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LeftishBrit

(41,212 posts)
Fri Jun 9, 2023, 04:01 PM Jun 2023

Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect



...Not only is Boris Johnson giving up as an MP - triggering a by election in a marginal seat.

He is doing so in an explosive manner - taking a direct pot shot at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he does so...



He claims the Commons Privileges Committee is a "kangaroo court".

And he is rallying the Brexit troops in suggesting his demise is driven by a motivation to overturn the result of the EU referendum.

(Much more at link):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-65860705
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Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect (Original Post) LeftishBrit Jun 2023 OP
Sounds kind of Trumpish. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #1
Zoicks LeftishBrit Jun 2023 #2
Didn't Sunak & Biden just meet at the WH? CrispyQ Jun 2023 #3
BoJo The Clown Celerity Jun 2023 #4
So then.... T_i_B Jun 2023 #5

LeftishBrit

(41,212 posts)
2. Zoicks
Fri Jun 9, 2023, 04:04 PM
Jun 2023

Compared with the current Tory party, the 1980s Labour Party would have looked united and focused.

Oh, by the way, Mad Nad has resigned too -good riddance to extremely bad rubbish.

CrispyQ

(36,544 posts)
3. Didn't Sunak & Biden just meet at the WH?
Fri Jun 9, 2023, 04:08 PM
Jun 2023

I've been busy organizing a huge yard sale & have missed out a lot.

T_i_B

(14,749 posts)
5. So then....
Sat Jun 10, 2023, 03:51 AM
Jun 2023

Where does Johnson go from here? Does he

a) Put together a consortium to buy the Telegraph group, and devote it all to articles slagging off his supposed enemies inside and outside the Tory party?

b) Get his own TV show pontificating incoherently for hours on GB "News" or TalkTV?

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