ewerk 26292 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, Alex said: I saw something on Twitter earlier which sounds plausible given Johnson’s previous form. If the 1922 Committee change the rules and there’s a vote of no confidence which he loses - he’ll do the following: instead of going he’ll call a general election and seek to deselect the MPs who voted against him. I’m not sure if he needs a vote in Parliament to do that. I know the fixed term Parliament act was superseded. In any case the opposition would vote for it so it wouldn’t require much support in his own party. I think the power to call a GE lies entirely with the PM as things stand. If he were to go down this route I don't think he'd even wait for a VONC, he'd pre-empt it with a GE announcement. However, I don't think he can de-select candidates personally, that would be decided by CCHQ. It really would be the nuclear option for him to do so but would lead to general hilarity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26292 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: et tu michael? FFS, can a man not just call his dealer in private without being accused of wrongdoing? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Craig 6302 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Renton said: But wouldn't deselectionbe a matter for consitiuencies? Although I remember he was successful purging the party last time. He removed the whip from them pre-election IIRC meaning they weren't able to be considered candidates in the upcoming GE. There's so much sewage gone under the bridge since then I forgot they did that purge. So not only do a considerable amount of his parliamentary party have no confidence in him, it's a parliamentary party that he'd already in a sense 'cleansed' of those who were against him. People have in the past argued that Thatcher and Blair became almost 'presidential', neither of them had fuck all on this clown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3599 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Theo Usherwood is LBC politics editor, knows his stuff It could be over today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4851 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Do we find out about Starmer today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3599 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just now, Holden McGroin said: Do we find out about Starmer today? Be a glorious double. Watch the Tories put a Europhile in charge and storm the election. They are shameless enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 If Boris goes, May will have lasted longer That will burn the cunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 6846 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Nothing would surprise me, Johnson will absolutely believe the "I have a mandate from the people" bollocks, he could go for the nuclear option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26292 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 5 more have resigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 6! https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-live-updates-pm-fighting-for-political-life-after-sunak-and-javid-quit-12593360?postid=4125549#liveblog-body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-live-updates-pm-fighting-for-political-life-after-sunak-and-javid-quit-12593360?postid=4125590#liveblog-body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17748 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 17 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: You don’t want that on your browser history man! Just ask the Mrs next time This just come up on my work Google search engine. Why do we enable the likes of MF? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Quote Sky's political editor, Beth Rigby, has spoken to a 'loyal' cabinet minister. They've told her: "The game is up, this is not survivable. "I can't see lasting the day and those suggesting he stays on not doing him any favours. "I'm in the trenches with him, but we're outgunned, out manoeuvred & out of ammunition." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4851 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) Never heard of Blumpkin. Always called it a a Poo and a Chew in my days. Edited July 6, 2022 by Holden McGroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14031 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Spot on, of course (not that it makes his slow demise any less glorious) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Up to 27 resignations now. I'll be surprised if he lasts the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4851 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Reckon he has it in him to quit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16628 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just now, Holden McGroin said: Reckon he has it in him to quit? Nah. He's absolutely deluded. No doubt the wench will be cuddling him soon giving him some bitty to cheer him up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17748 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, wykikitoon said: Nah. He's absolutely deluded. No doubt the wench will be cuddling him soon giving him some bitty to cheer him up Someone on the radio said he will fight another VONC. I doubt he'd go if he loses, the fact he is now banging on about "the mandate of the people" suggests he will go nuclear to me. Hopefully the collateral damage outside the tory party will be limited, but I hope he takes every tory cunt down with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4851 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 They are like wacamole c*nts anyway. They'll just re-appear next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6302 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Reckon he has it in him to quit? Absolutely not, but without a cabinet he'll be fucked. Every single one of them was squirming on the front bench today. Raab clearly looked like he'd shit himself. They all know the game is up and will be telling him that this afternoon if they've anything about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4851 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I doubt Raab even knows what day it is. Nothing between his ears. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17748 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Gove told him to quit this morning apparently, which is why he wasn't at PMQ. And where the fuck is Patel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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