Politics Thread 6

[Victor Mildew]

It seems Jennifer Arcuri (Johnson's mistress) and Andrew Neil are having a twitter spat. She is alleging he was a guest on the Epstein plane and island. Neil has got a bit upset and has said he is getting his lawyers involved against her and anyone who retweets support for her.

Tories never cease to amaze me.

Is that the picture that private eye always has?

[Oblomov Boblomov]

The prime time news programmes have been utterly glorious ITV going full pelt for it, with their major scoop.

[Moggy]

twitter.com/longshanks1307/status/1468307103873961989

[Knoyleo]

It seems Jennifer Arcuri (Johnson's mistress) and Andrew Neil are having a twitter spat. She is alleging he was a guest on the Epstein plane and island. Neil has got a bit upset and has said he is getting his lawyers involved against her and anyone who retweets support for her.

Tories never cease to amaze me.

Is that the picture that private eye always has?

That's the one.

[Stugene]

twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1468285179919749120

twitter.com/bmay/status/1468307156491452416

State of this government.

covering up the push through of that protest bill by mentioning something they've done that they will not face a single repercussion for. classic tories.

[Buffalo]

Nothing will happen, and the crooks will remain in power to continue shitting on us all.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

God I love Gary Neville:

twitter.com/GNev2/status/1468549171326160898

[Oblomov Boblomov]

twitter.com/spoofed_uk/status/1468517952953761793

When Theresa May turns up

[more heat than light]

Better chance at a Christmas number one this year I reckon.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

Backbenchers very publicly turning on Johnson now. It's just delicious. Fill your team full of banana splits in order to get a short-term boost and you will always pay for it in the long run.

[Knoyleo]

But nothing's going to happen.

[Oblomov Boblomov]

But nothing's going to happen.

I am hoping that emboldened, scorned grunts will go on to cause the government quite a bit of trouble .

[Moggy]

But nothing's going to happen.

There's a good chance Johnson will be forced out.

We'll still end up with a Tory in charge, but at least the clown will not be our leader.

[Christopher]

But nothing's going to happen.

There's a good chance Johnson will be forced out.

We'll still end up with a Tory in charge, but at least the clown will not be our leader.

But the rest of the rogue gallery are just as bad or if not worse than he is. Imagine Raab as our PM

[Rex Kramer]

Raab won't be PM, I don't think he would have the support of enough of the party. I'd see it coming down to a vote between Truss, Gove, Hunt, Sunak and maybe Javid. That would then get whittled down to Truss and Sunak with maybe Hunt as an outsider whose not tainted by being in a Johnson cabinet. Truss would be a disaster, not Johnson level but still awful. I'd favour Hunt but purely so that we'd get more moderate voices in cabinet. And there is literally no one as bad as Johnson unless Rees Mogg got it and I can't see that happening.

[Moggy]

But nothing's going to happen.

There's a good chance Johnson will be forced out.

We'll still end up with a Tory in charge, but at least the clown will not be our leader.

But the rest of the rogue gallery are just as bad or if not worse than he is. Imagine Raab as our PM

They are all bad, but Johnson is the worst.

The party members will decide on the new PM, unless somebody runs unopposed. I can't see them going for a Raab type.

Whoever it is, they will be an evil banana split. But at least Boris will be gone. And if it's a more sensible Tory, we may well get rid of Patel, Raab, Dorries etc from the Cabinet.

[Tomous]

Raab won't be PM, I don't think he would have the support of enough of the party. I'd see it coming down to a vote between Truss, Gove, Hunt, Sunak and maybe Javid. That would then get whittled down to Truss and Sunak with maybe Hunt as an outsider whose not tainted by being in a Johnson cabinet. Truss would be a disaster, not Johnson level but still awful. I'd favour Hunt but purely so that we'd get more moderate voices in cabinet. And there is literally no one as bad as Johnson unless Rees Mogg got it and I can't see that happening.

We actually have some form of normal Government (by Tory standards) with Hunt

[Moggy]

Raab won't be PM, I don't think he would have the support of enough of the party. I'd see it coming down to a vote between Truss, Gove, Hunt, Sunak and maybe Javid. That would then get whittled down to Truss and Sunak with maybe Hunt as an outsider whose not tainted by being in a Johnson cabinet. Truss would be a disaster, not Johnson level but still awful. I'd favour Hunt but purely so that we'd get more moderate voices in cabinet. And there is literally no one as bad as Johnson unless Rees Mogg got it and I can't see that happening.

We actually have some form of normal Government (by Tory standards) with Hunt

Plus, I can't see a Boris style cult forming around a boring strawberry floater like Hunt. Which will help get the strawberry floaters out of government at the next election.

[Squinty]

It will be Sunak or Patel.

[Memento Mori]

Raab won't be PM, I don't think he would have the support of enough of the party. I'd see it coming down to a vote between Truss, Gove, Hunt, Sunak and maybe Javid. That would then get whittled down to Truss and Sunak with maybe Hunt as an outsider whose not tainted by being in a Johnson cabinet. Truss would be a disaster, not Johnson level but still awful. I'd favour Hunt but purely so that we'd get more moderate voices in cabinet. And there is literally no one as bad as Johnson unless Rees Mogg got it and I can't see that happening.

We actually have some form of normal Government (by Tory standards) with Hunt

Plus, I can't see a Boris style cult forming around a boring strawberry floater like Hunt. Which will help get the strawberry floaters out of government at the next election.

I think this is the key thing. Johnson has a personality cult none of the others do which is why him getting forced out can only be a good thing. Johnson can shrug off far more than any other Tory MP.