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What a legacy.

He'll he remembered as the worst PM in modern history.

Brexit will be unveiled as a total auto foot shoooting.
Covid handling inquiry will be damning.

Everything else is lies, corruption, lies, scandal and squandering a huge parliamentary majority faster than an industrial baron's heir through the wine cellar.

Haha. Just what the greatest living pillock deserves.

Finish off that book?
Sort out the divorce from Carrie Antoinette?

Become a stay at home, multi-site, father?

Will be interesting (soul-destroyingly depressing) to see all those talking about lack of trust, integrity, truth etc lining up to allow hm to carry on for 4 months more.

The downside of Johnson going for me has always been that they might find someone competent and electable to replace him. The majority they have will take some overturning and would normally take 1 or 2 electoral cycles.

Looking at the news this morning, the bigger fear must be we end up with someone even worse, Braverman, Truss or Baker....

Whilst it may play into a Tory loss at next election, without even skin deep competence the current domestic, environmental and strategic challenges could all deteriorate further.

What a shit show.

I know those listed above are all thick as pig shit but are any as dangerous as Boris? He's actively harmful rather than just a bit slow witted.

There's no way Baker is getting anywhere close to winning.

It'll be Truss.

Truss 🤣🤣🤣
Depressing.

It'll be Truss.

Please I was just a little bit sick in my mouth. It just cannot be Truss.....

Possibly - but for the sake of the country, someone competent would be good. Also a fresh cabinet that actually have some intelligence. Of your list, maybe Truss has the best chance (and has cleverly been away while this has gone on), but I can't see any of his acolytes getting the job - they are all tarnished by close association. There will still be plenty of post-Johnson shit to come out before the election (covid enquiry etc) + cost of living / brexit isn't going to miraculously get better any time soon.

Isn’t Penny Mordaunt the current favourite.

I share your sentiment but it'll be her.

At least the pork markets will get a bounce.

I hope Theresa May runs. For the giggles.

The Tory party is ungovernable, so which ever of these intellectual pygmies gets the job, will face the same challenges that has seen them eject Cameron, May and now Johnson.

I personally feel it'll be Savage

Zelenskiyy will be breathing a sigh mixed with melancholy and relief. Johnson's been like that needy friend who you really don't like but brings over really good dope.

Yep. Just as labour cannot unify metro "elites" and unionist working class, so the Tories cannot unify absolute bonkers brexit nutters with the merely evil euro accepters.

What a shit show.

We desperately need a form of proportional representation.

Steve Baker, nauseating on BBC pitching for the role.

All the same soundbites on culture wars etc, "thank god it wasnt corbyn" etc

I wish someone would describe, in plain narrative, how any two year period of governance (e.g. under Corbyn) could have been worse.

And if they could lay out the brexit benefits as well, that would be just dandy.

Please let it be tom tugenhat.

He's my local MP and I want him to fuck up and fuck off

Obviously Johnson will get lucrative speaking/writing gigs now. I expect Carrie will go (if she hasn't already) and I hope his evident lack of financial nous will see him go broke paying various alimony/paternity. Ideally he'll do something really dodgy and get sent to prison as well. Have rarely despised anyone more.

Don't you remember, we'd go back to the 70s with calls with rampant inflation, for general strikes, being forced to nationalise railways and energy companies...

But don't they break up for summer holidays soon? Does that have any impact?

Exactly. It's a saving face measure. Quite a good one too imo. Gives time for a transition and for everyone to get back on board and say what a jolly good chap he was for getting Brexit done and beating Covid.

I'm hoping not - I've only just moved into his constituency, and am still dealing with the shame of having a Tory MP for the first time ever, definitely don't want to be represented by a Tory PM.

He's no good as an mp?

He seems to me like somewhat intelligent and reasonable.