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Journos shouldn't be seeking to shape the story imo.

I'm not defending his journalism, but asking a minister to resign on air if they're going to resign anyway is not shaping the story. A bit tawdry, maybe.

Tory ministers aren't going to resign because a journo DMs them on Twitter. Even a Today staffer. Unfortunately!

Thanks, thought that was how it went but wasn't certain.

So yeah, lets wait until 2024 to decide that they aren't delivering.

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boris told the liaison committee that he wouldn't call a general election, i see no reason not to believe him

Has this been resolved yet?

"Johnson will never survive this"

Has been written by me on this thread 1147 times.

Et tu Priti?

Raab interim until the party elect a new leader

More likely Johnson stays in place until new leader. Cameron and May did, I think.

He's got an enormous mandate apparently, why would he resign?

where is david cameron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W77154J0-w&ab_channel=GuardianNews

There's power in suggestion, if she'd wanted to resign on the telly she'd maybe have contacted him upfront? I presume he didn't then interview her about why she wasn't resigning? Shaping the story.

Similarly but slight tangent, a local newspaper journo here fished for & published bad news stories about our estate. I offered good news stuff to counter this, not even a reply to my message. Her reporting maintains the perception that all is problematic on our estate, and doesn't reflect community efforts to make it better. Shaping the story.

Tagging @fox as answers similar points raised.

It's coming to something when watching tiny climbers on cobbles is a distant second in the 'best spectacle of the day' award.

Imagine a cabinet minister relocating their own shoulder during PMQs.

I find his behaviour and motivations very difficult to follow.

He wants to be loved, which makes a fair number of bad politicians do bad things because it's more important to them at any one time to please the people in the room than the people they made a contradictory promise five minutes ago in a different room. He also wants to be seen as this century's Winston Churchill - the "glorious hero" fantasy version - so he's not willing to go out in defeat.

I note the Queen has been driven to Buck Palace which I’m hoping means she’s expecting a visit.

https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1544750649853837312

Boris has said he's staying on and will fight a VONC.

Which, if I understand things correctly, means that Priti Patel et Al will have to resign tonight.

Please please please please. Priti please.

I would love to see the entire bodies of every remaining cabinet relocated, preferably to Rwanda. At the time of typing this would only require a Cessna.

I presume he didn't then interview her about why she wasn't resigning? Shaping the story.

I somehow doubt that after posting that Twitter DM publicly she then agreed to an interview. BBC and other journalists are desperate to interview loyal Johnsonites right now for balance reasons, but there aren't many putting themselves up for interview funnily enough. PM this evening was reduced to Micheal Fabricant and explicitly said that nobody from the government had agreed to come on, which is why they were speaking to him. It's not shaping the story if people won't talk to you.

His entire journalistic and political career has been based on lying, stealing ideas and never taking responsibility. Which worked really well in combination with his various personality disorders/corruption/being subject to blackmail until the point where the buck actually stops with him.

Similarly but slight tangent, a local newspaper journo here fished for & published bad news stories about our estate. I offered good news stuff to counter this, not even a reply to my message. Her reporting maintains the perception that all is problematic on our estate, and doesn't reflect community efforts to make it better. Shaping the story.

This is shaping the story. I mean, I'd call it pursuing a particular agenda, but it's the same thing. Lack of balance to present a story in a particular way. Unfortunately that's most journalism these days.

She will not resign, she'll disappear in a puff of black and purple smoke, leaving just the smirk.

The actual business of Parliament is grinding to a halt as legislation actually does need ministers to progress.

It's for the best

https://mobile.twitter.com/rachaelvenables/status/1544757456483454976?s=21&t=4-EAHFt0Pz_UzCylEau-qw

It's all pretty awful legislation that is being passed though.