PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

I don't find it very amazing at all.

I think it's a bit odd that JJ was serving in the BJ government, but it seems quite logical that he wouldn't continue now.

It has been pointed out that he hasn't been very clear about when he's resigning or what from.

Perhaps shades of Zac Goldsmith -- someone who can stand down because he doesn't need the money and isn't very interested.

lol Fred

Who even knew he had a brother before this?

or, indeed, a father

xxp Most of the people on this thread. He has a sister too who's on the remain side.

Only one Johnson sibling has a life outside the public eye.

Rachel Johnson actually had the self-regard to literally announce to an usher at my friend’s event that she was ‘a VIP’.

yeah and like boris she's a tedious exhibitionist

He even has a number of children (exact number disputed)! One of them is good at cricket and one isn't

Dont get too excited about youngsters enrolling to vote. Happened in Australia too for the gay marriage plebiscite, and then in the election just afterwards the scumbag tories still strolled back in again. And we have compulsory voting and proportional representation.

those scumbag tories didn't try to withdraw australia from the ICC or something

Lj did u play cricket w/ the son good at cricket or not good at cricket?

surely with compulsory voting there's no reason to get excited about people registering to vote?

Lj did u play cricket w/ the son good at cricket or not good at cricket?

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 September 2019 11:18 (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

both, on different occasions

the one who was good has a sort of world-striding colonialist effectiveness to his body language. the part of BJ that's a naturally confident translator of ancient greek and a social engineer who made himself prime minister

the one who was bad was utterly feckless. that's another part of BJ obv

ru sayin he gave zero fecks

I think it's a bit odd that JJ was serving in the BJ government

I had thought JJ might not back his PM bid given their differing Brexit stances, but given that (iirc) he did and got a ministerial post, I was surprised that he backed down now

so Fred can continue plotting the Johnson family tree, JJ's wife Amelia Gentleman did some good investigative articles about what turned into the Windrush scandal and other aspects of UK immigration policy

(I have no other opinions on her in general and am pretty sure someone will be along any moment to point out she's bad not good)

xps to JM last time it happened here young people came out in numbers and took the Tory majority away

nobody can be both married to a tory mp and good, but she's probably about as close as it gets

her dad david is good not bad if you like good book coverart:

https://maraid.co.uk/images/blog/2016/04/dg-04.jpg

^^^recent bojo footage

"Only a socialist could regard family ties as being so trivial as to shaft his brother" - Boris Johnson on the Milibands, 2013

xp I always like to see an illustrated Penguin cover <3

surely with compulsory voting there's no reason to get excited about people registering to vote?

since they didn’t bother to vote once they’d sent a letter saying “yes ppl should be allowed to get married,” it obv was worth getting excited when it looked like they would make a difference

like, you’re SUPPOSED to vote, but the army don’t come to yr house & frogmarch every single citizen to the polls

anyway the australian tories are now introducing legislation literally allowing you to say gay ppl should be burnt to death as long as you also claim you love jesus, so good job young non-voters

obv the situation is more promising in the UK as the kids are signing up in order to actually vote

What’s happening to BoJo is what was supposed to happen to Trump. It probably would have if the Dem leadership wasn’t stuck in the 90s.

— Jeremy Gilbert (@jemgilbert) September 5, 2019

like, you’re SUPPOSED to vote, but the army don’t come to yr house & frogmarch every single citizen to the polls

91% turnout is lower than I had imagined and does still leave some room for improvement, but we're around the 70% mark here, there's way more scope

what does that mean? collapsing under the weight of its own contradictory political forces ?

@comrade_alpha

tbh my "bojo will never be pm" was based on the known existence w/i the tory party of a significant never_bojo faction -- who are now apparent manifesting is useful, unlike the never_trumpers

lol or whatever i meant in actual english

The tweet I posted was simply an observation to think about. Not sure it scans across the pond in quite that way as the systems are different , and Labour has been v much damaged by the permanent split in the PLP.

fortunately there's no batshit vengeful right wing of the Dems desperate to maintain capitalism as normal

So ... if parliament is prorogued next week, there presumably can't be a vote under FTPA to call an election? https://t.co/k3Jy3UxqJ6

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) September 5, 2019

Here is an escape route:

Quite incredibly - anonymous Minister tells The Times that Boris Johnson WILL resign rather than go to Brussels for an extension. Surely that just encourages the Opposition to delay an Election https://t.co/y4NRm36zpH

— steve hawkes (@steve_hawkes) September 5, 2019

the Queen shd refuse to accept

just Johnson, condemned to lead an ever dwindling government, powerless, locked into the post until he dies

sent back to the EU once every 3 months to grovel for another extension

I don't like the delay of election even though I am enjoying the roasting but I also wonder if lots of delay helps Labour, it prolongs what I suspect to be a deeply alienating game for the wider public.

i have no idea what the best strategy is nor how to avoid the next GE being Ref 2 but with melts fragmenting the opposition but i'm guessing that Labour think that forcing BJ to fail on his Oct 31 commitment is gonna be a big blow, and of course it may keep the Farageists in play

‘bj’’big blow’ hurr hurr

Whichever strategy entails Boris grovelling to the EU is the best one.

i think keeping BJ in a spiral of panic and bad judgment is probably a p effective tactic right now

Who even knew he had a strategy before this? xp

Cold.

News of Jo Johnson's resignation came through during the daily Lobby briefing held by the PM's spokesman. Safe to say Downing Street did not have a clue this was coming.

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) September 5, 2019

fuck him up jo

(you tory prick)

Lib Dems May stand Luciana Berger in Golders Green/Finchley - currently a Tory seat.

Good plan.

i really want to know what theresa may makes of current events

It's all very Shakespeareian, innit?

Yeah she deserves a seat where she actually lives; Liverpool Wavertree shouldn’t be for a carpetbagger.