like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

Fred did a brilliant post about an imagined Oasis biopic which made me lol irl, VHS never even raised a performative chuckle

yeah so Boris has the backing of 120 MPs, that puts him in the final two, members still love him, sounds almost like a done deal?

Is 120 confirmed? That's fantastic.

it was quoted on Radio 4 this morning, still in the realm of rumour though

certainly Peston from last night looks way off

To get on ballot, candidates have to get 100 nominations by 2pm Monday. I am told that @BorisJohnson will struggle to get to that threshold

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 20, 2022

It’s not remotely confirmed according to the Guido spreadsheet he has 52.

Also, as ever

Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.)
Posted: 21 October 2022 at 07:51:15
Van Horn Street is also a worthless trolling arsehole who hasn't been permabanned from ILX yet.

would be hilarious if he wins, then the privileges committee finds him guilty, then he says "I have already resigned once over this, that's the matter closed"

Boris as britain's berlusconi

Borislusconi

Lmao I was just coming to post this

Privileges committee insider tells The Sun that No 10’s *own evidence* handed to the privileges committee is so damning it is likely to lead to a Commons suspension of the person leading the leadership race by some counts: Boris Johnson

— Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer) October 21, 2022

I doubt he'll get over a 100 tbh.

Yeah that was my understanding. Tory backbenchers are VHS level dumb but even then!

Lol, lmao, and similar sentiments. pic.twitter.com/c73V3uNtQi

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) October 21, 2022

neil lennon’s looking for work

Slightly stunned to find out this guy's a year younger than me, maybe he's just growing into his looks (if not his senses)

pic.twitter.com/nki9lbeEQ9

— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) October 21, 2022

This is quite right. You'd think the polling would narrow a bit if Boris came back, but again they are all faced with the housing market.

Key line here is ‘closest was 17% in spring 2019’, in other words the same year Tories won a landslide GE. Polls atm are not meaningless, but they do have to be put in context of our hyperreal, morbid-symptoms new normal, which produces wild volatility in mid term public opinion https://t.co/1GWWMsbEiU

— Alex Niven (@Alex_Niven) October 21, 2022

(xp) JRM's been in his mid 50s since he was 12.

the members want Boris, the country wants Boris, the liberal grifting community desperately needs Boris. stop fucking about Brady and give the people what they want

it's not often you find someone who resembles two comic characters, but JRM manages to be Walter the Softy *and* Lord Snooty!

I thought exactly the same when that story about him manhandling hapless Northern MPs emerged

the substantial difference, the ONE substantial difference, between Johnson now and Johnson in 2021 isn't the economy, isn't a waivering in the general public's attitude toward him, it is simply that the political media class has decided he no longer services his purpose and will call him on the shit that they ignored for 3 years. if it's a case of reducing the electoral process to personality then Johnson's popular support and brand recognition is still massively higher than Kieth's or anybody else the "Labour Party" could stand against him

Yes, skewering him is far too juicy a prospect for the media to pass up now

Kids read The Beano now and can report that Walter is no longer a "softie" but the smug & conniving son of the mayor, so yes that works.

however lord snooty's thing was literally palling around w/a bunch of working class kids (the ash can alley kids), letting them live in and have the run of his stately home bunkerton castle, defeating the nazis w/pranks and such -- the beano is quite clear on this

in respect of his political philosophy snooty is more sinned against than canute

(however the strip was cancelled back in the 90s, maybe spiked! shd invite him to their battle of ideas)

I would put money on Johnson beating Kieth in a stupid popularity competition. It would be a much tougher campaign than 2019 with the Tories on the ropes at this time and some of the right wing press might even endorse Kieth, but I still believe he'd have a very good chance of winning despite the current state of the polling.

Better call it immediately then before he does something stupid or the investigations catch up with him.

In 2018, Beano wrote to Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, requesting that he summarily cease and desist from infringing the intellectual property rights of Walter Brown, AKA Walter the Softy, whose dress sense, attitudes, glasses and hair parting have clearly been lifted, wholesale, by the MP.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/20/beano-the-art-of-breaking-the-rules-review

interesting show someone shd have reviewed it for the lrb

I think Boris is a busted flush. I don't think he is as popular as everyone claims he is and I think he would lose an election - even against Starmer. The Tories are going go full on centrist with Sunak, Mordaunt and Hunt. That's my prediction anyway.

As far as the Tory Party are concerned their membership can go fuck themselves.

I think it’s funny people hyping up polls like 2015 & 2017 never happened.

never again betting against tom d's deep comprehension of borislore 😩

The pressure on mortgages and housing is going to be huge. The world the Tories built seems to be coming off, for sure. Boris can't do anything about that. No politician can.

Unless there is a plan to protect people from defaults I do think Lab win because this will depress the Tory vote xxp

ministry of all the talents, tanned rested and ready

Not gonna lie would love this guy to come back to front line politics. Just head and shoulders above in nearly every way. The vision, intellect and connection with voters far outweighs his negatives. pic.twitter.com/HeeYM5654r

— Ian Jones (@ian4downton) October 20, 2022

gotta say thank you @ian4downton choosing the most blood-hungry photo available lol

that is 18th century aristrocatic cannibal hair and some of his last meal (yr child) is still on his chin

He could be in a prog rock group 👍

at least when the food runs out we know there are many many people in the UK who can survive on boot leather

the prog rock uniform of blue suit and puce tie

Agree Boris is a busted flush. Even the dumb-fuck Tory members can probably see he's not the steady hand on the tiller supposedly needed after the catrusstrophe

I keep an eye on tory twitter and can report they still love Boris

Yeah, Johnson (still think if you call him 'Boris' you might as well be going out flyering for the conservative party tbh) will win with members if he's on the ballot

and don't forget many of those same members are right now emailing their MPs saying they need to back Johnson (ok not "Boris") or they will lose their support.

Imaging white Tories arguing with you because you’re too racist. https://t.co/XdBtNmvvEB

— MARCUS. 🇧🇧🏳️‍🌈 (@marcusjdl) October 20, 2022

how long have the telegraph been using nazi colours in their twitter pic?

Ben Wallace ruling himself out of the leadership race too, shame as I don't think the UK has had a Bald Bloke in charge since...Attlee?

Alec Douglas-Home was fairly bald but not cueball like.

churchill was a bit bald iirc (briefly returned post-attlee)

JRM without fail pledges to support whoever he thinks will win. he'll come out for someone elase if Boris doesn't happen.

(xp) He was there in body if not quite all there mentally.