Well, the timing may have been slightly out but Easy 10 pretty much called it on day 1 of Johnson’s premiership.
Now, has anyone got a Vesta packet curry they fancy swapping for a tin of out out-of-date corned beef?
When the end finally comes I hope this thread gets preserved in ‘Gold’ - it’s a fantastic contemporaneous account of what will probably be the most remarkable 8 months in modern British political history, documenting every twist and turn as they unfolded.
When The Clamp asserted that Johnson was in fact going NOWHERE and we’d never get him out of Downing Street, I used to laugh.
Well, I’m not laughing now :down:
I get increasingly sick of those tedious knobs who wait for live broadcasts to shout their belligerent slogans when the rest of us just want to listen to the latest news and some analysis from the experts. It’s boorish and arrogant to think we’d rather listen to them, particularly at moments...
God, I hope that Huw Edwards uses that line on the 10 o’clock news tonight!
“Good evening. And you join us live from Downing Street on a night in British politics quite unlike any other. It’s like an episode of Dr Who, with the Supreme Dalek losing his shit and shooting Davros in the FACE.”
This thread was well-named by TomandJerry back in early December 2021. This is a complete and utter meltdown at the heart of our government and governing party the like and scale of which we have never seen before and are unlikely to ever see again. Seemingly, Johnson is determined to go down...
Interesting to see my MP signing that letter (Kemi Badenoch). I wrote to her when the initial party scandals came to light, saying I hoped she would cease to support the PM but I got the standard "big calls right / wait for Sue Gray" response. I wrote to her again after the Sue Gray report and...
I'm a bit tied up with other stuff right now. Can you nab me a Kit Kat? (If the bloke from another unspecified country a long way away has already taken them all, a Dime bar is ok). Cheers.
Ian Blackford is always great value. Cutting, amusing and understands the dynamics of PMQs. I don’t drink anymore but if I did, Ian Blackford is a man I’d like to have a pint with.