Resignation speech

Let’s hope we see an improvement in the assistance we can give these poor people in the second half of this year.

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.

press choice of photo:
www.ladepeche.fr/2022/07/07/royaume-uni-boris-johnson-annonce-sa-demission-comme-chef-du-parti-conservateur-10421486.php.
That photo speaks volumes.

I am sure that I read that the stumbling block to setting up a visa centre in Calais was not the French, who were in favour, but Johnson's government .

Tilly there is a reason for our red tape....it delays things. A lot, for months. Puts all but the most desperate off.
There is a reason why people have to get to this country before they are able to claim asylum. To make it difficult. Wouldn't it be sensible if those wanting to come here could apply at any british embassy in Europe. Or set up something near the French coast if the French would agree.
Would instantly save all those nasty people smugglers making all that profit. Simples.
Sometimes our best is just not good enough. Our few numbers tell the sorry story.

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It was a shocker, blaming other people, disparaging fellow MPs. No admission or apology for his personal failings. Because at the end of the day it was his personal failings that did for him and threatened to bring his party down with him.

Going on about all the people who voted for him in 2019. That was three years ago and most of that support had ebbed away. Even a cursory glance at the opinon polls could tell him that. The biggest fall was in approvals for him. Someone quoted -50%!

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silverlining48

I think its the constant We are world leaders in this that and the other, which gets on peoples nerves, because its just not true.

Exactly that, silverlining48 ?

Appalling and delusional speech not one word of contrition from a man who we were all warned about as being a liar. We will go down in history as the country whose MP had to resign for appointing a Bum Nipper amongst many other things.

I think its the constant We are world leaders in this that and the other, which gets on peoples nerves, because its just not true.

We started with good intentions regarding Ukrainian refugees but we may sadly not achieve those optimistic figures of children.

UK’s red tape means it takes longer to complete repatriation.

It’s not a competition - all countries should just do their best to offer safety to these homeless people.

Which shows that his usual bumbling is, like everything about him, just a charade.

Indeed.
Today he wanted to inspire admiration, as if he'd been a success as prime minister, and probably there are many gullible people who fell for it.

TillyTrotter

We anticipated 100,000 Ukrainian children entering our U.K. schools in a report earlier this year.
Our population is almost identical to France’s and they live in a much larger area.
We are not doing too shabbily.

I think that the reality might be rather different, at the moment, anyway.
Admittedly, the data I've found was for early June, so might have increased slightly since then, but the figure given for Ukrainian children in our schools then was fewer than 10,000. There's a long way to go to match the 'anticipated' figure of 100,000.

As France's population is similar to ours (I can't see the relevance of the size of the country) , I think their 18,000 strongly discredits claims that we are doing more for them than other European countries.

www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-ukrainian-refugees-offered-school-places-around-the-country

Here are some other interesting figures to help put UK support into perspective, these taken from a BBC report, :

" As of 28 June, the (UK) government had issued 142,500 Ukrainian visas "

" The UN says there are more than 867,000 Ukrainians in Germany, almost 382,768 in the Czech Republic and 141,562 in Italy. "

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60555472

This was my source Mamie but I apologise if that is inaccurate and the number is closer to 10,000.

TillyTrotter according to DfE figures there are currently 10,000 children, so not sure where 100,000 comes into it.

Excellent speech.

Why on earth wouldn't Carrie be there? Phillip May was there when Theresa resigned, Samantha Cameron also complete with children ditto Gordon Brown and of course TBlair again both complete with children . All I would say to the Tories is, be careful what you wish for.

Anyone who had been living under a stone for the past few months would have thought they were watching a triumphant handover speech, not someone who was supposedly being forced to resign for lying, forcing others to lie for him, treasonous behaviour, having all their staff resign due to lack of trust etc. Her nibs standing there stroking the baby's head was nauseous, as was all the sycophantic crowd led by JRM. Disgraceful episode. The whole stinking lot of them need to go. But they won't.

I expect he'd been rehearsing it for hours. It was a speech aimed at tory voters in the constituencies and no one else, so of course it was written the way it was.

Calendargirl

Well, he read it out well.

No bumbling and erring.

Sounded very confident.

(His insides must have been like jelly).

Which shows that his usual bumbling is, like everything about him, just a charade. I’ve known people who are liars. They lie so well that people believe them because they believe the lies themselves. I can’t believe that someone like that has become PM of this country. We must now have a written constitution.

The EU flag is flying proudly in the Ukraine parliament.

I wonder how long Carrie will hang round once he finally goes.

But Boris must go now not hang on to do more damage. Surely they will see that?