Boris Johnson Resigns..

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Really surprised by this actually. But glad it has happened - he is a complete embarrassment.

Could this be the start of a full on Government collapse :eek:

It's not been Strong and Stable, more like Weak and Rickety
 
Waves bye to the buffoon. Must be seeing an opportunity to further his career as that is what he is all about. Maybe he'll throw himself in front of a jet as a protest against Heathrow. Pity May wasn't strong enough to give him the boot many months ago.
 
I'm so pleased he's gone, it does't even bother me that I had a fiver on him being the next PM. I didn't want him to be but I thought there was a good chance. I'm very happy that I've almost certainly lost that fiver.

But surely resigning and attempting to overthrow May is a potential move to become PM.

I'd suspect Sajid Javid is a strong contender though tbh... I think Johnson has lost credibility since being a minister (yes I know he has always had the clown image). I think.JRM, while popular among traditional conservatives isn't going to come across well with swing voters in a general election and frankly moderates, liberal conservatives etc.. won't like him.

(this is assuming the Maybot is going to be overthrown, which is perhaps more likely with this resignation - with Davis you could chalk it up as his usual behaviour of being quite firm on principles etc.. and simply having to resign as per his letter as he didn't agree with the Brexit plan. With Boris though, I'd be less inclined to assume anything principled and just assume he'd have had some assurances from back benchers re: attempting to topple May.)
 
So election end of the year/start of next year?

No one wants to be in charge when Brexit actually happens

Doesn't necessarily need to be an election, especially given the Brexit timetable. If they can topple May then, depending on the candidate, we perhaps just increase the chances of a hard Brexit.
 
Doesn't necessarily need to be an election, especially given the Brexit timetable. If they can topple May then, depending on the candidate, we perhaps just increase the chances of a hard Brexit.
As they're literally just saying on BBC news, Labour won't support the deal when it comes to a parliamentary vote.

They're talking about "the enormous temptation Corbyn will face to bring down the govt." Potentially even if it's a deal Labour would approve of, the chance to vote it down and bring down the Tory govt will be something they couldn't pass up on.
 
We're going to win the world cup and end up with corbyn and dianne abbott aren't we

How british of us to win so hard and then fail so hard straight away
 
Why is this thread open, when the same thread started twelve hours about about duckhead davis was locked for being brexit discussion and was then restricted to speakers corner?
Why should this backstabbing **** get a thread of his own?

Boris, making the world burn.
 
You guys do realise you would be saying the exact same things regardless of who is in government...
 
Why is this thread open, when the same thread started twelve hours about about duckhead davis was locked for being brexit discussion and was then restricted to speakers corner?
Why should this backstabbing **** get a thread of his own?

Boris, making the world burn.
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Exactly - And people think we'd be better off with "sovereignty"? Current government can't even manage themselves.
Our electoral system must take a large part of the blame. It guarantees swings from one extreme to the other.

It prevents parties working together in coalition often enough to get accustomed to the idea, and build cross-party cooperation.
 
Why is this thread open, when the same thread started twelve hours about about duckhead davis was locked for being brexit discussion and was then restricted to speakers corner?
Why should this backstabbing **** get a thread of his own?

Boris, making the world burn.

Technically I suppose DD being the Brexit Secretary it was a thread referencing Brexit intrinsically, and since BoJo is Foreign Sec then it's a generic politics thread...

I'm sure that it being a Don as the OP has nothing to do with it ;)
 
Our electoral system must take a large part of the blame. It guarantees swings from one extreme to the other.

It prevents parties working together in coalition often enough to get accustomed to the idea, and build cross-party cooperation.

Well said!!
 
so allegedly threats of more ministers resigning if TM doesn't change things...

I guess the threat of a long walk + taxi/losing the ministerial car on Friday only delayed things
 
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