Should Boris do the decent thing and resign?

We do not know who Boris puts first, because he lies and lies and lies and tries to cover up for friends or, if necessary change the law to protect them and itt is difficult to tell where the lies starts and the truth starts.

I live in a staunch Conservative consituency an even life long Conservatives are repelled by him

Boris and 'decent thing' do not go together, I really am at a loss to know why anyone votes Tory. they lie, cheat and only do things to help themselves. The sooner he goes the better he is running this country innto the ground.

Starmer for me… but that is a long way off. Folk love bumbling Boris, makes one despair about democracy until one contemplates the alternatives! He has always looked after himself, complete narcissist. He may not have Trump’s sheer badness but badness doesn’t much bother him, and he doesn’t keep his word, dissembling is natural to him, like Trump he feels completely entitled.

yes he should resign but as Raab will replace him is it better the idiot you know than the one who has also proved to be an idiot and useless at his job.

Political parties have always been corrupt throughout history and in every country worldwide.Just check your history books.Answer me this ...WOULD YOU BE PRIME MINISTER ??

he gets away with it,because of his bumbling manner, he is in his position because it suits the' men in suits'.Remember thatcher, she was got rid of when she stepped over the line.the same will happen with johnson. this is a big line that has been stepped over though.Does this reflect the state of our so called democracy?

I feel that in this climate, there isn’t the appetite for a leadership challenge. But I do think that many in MPs and ministers will be distancing themselves from the PM. I am sure his time will come. With the recent revelations during lockdown and Christmas parties, my heart goes out to our Queen who mourned the passing of her Husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, sitting alone, obeying the rules, and all the people who lost loved ones and couldn’t be there at the end. That is absolutely tragic. The PM and his government should hang their heads in shame. But of course they have no shame. ?

I am furious about the party. He should resign. The worst is that Gove will replace him.

Yes, he should resign. Sadly this sort of duplicitous and arrogant behaviour is not news to people who have employed Johnson before he was prime mnister...two major newspapers sacked him for lying. He continues to lie at the dispatch box and thinks its all a joke. Sadly many upper class people are just like Johnson...i sh ould know , i was brought up around them . Maybe the scales are falling from people's eyes regarding piffle waffle johnson now and his friend rees-Mogg.

Yes he should but unfortunately it's probably no, he won't. If he did resign, then consider who out of that bunch would replace him???

If Johnson had an Essex or South London accent he would have never been voted in as Prime Minister in the first place. Still too much doffing of caps to these upper class twits (spivs) in this country!

Valchoc...really????

Not sure why Dominic Cummings didn't let this piece of information out the bag in the summer...but he did say that Johnson and his cabinet are not fit to rule!

Without a doubt yes and the sooner the better. I agree with Lexisgranny that there is no party who has a leader or potential leader that I would want to give my vote to. I find it so depressing and I find Boris one big embarrassment.

Yes Johnson should have gone before this debacle. I would like us to have proportions representation. This would mean they would make less bad decisions in my view.

Definitely NOT. This scandal is ludicrous. The right-on wokes have been gunning for him ever since he took office.

Absolutely ?%.
Like a lot of you I don’t trust any politicians these days and personally I think a bunch of school children could do a better job.

they'll see how the north Shropshire by election goes next week, all the tories are bad, they provide NHS services via private companies which have shareholders to pay so when they say they are spending more on the NHS that is why, its not for better services they are cutting services cos they want us all to go private & they can ditch the NHS to have lower taxes which is what the billionaires want

Wish he would resign but see little hope of that. I can't imagine who would succeed him as PM. Rishi is quite a good constituency MP and does extend his influence into the Red Wall constituency bordering Richmondshire but whether enough MPs would select him is anyone's guess - I think he may be too much of 'his own man' for some of them.

Yes he should resign or otherwise be replaced.

IMy MP (labour) has tweeted that he should resign.

She has previously tweeted that she doesn't feel safe in the commons as people are not wearing masks.
Yet this week she was at The MOBO Awards, and has posted pictures of herself maskless, mixing and posing for pictures with numerous groups of people and celebs.

Sigh

Why do I keep thinking about the film of Animal Farm.....all the animals slogging away working and the pigs up there in the farmhouse breaking out the brandy.....

He should. He won't. He'll throw everyone else under the bus first.

If he did resign who on earth would take his place? Can't see anyone of any Party, including all the 'Raving LooneyParties' I would vote for. They all seem tarred by the same brush, and I wouldn't trust any of them!

Was Boris at the alleged 'party'? Did it go on without his knowledge? I'm not certain from the coverage so far if he was there or learned about it at a later date.

Are people saying that he, personally, is in the wrong? Are they saying he was horrified to learn about it but then tried to cover over it? Or are they saying the whole of the conservative party should step down?

I'm not sure what the actual truth is in all of this.