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

someone convince me this doesn't come from a place of pure sexism:

15.55 BST
Mordaunt refuses Johnson request to drop out of contest - reports

As reported at 3:38pm, PA Media is reporting a line briefed out that Boris Johnson asked Penny Mordaunt to drop out of the leadership race and to back him.

“Sources close to the Leader of the House of Commons” told the news agency that Mordaunt refused, warning that most of her support would switch to Rishi Sunak if she did.

stoked 4 the madness

A not unlikely scenario is Johnson gets 100 just. Mordaunt drops out. Most of her MPs go to Sunak giving him close to roughly twice as many as Johnson in final indicative vote of MPs. If Johnson then wins among members with big maj of MPs not wanting him...it is utter chaos.

— Toby Helm (@tobyhelm) October 23, 2022

Bring it on.

Really can't see them allowing themselves to do this, surely some kind of compromise will be done?

:) 🪓 👍🏽

Hébert to Robespierre during the Terror: "To be safe you must kill everybody." pic.twitter.com/xgG5NDsaYG

— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) October 23, 2022

this is precisely how factional wars in political parties should be fought but I get the feeling there is a fair bit of hyperbole from whoever is briefing Dan Hodges here.

i on the other hand am hoping for classic british understatement

No madness.

BREAKING:

Boris Johnson pulls out of the Tory leadership contest

He says he hoped he, Sunak and Mordaunt could come together and unite but they have been unable to do so

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) October 23, 2022

good so i guess that was all worth it then

aww

shame, wonder what they've bribed him with

Sunak procession now?

Amazing timing

✍️ “Nobody else can better face off the threat posed by Sir Keir Starmer” | Writes Nadhim Zahawi https://t.co/93TIgou3fA

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 23, 2022

Guessing so. Doesn't look like Morduant will get the numbers, I didn't see any movement.

Austerity is a dead cert whatever now. Maybe some higher taxes too. Lol xp

All the journalists saying shit like “we’ll never know if he got 100 backers now.” Actually, we do, and he didn’t.

I recognise some of Johnson’s endorsements as having endorsed Mordaunt in the first leadership election this year, now that he’s gone they might defer to you. Obviously as there’s so many of them she’ll jump well over 100 in no time!

shame, wonder what they've bribed him with

he cancelled his fourth holiday and this is how they treat him?

Putin has won again.

By putting forward Johnson, when they know he faces the verdict of the of the privilege committee and an inevitable by-election he will lose — these 100 odd MPs are voting to extend the government crisis leaving the UK leaderless during a war in Europe — to Russia’s advantage.

— Ben Judah (@b_judah) October 23, 2022

The non-apology apology

🚨 🚨 Boris Johnson confirms he’s not running to become Tory leader pic.twitter.com/NK9peL5XWJ

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) October 23, 2022

I knew it was Russia even when it was the Tories blowing themselves up for the nth time!

Trumpian levels of aggrieved whining beginning to creep in

“Now is not the right time” haha

Despite careful and diligent reading of this thread, I do find myself still cleaving to the hated and discredited “least worst” doctrine. With that in mind, might I be permitted to say THANK FUCK IT’S NOT JOHNSON? I say this in full recognition that my period of rejoicing will be short lived.

Boris probably too unfocused to go FULL HARD AUSTERITY though, literally his only “good” quality

At least he was likely to tear the whole thing apart. Now it'll be 'sensible' austerity forevermore with a soupçon of anti-immigration sentiment when deemed necessary.

Johnson could've been unfocused and fucking funny.

Posting more jokes.

When I was Chancellor, I saw a preview of what Boris 2.0 would look like. He was contrite & honest about his mistakes. He’d learned from those mistakes how he could run No10 & the country better.
With a unified team behind him, he is the one to lead us to victory & prosperity 2/2

— Nadhim Zahawi (@nadhimzahawi) October 23, 2022

A day is a long time in politics...

Given today's news, it's clear that we should turn to @RishiSunak to become our next Prime Minister. Rishi is immensely talented, will command a strong majority in the parliamentary Conservative Party, and will have my full support & loyalty.

— Nadhim Zahawi (@nadhimzahawi) October 23, 2022

Yes I think I might have preferred Johnson blowing everything up

Pretty sure almost the whole country despises Sunak though, so that’s fun in its own way

Craven & shameless please whoever is at the top please give me a job so I can pocket some cash for connections

xxp = could've given us all a bribe for votes. Cheque signed "BOJO". The possibilities.

Will there be a membership vote now or is mordaunt going to withdraw?

See if she makes the 100 from Johnson castoffs and undecided before tomorrow afternoon I guess

Craven & shameless please whoever is at the top please give me a job so I can pocket some cash for connections

Mordaunt will probably withdraw with a "guarantee" she'll remain in post (for the 2 months it'll take Sunak to boot her into the rough)

He fairly obviously was getting nowhere near 100 votes and ending up with 62 votes to Sunak's 200 odd would have been absolutely fucking hilarious. Not that his whole flying from the Dominican Republic to save Blighty with half the UK media camped out at Gatwick to greet him wasn't hilarious enough. The prick's balloon has been pricked and now he needs to be turfed out of parliament, and preferably the country, once and for all.

Alright Priti

So, they don't have to confirm the numbers?

Clearly, Boz has made sure of that before declaring his "yeah, I gotten but you know what?" fiberoo

I reckon Mordaunt will withdraw - though even she hoovers up the Bojomaniacs' votes she might not get to 100 anyway.

lol

Well that was unexpected. Off to bed!

— James Duddridge MP (@JamesDuddridge) October 23, 2022

Out in Westminster having the time of my life with my 100 supporter MPs. They're all just out of frame, laughing too. pic.twitter.com/4F9Fp7GmeL

— Phillip Dyte (@phillipdyte) October 23, 2022

It looks like the Johnson backers are splitting both ways anyway, depending on whether they're careerists or have deep beef with Sunak. He could be Prime Minister by lunchtime tomorrow even

Read in a report Morduant has 27 confirmed supporters. Shame because I think she might've won with the membership being unable to go against a white person. Would've enjoyed his humiliation.

can we now get boris johnson moved to the house of lords (and then abolish the house of lords)

Pure Trumpism would be him trying to appoint himself to the house of lords in his resignation honours.

“Now is not the right time” is not what you say when you’re planning for the House of Lords.

is spelling it "morduant" some joke im not getting

spare a thort for the pore sub-editor its driving me nuuuuuts

would you prefer mordor?

what if johnson hasn't been on holiday at all, but has just been escorting the queen on her travels

Still time for the cunt to slope back and finish off his hols, I'm assuming they still have the sun loungers booked

"is spelling it "morduant" some joke im not getting"

Is the joke that I can't spell for toffee?

If I have spelled it Morduant (and I have) it's because I can't remember how to spell it, if she becomes PM then I will probably learn.