Boris Johnson and the long road to nowhere. 38 resignations and counting.... Thread 9

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Previous thread.

Woo hoo! I only wish I'd had more money on it!

https://apple.news/AiQCHvRWYT--twsG5tamDOw

Seems I may have been right

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the man is a liability. He needs to go and allow the bodies they’ve been hiding all over to be uncovered.

I don’t trust him, he would still be able to call a GE and make massive decisions. He’s not trustworthy and it’s not a stretch that he could spend a couple of months causing absolute havoc. Particularly as he knows this is last chance saloon.

Agree. This is the worst of both worlds really.

What’s that? It’s not bringing anything up for me

BBC saying there’s talk of Raab stepping in as interim PM - so Boris to just fuck off basically and someone else to ‘temp’ until they pick a new leader.

Surely him staying till October will just trash the economy more because of the uncertainty?

Probably, yes, but Boris does't care about the economy, only himself

The "statement to the country today" tends to be the way these things are done, and fortunately there doesn't seem much doubt about the content ... bring it on!!!

Fuck - just seen he IS staying in place over summer. That’s a massive mistake IMO.

Not sure if I can bear to watch the statement though, he is just so awful and if he makes it through with any dignity I will be furious and if he is

The Exploding Heads

Thanks Boris. Colin's crying now 😡
twitter.com/Exploding_Heads/status/1544959063758348289?t=bs_wmwmC2WkKSSVbhorjtQ&s=19

Book article about how Zahawi has been planning a secret leadership bid for months with a team and was getting chancellors job or resigning over integrity. And got in chancellors job because he has plans for financially improving things.

‘Dr Shipman? Oh yes, we’re going to arrest him as soon as he’s finished his home visits’

What a mess.

Just realised this actually means Braverman will stand for office.

Thank goodness, at last. I must admit I was worried that he was going to try dissolve and force the Queen into a difficult position. I would put nothing past him.

I don't really understand why they are allowing him to stay in post, he is such a lose canon. Events of the past and especially the past few days surely show a man who is not fit to govern.

There's this:-

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wak-oE-YsC8

Maybe autumn?

They have to still fill all the vacancies - how do they do that with him still there - government is not functional atm - there’s not a single education minister right now FFS

(Zahawi) got in chancellors job because he has plans for financially improving things

On past form I'd say that's only for himself

Another one

Johnson wants one more day than Chamberlain:

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I don't know if Johnson's ego can handle being demoted to interim.

He is such a liability and so clearly unfit to serve as PM - at this point I wouldn’t put it past him to walk up to the lectern, rip up the speech, blow a raspberry and say ‘I’m not leaving and you can’t make me so there!’

And this:-

One down. Now for the rest of them.

Coldwar Steve