PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat

[A380]

Actual footage of Nadine Dorries just now:

 

[steveseagull]

I don't think Bryant is after the Labour leadership, he's always been like that

Aye, I was posting that tongue in cheek but he is infinitely more impressive than Keith but still a terrible centrist.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

I don’t know obvs but someone just sent this and it makes sense to me more than the idea that he’ll feel obliged to quit.

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Since that sounds even more insane than anything Trump did (Jan 6 notwithstanding) I'm going to say it's unlikely.

 

[spitfire]

Aye, I was posting the tongue in cheek but he is infinitely more impressive than Keith but still a terrible centrist.

Terrible.

 

[LDC]

Since that sounds even more insane than anything Trump did (Jan 6 notwithstanding) I'm going to say it's unlikely.

It's be brilliant outcome though, things would properly meltdown!

 

[The39thStep]

Still don't see why he'd choose to resign, no matter who tells him he ought to.
There's no dignity left to salvage really is there, and he certainly doesn't care at all about whether there are enough 'competent' people left to put into the growing number of vacant jobs.

Isabel Hardman at The Spectator was tweeting "Senior Tories now telling me they expect one of Boris Johnson's inner circle, possibly Canzini, to tell him it's time to stop. PM isn't quite there psychologically, they think, but needs a hand on the shoulder from someone who he trusts."

Which makes it sound like one of the Sopranos is getting involved.

 

[Rob Ray]

BBC pundit: "I'm not sure he can even use his leverage at number 10 right now because he's so busy having meetings with people who want him to resign"

 

[Artaxerxes]

Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it infamy

 

[Artaxerxes]

BBC pundit: "I'm not sure he can even use his leverage at number 10 right now because he's so busy having meetings with people who want him to resign"

What if he just locks the door?

 

[cupid_stunt]

I don’t know obvs but someone just sent this and it makes sense to me more than the idea that he’ll feel obliged to quit.

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He can't force an election on his own, it requires the Queen to agree, and there're three reason for her to refuse.

(1) the existing Parliament is still vital, viable, and capable of doing its job, OR (2) a General Election would be detrimental to the national economy, OR (3) she could rely on finding another Prime Minister who could carry on her Government, for a reasonable period, with a working majority in the Commons.

All three would apply in this case.

 

[tommers]

Not quite there psychologically = crying in the foetal position and ranting about "those fuckers" that he did "everything" for and "made them who they fucking are" and asking why "they've stabbed me in the fucking back" while Nadine and Nadim stroke his hair and make soothing noises.

 

[bimble]

Since that sounds even more insane than anything Trump did (Jan 6 notwithstanding) I'm going to say it's unlikely.

yep, totally nuts. But i still find it easier to imagine him doing all that than shuffling to the lectern and saying 'upon reflection for the good of the country..'

 

[bimble]

He can't force an election on his own, it requires the Queen to agree, and there're three reason for her to refuse.

(1) the existing Parliament is still vital, viable, and capable of doing its job, OR (2) a General Election would be detrimental to the national economy, OR (3) she could rely on finding another Prime Minister who could carry on her Government, for a reasonable period, with a working majority in the Commons.

All three would apply in this case.

She's been there a very long time and never refused an election before. If it comes to it though why not, she might.

 

[Plumdaff]

He can't force an election on his own, it requires the Queen to agree, and there're three reason for her to refuse.

(1) the existing Parliament is still vital, viable, and capable of doing its job, OR (2) a General Election would be detrimental to the national economy, OR (3) she could rely on finding another Prime Minister who could carry on her Government, for a reasonable period, with a working majority in the Commons.

All three would apply in this case.

I know we're debating the highly unlikely, but we haven't got a Tory party united around a successor, any leadership contest is going to be fiercely fought, three isn't that straightforward.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

'In the universe of Boris, he is king, not Prime Minister. '

That’s from an ex of his.

 

[Rob Ray]

When the Beeb has to put up a resignations count up on the ticker because everyone's struggling to keep up ...

 

[spitfire]

He has to go tonight, I've cracked open the beers.

Make it so.

 

[weltweit]

But I have a personal mandate - sounds more Trumpian by the moment.

Are we really doomed to have the Conservative show top on the news for the next couple of months?

 

[cupid_stunt]

She's been there a very long time and never refused an election before. If it comes to it though why not, she might.

In all other requests for elections the PM had the backing of his party to do so, that's what makes this very different.

 

[DaveCinzano]

He will not know who voted against him, it's a private ballot.

Besides if he's daft enough to try that, the Queen can stop him on one of three grounds -

1 - if it's damaging to the country.
2 - the government continues to function.
3 - if there's someone else that can command a majority and take-over as PM.

All three would seem to apply in this case.

You forgot

4 - Thunderdome

 

[chilango]

Elizabeth Windsor is not going to risk anything that looks like intervention in politics.

 

[BCBlues]

What if he just locks the door?

He cant do that cos Larry the cat needs to get in and out. Other than that, locks might be a bit complex for a dimwit like Johnson to fathom

 

[spitfire]

But I have a personal mandate - sounds more Trumpian by the moment.

Are we really doomed to have the Conservative show top on the news for the next couple of months?

Yes, I though that earlier when watching the committee thing, Bryant brought it up as well later in an interview. Johnson seems to believe he has a personal mandate.

And yes, The Conservatives, Season 12 (13?), is on its way. It's a never ending commission.

 

[killer b]

Elizabeth Windsor is not going to risk anything that looks like intervention in politics.

this, but also it's not going to happen so it doesn't matter.

 

[bimble]

In all other requests for elections the PM had the backing of his party to do so, that's what makes this very different.

i'd like it a lot if the season finale of this ridiculous thing is the queen saying no, you scruffy bastard, does seem an extra level of unlikeliness on top though.

 

[DaveCinzano]

"...Yep, you're definitely fucked, chief..."

 

[PR1Berske]

Not quite there psychologically = crying in the foetal position and ranting about "those fuckers" that he did "everything" for and "made them who they fucking are" and asking why "they've stabbed me in the fucking back" while Nadine and Nadim stroke his hair and make soothing noises.

I'm suddenly remembering how the life of Joe Meek finished.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Elizabeth Windsor is not going to risk anything that looks like intervention in politics.

But, backing Johnson against the wishes of the majority in the Commons would be an intervention in politics, rock & hard place.

But, it's not going to get that far anyway.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

 

[DaveCinzano]

Elizabeth Windsor is not going to risk anything that looks like intervention in politics.

Whereas she is all over a brand-restoring cameo role in a reboot of the least-loved installment of a post-apocalypse action franchise