General election/politics

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

General election/politics

Elegant Point · Satellite level

BoJos ethics adviser has quit, the second isn a many years - To lose one may be regarded as a misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness! wink

Brendan F · Lower Club Player

Johnson having an ethics adviser is as pointless as a homeless person having a financial adviser

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brendan F wrote:
Johnson having an ethics adviser is as pointless as a homeless person having a financial adviser

smile disbelief

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Lord Geidt's letter resignation has just been published.

"this week I was tasked to offer a view about the Governments intention to consider measures which risk a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code ... an impossible and odious position."

Explosive.

Full letter here.

https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1537384811190439936

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Thursday 16th of June 2022 11:32:52 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Johnson treating it all very seriously. Reportedly considering getting rid of the role of an ethics adviser!

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Don't know what people think of the rail strikes in general but it seems there's a lot of people posting:

Rail strikes = work from home = watching the tennis

So tennis spectatorship is going up - there's some good here

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Following the resignations in the last 24 hours and the resulting reshuffle, here is the new Boris Johnson cabinet.

twitter.com/trombiker/status/1544594644192960512

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

This is all getting rather silly now - surely Boris has no authority or credibility now?

the addict · Tennis legend

More resignations that wins in our latest poll !

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Incredible stat just appeared.

Following a calculation by the Tory Whip's office, if there was a Vote of No Confidence in Boris Johnson today, only 65 Tory MPs would vote to support him.

That's 65 out of almost 360. How on earth do you run a functioning government on that basis.

Source: Political Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1544805277538582531

Shhh · Challenger level

And he's gone. But who comes next......?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
And he's gone. But who comes next......?

Or going - staying as PM through til autumn . A summer of fun ahead as they decide that who next question then!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
And he's gone. But who comes next......?

Very open field. I get the feeling that this will turn into another fight for the soul of the Tory party between the One Nation Tories (Jeremy Hunt) and the ERG Element (Priti Patel).

They may well end up with a compromise candidate such as Ben Wallace, who has struck me as someone who is more interested in getting things done than seeking the limelight.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Am I also hearing that the Durham Police are about to report on Keir Starmer tomorrow ? Imagine both leaders going within 24 hours of each other, if it comes to that.