Johnson must go immediately

Well it’s happened, he had to go. I personally pleased what he achieved, Brexit, Covid, his relationship with Ukraine, they think we’re mad, I think Johnson a fantastic orator and motivator but how stupid was he to lie, duck and dive, to lose his job which he loved it is just so stupid and lacking in integrity. You don’t get everything with anyone, probably some very boring but precise newcomer, who dies t lie, but who will just tread water but achieve little. So I don’t feel elated, just resigned as it was inevitable.

The Mirror reports allegedly that the PM won't go before the summer because they are supposed to have a big wedding bash at Chequers sometime at the end of July. Typical.

allule

Just been reading that he and Carrie have big wedding at Chequers planned for June.
Sounds a feasible reason for hanging on?

They're already married are they not? And it's past June!

Glorianny

He can't go until there is a new leader to take over as PM. If he handed his resignation to the Queen now it would mean we had no PM.

It would mean that Raab would be PM

500 acres near Nethercote

Just been reading that he and Carrie have big wedding at Chequers planned for June.
Sounds a feasible reason for hanging on?

RichmondPark

He and his family own an estate on Exmoor.

Well, it's a farm .....

I think Theresa May is an honourable person and would be the ideal caretaker until the new PM is appointed if she will do it. I think she would for the sake of the country

He really must go immediately. There's too much opportunity for even more damage to be done. Plus I doubt that he actually intends to go anywhere.

Whitewavemark2

Another reason why he should go immediately

Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
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Please do bear in mind that, if he is allowed to stay on as caretaker, Johnson will seize on even the tiniest hint of emergency to suspend the leadership process and cling to office for longer. Let’s just hope nothing happens to Zelensky, London or the Queen.

Oh crumbs. I suppose we have to be glad that there have not been people with guns storming Parliament WWM. At least not so far.

Another reason why he should go immediately

Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
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Please do bear in mind that, if he is allowed to stay on as caretaker, Johnson will seize on even the tiniest hint of emergency to suspend the leadership process and cling to office for longer. Let’s just hope nothing happens to Zelensky, London or the Queen.

He and his family own an estate on Exmoor.

He hasn’t gone, he’s stringing it out for as long as possible. He needs time to find a place to live, don’t suppose Carries flat will be suitable for two children.

So this time it is the herd instinct that is to blame, never "no blame Boris".

I wonder if anyone has counted the number of lies about achievements in that speech.

He's gone and he hasn't gone, at the same time. Howzat?

He’s gone.

Visgir1

Not the last we have heard of Boris.. He'll end up with a Cabinet job.. Looking after Ukraine?

Definitely not. His ego wouldn’t tolerate being second fiddle. My money is on him wanting another election asap, he won’t stand as an MP, and then he’ll be free to make money.

Not the last we have heard of Boris.. He'll end up with a Cabinet job.. Looking after Ukraine?

Whitewavemark2

Blimey failing ex-ministers get £400+k severance pay!

Strewth!

Surely someone who resigns from a job shouldn't be entitled to a pay-off?
They are not being made redundant.

Glorianny

He can't go until there is a new leader to take over as PM. If he handed his resignation to the Queen now it would mean we had no PM.

That is right, I think.

Unless HM steps in, asks for his resignation as Prime Minister and appoints a caretaker Prime Minister.

He's not going quietly, is he!
Barnacle Boris.

This is why he must go immediately - he is a massive security risk

Chris Bryant
@RhonddaBryant
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I have checked the FCDO published transparency records for ministers’ meetings. Johnson did NOT register the meeting with Alexander Lebedev. He cannot have notified his officials.

I do wonder what the red wall are thinking watching this. Westminster elite deciding things again? Boris was our bloke? In some ways it is exactly what they claim has always happened. The north being ignored and London deciding.

The lectern is out - wonder if he's got a surprise up his sleeve

If you read the rest of the article I highlighted, it seems to infer that a lot is in the hands of the 1922 Committee, due for re-election on Monday.

... its first business will be to decide the rules for the leadership election to replace Johnson. That could include special provision for a temporary leader, presumably Raab, but Johnson has already shown that he will try to fight until the last moment

I agree with many of the speakers on the News programmes that given enough rope he will hang us.

Boris being sneaky as usual. I hope some one finds a way to get him out!