PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[elbows]

Worth remembering that johnson's government did put the very first group of travelers exposed to Covid into compulsory quarantine. Also, more geneally, his inaction in the first weeks of the outbreak killed tens of thousands.

He repeated his deaths via inaction and delay mistakes when it came to the second wave too. Public perceptions of his pandemic track record ended up more nuanced and far removed from my own opinion, with some thinking he did a good job, because the vaccination campaign wasnt badly mishandled, he eventually acted strongly enough when it came to lockdowns etc, furlough etc made a useful difference to plenty of people. And some people were able to overlook his deadly mistakes because of the enormity of the situation, his own hospitalisation, the mistakes in the years leading up to the pandemic that were not of his making, and mistakes by other parts of the establishment.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Kaka Tim]

update on the "johnson support tally" - interesting

John Stevens, the Daily Mail journalist who has been keeping a tally of the Conservative MPs saying that they will back Boris Johnson in the vote tonight, has just told Radio 4’s World at One that when he conducted a similar exercise on the day of the no confidence vote in Theresa May, by lunchtime she had already received enough public endorsements to be confident of victory.

But Johnson is nowhere near that point, Stevens said. Johnson needs at least 180 votes to be confident of winning. At the moment he is just at the half way point, according to Stevens’ count.

 

[Kaka Tim]

aynone doing a poll?

I vote - booted out in disgrace. And fuck him the vile, toxic shit stain of a human being.

 

[gosub]

Fuck me, he had an ethics bloke and an anti-corruption bloke and he still ends up with a vote of no confidence on the grounds of being a lying cunt.

Tbf the anti corruption bloke's wife hasn't had a lucrative contract for a while now

 

[TopCat]

Could you give us a quick summary please, as I can't see that without actually downloading.

Boris is a cunt and his policies are a bag o' shite says a tory MP.

 

[cupid_stunt]

This is hardly surprising, but shouldn't be allowed, the corrupt cunt.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Pickman's model]

This is hardly surprising, but shouldn't be allowed, the corrupt cunt.

i hear four people have been promised chancellor of the exchequer and twelve home secretary

 

[cupid_stunt]

Surely they should get the message that if over a third of their voters want him gone, he needs to go?

 

[equationgirl]

apart from assassination

I do think the CIA have been sadly lacking in this department, it's very disappointing.

 

[Lurdan]

Sorry to point this out but "Dame Alun Roberts" is Alan Goodwin, an anti-semitic, homophobic left-conspiraloon.

 

[steveo87]

 

[bluescreen]

David Allen Green reckons Johnson mightn't go even if he loses the VONC, and I reckon he's right.

<snip>
There is no formal mechanism to get rid of him, and - following the 1975 Australian political crisis - the Queen is unlikely to top her jubilee weekend with a sacking on the back of just a party vote.

It would take a vote of no confidence of the House of Commons in Johnson as a Prime Minister - and even if he lost that, he could seek a general election.

And the mere threat of calling such an election may well mean that he will not lose - perhaps even face - such a parliamentary vote.

We have the makings of a political and constitutional crisis.

Today’s No Confidence Vote from a liberal constitutionalist perspective

6th June 2022 Constitutional law should not be exciting. Constitutional law should be dull. This is because constitutional law provides for the parameters of normal political action – and so …

davidallengreen.com

As Brenda from Bristol would say, You're joking! Not another one!

 

[cupid_stunt]

Snap poll from yougov of Conservative party members:

Do you think Conservative MPs should or should not vote to remove Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader?
Should: 42% Should not: 53%

 

[Artaxerxes]

WOMAN GOES TO PARTY WHEN IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LEGAL AND THE STANDARD THING PEOPLE DID.




Absolute desperation from GB News kicking in.

 

[Ax^]

Snap poll from yougov of Conservative party members:

Do you think Conservative MPs should or should not vote to remove Boris Johnson as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader?
Should: 42% Should not: 53%

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someone needs to be near Teresa may to hear the cackle if he only scraps home with 53 percent of the vote

 

[cupid_stunt]

Now, this is very interesting...

More than half Tory members want their MPs to get rid of Johnson, ConservativeHome survey suggests

The ConservativeHome website has now released the results of its own poll of members on whether or not Tory MPs should vote to remove Boris Johnson and this shows a narrow majority (55%) saying they should get rid of him. Another 41% say the MPs should back him.

This is worse for Johnson than the YouGov poll covering the same question which found a narrow majority of members saying MPs should not remove Johnson. It is hard to poll party members propery (because there are relatively few of them), but the ConservativeHome results have a good track record - and their sample today involved more than twice as many members as YouGov’s. LINK

 

[teqniq]

Hunt puts the boot in.

Hunt can fuck the fuck off. I, along with I suspect a fair few people have not forgotten what happened with the NHS under his 'stewardship'. I think it has become fairly obvious over the past few months that he is looking to reinvent himself with a leadership bid in mind. Arsehole.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hunt can fuck the fuck off. I, along with a suspect a fair few people have not forgotten what happened with the NHS under his 'stewardship'. I think it has become fairly obvious over the past few months that he is looking to reinvent himself with a leadership bid in mind. Arsehole.

worked for churchill

 

[platinumsage]

David Allen Green reckons Johnson mightn't go even if he loses the VONC, and I reckon he's right.

Today’s No Confidence Vote from a liberal constitutionalist perspective

6th June 2022 Constitutional law should not be exciting. Constitutional law should be dull. This is because constitutional law provides for the parameters of normal political action – and so …

davidallengreen.com

As Brenda from Bristol would say, You're joking! Not another one!

That's not how it works. Lose a VONC and you don't get to call a GE if your party has chosen a new leader who can command the confidence.

 

[Raheem]

That's not how it works. Lose a VONC and you don't get to call a GE if your party has chosen a new leader who can command the confidence.

Think he's still prime minister until either he resigns, he dies or the queen sacks him.

I don't see why it can't be all three, but apparently just one is what's likely.

 

[Bingoman]

If he is forced to resign will go to Windsor to see the queen or will she come back to Buckingham Palace to accept his resignation, or does Charles step in on behalf of the queen?

 

[bluescreen]

Think he's still prime minister until either he resigns, he dies or the queen sacks him.

I don't see why it can't be all three, but apparently just one is what's likely.

Yes, it's the Prime Minister who gets to call the GE, not the leader of the Tory party.

ETA: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9308/

 

[Kaka Tim]

Poll on tonight's vote - Will the toxic clown get the boot? Poll!

 

[not-bono-ever]

So they still do that public schoolboy nazi like banging on the table to show support? Vile fuckers

 

[not-bono-ever]

If he is forced to resign will go to Windsor to see the queen or will she come back to Buckingham Palace to accept his resignation, or does Charles step in on behalf of the queen?

It’s all done by txt these days


DR QN I RESIGN LOL BORIS / laughing crying emoji

 

[Garry1603]

Will they throw a leaving party for Boris?

 

[contadino]

Much like he was praying for Putin to invade Ukraine, I suspect he's now praying for the queen to die so he can claim staying is in the national interest.

 

[tommers]

I've just stuck £7.50 on him going. My wife has pointed out that is probably her winnings from the Grand National (I found it in my betting account).

Stand to win £30 if he leaves. Nervous.

WOMAN GOES TO PARTY WHEN IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LEGAL AND THE STANDARD THING PEOPLE DID.




Absolute desperation from GB News kicking in.