January 19, 20223 yr PMQs was explosive today, but this zinger from Dame Diana Johnson has to be the highlight 🔥 @1483781037385736194
January 19, 20223 yr One consequence of that defection is that the number of letters of no confidence submitted has gone down by one. Wakeford is one of the few who had gone public about writing such a letter. Some have said that Wakeford's defection to Labour might hold off some would be letter writers as it would be seem to be too much of a gift to Starmer.
January 19, 20223 yr PMQs was explosive today, but this zinger from Dame Diana Johnson has to be the highlight 🔥 @1483781037385736194 And that’s without taking about David Davis’ Leo Amery put down 😍
January 20, 20223 yr Some tory mp says the authoritarian, wannabe dictator blob is BLACKMAILING REBELS, saying he'll leak stories to the press about them - more collusion between media and government, hallmarknof fascism -and saying he will WITHDRAW MONEY FEOM THEIR CONSTITUENCY!!!! Unbelievable. They can go to the police, but this fash regime is above the law, sooo...
January 20, 20223 yr Yes - well there was a spreadsheet that was leaked from the Whips Office which listed all of the Tory MPs (including William Wragg) and various embarrasing scoops they had on them including detailed sexual practices. Absoutely attrocious and would break every HR law available. The corruption around funding has been known for a while and is at its worst during this government.
January 20, 20223 yr There was a rumour that a heavy handed visit from the whips was partly behind the defection and if that’s what the whips did then I’m not surprised. Like holy f***. I’m not one to indulge Michaels political flights of fancy but this is like ripped from the textbooks of fascism. Boris needs to go ASAP because the UK is accelerating down a slippery slope to authoritarianism
January 20, 20223 yr Those comments are really quite outstanding. There was talk that the Labour MP deflection was the reason some MPs were withdrawing their letters (and while I suspect that is the case for a couple) it really does seem as if the whips have played a major part here in damage control. Obviously we know full well how they will try and spin the Sue Gray report, but I think the public have already made up their minds.
January 20, 20223 yr When a government is above the law, we have fascism. Blojo is absolutely disgusting, as is the entire far right wing of his party. He is the worst thing to EVER happen to parliament, and ad Alistair Cambell said, any mp who supported him should be debarred from ever standing again, any paper that supported him, or media like this morning, eternally boycotted.
January 22, 20223 yr Johnson less popular than Corbyn GE2019 era. @1484506543622078469 Ooft. Worst PM approval ratings since Major's black Wednesday. To put that into context we've had Blair's lying to parliament/cash for honours / Browns recession rough patch / Cameron cutting everything / Mays Brexit f*** up all since then.
January 22, 20223 yr I’m not surprised Johnson’s approval ratings are so low. Him and his governments behaviour and whole attitude is appalling, deceitful and shocking for any democratic society and significantly undermines trust in politicians in general.
January 22, 20223 yr Ok now I’m rooting for him to stay a little long. Be the most hated PM of modern times, preside over the disintegration of the Union. It will KILL him slowly from the inside to know he will go down forEVER as a complete and utter failure And THAT is just delicious karma
January 22, 20223 yr Ok now I’m rooting for him to stay a little long. Be the most hated PM of modern times, preside over the disintegration of the Union. It will KILL him slowly from the inside to know he will go down forEVER as a complete and utter failure And THAT is just delicious karma This is what I've been saying!!! Hopefully it will end the posh boy "king of the world" entitlement at Eton too, to see one of their own so spectacularly fail, especially when the alternative was a working class socialist, who SHOULD have been pm!!! Having that hated lying clown in for longer makes the next election easie. Given how useless Keir is and how the British establishment is all in on eternal Tory govts at this point, we need all the help we can get.
January 22, 20223 yr Whoever wins the next electio0n will face a string of major problems. Government debt will dwarf the amount the coalition inherited in 2010. NHS waiting lists will still be huge. Trade will still be adversely affected by withdrawal from the EU with exporting / importing companies still struggling with the additional paper work. Assuming it hasn't already happened, the SNP will be agitating for a referendum. A near clean sweep of Scottish seats in the election will add to the pressure. The longer Johnson goes on, the worse things will get. The need to clear up that mess will be the main priority of an incoming Labour-led government, if there is one. There really is no point in labour adopting policies such as renationalisation when they are unlikely to have the time in the legislative timetable to do anything about it. A cynic might even think that is the Tory plan.
January 22, 20223 yr He might continue for a while longer as PM as the right wing press has hyped up for him the end of Covid restrictions and face mask laws. Whether it will lead to much popularity recovery for Boris Johnson remains to be seen.
January 22, 20223 yr Getting rid of any covid restrictions will be very popular with his hard right MPs but unlike Brexit (well pre it happening) and anti immigration say, the complete throwing all caution to the wind won;t be popular amongst the country. Most people out there can see it is going on and would be happy with mild restrictions which could save a few lives. Plus the fact that he was partying whilst everyone else was following the rules will be a big stain on the spin he was good fighting Covid (which is completely rubbish if you count the cost in human lives).
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