Part 6 A thread for the continued enjoyment of Boris' downfall, enjoyment being important

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What the title says.

This will be the one where he resigns, so if please keep the whatabout to a minimum.

More people spoiled their ballots than votes received by the Psyschedelic Movement

The Psychedelic Movement came second.

There were about twice as many spoilt ballots - so really, none of these came second. What a ringing endorsement.

"Alex Chalk, the solicitor-general, had to be personally convinced by the PMM_ not to quit over partygate on Wednesday: as one of government’s most senior lawyers, he is said by colleagues to be uncomfortable about allegations of illegal activity in No 10." - lifted from Patrick Maguire Red Box in the Times.

I find this interesting and suspect there will be more stories coming out.

@ClaudineClare

Nadir acts as though she wants to punch someone in that interview. So aggressive.

I thought that too, Claudine. What’s with the weirdly pugilistic head-bobbing thing she does? She looks as though she’s all ready to square up to her webcam and deliver a couple of quick jabs.

Utterly bizarre.

I thought she'd started a little early but realise that I am completely mistaken and it cannot be true. Thank you Mr Speaker.

Lol at this comment

I fear this is the build up to the full Four Seasons Giuliani moment

FatFredsFriedEgg That's Rosie Holt out of a job then.

twitter.com/rosieisaholt/status/1489916062435094533?s=21

I found myself humming White Flag - "I will go down with this ship."

Think Nadine will be on Strictly?

[quote DuncinToffee]FatFredsFriedEgg That's Rosie Holt out of a job then.

twitter.com/rosieisaholt/status/1489916062435094533?s=21[/quote]
I love Rosie Holt - but I fear Nadine Dorries and some of the other Tory MPs are just copying her style now.

@BringBackCoffeeCreams

The tory MP who won the by election on Thursday has been on the radio gloating about her 86% majority and how it's a ringing endorsement in Johnson as PM. No mention of the fact that nobody stood against her and only 20% of the electorate turned out to vote.

What a disgrace to the memory and legacy of David Amess.

@BringBackCoffeeCreams

The tory MP who won the by election on Thursday has been on the radio gloating about her 86% majority and how it's a ringing endorsement in Johnson as PM. No mention of the fact that nobody stood against her and only 20% of the electorate turned out to vote.

Has she? Did you hear her or did someone tell you?

I know how easy it is to read something you can imagine to be true because it suits a narrative.

Not that I am saying it's fake news - but it's so easy to want to believe something is true that isn't true.

Anna Firth the new MP for southend west admitted that she expected spoilt papers because there were so few candidates up to vote for.
She seemed alright on the ' look East' Local news interview last night to be honest and I'm not a conservative at all , she wasn't gloating and said how sad it was they had to have this by election and how honored she was to win it.
She may have been different during other interviews, but not on this one.

Really I think the only thing Sunak could do would be to implement some form of wealth tax and cuts at the bottom.
I heard a very wealthy man on the raising talking about how he thought income from investments/trusts was too low and easily avoided, and thought more should be done there. If Sunak said that, based on his experience as an extremely wealthy man, people would love him.
But the conservatives will never do that, so it's just another way they've painted themselves in a corner

Anna Firth, Radio 5 News 10:00 yesterday: "I think that the Conservative Government absolutely can best deliver for local people and I think that the scale of the vote last night confirms that... And of course I believe that the Prime Minister of a Conservative Government is the best person to deliver for the whole country."

Well found, FarFred'sFriedEgg.

Interesting, AdamRyan.

So, any 'positioning' of Sunak would have to be accompanied by policy, not merely at the level of style, rhetoric, narrative?

I notice that the Telegraph tweeted she won an overwhelming majority in the by election.

@FatFredsFriedEgg

Anna Firth, Radio 5 News 10:00 yesterday: "I think that the Conservative Government absolutely can best deliver for local people and I think that the scale of the vote last night confirms that... And of course I believe that the Prime Minister of a Conservative Government is the best person to deliver for the whole country."

I was taking the piss when I said they would be along to celebrate the by-election victory. Just how callous are these people?

They’re not just callous, they think we’re stupid.

Can someone please tell me which is the real interview?

twitter.com/GNev2/status/1489876497322197000?t=-p1Oxm20N4LO03b_ex6y3g&s=19

Or

twitter.com/SoozUK/status/1489928519060754440?t=SpnPzvOpXg1_2xLks3KXGQ&s=19

Adding myself.

I was great at following this when I had covid and isolating!

@FatFredsFriedEgg

Anna Firth, Radio 5 News 10:00 yesterday: "I think that the Conservative Government absolutely can best deliver for local people and I think that the scale of the vote last night confirms that... And of course I believe that the Prime Minister of a Conservative Government is the best person to deliver for the whole country."

I thought it sounded like she was carefully not saying that Boris Johnson specifically is the best person, but leaving the door open to back some other leader when they come along.

Huh. My previous post was pretty inarticulate
Yes cat. I think really the only thing he could do to respond to criticism he's super rich/elite/doesn't understand cost of living impact, would be a substantial policy shift to address that.
Otherwise it's just going to be perceived as hot air. And he'll be continually damaged when he spends money on things that are unaffordable to the less wealthy.

the scale of the vote confirms that If you say so.

I wonder what reaction the Conservative candidate got at the door when campaigning ?