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Vote of Cofidence in Boris Johnson tonight
I make no apologies for putting this on the main board.
the 54 threshold has obviously been reached
Vote between 18.00 and 20.00 tonight
Results asap afterwards
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bobh
He's toast.
it's expected he'll win the vote and limp on
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Rjk
it's expected he'll win the vote and limp on
I think most streets will keep the bunting up just in case he loses though!
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Rjk
it's expected he'll win the vote and limp on
Think you might be right.
Although I saw one report over the weekend that even if he wins it some Tory MP's will withdraw their support during votes to make it impossible for him to carry on
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very short notice for a vote, presumably plenty of Tories will be away in their constituencies still and will have to arrange a proxy vote - not sure how you do that in a secret ballot, how do you know that they voted the way you wanted
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get rid of him and the rest of the sleaze party
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Will he be wearing his tinhat tinight? :biggrin:
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Who could replace him though, they're all corrupt as ****.
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Doucas
Who could replace him though, they're all corrupt as ****.
Nadine Dorries??????????
Joking apart( i Hope!!!) I would go for one of
Tom Tugendhat
Penny Mordaunt
Ben Wallace
But Boris has to lose first of course
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Doucas
Who could replace him though, they're all corrupt as ****.
The houses of Parliament cat could do a better job.
Give it to the pussy.
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Elwood Blues
Nadine Dorries??????????
Joking apart( i Hope!!!) I would go for one of
Tom Tugendhat
Penny Mordaunt
Ben Wallace
But Boris has to lose first of course
He doesn't have to lose though. Yes it needs 180 no votes to trigger a leadership election, but Theresa May lasted 6 months even though she didn't lose the vote of no confidence against her. Its how long Boris can continue knowing that x% of his own MPs don't want him there. In May's case it was 35%.
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Doucas
Who could replace him though, they're all corrupt as ****.
Wow ! Tell us more, please .......
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The Bloop
He doesn't have to lose though. Yes it needs 180 no votes to trigger a leadership election, but Theresa May lasted 6 months even though she didn't lose the vote of no confidence against her. Its how long Boris can continue knowing that x% of his own MPs don't want him there. In May's case it was 35%.
Johnson is not Theresa May though
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Doucas
Who could replace him though, they're all corrupt as ****.
Apart from being libelous that's unfair unless you have the evidence to support your statement. All of those mentioned above are decent and all a vast improvement on Johnson who will be a lame duck even if he wins tonight's vote.
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bobh
He's toast.
They win these votes then go from one to twelve months, so yes his days are numbered, who gets the job?
Mourdant and Zahawi are the dark horses?
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Originally Posted by
Elwood Blues
Nadine Dorries??????????
Joking apart( i Hope!!!) I would go for one of
Tom Tugendhat
Penny Mordaunt
Ben Wallace
But Boris has to lose first of course
Ben Wallace, comes accross quite well, seems fairly straight and to the point!
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Clearly, today’s briefing to loyal MPs and the people they get to ring phone ins from no.10 is that Johnson gets the “big calls” right :hehe:
They must be desperate, things must be worse than what most people think (I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t win) because what makes them think that’s going to be believed? Some women was on the phone in I was listening to just now saying Johnson was telling the world Putin was going to invade Ukraine before he did so. From memory, Biden, Macron and maybe Merkel before she went was saying the same and I know for a fact that the three of us who do Last of the Summer Wine impersonations when we meet up in the afternoon while walking our dogs were agreed back in November or December that the Russians were going to go in.
It was so telling to hear the boos for Johnson as he arrived for that Jubilee ceremony with his wife - when ardent royalists start booing a Conservative Prime Minister, you know they’ve got a problem.
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the other bob wilson
Clearly, today’s briefing to loyal MPs and the people they get to ring phone ins from no.10 is that Johnson gets the “big calls” right :hehe:
They must be desperate, things must be worse than what most people think (I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t win) because what makes them think that’s going to be believed? Some women was on the phone in I was listening to just now saying Johnson was telling the world Putin was going to invade Ukraine before he did so. From memory, Biden, Macron and maybe Merkel before she went was saying the same and I know for a fact that the three of us who do Last of the Summer Wine impersonations when we meet up in the afternoon while walking our dogs were agreed back in November or December that the Russians were going to go in.
It was so telling to hear the boos for Johnson as he arrived for that Jubilee ceremony with his wife - when ardent royalists start booing a Conservative Prime Minister, you know they’ve got a problem.
Now you've got me thinking which Summer Wine impersonation you do Bob.
I've now got this unfortunate vision of you walking your dog in a Beanie hat, battered old sports jacket and trousers held up with string (not to mention a pair of Wellies of indeterminate age). With a distinct facial resemblance to Bill Owen
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Please please bang your heads together
This country could be a torch bearing leader for genuinely liberal democracies
But it's sadly predominantly right of centre since Thatcher turned up and pressed the everyone is in it for themselves button
I don't care whether Boris gets the boot or not . He will be replaced by another stooge who will get voted by enough people to get the Tories over the line .
The only decent tories are the ones who should really be in the liberal party . Ken Clarke , Heseltine when he was taking Thatcher on .
The rest of them are devious chancers .
