Heard the news? He has refused to go.

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M0nicaFri 08-Jul-22 06:46:26
He has no one to regroup with. The rats have all deserted the sinking ship.

Personally, I preferred Starmers version at PMQs, about it being a case of "the sinking ships fleeing the rat".

I hope he’s paying ( or one of his supporters) for it all, including the security and staff time.
Otherwise, it’s down to the taxpayer, again!

Witzend

He’s hanging on until the autumn, in the hope of some miracle that will allow him to stay.

Also he intends to have a post (Covid) wedding party at Chequers, at the end of the month.
The Final Party (curtain).

He has no one to regroup with. The rats have all deserted the sinking ship.

Whether those serving in the cabinet feel they are doing a public interest job, or are just following what they think is in their long term best interest, I do not know.

Ben Wallace, Minister of Defence, who kept a low profile throughout, said that in the current situation in Ukraine and elsewhere. He felt his duty was to his country and ministry. I tend to respond positively to this he is ex-army and I am from an army family and recognise a very traditional military attitude that considers country before politics.

I am not a Conservative, and certainly am not endorsing him for PM, but I do think that most other ministries could manage quite well without a minister for a couple of months.

He’s going to regroup. He has to go now.

He’s hanging on until the autumn, in the hope of some miracle that will allow him to stay.

Wyatt definitely had an abortion which Johnson paid for.
It’s all very well documented.
I don’t know why she is ‘unsavoury’

eazybee

With regard to the unsavoury Ms Wyatt, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Everyone is happy to call Boris a liar, but Wyatt is believed implicitly. It says rather more about the media and the people who believe that sort of trash.

With respect, Johnson is a notorious liar. I would be for more likely to believe pretty much anyone before I would take his word.

I also think it says a lot about someone when they assume that a woman is 'unsavoury' and speaking 'trash' when she gives an account of her own experiences.

Are you saying she’s lying about the abortion?

With regard to the unsavoury Ms Wyatt, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Everyone is happy to call Boris a liar, but Wyatt is believed implicitly. It says rather more about the media and the people who believe that sort of trash.

Casdon

Here’s a more accurate summary of the Queen’s constitutional rights.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/07/could-the-queen-sack-boris-johnson-the-experts-are-divided

Amounts to the same thing Casdon
The queen would need parliment to show do the work it would need to be clear who should replace Johnson before the Queen would be in a position to sack him.

She should have stepped in many months ago as a Head of State should do when Johnson was spending billions on PPE giving contracts to his mates. It was the Good Law Project that stepped in to seek justice with help of crowdfunding. But as she has no powers she can't

What are we paying this family £345 million for????

When your ex girlfriends (or bit on the side) start to talk to the media, it really is the pits and time to go!
Petronella Wyatt who had an abortion after getting pregnant by Boris has been having her say all over the place.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-resign-petronella-wyatt-b2117042.html
Boris Johnson will "never" resign and thinks he has a "God-given right to rule in perpetuity", the prime minister's ex-girlfriend has said.

Petronella Wyatt, who had a four-year affair with Mr Johnson while working at the Spectator magazine, said government would grind to a halt and "every minute of the day will be devoted to saving Boris".

Boris Johnson ‘will never resign and thinks he has a God-given right to rule forever’, says ex-girlfriend

nanna8

Don’t tell me he’s still there! Good grief. What’s he on ??

Borrowed time, nanna8, ... borrowed time!

Don’t tell me he’s still there! Good grief. What’s he on ??

Oldnproud you may say that; I couldn’t possibly comment

I think I heard a political commentator say yesterday that the 'men in grey suits' would be trying to persuade Johnson that it was time to step down.

Personally, I think that 'the men in white coats' are needed.

Very apt GrannyGravy13. I remember Brown’s departure clearly, this article summed it up much better than Johnson. I suspect he won’t have the same after office profile and respect himself in 10 years time.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/sarah-sands/sarah-sands-to-depart-with-dignity-is-all-you-can-want-in-life-or-death-1974512.html

Well spotted GG
Whereas Johnson will have to scrape from beneath his bitten nails, the black gloss paint of the No 10 door.

How apt…

It's what the tory party does, Joseanne. Being of a somewhat leftish disposition, and not reading any of the right wing media, I can tell you that this phenomenon of worm turning is a well known characteristic of the tory party. Centrist and left wing commentators have been predicting it for months. Look at what the tories did to St Margaret Thatcher of Blessed Memory ? They're brutal.

The show of solidarity is for the benefit of the British public who the tories think are unable to exercise any critical thought.

I agree with Fanny Cornforth. I think he is so personally discredited, he is a tainted brand, no one will want to know him. he will have to go back to being a jobbing journalist without a byline.

The US has Trump, no one will want to platform our pound shop Trump. Anyway, after the Congressional hearings, people are steering clear of Trump as well.

joseanne, You are lucky, our MP is still licking Boris's a**e.

What I don't get is how all the worms suddenly turn ? ? ?. In the case of our MP, we as constituents have received a letter from him extolling Boris' virtues yet in the same breath saying he must go because he is a man of no scruples. Surely that was evident from the start?
And it's not just about one person. The entire Tory party willingly went along with this very predictable disaster. Why did it come as such a surprise to them, are they all thick? They appear to have no concept of cause and effect.

Peter Brookes today

I don’t agree vegansrock
I don’t think even The Telegraph will touch him with a barge pole.
His legacy will be appalling.

I’m with Jaxjacky, I think that he’s seriously mentally ill.

He’ll get a job writing a column for the Telegraph and will do after dinner speeches, maybe Strictly or I’m a Celebrity to pull in some extra dosh. He won’t be hard up.