Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Po faced reply: whatever the collective sins of the foul johnson and dorries, I'm not sure this angle is, ahem, helpful.
PM Boris Johnson - monster thread for a monster twat
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Po faced reply: whatever the collective sins of the foul johnson and dorries, I'm not sure this angle is, ahem, helpful.
Supine
Newt Member
bimble
floofy
Yes. Why in your view is he doing his utmost to insist on squatting in there for a few more weeks then?
elbows
Well-Known Member
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I'd do it for the money TBF.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
The problem is the word 'entitled', PM's aren't entitled to do anything, they are PM because parliament says they are PM, and they stop being PM the moment parliament says they stop being PM.
Truth is any MP could stand up in parliament tomorrow and say 'i'd like to form a government, who will support me?' and if 326 of them put their hands up then he/she becomes PM later that day.
The current faff is simply because Tory MP's are allowing him to lie in state, rather than burying the bastard in quicklime with a stake through the heart. That, sadly, is a hangover from the 'a gentleman will know to do the right thing' attitude would would have imagined him departing over the weekend in favour of a caretaker PM, but that's not Johnson, so it's possible they will take umbrage at the stench of his decaying corpse and throw him in the ground - or, of course, not...
Truth is any MP could stand up in parliament tomorrow and say 'i'd like to form a government, who will support me?' and if 326 of them put their hands up then he/she becomes PM later that day.
The current faff is simply because Tory MP's are allowing him to lie in state, rather than burying the bastard in quicklime with a stake through the heart. That, sadly, is a hangover from the 'a gentleman will know to do the right thing' attitude would would have imagined him departing over the weekend in favour of a caretaker PM, but that's not Johnson, so it's possible they will take umbrage at the stench of his decaying corpse and throw him in the ground - or, of course, not...
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
It's normal for a PM to stay in place whilst a replacement is sorted, see May, Cameron, etc.
If you think he can stay on after a new leader is elected, perhaps you can explain how?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
You know where the keys to the self propelled guns are. Just saying...
Supine
Newt Member
So there could be a reason why he wants to cling on. Another party…
www.mirror.co.uk
Boris Johnson and Carrie to host lavish Chequers wedding party as he clings on
Senior Tories claim Boris Johnson is clinging to power in part so that he and wife Carrie can host lavish bash at Chequers to mark their marriage, which took place in May 2021
www.mirror.co.uk
bimble
floofy
I don’t think he can. You think he’s doing it because it’s the norm then, and he feels duty bound therefore to continue?
Look at the state of it though, they don’t want him.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
elbows
Well-Known Member
Yeah even the likes of Johnson probably dont think its credible to setup a new political party and then get so many tory MPs to defect to the new party that they have a majority.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Totally right. I disagreed with someone upthread about this, but I'm surprised at how many people here have since chimed in on a similar note. Absolute naive nonsense to think he'd stay a moment longer than necessary for that reason, when he could presumably be in several directorships at once each earning him seven figures, all involving a fraction of the work and none of the tedious hassle of public, parliamentary and media scrutiny. Yes, it might take a little while to get them set up properly, but do people really think he doesn't have mates who'd lend him enough to keep himself and Carrie in the manner to which they're accustomed for a month or two till that all falls into place?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Two things, one he wants to be PM longer then May, and two, it's embarrassing enough to have to resign, but would be even more embarrassing to be forced out straight away, which hopefully he will be.
He's certainly isn't doing it because he thinks he can hang on somehow.
bimble
floofy
I’m not at all suggesting he might actually manage to continue long term, just think it’s an interesting thing that he’s trying so hard to not just bugger off now. I think it’s a mad throw of the dice not a thing about upholding norms or a few grand.
The ‘longer than May’ thing also makes no sense imo, he surely doesn’t see her as a person remotely worth comparing his great self with.
The ‘longer than May’ thing also makes no sense imo, he surely doesn’t see her as a person remotely worth comparing his great self with.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
These days, I am shouting, oh for FUCKS SAKE at almost everything I watch or read, it might as well be a friggin mantra.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
He's always been Churchill. The Churchill of 1915. The Churchill of dieppe. The Churchill of the bengal famine.
Looby
Well-Known Member
Isn’t the point being made that he things he can stay on. No-one else thinks that ffs!
ska invita
back on the other side
oh yeah he absolutely loves it, has always coveted the job, and it will sting that he'll go down in history as that twat that got kicked out en masse by his own MPs. He wants to be read about in the history books on a par with Caesar. The fact he won on that massive majority will have made him feel like it was all coming true, a long run in post in the offing, and there might even be a statue one day.... haha
(as Artaxerxes has said - sorry not keeping up with threads)
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
We all want him to be written about like caesar, specifically the events of 15.3.44bce
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
"He doesn't like us and we don't like him."
Spokesperson for Putin, apparently.
No surprise there, and I'm definitely not speaking up for the Russian state, but I sometimes can't help but wonder things might go better for Left parties if they spoke with a bit more visceral hate like this rather than purist ideology.
Visceral hate should be where it's at.
Spokesperson for Putin, apparently.
No surprise there, and I'm definitely not speaking up for the Russian state, but I sometimes can't help but wonder things might go better for Left parties if they spoke with a bit more visceral hate like this rather than purist ideology.
Visceral hate should be where it's at.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Of course he doesn't think he can stay on, he knows it's over, I have no idea why some seem to think that's what he's thinking, very weird.
bimble
floofy
No you’re the weird one. Thinking he’s doing it out of what, duty? To ‘beat May’ cos he thinks she’s a worthy comparison ? You seem nice enough but quite unimaginative.
He’s basically playing it as a hard luck story with everyone turning on him rather than admitting culpability. I don’t know the reason for that but there will be one that isn’t as simplistic as ‘ego’.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
FFS, I've explained why he's trying to stay in place.
He knows it's over, he knows there's no way back, these are basic facts.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
No, but I could have earned money as a look alike. Another career closing for me now...But you're not Boris Johnson.
Or are you?
bimble
floofy
You’ve explained! Oh ok.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I’m adjusting to the fact that I’m cute/stupid/weird. Waiting for my pat on the head from the big boys.
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