Sajid Javid just resigned

[achillestoes]

That’s all.

No - resigning from the Cabinet ie being in a ministerial position.

He's still a Tory MP - just a backbencher now.

Becoming more and more convinced Javid is a sensible man.

Johnson needs to go. Hopefully this will topple him.

There are lift and drop sentences in Rishi and Sajid's letters so it's clearly been planned together. Wonder if anyone else is in on it.

Bizarrely brought down by someone else's sexual transgressions instead of his own. Wouldn't have predicted that.

Wallace isn’t resigning, neither is Patel or Kwasi Kwarteng.

Liz Truss reported as saying she’s 100% behind Boris.

@SausageinaBun

That’s a surprise to all of us.

He's a habitual liar, corrupt, sexually incontinent, lazy, a lawbreaker ... that's a bit more than demons.

On your bike, Boris.

Let's have a proper Conservative government (and preferably one which will reverse Brexit, though that's too much to wish for in one post).

The timing is such that Boris's replacements will be in situ well before the next General election and will have hoped to have undone the self-inflicted damage by then.

Exactly. The Tory's are damn ruthless when they decide a leader is a liability they don't want to face the electorate with.

They know they've got act now - Pincher is the straw that broke the camels back.

They will re-group under a new leader.

This is actually really bad news for Labour.

The sharks are circling for Johnson then.

I think thats the only conclusion I'm going to draw...

There’s no way he’s deluded enough to think the conservatives will gain seats in a GE surely?

Actually what am I talking about, it’s Boris - nothing could surprise me anymore.

As much as I can’t stand having him as the PM I wouldn’t mind if he stuck around a while more to continue making the tories even more unelectable. With some of the more popular party members leaving, it’ll be interesting to see where the party is headed.

@BreadInCaptivity

And (potentially) good news for children.

Unless he resigns, he's got to find someone to fill those roles. That would be career limiting to anyone picking them up. Nads for Chancellor?

But which of the twunts will replace him?

So glad Sajid has resigned he is useless!! But it does rather indicate a leadership battle potentially on BOTH parties now. Jesus not great for the county that needs focused minds.

I am surprised Sunak lasted this long - it’s far nicer to spend the summer on a Mediterranean yacht you know than scrambling over a cost of living crisis.

Out the frying pan into the fire.

With some of the more popular party members leaving, it’ll be interesting to see where the party is headed.

I don’t want to see it as I think those leaving are better at what they do

Although I also like Wallace and Kwarteng

80 seat majority to this mess, so depressing

Gove was looking very thoughtful this morning. Is he the next?

Wonder what Nadhim Zahawi will do. Hasn’t he said some sensible things on sex education recently?

I really hope Saj wins any leadership bid. He seems relatively sensible, and as things stand there's every chance they could still win the next election. He's seemed sensible at health and doesn't seem depraved, which is a start.

Out the frying pan into the fire.

nicely taking U.K. to burnt toast

Sajid for PM and Rishi back as chancellor is my guess.

Interesting that, of all the past examples which could have been regarded by senior male Conservatives as evidence of lack integrity or lack of competence sufficient to trigger a resignation letter, the incident that finally triggered resignation letters was a senior male Conservative groping junior male Conservatives and then being given a job.

I hope this marks the end of the Tory government. I know that’s too good to be true. Even if they called a GE I imagine they’d hold on to power.

I wonder which white, pale, rich male will be waiting in the wings (or female but seems unlikely and no improvement).

BJ is a millionaire (and married to a millionaire) with many lucrative ‘jobs’ in the pipeline. Unless you hate the poor, hate the working class, hate the NHS, hate the disabled, hate the LGBT+ community and hate the rest of the UK I wouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tory scum.