UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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Are they booing or chanting “Boo-ris”?
Depressingly there’s already a conspiracy theory that the BBC edited the booing into the audio feed, which the Tory culture minister seems to be stoking.
"I was chanting 'Boo-ris'."
A vote of confidence is going to happen at 6pm which will decide if Boris Johnson stays or goes:
edition.cnn.com
June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson confidence vote
Boris Johnson will survive in his role as Britain's Prime Minister, but his authority has imploded after narrowly fighting off a confidence vote. Follow live news updates here.
General election incoming?
They called no confidence. Doesn't matter the outcome, it almost always signals and election after.
Johnson survived the vote, but I don’t think he’ll last much longer…
It was an internal Tory party vote of confidence rather than a House of Commons vote of confidence. I should’ve made that clearer.
In this case, it should have still, because if he lost the vote: he would have been removed as prime minister which would triggered and election.
The fact that they even called it means he has bigger problems to deal with even though he won.
The fact that they even called it means he has bigger problems to deal with even though he won.
The Lib Dems are putting forward a no confidence vote in the House, we'll see how that goes. Paradoxically, it probably won't get the same support from the Torys that the internal vote did.
Johnson won't resign, he is fully devoid of the kind of shame or introspection that would make that happen. He'll have to be pried out of office.
Johnson won't resign, he is fully devoid of the kind of shame or introspection that would make that happen. He'll have to be pried out of office.
One is an internal challenge (WE are unhappy.) the other is an external challenge (THEY are unhappy.). Tories give no ***** about other people, but will always rally around their own in case of challenge.
If only someone hadn’t made it far more difficult to trade with neighbouring economies…
Ahhh, tyrants and dictators laying low the plans and schemes of tyrants and dictators. Delicious irony.
One of the architects of Brexit (and the original negotiator) says Brexit is failing as it’s a “remainers’ Brexit”. To these people, it’ll never be Brexit enough as long as the UK has any treaties with the EU and all the foreigners haven’t been deported.
We have CCTV footage of Boris Johnson talking to the Northern Ireland delegates about the changes to their agreement:
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