Resignation speech

Did I hear that correctly?
Christopher Chope telling us that we will rue this day

Exactly MayBee70. It’s a personality flaw. Or is it a personality disorder

As it says in the song “If you’ve gotta go you’d better go now, go now”. So just go Boris!

Iam64

MayBee70

The more times I hear the speech the angrier I get.

I feel the same MayBee70.
Grumppa’s post is spot on imo. Johnson is dead in the water, we need the senior Conservatives to move quickly to replace him with a caretaker whilst an efficient speedy leadership contest takes place

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Same Prime Minister, choosing whosoever he wants for his Cabinet.

M0nica

Boris failed for the reason Charles Kennedy's career collapsed. And that is personal failings, In Kennedy's case the demon drink for Boris the fact that he is careless and casual and his instinct is to lie his way out of trouble.

I heard an interview with an Irish diplomat involved in the negotiations over the Northern Irish protocol. He said quite calmly and without emotion, that the big difficulty in solving this problem was because the Irish could not trust a word our Prime Minister said and until they could negotiate with a trustworthy leader in this country, nothing would move forward.

I’ve heard Johnson tell lies in situations when he didn’t actually need to say anything. It’s as if he can’t help himself. Like a sort of vocal Dr Strangelove.

TOAST.

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MayBee70

The more times I hear the speech the angrier I get.

I feel the same MayBee70.
Grumppa’s post is spot on imo. Johnson is dead in the water, we need the senior Conservatives to move quickly to replace him with a caretaker whilst an efficient speedy leadership contest takes place

Boris failed for the reason Charles Kennedy's career collapsed. And that is personal failings, In Kennedy's case the demon drink for Boris the fact that he is careless and casual and his instinct is to lie his way out of trouble.

I heard an interview with an Irish diplomat involved in the negotiations over the Northern Irish protocol. He said quite calmly and without emotion, that the big difficulty in solving this problem was because the Irish could not trust a word our Prime Minister said and until they could negotiate with a trustworthy leader in this country, nothing would move forward.

I quoted the wrong post, sorry M0nica, I meant to quote yours.

I'll ask again. what is the evidence that the rest of Europe couldn't care less.

Speak to Finland,Sweden until now determinedly neutral, now joining NATO, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland. Ask them how much they care about Ukraine. Germany is very concerned as is France. NATO is united in its determination to support Ukraine and then, of course, there is the USA.

FarNorth

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I fear for Ukraine now he’s gone because the rest of Europe couldn’t care less
Of course they do!
And of course we will, as will other countries.

Absolutely

TwiceAsNice

He did get brexit some others didn’t. I think they all cocked up the pandemic and labour would have us still locked up wearing a mask! He is flawed on a lot of things( as was Tony Blair) but I fear for Ukraine now he’s gone because the rest of Europe couldn’t care less. Be careful what you wish for it’s just going to get worse. Starmer doesn’t stand up for anything!

Good heavens what nonsense

Riverwalk this made me laugh too! He has everything going for him, Paddington Bear adjacent, self deprecating, funny, took on the despicable tabloids, I really rather like him.

We have a deputy PM who shoukd be doing this. Suspect this was the price to get him to resign though he may well dig his heels in a la Trump when the time cones. Hecshoukd have gone yeaterday, no apology no remorse or regret. He is neither honourable nor honest.

Casdon

This was the funniest thing of the day - well done Hugh Grant!
www.itv.com/news/2022-07-07/hugh-grant-behind-benny-hill-theme-tune-played-during-pms-resignation-saga

Brilliant!

Benny Hill theme, and Bye Bye Baby Goodbye!

The more times I hear the speech the angrier I get.

How can he possibly continue, even as a 'caretaker' PM if he is resigning because he lost the confidence of his parliamentary party? They're not going to be any more confident now... are they?

In the unwished-for event of a prime minister dying suddenly while in office, the ruling party would presumably act swiftly to appoint a stand-in while going through the process of choosing a new leader.

Nobody would wish the demise of the present incumbent, but he is to all intents and purposes dead in the water. Should not the same procedure be applied?

This was the funniest thing of the day - well done Hugh Grant!
www.itv.com/news/2022-07-07/hugh-grant-behind-benny-hill-theme-tune-played-during-pms-resignation-saga

CanadianGran

Piping in as an outsider...

Good to see Johnson finally outed. I thought he would be like Trump and dig in his heels, but I think finally the party members felt it wasn't looking good on them to let him carry on.

I'm haven't read enough to know about other potential leaders, but indeed it is hard to find a politician without some background dark cloud.

I understand there are two years left until your next general election, so I do hope they find a decent replacement. Not a nice mess to clean up now, plus recession, covid and health care a mess.

Thanks CanadianGran. I was wondering how people from other countries were viewing this. The parallels with Trump are truly terrifying and, like the last days of Trump, Johnson hasn’t actually gone yet. And I fear that both of them are going to linger around like a bad smell.

I fear for Ukraine now he’s gone because the rest of Europe couldn’t care less.

What is the evidence for this statement? Just because something isn't on the front page does not mean that many countries in Europe, including us, and the US are still pouring money and arms into Ukraine. Countries surrounding Russia, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, lithuania, Norway, Poland. All are very involved with Ukraine because a Russian threat to Ukraine is also a threat against them.

The UK will be intensively involved with Ukraine, no matter which party is in power and who is Prime Minister.

He showed no remorse, no apologies, no responsibility, graceless, self serving narcissistic speech. As many of his supporters have said - that’s Boris, we know what to expect.

Johnson has to go. How can he lead the country given the disdain in which he’s held by the majority of Tory MPs. If they’d any integrity, they’d refuse to take ministerial posts.
Senior tories have to find a way of getting him out. And within days. When will the next Johnson scandal break. It’s been one a week recently

He didn’t mention “ resignation” once. Didn’t apologise for anything, just blaming others and trying to big up himself.