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Historic rebel victory:
“Johnson was the first prime minister to lose his first Commons vote since 1894. His attempt, in alliance with his advisor Dominic Cummings, to bully parliamentarians into submission, had fallen apart” politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/09/…
“Johnson was the first prime minister to lose his first Commons vote since 1894. His attempt, in alliance with his advisor Dominic Cummings, to bully parliamentarians into submission, had fallen apart” politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/09/…
2/ (Johnson) “had barely started talking before Conservative MP Phillip Lee walked across the floor of the House, turned to the right, rose up the steps and sat beside Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson.
It was a moment of high political drama.
It was a moment of high political drama.
3/ “Swinson is mercenary in how she utilises these moments for the strongest possible impact. Johnson saw him, lost his trail of thought, and suddenly there was a flicker of despair in his eyes. He had a majority of one and it was now gone, right in front of him.”
4/ “He literally watched it walk away.
It seemed to fundamentally destroy his confidence. For the rest of the session he was flustered, speaking so quickly he was indecipherable, punching the air with his fist, pointing his finger angrily at the opposition,”
It seemed to fundamentally destroy his confidence. For the rest of the session he was flustered, speaking so quickly he was indecipherable, punching the air with his fist, pointing his finger angrily at the opposition,”
5/ “Perhaps Johnson's charm works only when he is surrounded by admirers, in Tory conference fringe events or on the after-dinner speaking circuit. The laughter buoys him up. He seems to float on it.
But now the laughter was gone.
But now the laughter was gone.
6/. “He was in the bear pit of the Commons, faced with a wall of outrage, his own party behind him silent and awkward, tearing itself apart at the seams.”
7/ the Brexit debate..started in the early evening, as the sun set on Westminster. In Parliament Square, a large anti-prorogation crowd gathered and started chanting.
Jacob Rees-Mogg rose for the government. It was an unspeakable disaster.
Jacob Rees-Mogg rose for the government. It was an unspeakable disaster.
8/. “It is hard to imagine a more ill-considered and inappropriate speech in any circumstances.”
9/. The thing that has struck me most is how shallow and entitled is this Government.
So weak and stupid that they would rather lose the finest minds, the most principled of their colleagues and the most impressive.
Why? Because this “Government” places ego before excellence.
So weak and stupid that they would rather lose the finest minds, the most principled of their colleagues and the most impressive.
Why? Because this “Government” places ego before excellence.
10/. The ..party is turning into something much darker, more toxic and brutal. It is now represented on the front bench by a collection of incompetents & reactionaries who cannot perform at the level government demands. Its remaining big beasts are being cast into the wilderness.
