PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[Wilf]

There's always the hope that whoever follows him will be subjected to drip feeds of photos showing that they were just as implicated in the parties

Sunak must be pretty pissed off that, as a teetotaller, he got dragged into the fines via the sack of shit's birthday party.

 

[contadino]

There's two factors that make me think they'll ditch him given the opportunity.

1 if they don't they're stuck with him for a year, and
2 if they do get shot of him it'll take the heat out of the covid enquiry.

If he survives the vonc, it'll be down to the usual workplace bullying.

 

[not-bono-ever]

his ego might not take being a disgraced devalued MP any more. I cant see him going down the route of a Bank directorships when he goes as everyone knows he is rubbish. I pity the poor fool that employs this one dimensional poltroon

 

[Rob Ray]

He'll almost certainly go back to his old jobs on the speaking circuit and as a columnist. He can command even more money now he's been PM.

 

[billy_bob]

Had many people heard of Cameron when he became leader? (I can’t remember myself!)

I think he started off as the outsider, didn't he? Davis had more experience, but people don't warm to him. (Obvs I don't warm to Cameron either - but someone must have.)

 

[stavros]

He'll almost certainly go back to his old jobs on the speaking circuit and as a columnist. He can command even more money now he's been PM.

Would the Torygraph take him back? I've got the sense that even they are having second thoughts about whether he's the best person to be leader of the party.

He could renew his dual citizenship and stand as Trump's 2024 running mate.

 

[elbows]

I think he started off as the outsider, didn't he? Davis had more experience, but people don't warm to him. (Obvs I don't warm to Cameron either - but someone must have.)

Cameron first came to my attention because back then I could still bring myself to watch Newsnight sometimes. And I happened to see the infamous segment where they had pollster Frank Luntz do a focus group thing that attempted to demonstrate that the Tories had found their Blair equivalent in Cameron, someone that could lead them out of the wilderness. The very same Newsnight segment appears to have received credit for then helping Cameron win the leadership contest. Remembering this does remind me of just how comprehensively the media had, until that moment, upheld the idea that the Tories winderness years were deep and profound with little prospect of escape. A task made easier by the Tories leadership choices in those years.

It was Newsnight wot did it – politicalbetting.com

Nick Cohen: How a celebrity pollster created Cameron

Nick Cohen: Through no fault of his own, show-business made David Cameron leader of the opposition.

www.theguardian.com

 

[billy_bob]

I don't think this picture will ever not make me smile

 

[quiet guy]

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It's not a dead parrot, it's mearly resting

 

[MrSki]

 

[Calamity1971]

Oh dear.

Boris Johnson 'booed' at trendy London restaurant where his son works

'It was horrible, it just created a nasty atmosphere.'

metro.co.uk

 

[Wilf]

Dorries slavish loyalty has tipped her over into actual crazy.

 

[two sheds]

Oh dear.

Boris Johnson 'booed' at trendy London restaurant where his son works

'It was horrible, it just created a nasty atmosphere.'

metro.co.uk

Goodoh

Well we know what sign to give Johnson in future

 

[SpookyFrank]

Dorries slavish loyalty has tipped her over into actual crazy.

She's been crazy for a while. Or just so dim that reality is forever out of reach to her.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

suppose it would have been difficult for the state propaganda unit BBC to use film from a previous jubilee, like they did the year he was somewhere between still pissed / hung over at the cenotaph on remembrance day a few years back...

 

[Wilf]

She's been crazy for a while. Or just so dim that reality is forever out of reach to her.

She's the sort of person where you could say 'she's not really a politician' and that to be an insult rather than a compliment. The sort of person you've know over the years who is just fucking horrible. Lying, really negative, grossly self interested, misanthropic, but without the politicians skill of spinning lies and conceit in a vaguely consistent manner. She's even dishonest in her dishonesty.

 

[MrSki]

 

[ruffneck23]

All over the radio that the announcement of the no confidence vote is soon to be announced.

 

[kabbes]

All over the radio that the announcement of the no confidence vote is soon to be announced.

Thank you for your announcement of the announcement of the announcement.

 

[ruffneck23]

Thank you for your announcement of the announcement of the announcement.

No worries

It's a bit early tbh

 

[two sheds]

A bit early for the announcement or for the announcement of the announcement?

 

[cupid_stunt]

Former Treasury minister, Jesse Norman, has sent a letter in.



That's a good letter, a lot of reasons why he can't support him any longer.

 

[ruffneck23]

A bit early for the announcement or for the announcement of the announcement?

A bit early for me to attempt to announce the announcement it would appear.

The actual announcement cant come early enough.

 

[Supine]

A bit early for the announcement or for the announcement of the announcement?

Yes! Let’s all have some coffee first. I’ve not even put the popcorn on yet.

 

[bluescreen]

Former Treasury minister, Jesse Norman, has sent a letter in.



That's a good letter, a lot of reasons why she can't support him any longer.

That's got more substance to it than the letter that was circulating anonymously (complaining about all the ways Johnson was making the party unelectable). Looks like a leadership bid.

 

[strung out]

Former Treasury minister, Jesse Norman, has sent a letter in.

That's a good letter, a lot of reasons why she can't support him any longer.

He

 

[platinumsage]

here we go

 

[brogdale]

Best of luck to blustercunt

 

[cupid_stunt]

here we go

Blimey that's quick, all the reports I've seen & heard had been suggesting the vote would be on Wednesday.

Anyway, it's confirmed, voting between 6 & 8pm tonight, and announcement as soon as the votes are counted.

 

[bluescreen]

Blimey that's quick, all the reports I've seen & heard had been suggesting the vote would be on Wednesday.

Anyway, it's confirmed, voting between 6 & 8pm tonight, and announcement as soon as the votes are counted.

And if he wins, under the current rules he can't be challenged for a year, so they will change the rules.

BTW - I haven't checked this, but is it a uniquely Tory thing to change their leader when in govt? I can't think offhand of Labour ever doing it, though obvs they haven't been in office so many times.