The UK needs a complete ‘reset’ and neither the Tories nor Labour as individual parties are able to offer that, such is the dearth of competent politicians only a coalition would perhaps give the country a chance of working through the damage caused by Brexit, Covid and now the cost of living crisis.
That may not be a good idea… the Tories have changed the constituency boundaries to favour their ends (they have now taken control of the Electoral Commission) which will come into effect just in advance of the next general election if the present electoral term goes full term. de Pfeffle is still likely to threaten errant Tories (particularly red wall ones with weak bladders) with an early GE but politicos are suggesting that whilst he might threaten them in order to keep his job safe, he wants the GE after the boundary changes have taken place which could see the current Tory majority lifted by about 100 seats. Heaven help the country if that were to happen… IIRC the fixed term parliament act has now been repealed and the date of a GE is in the hands of de Pfeffle, not Parliament.
He’s just acting like a tin pot dictator - just as bad as Mugabe was.
Here he is wanting to spend £150k on a bleeding tree house at Chequers for son Wilf as if he intends to be in residence for ever
From Adam Bienkov, Political Editor of Byline Times:
“Asked what would actually force him to resign, Boris Johnson says if his Cabinet forced him to stop defending Ukraine.”
Also:
“Asked how he plans to change after the by-election defeats, Boris Johnson says; “If you’re saying you want you want me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, I think that your listeners would know that is not going to happen.””
1922 Committee elections are due to run next month and apparently his Whips are trying to push Pro-Boris MPs to run for the 18 senior posts up for grabs.
If successful it would most certainly block any rule change for another VONC.
That is scary. Dictatorship, albeit time limited, within his grasp. Just a matter of suspending elections due to some yet to be fabricated emergency and Bob’s your uncle.
Mind you nothing speaks more to personal ambition ahead of any other concern than jumping ship from Tory to Labour because you think the latter party more likely to win next time around.
I don’t know why people are getting so worked up, he’ll either be gone by the end of the year or limp on and do so much damage to his party they’ll be in opposition for years, either option should be welcomed.
he’s changing the boundaries (already taken control of the boundaries commission) to skew the votes in favour of the conservatives. The changes will take effect just ahead of the next GE if the present Parliament goes full term. He’s already repealed the fixed term parliament act so can bully the red wall Tories into keeping him in Downing Street.
If he thinks there’s any chance of the Tories winning again he won’t wait until January 2025 so will go early and the boundary changes will not likely be have made by then, as for the ‘red wall Tories’ they’re toast anyway, Johnson’s behaviour has seen to that.