Resignation speech

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.

Well, he read it out well.

No bumbling and erring.

Sounded very confident.

(His insides must have been like jelly).

Surely bringing theresa may back as a caretaker would be preferable to Raab standing up?

Agree it was a dreadful speech. Ungracious, unrepentant and everyone else's fault.
A nasty piece of work indeed.

Well there are 18,000 Ukrainian children enrolled in French schools TwiceAsNice. Don't suppose that has been in the UK press.

Apparently, John Major has written to the backbench committee about the grave mustake of leaving Johnson in Downing Street for this interim period. I wonder if a deal was done whereby he got this period of time to leave in exchange for the Resignation. Anyway, he should go immediatelly. We have a deputy PM, don't we? How can we move on with him still sitting at his desk. Probably plotting.

Don’t be so damn patronising FarNorth! I am calm thank you but obviously not entitled to have an opinion. Also I know there are lots choices but Keir Starmer is the labour one if he wins an election. Of course Poland cares it lives next door and has been super supportive of Ukraine. I’m not sure I would say the same of Germany Italy or France and that is a pity

I've lived with a narcissist and that speech so reminded me of that. You never get a feeling the person is sorry or has even really understood what they've done wrong. They never respond as you would expect a normal person to. Never humble, never shamed, never honest, never their fault.

You long for a satisfying feeling of closure, you look forward to it but it never comes. The narcissist can never quite give you that. There's always the feeling there's more manipulation to come. That's how they reassure themself that they are right and they still have power over you.

Daisend1

Am I to be 'shot down' for even daring to believe better the ---- etc etc .

You can't be serious?

Am I to be 'shot down' for even daring to believe better the ---- etc etc .

Steve Baker said the reason they chose him was because he was the only one who could beat Corbyn.
Such a good way to choosers a Prime Minister!

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

Really? I think Poland might care just a bit.

It is indeed BlueBelle. He was true to himself with his
A big boy did it and ran away mentality.

Check out the statement Johnson made in 2010 about Gordon Brown. It has been resurrected by several papers and could be applied to himself now.

Isn’t that what narcissists do parsley always put the blame on someone else
You know, they bash you in the eye and say ‘look what you made me do’
I just wish he had taken all those others nasties with him Pritti Patel leading the March

Brexit may be done, but it has left a mess behind with much work still to be done post Brexit. This country is in the mire. The lowest of the other G7 members. 0.0%, that’s us yet I heard it stated by a politician on the Today programme the other day that we are top of the G7. Ha! Sorry pal, we are last not first. It’s always wirth checking these statements, as we now know, many are untruths.

The Ireland fiasco too. How can it be honourable to duck out of a contract we signed only 3 years ago. Europe is understandably fed up with us. Ireland too. I heard nothing about NI Status during the Get Brexit Done years, they seem to have been an afterthought.

If you really think Europe doesnt care about Ukraine that is plain nonsense. Its on their doorstep, and in their interests as they have a lot more to lose if Russia succeed.

Not one word of regret or an apology. Not surprised, his ego would not allow it. I am very glad to see the back of him and hope a decent replacement is chosen quickly.

Appalling speech and he needs to leave right now. Isn’t there a deputy PM or someone who takes over in the event the PM is not able to do his job? Surely.

Interesting that he is still blaming others for his fall from grace by using the word SLEDGING. I got this meaning from Wikipedia.

In the sport of cricket, sledging is the practice of deliberately insulting or verbally intimidating an opposing player. The purpose is to try to weaken the opponent's concentration, thereby causing them to underperform or be more prone to error.

Clearly, surrounding himself with slavering sycophants and nodding dogs was not enough to keep the nasty Boris Bashers at bay. They caused the poor PM to lose his concentration and this explains those lapses in memory for things sleaze related.

Zonne

It was a graceless, petulant and self-aggrandising speech, but, you know, leopards & spots.

Absolutely, and it hasn’t furthered his aim to remain as PM with a lot of the Tory MPs

SirStarmer is not the only choice TwiceAsNice.
There are many in the Conservative party who will put themselves forward to be leader.

He should be walking down street today! Why have a Deputy? The wallpaper stripper is itching to start work. No apologies given. Me I’ve got flags out.

Quite a number of the public will have been taken in by that "statesman-like" speech, and no doubt wiping away a gentle tear.

It was Boris Johnson’s greatest hits (as pointed out by Beth Rigby).

The bit he doesn't get (or care about) is that the real herd, us, the public, have been lowing for him to go for months.

I've just heard a re-run of the speech and withdraw my earlier comment .

Can he really stay put until Autumn? He'll be fuming away behind the scenes, and whoever he appoints will be doomed later, so will probably refuse. The whole thing will become more of a giant chess game than ever.