If we had a decent middle ground opposition we could kick the rotters into the grass for ever as most people in this country don't vote for the clangers .
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Rjk
The same Jeremy cnut who had shares in private health companies as he was reorganising the NHS ....well , privatising it
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Elwood Blues
Now you've got me thinking which Summer Wine impersonation you do Bob.
I've now got this unfortunate vision of you walking your dog in a Beanie hat, battered old sports jacket and trousers held up with string (not to mention a pair of Wellies of indeterminate age). With a distinct facial resemblance to Bill Owen
I meant more that we were three old fogeys who talk a load of rubbish and try to out the world to rights, but, for reasons of appearance only, I’m probably the nearest thing to a Compo in our trio.
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the other bob wilson
I meant more that we were three old fogeys who talk a load of rubbish and try to out the world to rights, but, for reasons of appearance only, I’m probably the nearest thing to a Compo in our trio.
Yes I didn't really think you spent your time walking along dry stone walls, doing cartwheels across the fields and falling into rivers ( or leching over Nora Batty, that's Sludge territory!).
I suupose I should really stop derailing my own thread on what is really a pretty important matter in respect of the running of this country!!
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the other bob wilson
Clearly, today’s briefing to loyal MPs and the people they get to ring phone ins from no.10 is that Johnson gets the “big calls” right :hehe:
They must be desperate, things must be worse than what most people think (I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t win) because what makes them think that’s going to be believed? Some women was on the phone in I was listening to just now saying Johnson was telling the world Putin was going to invade Ukraine before he did so. From memory, Biden, Macron and maybe Merkel before she went was saying the same and I know for a fact that the three of us who do Last of the Summer Wine impersonations when we meet up in the afternoon while walking our dogs were agreed back in November or December that the Russians were going to go in.
It was so telling to hear the boos for Johnson as he arrived for that Jubilee ceremony with his wife - when ardent royalists start booing a Conservative Prime Minister, you know they’ve got a problem.
I hope johnson loses today and gets booted out. But Merkel and that idiot macron were certainly not warning the word of the putin danger. They are 2 of his biggest enablers. The Eastern European countries, Poland especially have shown massive guts in opposing Russia, as have Biden and the UK.
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Sunak might have been in the running but he's got money coming out of his arse then has the cheek not to give those on universal credit an extra 20 quid ?
Typical tory
Do as I say , not as I do
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Sunak might have been in the running but he's got money coming out of his arse then has the cheek not to give those on universal credit an extra 20 quid ?
Typical tory
Do as I say , not as I do
Sunak is a busted flush I think.
It need someone respected in all parts of the Party, which gets me leaning more and more towards Ben Wallace who apparently is well thought of by all sides amongst Tory MP's.
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Elwood Blues
Sunak is a busted flush I think.
It need someone respected in all parts of the Party, which gets me leaning more and more towards Ben Wallace who apparently is well thought of by all sides amongst Tory MP's.
I hope it is Sunak
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There’s not a politician out the that I would trust (my first ever political post on the board)
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Best result for us on the left would be for the piglet to win a slim majority and stay in post. It would reach a very happy conclusion.
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chrisp_1927
I hope johnson loses today and gets booted out. But Merkel and that idiot macron were certainly not warning the word of the putin danger. They are 2 of his biggest enablers. The Eastern European countries, Poland especially have shown massive guts in opposing Russia, as have Biden and the UK.
There was three or four months, possibly longer, of speculation before Russia invaded and I can’t remember any leader of a western democracy who was saying there was no way it was going to happen - to make out that Johnson was some sort of lone visionary who could see what others couldn’t like the lady I mentioned was trying to do is absurd.
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the other bob wilson
There was three or four months, possibly longer, of speculation before Russia invaded and I can’t remember any leader of a western democracy who was saying there was no way it was going to happen - to make out that Johnson was some sort of lone visionary who could see what others couldn’t like the lady I mentioned was trying to do is absurd.
Yeah totally, he certainly wasn't alone. He also didn't really have to pull parliament or the UK along with him as there was a widespread feeling of condemnation towards the Russian buildup. Just wanted to point out that Merkel and macron have been among the biggest enablers rather than opposers of putin.
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Jenni Russell,Times Columnist just said on LBC that she knows of a couple of Cabinet Ministers who have professed loyalty to Boris Johnson but have no intention of voting for him
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Elwood Blues
Sunak is a busted flush I think.
It need someone respected in all parts of the Party, which gets me leaning more and more towards Ben Wallace who apparently is well thought of by all sides amongst Tory MP's.
Andrew Marr on LBC has also just suggested Ben Wallace if Boris falls
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How many will vote against him tonight?
I'll go for 100-110
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I see the Boris apologists in the Tory Party, not on this board, don't fancy their chances in a general election without Boris. They are showing a lack of faith in their or their parties ability to win the next general election.
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I don't know if there's any record of the stats, but I'd have thought that as soon as a PM has to face a vote of no confidence, then their days are numbered. In the deepest of ironies, it was probably Covid that did for him. Without it, we'd have had three or more years of Boris just doing what he does, and all that money could have been spent on the sort of things that bring in votes.
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The Bloop
How many will vote against him tonight?
I'll go for 100-110
120-130
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Rjk
120-130
145- 50