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

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.

I don't think you'll need to learn.

Can't the British have proper surnames like John or Davis?

Insist that Mordor stand in a ballot with him then.

middle class background and a leading fee-paying school. But some of the racial, ethnic and religious prejudice that has been a bar to individual advancement has gone. And that, in a UK of widening economic inequalities, should be a source of comfort.

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 23, 2022

nobody is better placed than Robert Peston to discuss the level of racial, ethnic and religious prejudice in the UK

Yeah we're not long shot of a Prime Minister who "quipped" about Leo Varadkar, "Why isn't he called Murphy like the rest of them?" We're doing great.

Starmer stating he wants longer prison sentences for protestors pic.twitter.com/Ueiz2Fsayq

— j (@jrc1921) October 24, 2022

just on my way to post that!

may i add: VOTE LABOUR

while we're playing the hits:

Sir Keir admits there is "not a great deal" between Labour and the Tories on immigration policy.

Two exceptions:

He wants the "best possible students" to come here to the UK.

And he won't continue with the Rwanda-plan.

— Theo Usherwood (@theousherwood) October 24, 2022

VOTE LABOUR

For a forensic immigration policy

No doubt we’ll soon have some dipshit popping their head into this thread to whine “bUt ThEy’Re ThE lEaSt BaD oPtIoN.”

Re Varadkar (old Dawn tweet)

My favourite Leo Varadkar/Irish Times thing since his socialist dad was interviewed and said “He was adorable, a gorgeous baby and then he went into Fine Gael. And that’s it.”

— The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan (@DawnHFoster) October 25, 2020

She comes from a Fianna Fáil family. Ashok voted Labour when he was in the UK. There wasn't this big moment when he came out to them as a young Fine Gaeler?

“He never said it. We just found out.”

His father hoped his son would follow him into medicine – and he did, for a little while. “And then he became a member of Fine Gael.” Ashok shrugged. “Maybe he was revolting.”

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

― xyzzzz__, Monday, October 24, 2022 7:42 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Not in good company tbh

Penny Morduant should drop out this am. She can’t command the support of a majority of MPs. An uncontested election of Rishi Sunak today would reinforce the return of market credibility & show the Tories have rediscovered a will to win. She should then be part of his top team

— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) October 24, 2022