PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[Dystopiary]

Funny how they suddenly find they've got some kind of moral compass too.

Voting record - Jesse Norman MP, Hereford and South Herefordshire

 

[Ax^]

expecting torys to vote the right way




think he'll edge it and be crowing about his victory later today

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[moochedit]

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.

Someone may know more but I don't think its as easy for labour mps to force a leader out under labour's rules. Corbyn managed to stay on despite most of his mps hating him.

 

[two sheds]

You'd think his best chance would be to focus on "Remember next election we'll be up against STARMER , think about it: STARMER, you really think we'll lose with me up against Labour led by STARMER?"

 

[magneze]

It'd be brilliant if the vote is 358-1.

 

[Pickman's model]

It'd be brilliant if the vote is 358-1.

be better if 358-0

 

[Pickman's model]

hubris is so often followed by nemesis

 

[TopCat]

 

[Pickman's model]

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.

wilson - callaghan
blair - brown

not through ejection i grant

 

[TopCat]

So he will win, but diminished by the process and unchallenged for a year. A result comrades.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Supine]

So he will win, but diminished by the process and unchallenged for a year. A result comrades.

You mean unchallenged until the bi-elections later this month - if he survives this week

 

[Ax^]

So he will win, but diminished by the process and unchallenged for a year. A result comrades.

ah the result was him getting booed by a monarchist crowd

that'll finish him quicker than the no confidence vote

would be funny if he got 62 percent of vote less than May

 

[not-bono-ever]

We honestly need a wounded bull elephant victory here- he can do so much more damage to his party by winning this vote

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

BJ might not be out yet, he’s got some pretty heavy hitters in his corner

 

[bluescreen]

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[killer b]

You mean unchallenged until the bi-elections later this month - if he survives this week

they'll have no mechanism to challenge him for 12 months if he wins the vote though

 

[cupid_stunt]

they'll have no mechanism to challenge him for 12 months if he wins the vote though

As Brady said this morning, that is currently the position, but the rules can be changed.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Pickman's model]

they'll have no mechanism to challenge him for 12 months if he wins the vote though

apart from assassination

 

[TopCat]

BJ might not be out yet, he’s got some pretty heavy hitters in his corner

Something about that bloke is unsettling.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Something about that bloke is unsettling.

Could it be the hairstyle of a 15 year old maybe??

 

[cupid_stunt]

There's a lot for MPs to consider, what happened when they supported May and the complete shambles that unfolded afterwards will still be fresh in their minds, will they want to repeat that?

Plus partygate has been dragging on for ages and will continue to do so until towards the end of the year at least, when the parliamentary committee will finally report.

There's the mess he made trying to defend Owen Patterson, leaving many of them with egg on their faces, plus the recent bad publicity about meddling with the ministerial code.

The covid inquiry starts next March, which could damage him even further, etc., etc.

And the only reason he ended-up as leader was because he was seen as a election winner, but that's gone now, recently losing around 25% of the council seats they were defending, predications they will lose both by-elections this month by big numbers, polls showing they would only keep 3 out of their 88 target seats in a GE.

Surely that should be enough for them to decide enough is enough, they need to turn the page and move on, installing a new leader with enough time to turn things around before the next GE, if not winning that, at least limiting the damage.

 

[Flavour]

I reckon he wins it but by a very very very tight margin, say 9 votes

 

[PR1Berske]

Someone on Radio 5 just said "Boris is a winner because Starmer is a loser" which isn't a great endorsement.

 

[billy_bob]

Everything about that bloke is unsettling.

FTFY

 

[TopCat]

The odds are shifting reflecting more people betting on Boris to lose.