whole democratic threat, dragging down the markets and the pound by staying in post when he’s unwanted, it has nothing to do with the benefit of the country and people in it. It all goes back every time to Tory party Leadership struggles- they can’t not have them! That’s what we’re seeing now, that’s what enabled Brexit, numerous other Tory schisms historically.
The party’s longstanding propensity to sex scandals and sexual misconduct scandals don’t even make waves really in the Tory inner circles because Tories are always particularly vulnerable to those, with the male entitlement that they foster and attract culturally.
It’s always about the pursuit of power, being first among equals, and this is an example of how that ultra-competitive thinking between a tiny, select group of peers can take a whole country and economy down with it, and the super elite protagonists jockeying for position won’t even notice, let alone care.
They’re not behaving like public servants because they never were public servants. Its all about power and getting one over on someone else. Like the vindictive sacking of Gove shows, at a time when there is a national shortage of experienced Cabinet ministers.
Resignations in all the job categories are now up to 50 in less than 48 hours, I think.