‘So when WILL he go?’: Sweepstake ?

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Today!
But who will be PM till the next leader is elected?

maddyone

Today!
But who will be PM till the next leader is elected?

He will. In order to cease to be PM he has to go to the Queen. If he doesn't he is still PM.

Johnson will.

He will resign today, but stay as PM until the Autumn, when they will elect a new leader.

Oh no! If he does stay on as caretaker, just think of the scorched earth he could inflict on us. Like others, I have grave doubts about his mental stability.

Will anyone want to serve with him for the next few months? Could be toxic association.

Maybe Nadine Dorries - she’ll have to be minster for everything.

Well I'm happy to say I was proved wrong! Nearly. I can't imagine him staying til autumn. Is that what he demanded from the Tory Party perhaps? What a mess.

Grandmabatty

Well I'm happy to say I was proved wrong! Nearly. I can't imagine him staying til autumn. Is that what he demanded from the Tory Party perhaps? What a mess.

No it's the way it works when there isn't a leader of the party.

Is he meeting with HM today?

I would say shortly after she has had a word in his ear.

Glorianny

Grandmabatty

Well I'm happy to say I was proved wrong! Nearly. I can't imagine him staying til autumn. Is that what he demanded from the Tory Party perhaps? What a mess.

No it's the way it works when there isn't a leader of the party.

It has been suggested that he'll be desperate to stay on as caretaker, as to go right away would mean that Teresa May will have served as PM for longer than him!

FannyCornforth
If that means 10am (sorry, bit dense) then Maggie called it! ???

Yay, thank you, Fanny! I’d better keep the fizz on ice until playgroup’s finished though.

Of course if he doesn't stay on his successor must be Dominic Raub the deputy PM

He has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. This means that he will continue in post as PM until a successor is elected. The Today Programme decided to stay on air after 9am and that's when they got the scoop when Chris Mason received a call from No 10. Is a 'lame duck' PM in the interests of the country? Probably not: the chaos will continue as the pretenders proceed to stab one another in the back.

He’s resigning as Tory Leader not PM so how the hell will that work?

Maggiemaybe

FannyCornforth
If that means 10am (sorry, bit dense) then Maggie called it! ???

Yay, thank you, Fanny! I’d better keep the fizz on ice until playgroup’s finished though.

Though the BBC are still talking about his resignation as imminent, so I think I might have to show Boris an example and concede defeat.

BlueBalou

He’s resigning as Tory Leader not PM so how the hell will that work?

I don't think the tories want him to stay on as interim PM.

It would be possible for someone else to do it.

This thread is worth reading...

twitter.com/cath_haddon/status/1544974582196703233

You have to remember as well that Parliament will be off on its summer hols very soon, so no PMQs to face, things will just progress as usual.

He's making a statement at midday. He should go today and not stay on until the Autumn.

On top of all the other concerns, we saw yesterday, as a result of Liaison Committee questioning, that Johnson is a security risk. I don't see, given that, how he can possibly be allowed to remain as a loose cannon PM for minutes, let alone several months.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N__zgNR0g_Y

I was in my local town this morning. People were stopping each other in the street to share the news and looking cheerful, it wasn't even people with known political alliegances, it was everybody

Never has the country been so united around the conviction, that the PM must go.

No way should he stay on until the autumn. Play for time is his motto and heaven help us while we are waiting for his departure. Damage will be done if he stays on. I hope I am wrong.

I watched that live yesterday afternoon Zonne. At one point the man to his right shoulder wrote something on a sheet of paper and passed it to him while he was speaking. I wondered if he wrote “Shut up and don’t say anything else!”

Grannynannywanny

I watched that live yesterday afternoon Zonne. At one point the man to his right shoulder wrote something on a sheet of paper and passed it to him while he was speaking. I wondered if he wrote “Shut up and don’t say anything else!”

Or 'oh hell, that's torn it...'