BoJo in trouble?

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Those Brits, they are crazy. We've had a few Covid scandals here, but nothing near enough to bring down a national government.

Boris Johnson’s future on a knife edge after No 10 party apology

Senior Tories call on PM to resign after Downing Street garden party admission

www.theguardian.com

 

[Standard Issue]

Those Brits, they are crazy. We've had a few Covid scandals here, but nothing near enough to bring down a national government.

Boris Johnson’s future on a knife edge after No 10 party apology

Senior Tories call on PM to resign after Downing Street garden party admission

www.theguardian.com

They always said he was just playing a goofy haired idiot. How did he not see this was always going to go sideways?

 

[Spartans9312]

Those Brits, they are crazy. We've had a few Covid scandals here, but nothing near enough to bring down a national government.

Boris Johnson’s future on a knife edge after No 10 party apology

Senior Tories call on PM to resign after Downing Street garden party admission

www.theguardian.com

Boris seems to think he is above everybody, including the Queen.

Truly shameful that he thought it was ok for him to party it up at Downing Street, while the Queen was forced to sit alone at her husband’s funeral.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Boris seems to think he is above everybody, including the Queen.

Truly shameful that he thought it was ok for him to party it up at Downing Street, while the Queen was forced to sit alone at her husband’s funeral.

I'm just reading the new details. The picture at the top of this article might be symbolic of the end of his administration.

Two Downing Street parties held evening before Prince Philip’s funeral – reports

About 30 people said to have been at social events night before the Queen mourned her husband alone

www.theguardian.com

 

[TomEric4756]

I think Karma caught Boris already with a life threatening COVID infection.

The real affront was planning and hosting the party … attendance was a secondary infraction.

Gavin survived the French Laundry … my guess is Boris survives this … but loses a lot of credibility.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I think Karma caught Boris already with a life threatening COVID infection.

The real affront was planning and hosting the party … attendance was a secondary infraction.

Gavin survived the French Laundry … my guess is Boris survives this … but loses a lot of credibility.

If Boris were a governor in America, he'd survive. If Gavin had been PM of the UK, he might not have. Different cultural expectations.

 

[TomEric4756]

If Boris were a governor in America, he'd survive. If Gavin had been PM of the UK, he might not have. Different cultural expectations.

Yes the PM can be forced to resign much easier in a Parliamentary democracy.
I think if Boris resigns, a new PM may be proposed without calling a election.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Yes the PM can be forced to resign much easier in a Parliamentary democracy.
I think if Boris resigns, a new PM may be proposed without calling a election.

Correct. If he resigns, his last act will be to advise the Queen whom to appoint as his replacement. Depending on what his party membership demands, that may or may not come after an election to choose a new party leader. However it happens, so long as the Conservatives support the new PM in the Commons, a general election will not be necessary.

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

If Boris were a governor in America, he'd survive. If Gavin had been PM of the UK, he might not have. Different cultural expectations.

To be clear, Boris was not involved? Just some staffers?

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

To be clear, Boris was not involved? Just some staffers?

My understanding is that BoJo was involved with some of the events. Not sure if the pre-funeral event were among them.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Tories will oust Boris Johnson if he tries to dodge ‘partygate’ blame

Conservative MPs could force PM out within weeks after furious reaction to Downing Street gatherings

www.theguardian.com

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

I commend BoJo for his visit.

 

[iuwclurker]

I commend BoJo for his visit.

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Probably safer than walking through Dallas, Philadelphia, or Chicago.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

I commend BoJo for his visit.

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Gotta hand it to BoJo. Politically speaking, he has aced this Ukraine thing.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

BoJo facing his biggest challenge yet.

Boris Johnson to face no-confidence vote today as scores of Tory MPs call on him to go

Chair of 1922 Committee says threshold of 54 letters seeking PM’s departure has been reached

www.theguardian.com

 

[Circlejoe]

Brilliant!
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/boris-johnson-party-scandal.html

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote despite unexpectedly large rebellion

PM retains support of most colleagues but badly weakened after result in which 148 MPs voted against him

www.theguardian.com

So BoJo survived, although by less than May did, and she was forced out less than six months later.

For my part, I am nowhere close to an expert on British politics, but I think BoJo has a better chance of navigating this rebellion than May did. She had the whole "Not adequate to negotiate Brexit" thing hanging over her, and he doesn't have to worry about that. Plus, as of right now, the Conservatives can't break ranks, because they know an election will go Labour's way, so they back the guy in the seat, no matter how much they dislike him. I think he's in a stronger position than it seems.

 

[sglowrider]

Like I said before, he is a more articulate (albeit a stuttered), better-educated version of Trump. The fact that he has a posh, upper-cust Eton accent helps. Its a class sensitive society after all.

But he's still lying cnut.

Torys are just lucky due to the disunited (esp at the grassroots level), fractured Labour and a disappointing Starmer who for some reason won't go for Bojo's jugular.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Like I said before, he is a more articulate (albeit a stuttered), better-educated version of Trump. The fact that he has a posh, upper-cust Eton accent helps. Its a class sensitive society after all.

But he's still lying cnut.

Torys are just lucky due to the disunited (esp at the grassroots level), fractured Labour and a disappointing Starmer who for some reason won't go for Bojo's jugular.

He's obviously a lying dirtbag, which sort of brings British politics down off the lofty perch they pretended to occupy, but I still think he's pretty safe. Starmer may be a goofball (and a hypocrite, to boot), but the Tories are quite scared of the voters right now, so they will overcome their internal problems to avoid the threat of a general election.

 

[sglowrider]

He's obviously a lying dirtbag, which sort of brings British politics down off the lofty perch they pretended to occupy, but I still think he's pretty safe. Starmer may be a goofball (and a hypocrite, to boot), but the Tories are quite scared of the voters right now, so they will overcome their internal problems to avoid the threat of a general election.

British parliament seem to go in waves in recent years. Like 3 terms or 10-12yrs before the PM or the party, or both get booted out.

Its good in some ways in that if the gov't is good/relatively benevolent, then proper changes can be implemented.

But with this Tory cycle, the country's gov't has been so badly corrupted and asset-stripped -- and the penultimate nail in the coffin, Brexit.

They used to flip-flop with every general election in the past.

Now people are so desperate for change that they become suckers for conmen/charlatans.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Bump. Looks like BoJo is teetering on the edge yet again.

 

[UncleMark]

Bump. Looks like BoJo is teetering on the edge yet again.

How many lives does this cat have?

 

[TMFT]

How many lives does this cat have?

Question time was brutal this morning in parliament (I’m in Mexico at the moment, so watched BBC).

 

[UncleMark]

Question time was brutal this morning in parliament (I’m in Mexico at the moment, so watched BBC).

What's funny is that the stuff they're up in arms about wouldn't merit a minute's attention here.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

What's funny is that the stuff they're up in arms about wouldn't merit a minute's attention here.

Entire government could be brought down by a few parties and a groper.

 

[UncleMark]

Entire government could be brought down by a few parties and a groper.

While we elect gropers.

 

[sglowrider]

What's funny is that the stuff they're up in arms about wouldn't merit a minute's attention here.

Not yet anyway.

 

[sglowrider]

Entire government could be brought down by a few parties and a groper.

Or prozzies.

 

[sglowrider]

Bump. Looks like BoJo is teetering on the edge yet again.

Boris Johnson leadership LIVE: PM to RESIGN and make statement to country today​

A No 10 source said Boris Johnson spoke to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, to inform him of his decision to resign
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Finally!

The next PM could be Rishi Sunak?

 

[sglowrider]

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

He gone.