Boris Johnson No confidence vote

[Brianbrewed]

Looks like Boris could be gone.
Rumours of a no-confidence vote this evening.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...on-confidence-vote-graham-brady-tory-mps-live

 

[Gingerbrews]

Great. Let's hope they get rid of the lying buffoon

 

[Brianbrewed]

Apparently, this was just sent out to conservative MPs.

 

[aamcle]

They will be fools if they keep him.
Can you imagine the adverts at the next election :- Bojo partying while the Queen still alone at her husbznds funeral.

He is gift that keeps on giving to Labour

 

[Agentgonzo]

I suppose the best way to galvanise support for Boris is for the even-more-inept Jeremy *unt to stand as the front-runner in any leadership election .

 

[Chippy_Tea]

professor tim wilson

 

[Brianbrewed]

Johnson won the vote.
However he has had a large vote against him. (He won the vote with a lower percentage than Theresa May previously).

Is he a lame-duck now???

 

[Chippy_Tea]

No, they had the chance to get rid of him and they bottled it, the problem has always been as Tim Wilson said in the video earlier there was no one to take his place I think "better the devil you know" sums it up, I believe now they cannot challenge h again for at least 12 months they blew it.

 

[Brew_DD2]

148 against might be a technical victory, but that's a dead man walking. May did better than that.

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

58.8% of Tory MPs are supportive of a leader that makes the rules but is happy to break them.

 

[Rodcx500z]

They need to get rid of the lying miscreant asap, if they don't we will have labour good god it is scary we need Rory Stewart back

 

[Brew_DD2]

They need to get rid of the lying miscreant asap, if they don't we will have labour good god it is scary we need Rory Stewart back

I'm no fan of the Tories (understatement of the year), but Rory Stewart was a far more worthy candidate that Johnson, and a far better man.

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

The best quote that I heard tonight was when Nadine Dores said "he is the best Prime Minister money can buy" - doesn't that define the problem exactly

 

[Brianbrewed]

A couple of thoughts from twitter

 

[Brianbrewed]

Another view

 

[Brianbrewed]

Bit of a trend here, I admit.

 

[soupdragon]

I'm no fan of the Tories (understatement of the year), but Rory Stewart was a far more worthy candidate that Johnson, and a far better man.

Ditto there. No big Tory fan but Rory Stewart is one of the very few politicians who I've seen actually give a straight answer to a question.

Cheers Tom

 

[Brianbrewed]

Just learned to sceenshot today :)

Apparently 40% of Conservative MP's voted against Johnson. If that's true, it means the party is totally divided against itself.

 

[jof]

Couldn't we round off the jubilee year with her Maj' taking him out for treason?

Not going to happen, but it's a nice thought & possibly the only way to stop him lying

 

[Eskimo John]

Clearly the Tories are in a real mess. The two by-elections on the horizon will, if the Tories do badly, will further compound these issues.
Any honourable politician would have resigned by now, and you would expect that if by-elections go badly that to happen after the results are in.
Don't expect Johnson to resign. He won't resign under any circumstances because of the dreadful nature of the man he is.