UK General Discussion:The Rt. Hon Alex Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Populist Hero

[Cassius]

Pardon my ignorance, but just how many ministers are there?  And (while this number seems to change every few minutes) how many are left?

There are well over a hundred ministers (of whom most don’t have a seat in the cabinet) - Johnson has lost over twenty of them by now. It’s a little strange though as the government is primarily haemorrhaging junior ministers - the only two cabinet ministers to resign were Sunak and Javid.

[Cassius]

https://twitter.com/thedailyjaws/status/1544375104116703232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%...

[Cassius]

Even Achilles wasn't this bloody minded.

[Cassius]

Assuming that the rules are changed and that Johnson does lose a VONC next week (although, at this point, I'm not 100% confident that the party won't bottle it yet again), the rule that leaders can't be challenged again for one calendar year after winning a one needs to be scrapped ASAP. Sure, a threshold of letters for a challenge is probably a necessity, but the one year rule has created a truly ludicrous situation.

At this point I'd also have to say that the careers of anyone who remains in cabinet after this point must be toast. The Johnson loyalists apart, you can't announce that you have no confidence in the PM, tell that to his face, then back down and announce that you support him just because he ing says 'no - piss off'. This is possibly the only parliamentary democracy in the world where the politicians could be that weak and spineless in dealing with a failed leader. You can't imagine them sh*tting the bed this badly in an Australian political party.

[Cassius]

BoJo the Bozo needs to go! RESIGN!

I maintain that the biggest bozo here is Nadhim Zahawi.

[Cassius]

I'm starting to think that we'll have a 'Boris Johnson Party' in a few months.

[Cassius]

I'm starting to think that we'll have a 'Boris Johnson Party' in a few months.

Which would be less successful than the Nigel Farage Party (i.e. UKIP whenever he led it, and the Brexit Party).

I mean, probably. On the other hand, if Johnson and a rump of hardcore loyalists split off from the main party I can see him doing decent business in a few months time when the new government is inevitably floundering and he can 'be Boris' again, with all that the latter entails.

[Cassius]

I might not come back from Italy. Just want to live in a country with a strong and stable government.

[Cassius]

OHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

[Cassius]

oh my god she is so unbelievably hot

Are you sure? She looks like E.T in drag (although now that I think about it, that was in fact a plot point in the film).

[Cassius]

Johnson said "mission accomplished - for now."

Genuinely surprised he didn't slip an "I'll be back" in there.

[Cassius]

Not being a ‘boomer’ I don’t have a Times subscription, but do share the article where the Times blamed the possibility of Winter blackouts on wokeness and transgender people.

[Cassius]

Briefing overnight about the next cabinet- Braverman as Home Secretary, Deadwood returning to Government after 30 years and Rees Mogg at levelling up are actual lols. Are they trying to lose the next election?

I loved that it was briefed that Braverman could bring her legal expertise to the small boats challenge- which in itself is deeply hilarious.

My King is Alive

[Cassius]

Even if Truss ends up as the UK Kim Campbell, that still means Johnson ending up as the UK Brian Mulroney.

Both also have pretty consequential policy legacies despite ending up deeply unpopular.

Certainly the case for Mulroney (privatisation, the GST, NAFTA and environmental legislation all being major aspects of his policy legacy) but for Johnson? Other than 'getting Brexit done', it's difficult to think of any significant policy legacy that his government will leave behind.

[Cassius]

The rustler has joined the sheriffs.