Boris Johnson resigns

[AtW]

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[d000hg]

Not a chance. Want to bet Atw, though you'll have to set a timeframe.

[ladymuck]

I will put a fiver on him not standing as PM in the next GE.

[d000hg]

I will put a fiver on him not standing as PM in the next GE.

I wouldn't bet either way on that one. But I would make a small wager he'll serve until then.

[DaveB]

He won't resign but he may well be removed.

Feeling seems to be growing that his liabilities are beginning to outweigh his popularity and if that happens he's finished.

[jamesbrown]

Far too shameless to resign, never going to happen.

The Tories are brutal, though, when needed. Their relationship with Johnson is purely transactional - he has no particular core support. Once the Tories (particularly those oop norf) begin to see him as a liability for their reelection, he's gone.

[PCTNN]

He won't resign but he may well be removed.

Feeling seems to be growing that his liabilities are beginning to outweigh his popularity and if that happens he's finished.

I agree. The party doesn't need him anymore. Especially because Labour confirms itself yet again as unable to get their tulip together so the tories are going to win easy regardless on who their party leader is.

[Zigenare]

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Not everyone is a coward, AtW. You might run away from your reponsibilities but we British have stronger backbones.

[WTFH]

Not everyone is a coward, AtW. You might run away from your reponsibilities but we British have stronger backbones.

Not everyone is a liar. We British have a morality that you seem to run away from.

[jamesbrown]

I agree. The party doesn't need him anymore. Especially because Labour confirms itself yet again as unable to get their tulip together so the tories are going to win easy regardless on who their party leader is.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. There will be a lot of pressure to ditch the levelling up crap, in substance, and move back to small state, low tax, traditional Tory values. One thing about Johnson is that non-traditional Tory voters like him, or a sufficient number of them. Sunak or Truss? Very doubtful.

I'd bet on a reasonable chance of a hung Parliament, although I don't underestimate the problem for Labour, which is structural (and only going to get worse). The problem is that everyone knows Labour cannot govern without a "liberal coalition", so the same old SNP bogyman will come up again and it really works with the English electorate. I also wouldn't trust any of the pools mid-cycle. People don't decide until they must.