Popular Post GiGi Posted July 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2022 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrAtlanta Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 This Andrew Pierce guy is how I imagined a Daily Mail executive to look. Scruffy as f**k like the c**t he worships. If you had “Corbyn” on your bingo card then you can now tick that off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Anyone else think this picture of the Prime Minister makes him look like Jimmy Saville? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 BBC say Zahawi has been planning a leadership bid for several months, and would have resigned if he hadn't got the Chancellor job. He's staying on as thinks that being Chancellor for a bit will boost his profile and leadership chances. Utterly shameless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Or he'll take the Tory Party down with him.Hopefully not mutually exclusive events and both happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Death by a thousand cuts. Amazing how Tories get concerned about the cost of living crisis when it's their gravy train that's in crisis. Called it, Sky saying 60-80 hardcore Bozo diddies if it goes to a vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 8 minutes ago, Gaz said: This is absolutely hilarious. He's going to survive this. Of course he is. Or he'll take the Tory Party down with him. A donkey could get the tories elected over starmer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, GiGi said: This, plus the fact he is driving the news media completely insane is a joy to behold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bully Wee Villa Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just now, Florentine_Pogen said: He'll probably be Foreign Secretary this time tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just now, Bully Wee Villa said: He'll probably be Foreign Secretary this time tomorrow. Dougal is obviously a better choice than a venal Tory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Suella whatsherface on Peston saying she’ll be standing in any leadership election 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 What a fucking time to run out of data and have shite hotel WiFi. Might get an early flight back. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 What happens if Johnson resigns? There are two options here. One is if Johnson, under pressure from ministers and MPs, agrees to leave No 10 the moment a replacement is found, as happened with Theresa May in 2019. Under this scenario nothing formal would need to happen – Johnson would stay in post, attempt to patch together an interim cabinet, and the focus would shift to choosing his replacement. If he resigned with immediate effect it would require an interim PM to be appointed, as constitutionally there needs to be a prime minister in post at all times. Dominic Raab, the justice secretary, is the deputy prime minister and would be the default choice, but if he was standing to replace Johnson and it was felt incumbency could give him an unfair advantage, it is possible a more neutral option could step in. How does a prime minister resign? In a chronology known very well from TV news helicopter footage, a car takes them to Buckingham Palace, where they tender their resignation to the Queen, who then – on the advice of the ruling party – appoints a new prime minister. This most usually happens after general elections, although in recent years, Tony Blair, David Cameron and Theresa May have stood down in mid-parliament. All stayed in office until a successor was chosen. Could Johnson call an election? Now the Fixed-term Parliaments Act has been repealed, under law an election can be requested by the PM at any time – and speaking to the liaison committee of MPs on Wednesday, Johnson hinted he could do this if colleagues try to force him out. But to seek an election without the blessing of the government or the bulk of your own MPs would be constitutionally very unusual, and would be fiercely resisted. Under a constitutional convention known as the Lascelles principle, a monarch can refuse a request for an election for reasons including if the parliament is still deemed “viable”, if an election could harm the economy, or if a credible alternative PM existed. It it understood that Buckingham Palace has been taking advice on what to do if Johnson does seek such a snap election. How would a new prime minister be chosen? By Conservative MPs and then members – the choice is for a leader of the Tory party, who is then prime minister as the party has a Commons majority. Under rules set out in 1997, the first stage is – assuming there are more than two candidates – for the hopefuls to be whittled down by a series of votes by Tory MPs. The precise method for this is set out by the party’s backbench 1922 Committee before each race, but in every round of MP voting, the candidate with the least support among MPs, and potentially also those who fail to reach a set threshold of votes, are eliminated, depending on the size of the parliamentary party at the time. The final two are then voted on by party members, a longer process involving a series of hustings events. In 2019, when Johnson replaced Theresa May, the entire leadership process took about six weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 What a fucking time to run out of data and have shite hotel WiFi. Might get an early flight back. If you’re on EE I’m sure I can gift you data. Nvm have to be on the same account [emoji854] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: He's an honourable member of the Whitehall group www.wig.co.uk/home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 minute ago, SweeperDee said: If you’re on EE I’m sure I can gift you data. Nvm have to be on the same account Very kind but afraid not, I shall find a pub to ensure I miss nada mañana. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: It it understood that Buckingham Palace has been taking advice on what to do if Johnson does seek such a snap election. They did nothing during an unlawful prorogation so can't see them doing anything to block an election. 6 minutes ago, Left Back said: Suella whatsherface on Peston saying she’ll be standing in any leadership election Wow, I can't imagine her running a bath let alone a country. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Just now, 101 said: They did nothing during an unlawful prorogation so can't see them doing anything to block an election. Wow, I can't imagine her running a bath let alone a country. Peston’s sidekick reckons she’ll be punted. I didn’t see it but apparently she called for Boris to quit before saying she’d stand for leader. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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