Let's Travel to a Magical Land Where a Party Stands Up to Its Buffoonish Leader

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/boris-johnson-donald-trump-resign/

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Let’s Travel to a Magical Land Where a Party Stands Up to Its Buffoonish Leader
Boris Johnson’s rise and fall was strikingly traditional in the end. And envy-inducing.
James West


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According to the Washington Post:

Before the breakfast shows on television were over, there were 53 resignations, including four Cabinet ministers in just two days. Many of the letters included brutal assessments of Johnson’s tenure and critiques of his honesty. Some pleaded with him to go.

Just hours later, he stepped down as leader of his Conservative party but vowed to stay prime minister until a new leader is selected. Now, the bloody battle begins for his replacement, which could take weeks fueled by plenty more intrigue. But pressure is already mounting for him to relinquish all power and GTFO.

BoJo seemed to embrace the brutality and inevitability of politics at his press conference today: “Them’s the breaks,” he said, a phrase I’ve since learned might have derived from billiards: You must accept where the balls end up after the first shot smashes the pack open. “And my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable,” he said. That’s how the cookie crumbles, basically.

Could you imagine those words coming out of Trump’s mouth?

BoJo’s media savvy—and danger—has always been about his ability to diagnose political reality and then ruthlessly spin it or lie about it. Trump, on the other hand, denied reality outright by constructing a terrifying new alternative: After suffering a humiliating defeat, Trump launched a multi-pronged coup attempt, seemed to enjoy watching a gang hunt his deputy to hang him, suffered numerous cabinet defections, an impeachment, and more, and yet still rules his groveling party in absentia from a seaside palace.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/boris-johnson-donald-trump-resign/

[underpants]

1. How's that Russian backed leader thing work out for you?

Yeah. Same here.

[2naSalit]

2. Don't forget that Australia...

Ousted most of its fascists recently.

We can do it too.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick