The front bench resignations begin!
Rats and ships come to mind.
He is dog food.
Andy
It does seem that the wheels are coming off.
Positioning for their own bids for powerâŚ
Yes unless they distance themselves from him now they will have no credibility to stand as leader.
Steve Barclay being rumoured for health sec, along with Truss as Chancellor.
Just in case anyone thought it could not get worse.
Four other minor ministers have also thrown the towel in - Nicola Richards, Saqib Bhatti, Jonathan Gullis and Bim Afolami - no, no one else has heard of them either
Edit: make that five, Virginia Crosbie; still not ringing any bells though.
Zahawi as Chancellor.
He will do Johnsons bidding - less taxation, more spending and borrowingâŚ
Barclay as Health Sec though.
This is a cabinet of desperation.
and he was bleeding useless at Education
I was thinking that the choice of replacements would say as much about who wasnât being chosen (ie, those who would refuse to board a sinking ship) as those who were. But I suppose itâs a shrinking pool.
Dumb and dumber. He couldnât reassign Truss because sheâs supporting his âsaviour of Ukraineâ diversion and also doing a fine job screwing Northern Ireland to keep the ERG happy, as is Patel bashing refugees for the same audience.
So, thatâs another nail in the economyâs coffin and as for Barclay, words fail me.
Solicitor General has just gone.
The only one Iâd heard of⌠But only because a) he said something embarrassingly stupid a while back about people using the term âwhite privilegeâ are being racist, and b) you often see him sat behind Johnson during PMQs shouting like a deranged Neanderthal at the Opposition.
This is him⌠He seems a lovely chap.
I foresee a snap GE and Stamer having to put his Big Boy Pants on to lead a Labour/LimpDem coalition government.
Thatâll be interesting to watch from a safe distance.
I think we could see some âsweetenersâ now being pumped out by Boris et al to try and win favour in the dying moments. Anything linked to softening the economic blow for folks will suddenly create quite some myopea and who knows, may give Bozo a boost - frankly, anything is possible, judging by the previous history in the seedy world of politics!
Zahawi admitted to sticky fingers claiming expenses for heating his stables.
Chancellor of the Exchequer? Have they all gone mad in the UK?
He is the MP for Stratford upon Avon. Was the claim for the stables in his London address or hĂŹs home elsewhere?
Surely if you donât approve of this you must write to your MP and tell them so.
waste of time in my case⌠my MP is the hapless (not so) Cleverly
Looks like he blackmailed Johnson with a threatened resignation if he didnât get number 11. So much for best person for the job.
he was bleeding useless at Education⌠canât see him beng any different at Number 11 (although, with the 1922 Committee poised to make the rule change as soon as today, he could be gone soon).